Chapter CXXXII. to amend the act, entitled “An act to amend the act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force.”May 15, 1820. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Second sec. of the act of 31st Jan., 1809, ch. 11, amended— States of America, in Congress assembled,* Th
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Chap. CXXXII.— An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to amend the act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force.”May 15, 1820. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Second sec. of the act of 31st Jan., 1809, ch. 11, amended— States of America, in Congress assembled,* That the second section of the act, entitled “An act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force,” passed on the thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended, so far as to authorize the enlistment of able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, during the So as to authorize enlistments for the service or the cruise. continuance of the service or cruise for which they shall be enlisted; not, however, to exceed the period of three years.
Approved, May 15, 1820.