United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/7th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 11
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XI.—An Act to provide an additional armament for the protection of the seamen and commerce of the United States.
President authorized to put into service four vessels of sixteen guns each.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to cause to be built, or to be purchased (if the exigencies of the service shall require it) four vessels of war, to carry not exceeding sixteen guns each; to be armed, manned and fitted out for the protection of the seamen and commerce of the United States in the Mediterranean and adjacent seas, and for other purposes, as the public service may require.
Appropriation for the above.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ninety-six thousand dollars be, and hereby is, appropriated for the purpose aforesaid, out of any monies in the treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated.
President authorized to put into service fifteen gun boats.
Appropriation for the above.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be built, a number not exceeding fifteen gun boats, to be armed, manned and fitted out, and employed for such purposes as in his opinion the public service may require; and that a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars be, and hereby is appropriated for this purpose out of any monies in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 28, 1803.