Chapter 258. for the relief of Henry Clay and others, owners and crew of the whaling schooner Franklin, of New Bedford, Massachusetts
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CHAP. 258.— An Act for the relief of Henry Clay and others, owners and crew of the whaling schooner Franklin, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.February 21, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Franklin” whaling schooner.Payment to Henry Clay, owner, and crew, for rescuing passengers, etc., or burning steamer Lorenzo D. Baker.” That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Henry Clay, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, agent and managing owner of the whaling schooner Franklin, of New Bedford, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, that sum being the estimated loss to the owners, captain, and crew of the schooner Franklin in rescuing the passengers and crew, twenty-six persons, after they had abandoned at sea the burning steamer Lorenzo D.
Baker, of Boston, and conveying them safely to New Bedford, thereby causing the schooner to leave her cruising grounds and break up her voyage. Sec. 2. That one third of the sum appropriated by this act shall beDistribution. paid to the captain and crew of the Franklin, according to the estimated amount of what would have been their respective shares of the catch. Approved, February 21, 1891.