¶1at May term, 1822, decided that the third auditor could not authenticate a copy of the bond,; his power of authentication, under the Act of the 3d of March, 1817, [3 Stat. at Large, 366,] extending only to “ transcripts from the books and proceedings of the treasury in regard to the accounts of the war department,” and that copies of bond must still be certified by the register, and authenticated under the seal of the department, according to the Act of the 3d of March, 1797, [1 Stat. at Large, 512.]
2 D.C. 366
United States v. Griffith
Decided November 15, 1822
Debt for $60,000, the penalty of the defendant’s bond to the United States, conditioned to perform the covenants of an agreement between him and the acting Secretary of War, dated November 5, 1817, for the supply of rations to the troops of the United States in certain places; by the 5th article of which, the commanding general or person appointed by him, at each post or place, in case of absolute failure or deficiency in the quantity of provisions contracted to be delivered…
Decided 1822-11-15