Chapter CXXIII. for the Relief of Susan Dickson, Widow of John Dickson, deceased
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Chap. CXXIII.— An Act for the Relief of Susan Dickson, Widow of John Dickson, deceased.March 3, 1863. Whereas by act of Congress passed February twenty-third, eighteen hundred1859, ch. 56. Vol. xi. p. 564. and fifty-nine, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars was appropriated for the benefit of the captors, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, of the British brig “Caledonia”; and whereas it appears that John Dickson, late of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania, deceased, was one of said captors, and that his name was, by mistake, entered on the list of said captors, now in the Naval Department, as William Dickson, and that said John Dickson left a widow, Susan Dickson, who still survives:
Therefore— *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the proper disbursingPayment to Susan Dickson. officer of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to said Susan Dickson, widow of John Dickson, deceased, the portion or share of said twenty-five thousand dollars which was due to the said John Dickson, deceased, and now stands credited to the name of William Dickson on the records of the Naval Department.
Approved, March 3, 1863.