Chapter XLIX. for the relief of John S
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Chap. XLIX.— An Act for the relief of John S. Stiles. March 3, 1825. *Be it enacted, &c., * Secretary of Navy to reexamine the case of the Fabius, the Aid, and the Ann, sunk, in defence of the harbor of Baltimore. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to institute a re-examination of the case of three vessels, to wit: the ship Fabius, the brig Aid, and the schooner Ann, formerly owned by George Stiles, now deceased; which vessels, during the late war, were sunk for the defence of the harbor of Baltimore.
And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby further authorized to allow to the legal representative of said George Stiles, such sum as, with what has already been allowed, he, the said secretary, shall deem a just and reasonable compensation for the detention of said vessels, from the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, to the time when they were delivered to the owner, and from thence to the termination of the period necessary to repair the injury EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 53, 54, 55, 56, 58. 1825. 327 done to them by sinking; according to the intent and meaning of the act of Congress, passed on the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, entitled “An act for the relief of sundryAct of April 26, 1822, ch. 36. citizens of Baltimore;” the said sum to be ascertained in such manner as the Secretary of the Navy shall direct, which sum, so allowed, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1825.