United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/14th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 88
April 26, 1816.
Chap. LXXXVIII.—An Act for the relief of Asher Palmer.
Indemnity for a schooner captured by the enemy.Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers of the navy department be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, to audit and settle the claim of Asher Palmer, for a small schooner captured by the British forces in the late war, while the same was in the service of the United States, by ascertaining, or causing to be ascertained, the value thereof, in such manner as shall be reasonable and just.
Appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the amount thereof, when so ascertained, shall be paid to the said Asher Palmer, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, April 26, 1816.