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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · Dec. 18, 1807 · Chapter IV

Chapter IV. *to appropriate money for the providing of an additional number of Gun Boats.* Dec. 18, 1807. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of the A number of gun boats to be built, equipped, &c. &c. a

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Chap. IV.— An Act *to appropriate money for the providing of an additional number of Gun Boats.* Dec. 18, 1807. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of the A number of gun boats to be built, equipped, &c. &c. at the discretion of the President.United States be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to cause to be built, or purchased, armed and equipped, a number not exceeding one hundred and eighty-eight gun boats, for the better protection of the ports and harbors of the United States, and for such other purposes as in his opinion the public service may require.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That a sum not exceeding eight hundred and fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars, be, and hereby is Specific appropriation.appropriated, for this purpose, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 18, 1807. Chapter V: laying an Embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States. 2 Stat. 451 1807-12-22 Chapter V Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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*to appropriate money for the providing of an additional number of Gun Boats.* Dec. 18, 1807. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of the A number of gun boats to be built, equipped, &c. &c. a
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