ing. In the
distance, to the left, is the wreck of a large vessel. PAQUET. F.
(_fecit_).

IN TESTIMONY OF HEROIC DEEDS IN SAVING LIFE FROM THE PERILS OF THE
SEA. A female figure, standing, holds in her left hand a wreath of
oak, and with her right is preparing to inscribe the name of the
recipient on a monument which is surmounted by the American eagle, and
to the right of which are a mast, a yard with its sail bent, an
anchor, a sextant, and a branch of laurel. Exergue: ACT OF CONGRESS
JUNE 20th 1874. PAQUET.

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. (p. 442)

_Act of Congress Instituting Life Saving Medals._

_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled_: That the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to cause to be
prepared medals of honor, with suitable devices, to be
distinguished as Life-Saving Medals of the first and second
class, which shall be bestowed upon any persons who shall
hereafter endanger their own lives in saving, or endeavoring to
save lives from perils of the sea, within the United States, or
upon any American vessel: _Provided_, That the medal of the first
class shall be confined to cases of extreme and heroic daring,
and that the medal of the second class shall be given in cases
not sufficiently distinguished to deserve the medal of the first
class: _Provided also_, That no award of either medal shall be
made to any person until sufficient evidence of his deserving
shall have been filed with the Secretary of the Treasury and
entered upon the records of the Department.

Approved June 20, 1874.

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_Lucien M. Clemons, A. J. Clemons, and Hubbard M. Clemons, of
Marblehead, Ohio, for rescuing two men from wreck of Schooner
"Consuello," in Lake Erie, May 1, 1875. Awarded June 19th, 1876._

Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary,
Washington, D. C., June 30th, 1876.
To
Lucien M. CLEMONS, Esq.,[130]
Marblehead, Ohio.

[Footnote 130: Similar letters were written to A.
J. Clemons and Hubbard M. Clemons.]

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a life-saving medal of
the first-class, which has been awarded to