Chapter 2. for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 2.— An Act for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron, and for other purposes.Dec. 14, 1877. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Relief of survivors of wreck of steamer Huron. That to reimburse the survivors of the. officers and crew of the United States steamer Huron wrecked off the coast of North Carolina on the morning of the twenty-fourth of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, for the losses incurred by them respectively in said wreck, there shall be paid, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated the following sums, to wit:
To William P. Conway, master one thousand dollars. To Lucien Young ensign one thousand dollars. To Robert G. Denig assistant engineer one thousand dollars. To Edgar T. Warburton cadet engineer one thousand dollars and the following named survivors of the crew of said vessel, to wit: Patrick Kane, Michael Trainor, Joseph Murphy, William McHugh, Michael Kennedy, Frank Watts, Peter Duffy, Frederick Hoffman, William L. Houseman, Robert Sampson, Michael Durkin, Dominique ODonnell, August Lindgrist, Daniel Devoy, J.
J. Robertson, Dennis Deasy, Samuel Clark, John E. Holland, John Collins, W. W. Brooks, Harry W. Avery, Daniel Burgan, Frank May, Harry Nelson, Thomas Price, Antoine Williams, Joseph Hynes, Thomas Carley, E. P. Trainer, Edward Aaronburg, one hundred dollars each. Sec. 2. That the widow, child, or children, and in case there be notBelief of heirs of persons lost. such, then the parent or parents, and if there be no parents, the brothers and sisters, of the officers, seamen, marines, and others in service, who were lost in the wreck of the said steamer Huron and of Captain J.
J. Guthrie, of the Life Saving Service, and of those persons of the steamer B and J. Baker, who together with said Guthrie, were lost while attempting to render assistance on the occasion of the said wreck, shall be entitled to, and shall receive out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, as follows, to wit: the relatives in the order named of the persons connected with the Huron, hereinbefore referred to, a sum equal to twelve month’s sea-pay of each person lost; the relatives of Captain J.
J. Guthrie as hereinbefore indicated, one year’s full pay of said deceased; and the relatives in the order named,
(497)498 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2, 11, 15, 19. 1877–’78. of the persons lost of the steamer B and J. Baker, the sum of one hundred Arrears if pay.dollars for each person so lost as above stated: *Provided*, That the legal representatives of the above mentioned deceased persons who were in the service of the Government shall also be paid from the Treasury of the United States any arrears of pay due the said deceased at the time of their death. Sec. 3. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be andAccounts of crew. they are hereby authorized and directed to settle upon principles of justice and equity the accounts of the officers, sailors, marines, and others on board the said vessel when wrecked, and to assume the last quarterly return of the paymaster of said vessel as the basis of computation of the subsequent credits to those on board, to the date of such Accounts of paymaster.loss if there be no evidence to the contrary. And if upon a settlement of the accounts of C. N. Sanders late past assistant paymaster of the United States Navy, who was lost on said vessel with all his accounts, and vouchers for expenditures, and payments made by him, and with all the money, stores, and supplies procured for the said vessel, any sum shall be found due from him, the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and required to allow him a credit therefor. Approved, December 14, 1877.