Chapter XIX. for the relief of Silvanus Crowell
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Chap. XIX.— An Act for the relief of Silvanus Crowell. March 19, 1798. *Be it enacted, &c., * That if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of theAllowance to Silvanus Crowell.Act of Feb. 16, 1792, ch. 6. collector of the port of Barnstable, in the State of Massachusetts, that agreements were made according to the direction of the act, entitled “An Act concerning certain fisheries of the United States, and for the regulation and government of the fishermen employed therein,” between the masters and fishermen employed on board the schooners Jerusha, Phcebe, and Ruth, belonging to Yarmouth, in the State aforesaid, countersigned by the owners, or their agent, for a fishing voyage, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six; and that the said agreements were casually destroyed by fire; then, and in such case, the 34 FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 32, 40, 41, 44. 1798. said collector is authorized and directed to make and pay to the said Silvanus Crowed, or other agent of the owners of the said schooners, such allowance as they would have been entitled to, under the act aforesaid, provided the said agreements had been produced to said collector. Approved, March 19, 1798.