Chapter CCXIV. for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore
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Chap. CCXIV.— An Act for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore. May 29, 1830. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Third Auditor of the Treasury ascertainPost, p. 552 and p. 570.Value of certain vessels to be ascertained and paid. the value of the following vessels, at the time they were taken to be sunk for the defence of the city of Baltimore, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, to wit: The ships Thomas Wilson, Chesapeake, Adriana, Scioto, Temperance, Fabius, India Packet, Mars, and Nancy; brigs Aid, George, Swallow, Blanche, Sally, Eliza, Betsey, Father and Son, and Ann; schooners Scudder, Ann, Columbia, Enterprise, and Packet, and the sloop Rosanna; and to allow to the owners, respectively, the amount of twenty-five per centum on said valuation; *Provided,* That in each and every case, the said valuation shall be duly established by full and competent disinterested testimony, and that the damages sustained in the vessels in question, by being sunk and raised exclusively, was to the full extent of the said per centum over and above all the amount or amounts heretofore received for said damages by said owners, or their legal representatives, respectively; *And provided, also,* That the said vessels, at the time they were taken, were sound and seaworthy, and would have remained sea-worthy at the return of peace in one thousand eight hundred and fifteen; *And provided, also,* That in no instance where any vessel is not proven to have been sea-worthy at the time she was taken to be sunk, shall a greater allowance be made than will, with the money heretofore received for damage and detention 448 TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 216, 221, 222, 223. 1830. of such vessel, and the value thereof at the time she was raised, with such rigging or other articles as have been sold or reserved by the proper owner, amount to the value of the vessel at the time she was taken to be sunk. Sec. 2. Appropriation. *And be it further enacted, *That the amount so found by the Third Auditor shall be paid to the owners respectively, or to their legal representatives, by the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, or be applied on debts due by them to the United States, as the case may be.
Approved, May 29, 1830.