Preamble
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: Whereas, George M. Havice, superintendent of the San Ramon Government Farm, on or about May twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and two, left in the custody of a corporal of the United States Army in charge of a detachment of soldiers on duty as guard at the said San Ramon Government Farm the sum of five hundred dollars, local currency; and Whereas the said sum of money was stolen from said guards through no fault of the said Havice; and Whereas a board of survey appointed for the purpose of investigating the facts and circumstances connected with the loss of said money finds that said Havice exercised due care and diligence in the preservation of the same: Therefore,