LAWS


 

 

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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