Chapter CLXIX. for the relief of Peter Audrain
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Chap. CLXIX.— An Act for the relief of Peter Audrain. April 30, 1816. *Be it enacted, &c., * To be paid for his services as clerk and interpreter. That there be paid to Peter Audrain, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand dollars, upon his executing to the United States a receipt in full discharge for his claim for services as clerk and interpreter to the board of commissioners at Detroit, from the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and nine, to the first of July, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.
Approved, April 30, 1816. RESOLUTIONS Resolution 2: to indemnify the sureties of Commodore John Rodgers Resolution 2 6 Stat. 180 1816-02-15 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 14 1 private No. 2 Resolution, to indemnify the sureties of Commodore John Rodgers Feb. 15, 1816. *Resolved, &c., * That under the peculiar circumstances of the case of an appeal taken by Commodore John Rodgers, from a decree FOURTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 3, 4, 6. 1816. 181 of the United States circuit court for the district of Massachusetts,To indemnify sureties in the appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. affirming that of the district court for the said district, to the supreme court of the United States in the case wherein John Donnel of Baltimore was libellant, and the said John Rodgers and John Smith were respondents, the United States will indemnify and save harmless any persons who may become sureties for the said John Rodgers, in a bond to respond the final judgment of the supreme court on the said appeal; *Provided,* that this interposition on the part of the United States shall not be considered as involving them in any other engagement or responsibility, than to indemnify and save harmless the said sureties from eventual loss, on account of such suretyship.
Approved, February 15, 1816. Resolution 3: requesting the president to present medals to Captain Stewart and the officers of the frigate Constitution. Resolution 3 6 Stat. 181 1816-02-22 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 14 1 private No. 3 Resolution, requesting the president to present medals to Captain Stewart and the officers of the frigate Constitution.
Feb. 22, 1816. *Be it resolved, &c., * That the president of the United States be,President to present medals to Captain Stewart, and the officers of the frigate Constitution. and he is hereby requested to present to Captain Charles Stewart, of the frigate Constitution, a gold medal, with suitable emblems and devices, and a silver medal, with suitable emblems and devices, to each commissioned officer of the said frigate, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of the gallantry, good conduct, and services of Captain Stewart, his officers and crew, in the capture of the British vessels of war, the Cyane and the Levant, after a brave and skilful combat.
Approved, February 22, 1816. Resolution 4: requesting the president to present medals to Captain James Biddle, and the officers of the sloop of war Hornet. Resolution 4 6 Stat. 181 1816-02-22 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 14 1 private No. 4 Resolution requesting the president to present medals to Captain James Biddle, and the officers of the sloop of war Hornet.
Feb. 22, 1816. *Be it resolved, &c., * That the president of the United States be,President to present medals to Captain James Biddle, and the officers of the sloop of war Hornet. and he is hereby requested, to present to Captain James Biddle of the sloop of war Hornet, a gold medal, with suitable emblems and devices, and a silver medal, with suitable emblems and devices, to each commissioned officer of the said sloop of war, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of the gallantry, good conduct, and services of Captain Biddle, his officers and crew, in capturing the British sloop of war Penguin, after a brave and skilful combat.
Approved, February 22, 1816. Resolution 6: requiring the Secretary of State to compile and print, once in every two years, a register of all officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States. Resolution 6 6 Stat. 181 1816-02-27 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-12-05 14 1 private No. 6 Resolution requiring the Secretary of State to compile and print, once in every two years, a register of all officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States.
Feb. 27, 1816. *Be it resolved, &c., * That once in two years, a register, containingSecretary of state to compile and print a register of all officers and agents, in the service of the United States. correct lists of all the officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States, made up to the last day of September of each year in which a new congress is to assemble, be compiled and printed under the direction of the secretary for the department of state.
And to enable him to form such register, he, for his own department, and the heads of the other departments, respectively, shall, in due time, cause such lists as aforesaid, of all officers and agents, in their respective departments, including clerks, cadets and midshipmen, to be made and lodged in the office of the department of state. And the said lists, shall exhibit the amount of compensation, pay, and emoluments allowed to each officer, agent, clerk, cadet and midshipman, the state or county in which he was born, and where employed. 2. *Resolved, * That the secretary of the navy subjoin to the list of the persons employed in his department, the names, force and con- 182 FOURTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Res. 6. 1816. dition of all the ships and vessels belonging to the United States, and when and where built. 3. *Resolved,* That five hundred copies of the said register be printed; and that on the first Monday in January in each year, when a new congress shall be assembled, there be delivered to the president, the vice president, each head of a department, each member of the senate and house of representatives of the United States, one copy of such register; and to the secretary of the senate, and clerk of the house of representatives, each, ten copies, for the use of the respective houses; that twenty-five copies shall be deposited in the library of the United States, at the seat of government, to be used like other books in that library, and that the residue of the said copies be disposed of in such manner as congress shall from time to time direct. 4. *Resolved,* That for the information of the present congress, such register as aforesaid be prepared and distributed as aforesaid, on the first day of its next session.
Approved, April 27, 1816. 14 2 1816 1817 PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December,* 1816, *and ended on the third day of March,* 1817. James Madison, President of the United States; John Gaillard, President of the Senate pro tempore; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE II.
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