Chapter LXIII. for the relief of James Merrill
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Chap. LXIII.— An Act for the relief of James Merrill. May 4, 1820. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be placed on the list of navyTo be placed on navy pension list. pensioners, James Merrill, who, whilst engaged in the discharge of his duty, as an ordinary seaman, on board the United States’ ship Adams, in the month of May, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, was accidentally injured by falling from the gun-deck into the hold of the ship; which injury has disabled him from obtaining a subsistence by his labor.
And, in placing the said James Merrill on the list of pensioners,Regulations provided by law to be observed. the Secretary of the Navy shall cause to be observed the regulations by law provided, in relation to persons authorized to be placed on the list of navy pensioners. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That this law shall be construed to take effect from the twenty-third day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. Approved, May 4, 1820.