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of the officers authorized by this act; which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session, for their advice and consent.

. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, in the recess of the Senate, to appoint all or any of the officers of the navy authorized by existing laws, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session, for their advice and consent.

April 16, 1814.

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 is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint four captains and twelve lieutenants to be employed in the flotilla service of the United States, without rank in the navy, but with the same relative rank and authority in the flotilla service as officers of the same grade are entitled to in the navy of the United States.

. And be it further enacted, That the said captains shall receive the pay and subsistence of a captain in the navy commanding a ship of twenty and under thirty-two guns, and the lieutenants the same pay and subsistence as officers of the same rank are entitled to in the navy of the United States, and shall be governed by the rules and regulations provided for the government of the navy.

. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to appoint, in the recess of the Senate, any of the officers authorized by this act, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session.

April 16, 1814.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act which passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred, entitled “,” be, and the same is hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage, on vessels propelled by steam, employed in the transportation of passengers.

April 16, 1814.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the decisions made made by the commissioners (appointed in pursuance of the act, entitled “,” passed the twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve) where such decisions were in favor of the claims, and where the commissioners have reported specially and have not rejected the claims; all such claims as entered in their report to the Secretary of the Treasury, bearing date the fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall and the same are hereby confirmed.