Chapter 152. for the relief of the sufferers by loss of the Government steamer J
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CHAP. 152.— An Act for the relief of the sufferers by loss of the Government steamer J. Don Cameron.February 25, 1885. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Government steamer J. Don Cameron.For relief of sufferers by loss. That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain, and determine the losses of private property of the officers, enlisted men, and laundresses of the Fifth Regiment United States Infantry by reason of the sinking of the Government steamer J.
Don Cameron, in the Missouri River, on or about the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated,Appropriation. out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of War to adjust and the accounting officers of the Treasury to pay the claimants the amount of their said losses, as allowed and approved under authority of this act, not to exceed theLimit. amount for baggage allowed to said officers, soldiers, and laundresses by law and the Army regulations: *Provided*, That each person claiming*Proviso*. remuneration under this act shall furnish to the Secretary of War, or accounting officers of the Treasury, a statement, duly verified, of theStatement to be furnished. value of the property by him lost, and also of the amount of insurance, if any, received thereon, which amount shall be deducted from the value of said property on settlement by the accounting officers of the Treasury: *Provided also*, That the award of the Secretary of War forAward by Secretary of War final. such losses shall be final, and the payment thereof to the several claimants shall be held and taken as a complete relinquishment and satisfaction of all claims for damages sustained by them by reason of the sinking of said Government steamer J.
Don Cameron as aforesaid. Approved, February 25th, 1885.