United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 29
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXIX.—An Act relating to the ransom of American captives of the late war.
Persons redeeming and purchasing citizens from captivity to be allowed not exceeding 150 dollars for each.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officer of the War Department be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to settle the accounts of any person who may have redeemed and purchased from captivity any citizen of the United States, taken prisoner during the late war with Great Britain, upon the same principles and rules of evidence by which other claims are adjusted in said department: Provided, That in no case shall a greater sum be allowed than one hundred and fifty dollars.
Approved, March 1, 1817.