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75TH CONGIRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 37-MARCH 10, 1937 their names: Captain Bigelow B. Barbee, Finance Department, $30; Major Stephen R. Beard, Finance Department, $30; Captain George W. Brent, Coast Artillery, $25; Major Richard L. Cave, Finance Department, $64; Major Walter D. Dabney, Finance Department, $92.30; Major Edmund W. McLarren, Finance Department, $30; Captain Leighton N. Smith, Finance Department, $45; Major Arthur O. Walsh, Finance Department, $25; and Captain Hugh Whitt, Finance Department, $25, said amounts being public funds for which they are accountable and which comprise minor errors in computation of pay and allowances due former members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, who are no longer enrolled in that corps, and which amounts have been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States: Provided, That no part of the amounts Proviso. so credited shall be later charged against any individual other than Aotailiy the various payees. SEC. 2 . That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Captain WilliamH. authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury Payment to. not otherwise appropriated, to Captain William H. Buechner, Tenth Infantry, the sum of $49, representing refundments of overpayments made allottees of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees, the collection of which amount cannot be effected from the persons to whom such erroneous payments have been made: Provided, That no part of this PrOiso. amount shall be charged to any person other than the payees. SEC. 3. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, Major John B. Har- per. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts Credit allowed in of Major John B. Harper, Finance Department, the sum of $1,509.59, accountsof. public funds for which he is accountable and which represent items disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. SEC. 4 . That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, LeittAlbert authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury Payment to. not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Albert J. Leavitt, Engineer Reserve, the sum of $67.48, or so much of said sum as shall have been collected from him prior to the approval of this Act, repre- senting refundment of Government funds which were stolen from his Civilian Conservation Corps company safe on April 18-19, 1936: Provided,That no part of this amount shall be charged to any person Accountability. other than the person committing said theft. SEC. 5 . That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Lee. ichard he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of Cedit a llowed in Captain Richard Lee, Corps of Engineers, the sum of $583.69, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid by him to the Memphis Packet Company for freight shipments by water, and which amount has been disallowed by the Comptroller General of the United States. SEC. 6. That the Comptroller General of the United States be, and Leio hrles he is hereby, authorized and directed to credit in the accounts of acredit alled in Major Charles Lewis, Finance Department, the sum of $295.38, public funds for which he is accountable and which were paid by him on fraudulent vouchers prepared by an employee of the finance office at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. SEC. 7 . That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, Martin. authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury Payment to. not otherwise appropriated, to Captain Elbert W. Martin, Field Artillery Reserve, the sum of $45.68, public funds for which he is accountable and which were destroyed by fire on the night of Novem- ber 15-16, 1935, and which sum he has refunded to the United States. 925