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TWELFTH
Congress, Session I, Chapter 47.
An Act concerning the Naval
Establishment.
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 is hereby authorized and empowered to cause to
be immediately repaired, equipped and put into actual service, the frigates
Chesapeake, Constellation and Adams; and that a sum not exceeding three hundred
thousand dollars be, and is hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Sec. 2. And be
it further enacted, That the officers and seamen of the navy may be
increased so far as it may be necessary to officer, man and equip the vessels
so to be put into service, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. And be
it further enacted, That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, annually,
for three years, viz: one thousand eight hundred and twelve, one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen and one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, be
appropriated towards the purchase and supply of a stock of every description of
timber required for ship building and other navy purposes; and that the first
appropriation thereof be made in the purchase of timber suitable for rebuilding
the frigates Philadelphia [sic], General Greene, New York, and Boston.
Sec. 4. And be
it further enacted, That the sums herein specifically appropriated shall be
paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. And be
it further enacted, That as soon as it shall be deemed compatible with the
good of the public service, the gun boats now in commission be laid up, and
with those not in commission, be distributed in the several harbors of the
maritime frontier which are most exposed to attack, to be carefully kept and
used as circumstances may require.
Sec. 6. And be
it further enacted, That the pursers in the navy of the United States shall
be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate; and that from and after the first of May next, no person
shall act in the character of purser, who shall not have been thus first
nominated and appointed, excepting pursers on distant service who shall not
remain in service after the first day of July next, unless nominated and
appointed as aforesaid. And every
purser, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with
two or more sufficient sureties, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars,
conditioned faithfully to perform all the duties of purser in the navy of the
Approved, March 30, 1812.
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