Laws of the United States, in relation to the Navy and Marine Corps : to the close of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. Together with the acts and resolutions of Congress, granting medals, swords and votes of thanks, or having reference to special objects : also private acts, for the relief of individuals, alphabetically arranged: and a table of appropriations and expenditures, for the naval service, from 1791 to 1840, both years inclusive. To which are prefixed the Constitution of the United States, and a synopsis of the legislation of Congress, respecting naval affairs, during the Revolutionary War. With an appendix, containing the laws passed at the Twenty-seventh Congress / compiled and arranged by Benjamin Homans.