Private Law 22–XXIX

That the proper accounting officers of the treasury

Accounts to be opened, &c.

be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to open and adjust the accounts of William Tharp, late a suttler in the army of the United States, and allow to him interest on moneys paid and advanced by him for letters of administration on the estates of deceased non-commissioned officers and soldiers, where allowances have heretofore been made to him for debts due to him from such deceased non-commissioned officers and soldiers; and shall allow to the said Tharp, in cases where he has taken out letters of administration, the per centage allowed by the laws of Maryland on settlements made by administrators, on the several sums

Proviso.

settled by him as administrator: Provided, That no larger sum shall in any case be awarded to said Tharp, on account of his claims against any deceased non-commissioned officer or soldier, than appears from the muster and pay rolls to be 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 said Tharp, under the foregoing section, be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.