Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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H R 109

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for the relief of Stalker & Hill

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 109.
(Report No. 118.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 25, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Daniel, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Stalker & Hill.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he
is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and adjust the
claim of Gilbert Stalker and N. B. Hill, for a steamboat
called the “James Boatwright,” which was sunk in Indian
River, in Florida, in the month of April, eighteen hundred
and thirty-eight, while in the service of the United States,
as represented by them, by reason of her bottom being
eaten through by the worms which infest those waters, and
which was prevented from being repaired after she had
been ascertained to have been seriously injured, and appli-
cation had been made for her relief to the officer under

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27 whose command she was, in consequence of the exigency
of the public service; and that the said Secretary, on find-
ing the facts aforesaid to be true, pay the said Stalker and
Hill, whatever damage they may have sustained by the loss
of the steamboat aforesaid, estimating the value of the
said steamboat not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, and
deducting therefrom what, in his judgment, it would have
cost to overhaul and repair the said steamboat at the time
application was made to take her to Charleston for repairs,
including the expense of taking her there, and the value of
the engine saved from the wreck of said steamboat^√^, and
that the said Secretary be authorized to take additional evi-
dence upon any or all of the points arising in the case, if
deemed necessary.

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H R N^o 109
For the releif of Stalker & Hill.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to audit and adjust the claim of Gilbert Stalker and N. B. Hill, for a steamboat called the “James Boatwright,” which was sunk in Indian River, in Florida, in the month of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, while in the service of the United States, as represented by them, by reason of her bottom being eaten through by the worms which infest those waters, and which was prevented from being repaired after she had been ascertained to have been seriously injured, and appli- cation had been made for her relief to the officer under
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27	whose command she was, in consequence of the exigency of the public service; and that the said Secretary, on find- ing the facts aforesaid to be true, pay the said Stalker and Hill, whatever damage they may have sustained by the loss of the steamboat aforesaid, estimating the value of the said steamboat not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, and deducting therefrom what, in his judgment, it would have cost to overhaul and repair the said steamboat at the time application was made to take her to Charleston for repairs, including the expense of taking her there, and the value of the engine saved from the wreck of said steamboat^√^, and that the said Secretary be authorized to take additional evi- dence upon any or all of the points arising in the case, if deemed necessary.