...as the case may be, while in quarters, engaged in the public service, in the line of duty. 'Sec. 3. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain and determine the value of the property lost, destroyed, captured,...

...viz: The act approved March 3, 1857 (11 Stat. p. 229), of which section 12 is as follows: SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting...the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to reexamine the account between the United States and the State of Maryland, as the same...

...civil expenses of the Government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1858. SEC. 12. And be itfurtlier enacted, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to reexamine the account between the United States and the State of Maryland, as the same...

...therefore recommend that Senate bill 4306 do pass, amended by adding thereto the following section: SEC. 2. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle with the officers, acting assistant surgeon, and enlisted men who were stationed...

...value of the property so destroyed, under the act of Congress approved March 3, 1885, which provides: "That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and diiected to examine into, ascertain, and determine the value of the private property belonging to officers...

...officers that such loss was not incurred through negligence or any want of care on his part. SEC. 6. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to settle, upon principles of justice and equity, the accounts of the officers, enlisted men,...

...enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to audit and adjust the accounts of William R. Downing, deceased, late a captain and assistant quartermaster...

...stationed at Galveston, Tex., during the cyclone of September 8, 1900." The act of March 3, 1885, provides: "That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized ana directed to examine into, ascertain, and determine the value of the private property belonging...