United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 51
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LI.—An Act rewarding the officers and crew of the frigate Constitution, and the officers and crew of the Wasp.
Reward to the officers and crew of the Constitution for the destruction of the Java, and Wasp.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 have distributed, as prize money, to Captain Isaac Hull, of the frigate Constitution, his officers and crew, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, for the capture and destruction of the British frigate Guerriere: and the like sum, in like manner, to Captain William Bainbridge, his officers and crew, for the capture and destruction of the British frigate Java: and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, in like manner, to Captain Jacob Jones, of the sloop of war Wasp, his officers and crew, for the capture of the British sloop of war Frolic: and that the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid.
Approved, March 3, 1813.