Chap. 987.—An ACT to authorize the Board of Chesapeake and its tributaries to
settle a claim against steamer Chesapeake.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas, on the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven, there was a collision between the commonwealth’s steamer
Chesapeake and the schooner W. R. Billups in the waters of Elizabeth
river, near Lambert’s Point, and in consequence of said collision the said
schooner was sunk and otherwise injured, and out of which has arisen a
claim for damages: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the board
on the Chesapeake and its tributaries be, and are hereby, authorized and
empowered to investigate the said collision and claim and to adjust and
settle the same, and to pay therefor such sum as they may deem Just
and proper, not ‘exceeding six hundred dollars, out of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.