United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/5th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 19
Chap. ⅩⅨ.—An Act for the relief of Silvanus Crowell.
Be it enacted, &c.,Allowance to Silvanus Crowell. That if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the collector of the port of Barnstable, in the State of Massachusetts, that agreements were made according to the direction of the act, entitled Act of Feb. 16, 1792, ch. 6.“An Act concerning certain fisheries of the United States, and for the regulation and government of the fishermen employed therein,” between the masters and fishermen employed on board the schooners Jerusha, Phœbe, and Ruth, belonging to Yarmouth, in the State aforesaid, countersigned by the owners, or their agent, for a fishing voyage, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six; and that the said agreements were casually destroyed by fire; then, and in such case, the said collector is authorized and directed to make and pay to the said Silvanus Crowell, or other agent of the owners of the said schooners, such allowance as they would have been entitled to, under the act aforesaid, provided the said agreements had been produced to said collector.
Approved, March 19, 1798.