Chapter CXLII. for the relief of Philip Coombs, and others
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Chap. CXLII.— An Act for the relief of Philip Coombs, and others. May 24, 1828. *Be it enacted, &c., * Allowance to fishing schooner lost at sea. That the collector of the customs for the district of Newburyport, in Massachusetts is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Philip Coombs, late owner of a fishing schooner, lost at sea, called the John, of eighty-six tons burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they TWENTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 143, 144, 145. 1828. 389 would have been entitled to receive had the schooner completed her fishing term and returned into port: *Provided,* The collector shall beProviso, satisfied that every other provision of the laws regulating fishing vessels has been complied with by the master and owner of the said schooner. Approved, May 24, 1828.