Chapter 6.
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CHAP. 6.— AN ACT relative to the burial of the officers and others of the United States Navy who perished by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron and for other purposes.Dec. 15, 1877. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Burial of persons lost on wreck of Huron. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized, at such time as in his discretion may be proper, to have removed to the Naval Cemetery at Annapolis, Maryland, and have buried there, the remains of the officers and others who perished, by the wreck of the United States steamer Huron on the twenty-third of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and which have been, or may hereafter be, buried on the coast of North Remains may be taken to homes.Carolina: *Provided*, That the relatives of any such deceased officers and others who prefer that the remains of such be taken to their homes within the United States, shall have such privilege extended to them and the expense thereof shall be borne by the United States:Reimbursement. *And provided further*, That the expense of removal, incurred by the relatives of those whose bodies have already been removed, shall be reimbursed to them and the sum of six thousand dollars, Appropriation.or so much thereof as may be found necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this act.
And the benefit of the provisionsBenefits to those lost on steamer B. and J. Baker. of this act as far as applicable is hereby extended to those of the wrecking steamer B and J. Baker who were lost in the attempt to rescue the crew of the steamer Huron. Approved, December 15, 1877.