738 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 480-482. 1882. ° August 8, 1852. CHAP. 480.-An act to refer the clai1n of the captors of the ram Albermarle to —-—-—-—· the Court of Claims. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Claims of cap- States of America in Congress assembled, That the claims of the captors
- ·°"°,°f ";.mH:1db°:‘ of the ram Albermarle, which was captured and destroyed October
5*::,.: 0§·°&aim_ ° twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-ibur, be, and the same hereby are, referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction and authority to hear and determine the same, and all defenses thereto which are or may be open to the United States, and to render judgment thereon, with the right of appeal as in other cases; and if said court shall find that either or any of said captors has not or have not received his or their lull and just share of the prize money awarded for the capture of said ram Albemarle, according to the proportions provided in the prize laws in force at the time of said capture, and that he or they are entitled to claim and recover the same, the said court shall render judgment in favor of such captor or captors, respectively, or his or their legal representatives, for such sum or sums as shall in addition to the amount already paid make the share of such captor or captors, respectively, equal to his or their respective share or shares of said prize money, according to the provisions of the prize laws in force at the time of said 1’rovi•o. capture: Provided, That no suit shall be brought under the provisions of this act after one year from the date of its passage. . Judgment. iww SEO. 2. That any judgment rendered by the Court of Claims under Pm- the provisions of the lirst section of this act shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury out of any money in the Treasury applicable to the payment of prize to captors; and if there shall not be money applicable for that purpose in the Treasury, or sufficient therefor, then the same, or any part thereof for which prize money in the Treasury is insuiiicient, be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. _ Approved, August 8, 1882. August 8, 1882. CHAP. 481.-Au act for the relief of Mary E. Thomson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mary E. Thom- States of America in Congress assembled, That Mary E. Thomson, mother °°;· . . R .v of Passed Assistant Paymaster Curtis H. Thomson. United-States Navy. to ,,,,,1,,, deceased be, and is hereby, authorized to accept, iirst, a portrait, in gm; from King of frame, of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Siam; second, a silver im ¤*¤· enameled cigar-case; third a match box and tray of Siamese work, the same being presented to said Curtis H. Thomson, in his lifetime, by the King of Siam, and now on deposit in the Smithsonian Institution. Approved, August 8, 1882. August 3, g35g_ CHAP. 482.-An act for the relief of John G. Taylor. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United John G. Taylor, States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting ¤¤d¤¤¤•¤¤¤¤¤f¤- officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorized and directed, in adjusting the accounts of John G. Taylor, former collector of customs at the port of Annapolis, in the state of Maryland, to allow him a credit of one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and nine cents, being the amount paid by said Taylor, as collector of customs as aforesaid, to J ohn R. Briscoe, as surveyor of customs at the port of Nottingham Maryland, on account of Salary of said Briscoe, and disallowed to said Taylor by the Treasury Department. Approved, August 8, 1882.
