Chapter CXIII. for the Relief of Peter Rogerson and Son, of St
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Chap. CXIII.— An Act for the Relief of Peter Rogerson and Son, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, owners of the British Brig “Jessie.”June 9, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of State be,853THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 113, 116, 117. 1860. and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the treasuryPayment to owners of the British brig Jessie. not otherwise appropriated, to Peter Rogerson and son, owners of the British brig “Jessie,” for losses incurred by reason of the rescuing of the passengers and crew of the American ship “Northumberland,” in the month of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, when in a sinking condition, and conveying them to Cork, Ireland, the sum of seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided,* That the proper proportionate part thereof, according to the number of British subjects so rescued, shall be paid by the British government.
Approved, June 9, 1860.