United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/13th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 42
Chap. XLII.—An Act for the relief of the officers and crew of the late United States’ brig Vixen.
Accounts of officers and crew of brig Vixen to be settled.Be it enacted, &c., That the accountant of the Navy Department be, and he is hereby authorized and required to assume the day of the departure of the brig Vixen from a port in the United States on her last cruise as the day on which the accounts of the officers and crew of the said brig shall be finally settled and balanced: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive the said officers and crew of any claims to further payment than is allowed by this act, which may on satisfactory proof appear to be just.
To be paid.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby authorized to allow and pay unto the officers and crew of the said brig, such sum of money as in his judgment may be due to them for their pay.
Apporved, August 2, 1813.