United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/13th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 50
Chap. L.—An act for the relief of John Cahoone and others.
Claim of the United States relinquished in their favour.Be it enacted, &c., That all claim and interest which the United States have to the net proceeds of the British privateer called the Dart, captured by the revenue cutter called the Vigilant, and condemned in the district court of Rhode Island, be released and relinquished to, and in favor of, John Cahoone, master of said cutter, his officers, crew, and associates, concerned in said capture.
Distribution of proceeds.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and required to cause to be paid and distributed to the said John Cahoone, his officers, crew, and associates, concerned in said capture, the net amount and proceeds thereof, in such proportion, and upon such principles as to him shall seem proper and equitable.
Approved, April 11, 1814.