United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/17th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 1
Chapter I.—An Act authorizing an additional naval force for the suppression of piracy.
President authorized to purchase or construct vessels, to fit, equip, and man them for immediate service, for repressing piracy, &c.
Act of March 3, 1825, ch. 101, sec. 2.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 to purchase or construct a sufficient number of vessels, in addition to those now employed, of such burthen and construction as he may deem necessary, and to fit, equip, and man the same for immediate service, for the purpose of repressing piracy, and of affording effectual protection to the citizens and commerce of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, and the seas and territories adjacent.
Appropriation for such expenditure.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars be appropriated to meet the expenditure to be incurred as aforesaid, and paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, December 20, 1822.