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Coast Guard, after Order from Treasury, shall be raised and governed by Admiralty.
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III. From and after such Day as shall be named for that Purpose by the Commissioners of the Treasury, by Writing under their Hands, such Number of Officers and Men as the Commissioners of the Admiralty may from Time to Time think fit (but so that the whole Number of Officers and Men constituting the Coast Guard shall not at any One Time exceed Ten thousand) shall be employed, raised, maintained, equipped, and governed by the Commissioners of the Admiralty, and such Officers and Men shall be and constitute and form the Coast Guard; and the Commissioners of the Admiralty shall and may have and exercise over and with reference to the Coast Guard all the Powers, Authorities, Control, Government, Rights, Privileges, and Immunities which shall be vested in or which may be had or exercised by any Person or Persons whomsoever over or in any way affecting the existing Coast Guard.
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