Chapter XIV. *for the Relief of William Humphreys, jr., Owner of Fishing Schooner “Good Exchange,” lost at Sea.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the collector of customs Payment of fishing bounty of the “Good
203 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-11/chapter-xiv-2048208·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Chap. XIV.— An Act *for the Relief of William Humphreys, jr., Owner of Fishing Schooner “Good Exchange,” lost at Sea.* August 23, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the collector of customs Payment of fishing bounty of the “Good Exchange” to Wm. Humphreys, jr.for the district of Marblehead, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, be and is hereby authorized and directed to pay to William Humphreys, jr., the owner of the schooner “Good Exchange,” of ninety-four tons and thirty-nine ninety-fifths of a ton burden, upon his showing sufficient authority from the heirs, or the legal representatives of each person interested, such a sum of money as said vessel would have been entitled to if she had been engaged in the cod fisheries for the “fishing term” of four months or more, to be distributed as the law provides; such vessel having been lost while engaged in that business during the fishing season of eighteen hundred and forty-five: *Provided,* It shall be shown by sufficient proof that the master and three-fourths of the crew of the said schooner “Good Exchange,” were citizens of the United States.
Approved, August 23, 1856.