United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/10th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 4
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Chap. IV.—An Act to appropriate money for the providing of an additional number of Gun Boats.
A number of gun boats to be built, equipped, &c. &c. at the discretion of the President.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the 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.
Specific appropriation.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 appropriated, for this purpose, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, December 18, 1807.