THATthe sum of one hundred thous-and dollars be, and the same hereby, authorized to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the officers and crew of the Ketch Intrepid, commanded by Stephen Decatur, who were engaged in the capture and destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, in the harbor of Tripoli, on the sixteenth February, eighteen hundred and four, to be distributed pro rata among the said officers and crew, according to the rates fixed by the sixth section of the act of April twenty third, eighteen hundred, for the better government of the Navy of the United States.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any officer, seaman, or marine, who was engaged in the capture aforesaid, shall have died prior to the passage of this act, the sum to which he would have been entitled under this act shall be divided equally among his children and his widow, if she be living and unmarried; and if there be no widow, then to his children; but if there be no children, then to his widow, if she be living and unmarried, as his sole heir; and in no case shall any collateral kindred or creditor of

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any deceased officer, seaman or marine, be entitled to receive any of the benefits of this act. Provided That M^rs Priscilla Decatur Twigggs and her two sisters, nieces of Commodore Stephen Decatur, shall for the purposes of this bill, be deemed his children and share as such in the distribution of prize money to be made.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in default of such heirs as are specified in the preceding section, the share or proportion to which any deceased officer, seaman or marine, might have been entitled under this act, shall remain in the treasury of the United States, and be carried to the surplus fund.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any portion of this appropriation which may remain unclaimed in the treasury at the expiration of the term of three years from the date of this act, shall be carried to the surplus fund.