804 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 515, 516. 1903. February 7. 1903 CHAP. 515.-An Act For the relief of the officers and crew of the United States
s1tea(p1erdCl*]n3;·‘I<;stp1r;,1 léost in the Philippine Islands November second, eighteen hun-
YG 3D y- . Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRq7resentatives of the United l{;f,;§,;$‘“,,§1f,“,§,‘Q,';Q,, States of America in Uonsqress assembled, That to reimburse the officers and crew of- and crew of the United tates steamshilp Charleston, destroyed on a coral reef oi} Camiguin Island, in the P ilippines, November second, eighteen hundred and nineqy-nine, for losses incurred by them, respectively, in the destruction o said vessel, there shall be paid to eac of said officers and crew or to the personal representatives of any which may be deceased, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise a prqpfiated, a sum equal to the losses so sus-
bms tained by them: , at the accounting officers of the Treasury
l shall in all cases r uire a schedule and certificate from each person making a claim unedler this Act, such schedule to be approved by the Secretary of the Navy, who may require other satisfactory proof of said losses, and reimbursements shall be made for such losses as are of a character and value suitable and appro riate to the rank, rating, or edfavmeuw MMM- duty of the person suffering such loss: §·ovtded, however, That in no case shall the aggregate sum allowed any claimant or person for such loss exceed the value of such articles of lpersonal property as were required by the United States,Naval Regu ations in force at the time of such loss, and there shall be deducted therefrom any sum heretofore KS··”°°·”°»P·‘“‘· paid any of them under section two hundred and ninety of the Revised tatutes. &HFp:i;L¤¤f¤c¤¤¤ ¤f Tpap tile relgef grantlectlby the prlpwisions otthési shall LH saisacrono an an a carmsw aevera ins e nre States on account of losseg by the destruction of til; United States steamship Charleston, and any claim which shall be presented and acted upon under the authority of this Act shall be held to be finally determined, and shall not in any manner thereafter be reopened, reconsidered, supplemented, nor be subject to appeal in any form. nps 1ipi{a£::·S1>rs· Sec. 3. hat no claim for losses by reason of the destruction of said °°“ ”g° ° .vessel not heretofore presented shall be allowed under the provisions of thisf Act which shal not be presented within two years after the date o its passas ge. pan;-o:§g¤¤¤<»f m·i·¤ Sec. 4. hat any amounts that have been paid under sections two ‘ hundred and eighty-eight, two hundred and eighty-nine, and two hun- Ha. s.,8s·¤¤·. M. 2**9. dred and ninety of the Revised Statutes shall be deducted in the settle- ’°' " ment of all claims under this Act. Approved, February 7, 1903. renmary 7. nm. CHAP. 518.-—An Act Por the improvement and care of Confederate Mound, in ~rt-g6iig35;;] ·-- Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, and making an appropriation therefor. Be it enacted ttte Senate and House of Regyreeentattvee of the United mfyfl},hl‘;°°'},§,{§€m°‘ States ofrtmerzca zn Congress a88embted,_T at the Secreta r of War i corngisggggnpyé be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter into a contract with the Oak §§,,,,,,_» ,,,,,m,,,,,,d_ Woods Cemetery Association for the improvement and ornamentation of the plot of ground owned liyuthe United States and known as “Confederate Mound," located in k Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, in which are buried twelve Union and four thousand and thirty-nine Confederate soldiers, who died at Camp Douglas during the war of the rebellion, so as to bring the condition of the said plot of ground up to, the standard of the improvements in the cemetery surroundin Ifrgggfex me it; Provided, That the expense of such improvement shall not exceed pethe sum of three thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. e,§°“"“"‘ ’°' °“"°· Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized from time to time to enter into contract with the Oak YVoods Ceme-
