APPENDIX. I. Titles of the Revised Statutes. II. Recognition by Congress of gallant services of officers and others of the Navy and the Marine Corps. III. Acknowledgment by Congress of prominent services, and authority to officers to accept medals, swords, decorations, &c., from foreign governments. IV. General relief acts, &c. V. Constitution of the United States. VI. Secretaries of the Navy. 19 N L 44. The public property. 3748-3755 45. Public printing, advertisements, and public documents. 3756-3828 46. The postal service.. 3829-4061 47. Foreign relations... 4062-4130 48. Regulation of commerce and navigation 4131-4305 49. Regulation of vessels in foreign commerce. 4306-4310 50. Regulation of vessels in domestic commerce...... 4311-4390 51. Regulation of fisheries.... 4391-4398 PART II. RECOGNITION BY CONGRESS OF GALLANT SERVICES OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. Resolution requesting the President to present a gold medal to Captain Thomas Truxtun; and respecting the conduct of Midshipman James Jarvis. That the President of the United States be requested to present to Captain Thomas Truxtun, a golden medal, emblematical of the late action between the United States' frigate Constellation, of thirty-eight guns, and the French ship of war La Vengeance, of fifty-four; in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the above engagement, wherein an example was exhibited by the captain, officers, sailors, and marines, honorable to the American name, and instructive to its rising navy. That the conduct of James Jarvis, a midshipman in said frigate, who gloriously preferred certain death to an abandonment of his post, is deserving of the highest praise, and that the loss of so promising an officer is a subject of national regret. Approved March 29, 1800. Resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Sterett, the officers, and crew of the United States' schooner Enterprise. That they entertain a high sense of the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Sterett, and the other officers, seamen, and marines, on board the schooner Enterprise, in the capture of a Tripolitan corsair of fourteen guns and eighty men. That the President of the United States be requested to present to Lieutenant Sterett a sword, commemorative of the aforesaid heroic action; and that one month's pay be allowed to all the other officers, seamen, and marines, who were on board the Enterprise when the aforesaid action took place. Approved February 3, 1802. Resolution expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Captain Stephen Decatur, the officers and crew of the United States' ketch Intrepid, in attacking, in the harbor of Tripoli, and destroying, a Tripolitan frigate of forty-four guns. That the President of the United States be requested to present, in the name of Congress, to Captain Stephen Decatur, a sword, and to each of the officers and crew of the United States' ketch Intrepid, two months' pay, as a testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of the gallantry, good conduct, and services of Captain Decatur, the officers and crew, of the said ketch, in attacking, in the harbor of Tripoli, and destroying, a Tripolitan frigate of forty-four guns. Approved November 27, 1804. Resolutions expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Commodore Edward Preble, the officers, seamen, and marines of his squadron. That the thanks of Congress be, and the same are hereby, presented to Commodore Edward Preble, and through him to the officers, petty offiers, seamen, and marines, attached to the squadron under his commaud, for their gallantry and good conduct displayed in the several attacks on the town, batteries, and naval force of Tripoli, in the year 1804. That the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be |