and to the survivors of said officers and crew, if such there be, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be distributed as prize money for the capture and destruction, by said sloop of war, of the British armed vessels Reindeer and Avon.
How the distribution is to be made.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the distribution of said wages and compensation shall be as follows, viz: one third to the widow, and two third parts to the children of the deceased, and in case there be no child, the whole to the widow; and if there be no widow, then to the child or children; and if there be neither widow nor child, then to the parent or parents; and if there be no parent, then to the brothers and sisters;Shares not called for to go into the navy pension fund.
Proviso. and if there be neither brother nor sister, then such share or shares not claimed as aforesaid, shall be and remain part of the navy pension fund; and the sums aforesaid shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, that in all cases in which there shall be only one child, the widow shall have an equal share with the child.
Prize agent to be appointed under this act.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby authorized and required to appoint a prize agent, whose duty it shall be to disburse the moneys aforesaid, or to refund any balance thereof, under such rules and regulations as the said secretary may prescribe; and that all moneys not claimed by virtue of this act within two years from the day when said sums shall be put at the disposal of the said prize agent, shall be deemed and held a part of the navy pension fund.
Approved, April 20, 1816.
Statute I.
Chap. LXVII.—An Act authorizing the President of the United States to lease the saline near the Wabash river, for a term not exceeding seven years.
The President authorized to lease the United States’ saline.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and is hereby authorized to lease the United States’ saline, near the Wabash river, for a term not exceeding seven years, from and after the end of the present term, on such conditions as will ensure the working the same most extensively and most advantageously to the United States.
Approved, April 24, 1816.
Statute I.
Chap. LXVIII.—An Act to increase the pensions of invalids in certain cases; for the relief of invalids of the militia; and for the appointment of pension agents in those states where there is no commissioner of loans.[1]
Rates of pensions apportioned by disabilities.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons, of the ranks hereinafter named, who are now on the military pension roll of the United States, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be entitled to, and receive, for disabilities of the highest degree, the following sums, in lieu of those to which they are not entitled, to wit: a first lieutenant, seventeen dollars; a second lieutenant, fifteen dollars; a third lieutenant, fourteen dollars; an ensign, thirteen dollars; and a non-commissioned officer, musician or private, eight dollars per month; and for disabilities of a degree less than the highest, a sum proportionably less.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all persons of the aforesaid ranks, who may hereafter be placed on the military pension roll of the- ↑ Act of March 3, 1817, ch. 64. Acts of March 3, 1819, ch. 81, 91, 94.
