Volume 53 · 1524
Private Law 76–599
For the relief of John E. Garrett.
Approved August 7, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of John E. Garrett.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Comptroller
John E. Garrett.
Credit in postal accounts.
General of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit the accounts of John E. Garrett, postmaster at Dwight, Illinois, with the sum of $12,223.04, representing the amount of money and postage stamps lost in the burglary of the post office at Dwight, Illinois, on November 9, 1937, such loss having resulted from no fault or negligence on the part of said postmaster, as determined by the Postmaster General under a provision in title 39, United
States Code, section 49.
Approved, August 7, 1939.