Chapter CLXII. *for the Compensation of James W
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Chap. CLXII.— An Act *for the Compensation of James W. Low, and others, for the capture of the British private armed Schooner Ann, during the late War with Great Britain.* July 29, 1854. *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 is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to James W. Low, William Driskill, Southerland, and Stenchen, or to such persons as may be legally authorized to receive the same, as heirs or legal $2,570.30 to be paid to J.
W. Low, Wm. Driskill, Southerland and Stenchen, or to their heirs or representatives.representatives, the sum of two thousand five hundred and seventy dollars and thirty cents, that being the amount paid into the treasury pf the United States and placed to the account of fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in consequence of a suit, entitled the United States *vs.* the schooner Ann and cargo, in the District Court of Maine, December, eighteen hundred and fourteen, the said schooner having been risen upon and captured, by the aforesaid named persons, from the British, and delivered to the proper authorities of the United States, in the State of Maine, to be paid to the said James W.
Low and his associates aforesaid, their heirs or assigns, in the following proportions, to wit: to the said James W. Each one’s proportion.Low, for having planned the enterprize and directed the capture of the vessel, as first officer of the prize, eight parts; to William Driskill, as second or assistant officer, four parts; and to Southerland and Stenchen, as seamen or sailors, two parts each. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, immediately after the passage of this act, to Public notice of this act to be given in the newspapers for three months.
Time within which claims must be presented.give public notice thereof by advertisement for three months, in such newspapers as he shall think will be most likely to give proper information to the persons so entitled, to apply for their respective shares; and if, after the expiration of six months from the passage of this act, any of the said claimants, or their heirs, or legal representatives, shall not have applied for their respective proportions of the sum hereby appropriated, the same shall be paid to such as shall have applied within that period, *pro rata,* according to their relative proportions as aforesaid, or to their heirs or assigns respectively: *Provided,* That any one or Proviso.more of said claimants may apply for their own proportions in the first instance, at any time after the passage of this act.
Approved, July 29, 1854.