Chapter 293. For the relief of the owners of the schooner Henry R
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CHAP. 293.— An Act For the relief of the owners of the schooner Henry R. Tilton, and of personal effects thereon.August 15, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,“Henry R. Tilton.”Payment to owners for loss of schooner. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ascertain as soon as practicable what was the reasonable value of the schooner Henry R. Tilton and the proportion thereof belonging to each of her several owners at the time she was sunk by a deflected projectile from a gun on the United States proving grounds at Sandy Hook on or about the ninth, day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and he shall, in like manner, ascertain what was the reasonable value of the personal effects of each of the several officers and sailors on the said schooner at the time of her sinking as aforesaid; and he shall report to the Secretary of the Treasury the several amounts so ascertained; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the owners of the said schooner the value thereof so ascertained and reported as herein prescribed:
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 293–297. 1894.1009 *Provided*, That the aggregate amount so reported as the value of said*Proviso*.Amount. schooner does not exceed ten thousand dollars, less the amount of the net proceeds of the sale of the schooner; and he shall pay to theLoss of personal effects. officers and crew of said schooner the several sums so ascertained to have been the value of their personal effects lost: *Provided*, That theLimit. aggregate of the said several sums shall not exceed one thousand dollars: *Provided further*, That all and each of said several amounts shallReceipts in full. be received by the persons herein described in full satisfaction of all their claims against the United States on account of the loss of the said schooner Henry R.
Tilton. Approved, August 15, 1894.