33 USC 381: Use of public vessels to suppress piracy
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33 USC 381: Use of public vessels to suppress piracy Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSCHAPTER 7-REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY
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§381. Use of public vessels to suppress piracy

The President is authorized to employ so many of the public armed vessels as in his judgment the service may require, with suitable instructions to the commanders thereof, in protecting the merchant vessels of the United States and their crews from piratical aggressions and depredations.

(R.S. §4293.)

Codification

R.S. §4293 derived from acts Mar. 3, 1819, ch. 77, §1, 3 Stat. 510 ; Jan. 30, 1823, ch. 7, 3 Stat. 721 .