Chapter CLXXVIII. *for the relief of Jarius Loomis and heirs of James Basset.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the sum of five thousand four hundred and sixty-fivePayment for prize money. dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; whic
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Chap. CLXXVIII.— An Act *for the relief of Jarius Loomis and heirs of James Basset.*March 3, 1839. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the sum of five thousand four hundred and sixty-fivePayment for prize money. dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; which sum shall be distributed as prize money, by the Secretary of the Navy, among the officers and crews, their, or either of their heirs, or legal representatives, of the gunboats numbered one hundred and forty-nine and one hundred and fifty-four, who, in attempting to pass up the river Appalachicola, with a convoy of provisions and stores, in the month of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, were attacked by a fort situated on said river, and occupied by a number of fugitive negroes and Indians; and who, in resisting said attack, blew up and destroyed said fort, with the greatest part of those by whom it was occupied.
Approved, March 3, 1839.