310 THIRTY—-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 174. 1864. Shares of prize prize money awarded to the ship under his command, if such ship at the “‘°“°7· time of the capture was under the command of the commanding officer ef a fleet or squadron, or a division, and three twentieths if his ship was acting independently of such superior officer. égggqhw Fifth. After the foregoing deductions, the residue shall be distributed and proportioned among all others doing duty on board, (including the fleet-cq.ptain,% and` borne upon thelbooks of the ship, in proportion to their respec ive ra es 0 pay in e service. Certain 9f‘H<>¤r¤ No commanding officer of a fleet or squadron shall be entitled to QQ;,;?;-°§;¥?am receive any share of prizes captured by any vessel or vessels not under prizes. his command, nor of suqh prizesdas may have been captured by any ships or vessels intended to e place under his command,_before they have acted under his orders. Nor shall the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron, leaving the station where he had command, have any share in the prizes taken by ships left on such station after he has gone out of the limits of his said command, nor after he has transferred his command to his successor. No officer or other person who shall have been temporarily absent on duty from a vessel on the books of which he continued to be borne, while so absent, shall be deprived, in consequence of such absence, of any prize money to which he would otherwise be entitled. And he shall continue to share in the captures of the vessels to which he is attached until rcgularl discharrred therefrom. Bolmtv MPM__ Sec. 11. And be it §`urther ellacted, That a bounty shall be paid by the Sons 0,, {mssels of United States for each person on board any ship or vessel—of-war belongenemy_ destroyed ing to an enemy at the commencement of an engagement, which shall be ggsglfed Sums sunk or otherwise destroyed in such engagement by any ship or vessel ` belonging to the United States, or which it may be necessary to destroy in consequence of injuries sustained in action, of one hundred dollars, if the enemy’s vessel was of inferior force, and of two hundred dollars, if of equal or superior force, to be divided among the officers and crew in the same manner as prize money; and when the actual number of men on board any such vessel cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, it shall be estimated according to the complement allowed to vessels of its class in the navy of the United States; and there shall be paid as bounty to the captors of (pny yessel-ofiwarlpaptured from an enemy, which they may be instructe to estroy, orw ic shall be immediatel destro ed for the ublic interest, but not in consequence of injuries receided in ayction, fifty zhnlars ”§::¤5g¤§‘*;°°';;{; for every person who shall be on board at the time of such capture. All diwiguted gud ransom money, salvage, bounty, or proceeds of condemned property, accrupaid. ing or awarded to any vessel of the navy, shall be distributed and paid to the officers and men entitled thereto in the same manner as prize money, under the direction of; the Secretary of the Navy. _ bnc. 12. And be tt further enacted, That every assignment of prize or Assignments of b . . ¤ . Wm money, &c_ ounty money, or wages, due to persons enlisted in the naval serv1ce, and robe vom unless, all powers of attorney or other authority to draw, receipt for, or transfer &°· the same, shall be void, unless the same be attested by the captain, or other commanding officer, and the paymaster; and in case of any assignment of wages, the same shall specify the precise time when they commence. But the commanding officer of every vessel is required to discourage his crew from selling any part of their prize money or wages, and never to attest; any powler of attqrney until he is satisfied that the same is not grante in consi eration o money given for the purchase of prize money or wages. _ Sec. 13. And it further enacted, That appeals from the district préglézgsjn 3:;:.; of gtrlhtp Upitpldllpfiftes ig prizpbeaujlestshgill befdipectly tp the si? ans emaewim xr asoterenermgo the decree appealed from, unless the court shadl pdeviously have exteddcd dit]/Lisp may be the time, for cause shown in the particular case, and the supreme court “ · shall always be open for the entry of such appeals. Such appeals may
