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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 73. 1856. 29 For the prosecution of the work, including pay of commissioner and all _Worl; underreother expenses provided in the first article of the reciprocity treaty with °‘P*`°°‘°Y °’°“tY‘ Great Britain, eleven thousand five hundred and ninety—1ive dollars. Post. P. 91. For expenses of the consulates in the Turkish Dominions, viz: inter- Consulate; in preters, guards and other expenses of the consulates at Constantinople, Turkey- Smyrna, Candia, and Alexandria, two thousand dollars. For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulate at Beirut, five hundred dollars. Approved, August 1, 1856. Cntr. LXXIII.—An Act for the Rel the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Aug. 1, 1856. Seamen, and Marines of the United Sloop-ojiwar Albany, and far other Pur- '*“'—""" IJOS2S. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of Hxing Times ofcomthe time at which shall commence the pensions, under the existiixg laws, m°“9°m°g¥ gg_ of the widows and orphan children of the officers, seamen, marines, g§g;“§:_,,,; um and others in service, who were lost in the United States sloop-otiwar Alpsnymd Por- Albany, as well as the time to which the pay of said officers, seamen, P°‘S°· marines, and others in service shall be al owed, the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fit’ty-five, shall be deemed and taken to be the day on which the said sloop-of—war Albany foundered at sea; and that, for the like purposes, the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall be deemed and taken to be the day on which the United States brig Porpoise was lost in like manner. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the widow, or child, or children, Additional pay and in case there be no widow, or child, or children, (as aforesaid,) then W *h° '°]**“'°°· the parent or parents, and if there are no parents, the brothers and sisters, of the olhcers, seamen, marines, and others in service, who were lost in said slo0p·of-war Albany and brig Porpoise, including captain’s clerk and assistant di-aughtsman, shall be entitled to and receive out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to twelve months’ pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date of the loss of said vessels respectively. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers Settlement of of the Treasury Department be and hereby are authorized and directed *°°&§;l2;°Y N*¤· to settle the accounts of Nixon White, late purser in the navy, who was gi-1Th8iA{bg;;?r lost in the sloop-of-war Albany, with all his accounts and vouchers for expenditures and payments made by him, and with all the money, stores, and supplies procured for the use of said vessel, and to allow him a credit for whatever sum appears to be due from him on the books of the department. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the pensions and payments Pensions and made to the proper representatives (as provided for in this act) of Passed fi:%?:’;“°f';gg' Midshipmen William K. Bridge, who was in command as acting lieuten· midshgpmlgjog aut of the brig Porpoise when she was lost, and of the other passed mid- Th? Pofpvise, shipmen who were on board The Porpoise when she was lost, under Q32g" ‘“'“°“‘ orders from the Navy Department, as acting lieutenants as well as their pay from the time of their joining said vessel, shall be the same as though they were then duly commissioned and actually holding said rank of lieutenant. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That thr the purpose of fixing the Timcat which time to which the pay of Passed Midshipmen William C. Smith shall be ${5, bggxg allowed, the lirst day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one have bmw; shall be deemed and taken to be the day on which the said Smith was lost at sea. Ari-uovnn, Augusf], 1856.