Chapter XXIX. *authorizing an expenditure, and making an appropriation for the reimbursement of monies advanced by the Consuls of the United States, in certain cases.*April 18, 1798.[Obsolete.] Section 1. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembl
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Chap. XXIX.— An Act *authorizing an expenditure, and making an appropriation for the reimbursement of monies advanced by the Consuls of the United States, in certain cases.*April 18, 1798.[Obsolete.] Section 1. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*Secretary of State authorized to reimburse advances made by the consuls. That the Secretary of State be, and hereby is authorized, under the direction of the President of the United States, to reimburse such reasonable advances of money as have been made, or, during the present year, shall be made by the consuls of the United States, in making and supporting the claims of American citizens to captured property, before the tribunals of foreign countries; or for the relief of sick and destitute seamen in foreign countries, beyond the sum already allowed by law for that purpose.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That for the purposes aforesaid,$30,000 appropriated. there be, and hereby is appropriated, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, which shall be paid from any monies which may be in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 18, 1798.