Private Law 21–LXXI

That the proper accounting officers of the treasury

Certain credits to be allowed, &c.

be authorized and directed to allow the representatives of J. C. S. Harrison, late Receiver of Public Money at Vincennes, the following credits, to take date from the respective times the money was paid or the services rendered by said Receiver, viz: one thousand five hundred dollars for bringing up the books of Nathaniel Ewing, his predecessor; two thousand and fifteen dollars and four cents, paid out under a deed of trust from the Bank of Vincennes, with commissions on the same, amounting to thirty-five dollars and fifty-one cents; and the said accounting officers are hereby authorized to settle and adjust any other claims of the late Receiver, arising from the discharge of his official duty, upon the principles of justice and equity, and to credit the amount thereof.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That after the final adjustment of said accounts, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to allow to the legal representatives and heirs of said Receiver the period of eighteen years to pay the amount which shall be found due from said Receiver, without interest, upon such terras and conditions as to the Secretary of the Treasury shall be deemed reasonable and equitable, by taking a lien on the estate of the said Receiver, or such other security as, in his opinion, will secure the debt.