Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of

2 Representatives of the United States of America

3 in Congress assembled, that the accounts of the late Commo=

4 dore John Paul Jones with the United States be referred to

5 the Secretary of the Treasury, to adjust and pay, out of any

6 money or stock of the United States in the treasury not

7 otherwise appropriated, upon the principles of justice and

8 equity, according to acts in similar cases and applicable

9 thereto.

1 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary

2 of the Treasury is hereby instructed to pay to the legal repre=

3 sentatives of the said John Paul Jones, and the officers, seamen

4 and marines of the squadron under his command being

5 citizens of the United States, or their representatives, out of

6 any moneys of stock of the United States in the treasury not

7 otherwise appropriated, their respective proportions of the value, as estimated by Benjamin

8 Franklin, of three prizes captured by the squadron under the

9 command of the said Jones, and delivered up to Great Britain

10 by Denmark, in seventeen hundred and seventy-nine; to be

11 apportioned on the basis of the distribution of a settlement

12 made with ^the captors^, fro prizes captured by, the said squadron, and

13 received from the Court of France, and confirmed by Congress

14 in seventeen hundred and eighty-seven; ^[^the said proportion

16 to be deducted from the indemnity to be received from

17 Denmark, in satisfaction of the loss sustained in the three

18 prizes aforesaid^]^. ^deducting, however &c &c ^

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12/08/1847
Passed the Senate, December 8, 1847
Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretary

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S._1.
An act
for the relief of the heirs of John Paul Jones.–

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02/18/1848
In the House of Representatives,
February 18^th, 1848.
Resolved that this Bill do pass with amendments.
Attest.
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk
Clerk

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Feb 27 Reported– no am^t

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Concur in amdt

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HR Com on Claims
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[~~...~~?] to reconsider

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Ex^d 20 Mar 1848 by M^r Upham S

"Crampton H.R.

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30^thCongress.
1^stSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 1) entitled “An Actfor the relief of the heirs of John Paul Jones do pass with the following

Amendments

Section 2 line 12 Insert after the word “with” the words

“the captors”

line 14 Strike out the words “the said propor=

tion to be deducted from the indem=

nity to be received from Denmark

in satisfaction of the loss sustained

in the three prizes aforesaid” and

insert “deducting however from the

share of Captain Peter Landais

the sum received by him or his

legal representatives under an act

of Congress approved the twenty

eights of March eighteen hundred

and six; Provided that in ascer=

taining the amount due the heirs

of said Paul Jones, if any, no inter=

est shall be allowed on such claim.”

Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

1	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
2	Representatives of the United States of America
3	in Congress assembled, that the accounts of the late Commo=
4	dore John Paul Jones with the United States be referred to
5	the Secretary of the Treasury, to adjust and pay, out of any
6	money or stock of the United States in the treasury not
7	otherwise appropriated, upon the principles of justice and
8	equity, according to acts in similar cases and applicable
9	thereto.
1	Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary
2	of the Treasury is hereby instructed to pay to the legal repre=
3	sentatives of the said John Paul Jones, and the officers, seamen
4	and marines of the squadron under his command being
5	citizens of the United States, or their representatives, out of
6	any moneys of stock of the United States in the treasury not
7	otherwise appropriated, their respective proportions of the value, as estimated by Benjamin
8	Franklin, of three prizes captured by the squadron under the
9	command of the said Jones, and delivered up to Great Britain
10	by Denmark, in seventeen hundred and seventy-nine; to be
11	apportioned on the basis of the distribution of a settlement
12	made with ^the captors^, fro prizes captured by, the said squadron, and
13	received from the Court of France, and confirmed by Congress
14	in seventeen hundred and eighty-seven; ^[^the said proportion
16	to be deducted from the indemnity to be received from
17	Denmark, in satisfaction of the loss sustained in the three
18	prizes aforesaid^]^. ^deducting, however &c &c ^

Section 2 line 12	Insert after the word “with” the words
	“the captors”
line 14	Strike out the words “the said propor=
	tion to be deducted from the indem=
	nity to be received from Denmark
	in satisfaction of the loss sustained
	in the three prizes aforesaid” and
	insert “deducting however from the
	share of Captain Peter Landais
	the sum received by him or his
	legal representatives under an act
	of Congress approved the twenty
	eights of March eighteen hundred
	and six; Provided that in ascer=
	taining the amount due the heirs
	of said Paul Jones, if any, no inter=
	est shall be allowed on such claim.”