Constitution is an offspring of the Congress. She was
created and manned by that body, then maintained, sustained, and
directed by legislation. Collected and transcribed here are
the laws that applied during her days of front-line service - until
1855.
Section A
Additional appropriation for Naval Armament (1798)
Administration of
Oaths (1789)
Amendment to Navy Department Organization (1829)
An Addition to the Act for Disabled Seaman (1799)
Appropriation for Home Squadron (1841)
Augmentation of Marine Corps (1814)
Augmentation of the Marine Corps (1809)
Augmentation
of the Navy (1799)
Authorizing additional naval force (1809)
Section B
Section C
CAPTS
and CDRs Pay (1798)
Changing Officers' Titles (1837)
Collection and Preservation of Trophies (1814)
Concerning the Naval Establishment (1809)
Section D
Section E
Enlistment Terms
Amended (1845)
Establishing a Department of the Navy (1798)
Establishing
Marine Corps (1798)
Establishing
Naval Hospitals (1811)
Establishing the Department of War (1789)
Section F
Fixing Rank of Marine Corps Commandant (1800)
Further supplement to Naval Peace Establishment Act (1807)
Section H
Honorable Discharge and Summary Court-Martial Instituted
Section I
Invalid Pensioners
(1819)
Invalid
Pensioners Repeal (1832)
Section L
LTs Pay Increase (1828)
Section M
Marine
Corps Peace Establishment (1817)
Section N
Naval Armament (1797)
Naval Armament
Supplement (1796)
Naval
Peace Establishment Act (1801)
Navy Increase (1813)
Navy Medical Department Reorganization (1828)
Navy Regulations (1799)
Section P
Pay (1814)
Pay (1835)
Pensions (1813)
Pensions (1814
Pensions (1818)
Pensions (1819)
Pensions (1824)
Pensions (1828)
Pensions (1832)
Pensions (1834)
Pensions (1837)
Pensions (1841)
Pensions (1842)
Pensions (1844)
Pensions (1845)
Pensions (1847)
Professors of
Mathematics (1842)
Providing a
Naval Armament (1794)
Section R
Regulating Pay of Pursers and others (1842)
Revised enlistments
(1837)
Revised
Marine Corps strength (1834)
Revised
Marine Corps strength (1847)
Revision
of Navy Regulations (1832)
Revisions to the Naval Establishment (1812)
Section S
Supplement to Navy Peace Establishment (1806)
Supplement to Navy Peace Establishment Act (1804)
Section T
Termination of
Commissions (1820)
The Navy Ration (1842)
Section U
U. S. Flag (1818)
Section V
Section W
Section X
Section Y
Section Z
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