United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/13th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 70
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXX.—An Act authorizing the purchase of the vessels captured on lake Erie.
Purchase authorized.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 he is hereby authorized to cause to be purchased the British vessels which were captured on lake Erie by the American squadron, on the tenth day of September, in the year ond thousand eight hundred and thirteen;Appropriation, to be distributed as prize money. and the sum of two hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars, in payment for the said vessels, shall be distributed as prize money among the captors, or their heirs.
Specific appropriations.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for carrying into effect this act, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Five thousand dollars in addition to his prize money awarded to Oliver H. Perry.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed and paid to Captain Oliver H. Perry, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to his share of prize money, as commander of the ship Lawrence, the sum of five thousand dollars.
Approved, April 18, 1814.