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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS . Sess. I. Ch. 152,153. 1824.

To be paidout of the trea-sury.

Statute I.May 26, 1824.

Act of March3, 1819,ch.89.

Any vessel li-censed for thecod fishery,which may bewrecked, uponsatisfactoryproof shall beallowed thesame as if noaccident hadhappened.

The first sec-tion of this actto be extendedto vessels,which, havingcompleted theirfishing terms,were wreckedsubsequent tothe act of March3, 1819, ch. 89.

Statute I.May 26, 1824.

[Obsolete.]20,000 dollarsappropriated fordeepening thechannel leadinginto the harbourof Presque isle;and 20,000 torepair Plymouth beach, Massa-chusetts .

Indians, as provided for by the fifth article of said treaty, the sum of fourthousand five hundred dollars.

For transportation of the different tribes to the land assigned them bythe said treaty, as provided for by the fifth article of the same, the sum oftwo thousand dollars.

For the establishment of a school, and the support of a gunsmith for saidIndians, as provided for by the sixth article of said treaty, the sum of twothousand dollars, annually, for twenty years.

For running the line of the land assigned to said Indians, as providedfor [in] the seventh article of said treaty, the -sum of five thousanddollars.

Sec. 2. And be, it further enacted, That the said sums be, and theyare hereby, directed to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury nototherwise appropriated.

Approved, May 26, 1824.

Chap. CLII.— An Act to allow the bounty to vessels employed in the cod fisheries,

in certain cases.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That any vessel which shall belicensed according to law, for the cod fishery, and which shall have com-pleted her fishing term, according to the provisions of law, and therebybecome entitled to the allowance of bounty, shall in returning to anyport within the United States , be wrecked or lost, the owner or owners,and crew of such vessel, shall, on satisfactory proof being made to thecomptroller of the treasury, of the wreck, or loss of such vessel, be en-titled to the same bounty as would have been allowed, had such vesselreturned to port.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any vessel which shall havecompleted her fishing term, subsequent to the act, entitled “An act inaddition to, and alteration of, an act, entitled ‘An act laying a duty on im-ported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowance tocertain vessels, employed in the fisheries,’ ” passed the third of March,one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and which shall, in returningto any port in the United States , have been wrecked or lost, the owneror owners, and crew of such fishing vessel, shall have extended to themthe provisions of the first section of this act.

Approved, May 26, 1824.

Chap. CLIII. — An Act making appropriations for deepening the channel leadinginto the harbour of Presque Isle , and for repairing Plymouth Beach.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums ofmoney be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, and placed at the disposition of thePresident of the United States , for the purpose of accomplishing theobjects hereinafter mentioned, to wit: the sum of twenty thousand dol-lars, for making or deepening the channel, leading into the harbour ofPresque Isle, in the state of Pennsylvania ; and the sum of twenty thou-sand dollars, to repair Plymouth Beach, in the state of Massachusetts ,and thereby prevent the harbour, at that place, from being destroyed.

Approved, May 26, 1824.