Chapter 371. for the relief of the families of the men who perished on the United States dredge-boat McAlister
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CHAP. 371.— An Act for the relief of the families of the men who perished on the United States dredge-boat McAlister.June 20, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Dredge-boat McAlister.Payment to widows, etc., of persons lost with. That the widow, or minor child or children, and in case there be no widow, minor child or children, then the parent or parents, of the officers, seamen, marines and others in the service or employ of the government, who were lost with the said dredge-boat McAlister, shall be entitled to and receive, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to twelve months’ pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the deceased up to and including the day of the loss of said vessel.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directedOn what evidence. to make the payments herein provided upon proper evidence being furnished. Approved, June 20, 1878.