Private Law 17–LXXIX

That, in settling the accounts of John Ricaud,

Credits to be allowed to John Ricaud and his sureties.

late paymaster in service of the United States, the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to allow to the said Ricaud, to Henry Lee, and Abner Stewart, his sureties, such credits as they may prove themselves entitled to, by the best evidence which the nature of the case will admit of, and which it may be in their power to produce: Provided, however,

Proviso.

That no allowance, made as aforesaid, shall exceed the amount now claimed of them by the United States.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That the judgment, by default,

Judgment against Henry Lee suspended.

lately recovered against Henry Lee, one of the sureties as aforesaid, in the District Court of Virginia, be, and the same is hereby, suspended, for and during the term of twelve months, from and after the passage of this act: Provided, however, that the accounting officers

Proviso.

of the treasury department aforesaid be, and they are hereby, directed to require of the said Henry Lee such surety as will, in their opinion, eventually secure the payment of whatever demand the United States may have against him, after settlement shall be made in the manner directed in the first section of this act.