Private Law 19–LXXXI

That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to

Claims to be settled.

settle the claims of the assignees, or legal representatives of Kendall and Butterfield, late sutlers of the second regiment of Infantry, in the army of the United States, from October, eighteen hundred and sixteen, to November, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, .inclusive; for debts due to them from deceased and deserted non-commissioned officers and soldiers, and which have not heretofore been paid, upon the same principles of justice and equity, as are extended to sutlers under the existing army regulations: Provided, That the said accounting officers shall, in

Proviso.

said settlement, be the judges of the validity and equity of the accounts rendered by said Kendall and Butterfield, or their assignees, or legal representatives, in lieu of the certificates from a board of officers, as is the practice under existing army regulations: And provided, also, That

Proviso.

no larger sum shall, in any case, be awarded to the said assignees or legal representatives of Kendall and Butterfield, on account of their claims against a deceased or deserted soldier, either as principal, or interest, than appears, from the muster and pay rolls, to have been actually and justly due to such non-commissioned officer and soldier, from the United States.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That the sums awarded to the

Appropriation.

said assignees, or legal representatives of Kendall and Butterfield, under the foregoing section, be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.