Chapter CXXVI. *for the relief of Charles W
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Chap. CXXVI.— An Act *for the relief of Charles W. Morgan.* June 17, 1844. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorizedPayment for certain extraordinary expenses. and directed to pay to Captain Charles W. Morgan, of the United States’ navy, the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars for extraordinary expenses incurred by him while he commanded the United States’ squadron in the Mediterranean in the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, in conducting the negotiation with the minister plenipotentiary of the Emperor of Morocco, in relation to the indignity offered to the United States’ Consul, Thomas N.
Carr; in entertaining the Queen of Prussia and her suite; and in relation to the reception and entertainment of the Prince of Syracuse and the Prince of Lucca; including, also losses on stores, laid in at Toulon for a cruise, which were abandoned and sold upon being suddenly recalled by the Navy Department; the said allowance being made in full compensation for all extraordinary expenses incurred by the said Captain Charles W. Morgan during his command of the Mediterranean squadron, as aforesaid, and to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 17, 1844.