United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 145
Chap. CXLV.—An Act authorizing payment for prisoners captured by private armed vessels.
Bounty to officers and crew of private armed vessels.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and required to settle and pay unto the owners, officers and crew of private armed vessels, the bounty allowed by law for prisoners captured and brought into port, and delivered to the agent of the United States, captured on board any British vessel after the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, but before the said treaty took effect in the latitude wherein the capture was made; and the Secretary of the TreasuryAppropriation. is hereby authorized to pay the aforesaid claims out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 29, 1816.