United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 31
Chap. XXXI.—An Act for the relief of the family of the late Oliver Hazard Perry, Esquire.
From the 23d of Aug., 1819, the sums mentioned are to be settled on the persons named, &c.
On the widow of the late O. H. Perry, 400 dollars during her natural life, continuing a widow.
Sons and daughter of Oliver H. Perry.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and after the twenty-third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the following sums be, and the same hereby are, settled, by way of annuity, payable, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, half yearly, at the treasury of the United States, or at the loan office at Providence, at the option of the annuitants, on the widow and children of the late Oliver Hazard Perry, Esquire, of the United States’ navy; that is to say: On Elizabeth Perry, dowager of the aforesaid Oliver Hazard Perry, four hundred dollars during her natural life: Provided, That the said annuity shall cease and determine on the determination of her widowhood: on Christopher Grant Perry, his eldest son, one hundred and fifty dollars: on Oliver Hazard Perry, his second son, one hundred and fifty dollars: and on Christopher Raymond Perry, his third son, one hundred and fifty dollars: until the said Christopher Grant, Oliver Hazard, and Christopher Raymond, shall arrive at full age of twenty-one years respectively: and on Margaret Perry, only daughter, and youngest child, of the said Oliver Hazard Perry, deceased, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, until she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years, aforesaid: Provided, That, in case the said Margaret shall have contracted any marriage on or before she shall reach the age of twenty-one years aforesaid, then the said pension or annuity shall cease and determine on the day whereon the said marriage shall have been contracted, as aforesaid: Provided always, That in case the said Margaret shall not have contracted any marriage on that day, or prior thereto, then the said pension or allowance shall continue to be paid until the marriage or natural demise of the said Margaret;Any child dying before the times specified, his annuity ceases. And provided further, That in case any of the said children of the said Oliver Hazard Perry, deceased, shall die under lawful age as aforesaid, then, and in that case, the pension or annuity granted by this act, shall, in such case, cease and determine, in respect to such child, so deceasing.
Approved, March 2, 1821.