Chapter LII. *to provide for the equitable Settlement of the Accounts of the Officers and Crews of the Frigate Congress and other Vessels.* April 2, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the proper accounting officers376THIRTY
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Chap. LII.— An Act *to provide for the equitable Settlement of the Accounts of the Officers and Crews of the Frigate Congress and other Vessels.* April 2, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the proper accounting officers376THIRTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 52, 53, 54. 1862 Accounts of officers, &c., of the Congress and other vessels to be settled equitably.of the Treasury be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to settle, upon the principles of justice and equity, the accounts of the officers, sailors, marines, and crews of the United States frigate Congress, the sloop Cumberland, and of any other vessel or vessels-of-war, the books of which were lost or destroyed in consequence of the naval engagements at *Post*, p. 818.Hampton Roads on the eighth and ninth of March, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Sec. 2. Certain sailors, &c., to receive not over $60 each for loss of clothing, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to furnish to the sailors, marines, and crews of any of the vessels engaged in the naval actions in the foregoing section mentioned, whose bedding, clothing, or other property was lost or destroyed therein, with an amount sufficient to cover their losses, and not exceeding sixty dollars to each man, Io be paid in kind or in money, at the discretion of the flag officer of the North Atlantic Squadron.
Approved, April 2, 1862.