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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 162, 163, 164. 1854. 803 Crmr. CLXII.-An_ Act jbr the Compensation of James `WZ Low, and others, fw the July 29, 1854. capture af the British private armed Schooner Ann, durinydhe late War with Great ‘—·i——-—· Britain. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cy" the United States efAmer·iea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury bc, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to James W. Low, William Driskill, Southerland, and Stenchen, orto such persons as may be legally authorized to receive the same as heirs or legal $2*57°‘3°t° b° ¢ md to J. W. representatives, the sum of two thousand five hundred and seventy dol- bow, wm. Dris- 1m-s and thirty cents, that being the amount paid into the treasury of 1**% §t‘;*“h§*'*‘¤d the United States and placed to the account of iines, penalties, and forfeit- $;im;,§§jr;Y§r°r gms, in consequence of a suit, entitled the United States vs. the schoo- ¥¤pr¤S¤¤i¤¤v¤¤· ner Ann and cargo, in the District Court of Maine, December, eighteen hundred and fourteen, the said schooner having been risen upon and captured, by the aforesaid named persons, from the British, and delivered to the proper authorities of the United States, in the State of Maine, to be paid to the said James W. Low and his associates aforesaid, their heirs or assigns, in the following proportions, to wit: to the said James W. Enh amps Low, for having planned the enterprize and directed the capture of the proportion. vessel, as first officer of the prize, eight parts; to `William Driskill, as second or assistant officer, four parts; and to Southerland and Stenchen, as seamen or sailors, two parts each. Size. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Public mum Secretary of the Treasury, immediately after the passage of this act, to or this my was give public notice thereof by advertisement for three months, in such Si"°¤i¤ *l}°f newspapers as he shall think will be most likely to give proper informa- H$,¥:P,;`,g;E,s°?r tion to the persons so entitled, to apply for their respective shares ; and Time www in after the expiration of six months from the passage of this act, any Whicllchims of the said claimants, or their heirs, or legal representatives, shall not §£stb° Pm5mi" have applied for their respective proportions of the sum hereby appropriated, the same shall be paid to such as shall have applied within that period, pm rata, according to their relative proportions as aforesaid, or to their heirs or assigns respectively: Provided, That any one or pmvgw more of said claimants may apply for their own proportions in the first instance, at any time after the passage of this act. Approved, July 29, 1854. Omar. CLX1II.——An Act for the Relief of Parser Sli P. Mcblair. July gp, 1354,, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of .Rqm·e.sentat£ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in adjust- MGB1m to be ing the accounts of Purser T. P. McBlair, to allow him the several sums allowed certain paid by him as purser of the United States steamer Princeton, to Wil- of liam Taylor, acting boatswain, to John Coale, acting carpenter, and to {f16U_ mam. Armstrong Flomerfelt, acting sailmaker, who were employed on said GY I’1‘i¤¤¢*<>¤· steamer by the commanding officcr thereof by authority from the Secretary of the Navy, and which said sums were disallowed by the accounting officers of the treasury, for the reason that the said persons to whom the payments were made were not included in the number permitted by law, of officers of the grades to which they were respectively appointed. Approved, July 29, 1854. CHAP. CLXIV.—An Act for the Reliqef John Frazer and the Administrator of the July 29, 1854. Estate of John G. Clcndenin, deceased. -—-—-—-—-————- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ltepresentatives of the United States of America in Oengress assembled, That the proper accounting mgg"§°Q*‘;~E}‘QQ° ofiicer of the treasury pay to John Frazer and the administrator of the mmm ex-