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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 14, 15. 1890. 9 to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purppses," be, and the same are hereby, extended to the port of Albany, ew York. Approved, February 19, 1890. CHAP. 15.-An act for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United February 19, 1890. States steamers Trenton and Vandalia, and the stranding of the United States ’**T steamer Nipsic, at Apia, Samoan Islands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, to reimburse U. s. s. Trenton, the survivors of the officers and crews of the United States steamers V‘}§,‘}_¥§}“·0@“‘;u*,`§£;; Trenton and Vandalia, wrecked in the harbor of Apia, Samoan uy_ disaster m, at Islands, on the sixteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty- ,€,{°§j S““'“°"‘" ISL nine, and the survivors of the officers and crew of the United States steamer Ni sic, stranded at the same time and place, for losses in— Losses]-eimbursea curred by tliem, respectively, in the wreck and stranding of said vessels, there shall be paid to each of said survivors, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to the losses so incurred by them : Provided, That the ac— 1mm2m. counting officers of the Treasury shall, in all cases, require a schedule Schedulesand certificate from each person making a claim under this act: Provided further, That, in no case, shall the aggregate sum allowed as compensation for such losses exceed the amount of twelve months’ Nmqexeeeuzweive sea pay of the grade or rating held by such person at the time such "‘°“°hs *’“*" losses were incurred. Sec. 2. That the widow, child, or children, and, in case ihere be 1’¤yme¤su>mrs¤: not such, that the parent or parents, and if there be no parents, the d°°°”°°‘ brothers and sisters, of the officers, enlisted men, and others in the service who were lost in the wreck of the said steamers Trenton and Vandalia and by the stranding of the said steamer Nipsic, or who died in consequence of the hardship and ex osure to which they were thereby subjected, shall be entitled to and shall receive, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, as follows, to wit: The relatives in the order named o the persons connected with the vessels hereinbefore referred to, a sum equal to twelve months’ sea pay of the grade or rating of each person deceased as aforesaid: Provided, That the legal representatives of P¤>vi¤<>¤- the deceased persons hereinbefore referred to shall also be paid from the Treasury of the United States any arrears of pay due the said Amamges. deceased at the time of their death; And Provided ifurther, That the provisions of this section shall appl T to the re atives, in the order named of Chief Engineer George Hall and Lieutenant Gwm W. Hail- Frank R. Heath, who were on board said steamers Nipsic and Van- Frank R. Hem:. dalia, respectively, at the time of the stranding and wreck of said vessels, and have since died. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, an- Rcmovmof mmm, thorized, at such time as in his discretion may be proper, to cause ggjgwkgx N"°-l the remains of the officers and others who perished y the wreck of ’ the United States steamers Trenton and Vandalia and the stranding of the United States steamer Nipsic, at Apia. Samoan Islands, on the sixteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or who died in consequence of the hardship and exposure to which they were thereby subjected and have been buried at the Samoan Islands, to be removed to the United States and buried in the Naval Cemetery at Mare Island, California: Provided, That the relatives of amry p,.,,,,,;,0,_ such deceased officers and others, and of Chief En `neer George . Hall and Lieutenant Frank R. Heath, who were on board said steamers Nipsic and Vandalia, respectively, at the time of the stranding and wreck of said vessels, and have since died, who prefer that the