Chapter CCXX. to carry into Effect the Decree of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York in the Case of the British Steamer Labuan
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CHAP. CCXX.— An Act to carry into Effect the Decree of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York in the Case of the British Steamer Labuan.July 7, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there be paid, out ofPayment of decree of district court in favor of William Bailey, William and John Leetham; any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to William Bailey, William Leetham, and John Leetham, of England, or their legal representatives,De Jersey & Co.; owners of the British steamer Labuan, one hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty cents, with interest from June second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the time of payment, and five thousand dollars without interest; also, to Messrs.
De Jersey and Company, of England, or their legal representatives, part owners of the cargo of the same steamer, three thousand six hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-two cents, with interest from May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the time of payment; and to Francisco Amendiaz, of Matamoras, Mexico, or his legal representatives,Francisco Amendiaz. part owner of the cargo of the same steamer, two thousand and sixty-seven dollars and seventeen cents, with interest from June sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the time of payment; such sums being due under a decree of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York, pronounced March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, on account of the illegal capture of the British steamer Labuan and her cargo by a cruiser of the United States.
Approved, July 7, 1870.