passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, are hereby extended to all those persons in the service of the United States, who, in consequence of their disability by known wounds, received in actual service during the revolutionary war, resigned their commissions, or took discharges; or who, after incurring their disability, were taken captive by the enemy, and remained either in captivity or on parole, until the close of the war; or who, in consequence of known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, have at any period since,Persons who apply for a pension must conform to the requirements of the act of March 3, 1803, ch. 37. become and continued disabled, in such manner as to render them unable to procure a subsistence by manual labour: Provided, that every person of the several descriptions herein mentioned, applying for a pension, shall in all other respects conform to the requirements of the act to which this is an addition.
Approved, March 3, 1805.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XLVII.—An Act to provide for the accommodation of the President of the United States.
Appropriation for the accommodation of the President of the United States.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 to cause to be sold such part of the furniture and equipage belonging to his household, as may be decayed and out of repair; and that the sum of fourteen thousand dollars, together with the proceeds of such sales, be appropriated for the accommodation of the household of the President of the United States, to be laid out at his discretion, and under his direction.
Approved, March 3, 1805.
RESOLUTIONS
I. 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.
A sword to be presented to Captain Stephen Decatur.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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.
II. Resolutions, expressive of the high sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Commodore Edward Preble, the officers, seamen and marines of his squadron.
Thanks of Congress to be presented to Com. Preble, his officers, petty officers, and men.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be, and the same are hereby presented to Commodore Edward Preble, and through him to the officers, petty officers, seamen and marines attached to the squadron under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct, displayed in the several attacks on the town, batteries and naval force of Tripoli, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.
A gold medal to be presented to him.A sword to be presented to each of the commissioned officers and midshipmen.Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, emblematical of the attacks on the
