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Private Law 20–CXLII
for the relief of Philip Coombs, and others.
Approved May 24, 1828
Statutory text
An Act
for the relief of Philip Coombs, and others.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the collector of the customs for the district of Newburyport, in Massachusetts is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Philip Coombs, late owner of a fishing schooner, lost at sea, called the John, of eighty-six tons burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such allowance, to be distributed according to law, as they TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 143, 144, 145. 1828. would have been entitled to receive had the schooner completed her fishing term and returned into port: Provided, The collector shall be
Proviso,
satisfied that every other provision of the laws regulating fishing vessels has been complied with by the master and owner of the said schooner.
Approved, .