United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/8th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 12
Chap. XII.—An Act for the relief of Alexander Murray.
Case of the Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch 64, 1 Cond. Rep. 358.Be it enacted, &c., That the proper accounting officers liquidate and adjust with Alexander Murray, the account of damages, interest and charges, in the case of the schooner Charming Betsey, recaptured by him while commander of the frigate Constellation, in the service of the United States, during the year one thousand eight hundred, and afterwards libelled in the District Court of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania, in which case judgment was ultimately rendered by the circuit court, in pursuance of a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States; and that so much as may be necessary for satisfying the same be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 31, 1805.