Chapter LVI. *for the Benefit of the Captors of the British Brig Caledonia, in the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.* Feb. 23, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury $25,000 to be paid captors, &
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Chap. LVI.— An Act *for the Benefit of the Captors of the British Brig Caledonia, in the War of eighteen hundred and twelve.* Feb. 23, 1859. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the Treasury $25,000 to be paid captors, &c., of the British brig Caledonia.be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to the captors of the British brig Caledonia, on the eighth of October, eighteen hundred and twelve, on the Niagara River, near Fort Erie, [or to] the widows of the captors if any, and if none, then to their children or grandchildren, but not to collateral heirs.
The said payment to be made to the widow of the late Captain Jesse D. Elliott, to the child of the late General Nathan Towson, then a captain of artillery, and to the officers and men engaged in the capture aforesaid, [or to their] widows if any, and if none, then to their children or grandchildren, but not to collateral heirs, in such proportions as each may be found to be entitled to, according to the usages of the naval service. Approved, February 23, 1859.