Chapter XXI. rewarding the officers and crew of the sloop of war Hornet, for the capture and destruction of the British sloop of war Penguin
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Chap. XXI.— An Act rewarding the officers and crew of the sloop of war Hornet, for the capture and destruction of the British sloop of war Penguin.Feb. 28, 1816. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Captain Biddle and the officers and crew of the Hornet rewarded for the destruction of the Penguin. United States of America, in Congress assembled,* That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to have distributed 255FOURTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 22, 24. 1816. as prize money, to Captain James Biddle, of the sloop of war Hornet, his officers and crew, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the capture and destruction of the British sloop of war Penguin; and that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose aforesaid. Approved, February 28, 1816.