Chapter XXI. to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of the enlistment of seamen
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Chap. XXI.— An Act to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of the enlistment of seamen.March 2, 1837. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatBoys may be enlisted. it shall be lawful to enlist boys for the navy, with the consent of their parents or guardians, not being under thirteen, nor over eighteen years of age, to serve until they shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years; and it shall be lawful to enlist other persons for the navy, to serve for a period notOther persons may be enlisted for five years.So much of act 15th May, 1820, ch. 132, as is inconsistent with this act, repealed. exceeding five years, unless sooner discharged by direction of the President of the United States; and so much of an act entitled “An act to amend the act entitled ‘ An act to amend the act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force,’ ” approved fifteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall be, and is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAny person whose lime expires while on foreign service, to be sent to U. States, &c.1845, ch. 77, § 9. when the time of service of any person enlisted for the navy, shall expire, while he is on board any of the public vessels of the United States, employed on foreign service, it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of the fleet, squadron, or vessel, in which such person may be, to send him to the United States in some public or other vessel, unless his detention shall be essential to the public interests, in which case the said officer may detain him until the vessel in which he shall be serving shall return to the United States; and it shall be the duty of said officer, immediately to make report to the Navy Department, of such detention and the causes thereof.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPersons detained to be subject to laws, &c., of navy.Those who re-enlist to receive additional pay. such persons as may be detained after the expiration of their enlistment, under the next preceding section of this act, shall be subject, in all respects, to the laws and regulations for the government of the navy, until their return to the United States, and all such persons as shall be so detained, and all such as shall voluntarily re-enlist to serve until the return of the vessel in which they shall be serving, and their regular discharge therefrom in the United States, shall, while so detained and while so serving under their re-enlistment, receive an addition of one-fourth to their former pay.
Approved, March 2, 1837. Chapter XXI: concerning Pilots. 5 Stat. 153 1837-03-02 Chapter XXI United States Government Publishing Office 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-29 24 1 public
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