United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/13th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 58
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LVIII.—An Act to amend and explain the act regulating pensions to persons on board private armed ships.
Act of February 13, 1813, chap. 22.
Construction to be put upon a former act regulating pensions, &c. &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act regulating pensions to persons on board private armed ships shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to place on the pension list under the restrictions and regulations of the said act any officer, seaman, or marine belonging to any private armed ship or vessel of the United States, bearing a commission of letter of marque, who shall have been wounded or otherwise disabled in the line of their duty as officers, seamen, or marines of such private armed ship or vessel.
Approved, August 2, 1813.