Art. 50. No advance of public money to be made. Proviso. Proviso.] Art. 51. Officers or a An ACT concerning the Disbursement of Public [Acts of the 2nd session of the 17th Congress, p. 7.] SECT. 2. That every officer or agent of gents of the U. the United States, who shall receive pubStates, to ac- lic money which he is not authorized to count quarter retain, as salary, pay, or emolument, shall yearly. render his accounts quarter yearly to the proper accounting officers of the Treasu ry, with the vouchers necessary to the against the Art. 52. SECT. 3. That every officer or agent of Officers or athe United States, who shall offend against gents offending the provisions of the preceding sections, preceding secshall, by the officer charged with the di- tions, to be rection of the department to which such promptly reported to the offending officer is responsible, be prompt- President, and ly reported to the President of the United dismissed from States, and dismissed from the public serthe public service: Provided, That in all cases, where Proviso. any officer, in default as aforesaid, shall account to the satisfaction of the Presi dent for such default, he may be continued in office, any thing in the foregoing provision to the contrary notwithstanding. Art. 53. vice. ven to, or ob SECT. 4. That no security given to, or No security gi obligation entered into with, the govern- ligation enter ment, shall be in any wise impaired, by ed into with, the dismissing any officer, or from failure the governof the President to dismiss any officer ment, to be impaired by coming under the provisions of this act. dismissal or [Approved, 31 January, 1823. non dismissri, spect. An ACT to provide for the collection and preservation of such flags, standards and colours, as shall have been, or may hereafter be, taken by the land and naval forces of the United States from their enemies. [Vol: 4, page 700.] Art. 54. SECT. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the SeDuty of the cretaries of the War and Navy DepartSecretaries of ments be, and they are hereby, directed to War and Na, cause to be collected and transmitted to vy, in this re- them, at the seat of the government of the United States, all such flags, standards, and colours, as shall have been, or may hereafter be, taken by the army and navy of the United States, from their enemies. SECT. 2. All the flags, standards, and colours, of the description aforesaid, which are now in the possession of the departments aforesaid, and such as may be bereafter transmitted to them, shall be, with all convenient despatch, delivered to the President of the United States, for the purpose of being, under his direction, preserved and displayed in such public place as he shall deem proper. Art. 55. Flags, &c. to be displayed in some public place, as the President shall direct. Art. 56. 500 dolls. appropriated. SECT. 3. The sum of five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the above purposes, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. [Approved, 18 April, 1814. An ACT to provide a Naval Armament, Whereas the depredations committed by the Algerine corsairs on the commerce of the United States, render it necessary that a naval force should be provided for its protection: SECT. 1. Be it therefore enacted, &c. Art. 57 That the President of the United States President to be authorized to provide, by purchase or provide certain otherwise, equip, and employ, four ships, ships. to carry forty-four guns each, and two ships to carry thirty-six guns each. SECT. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, superseded. SECT. 9. If a peace shall take place Art. 58. between the United States and the re If peace take gency of Algiers, no further proceedings place, &c. shall be had under this act. [Approved, 27 March, 1794. An ACT supplementary to an act, entitled "An act to provide a naval armament." [Vol. 2, page 519.] Be it enacted, &c. That the President Art. 59. of the United States be authorized to President to continue the construction and equipment continue the (with all convenient expedition) of two construction and equipment frigates of forty-four and one of thirty of three frisix guns, any thing in the act, entitled gates. "An act to provide a naval armament, to the contrary notwithstanding. [Approved, 20 April, 1796. An ACT to provide an additional armament for the further protection of the trade of the United States, and for other purposes. [Vol. 3, page 42.] a Be it enacted, &c. That the President Art. 60. of the United States shall be, and he is Certain vesves hereby, authorized and empowered to sels not carry cause to be built, purchased, or hired, 22 guns each, number of vessels, not exceeding twelve, to be procured. nor carrying more than twenty-two guns each, to be armed, fitted out, and manned, under his direction. ing more than Art. 61. Appropriation for three ships of 32 guns each. [Approved, 27 April, 1798. An ACT to make a further appropriation for the ad ditional naval armament. [Vol. 3, page 112.] Be it enacted, &c. That the sum of six hundred thousand dollars shall be, and hereby is, appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to cause to be built and equipped three ships or vessels, to be of a force not less than thirty-two guns each, and of the dimen sions and model which he shall deem most advantageous for the public service, as part of the additional naval armament authorized by law. [Approved, 16 July, 1798. [By an act of the 25th of February, 1799, six ships of not less than 74 guns, and six sloops of war of 18 |