VII. Whenever one or more public ships or vessels are in sight, at the time any one or more ships are taking a prize or prizes, they shall share equally in the prize or prizes, according to the number of men and guns on board each ship in sight.
No commander of a fleet or squadron shall be entitled to receive any share of prizes taken by vessels not under his immediate command; nor of such prizes as may have been taken by ships or vessels intended to be placed under his command, before they have acted under his immediate orders; nor shall a commander of a fleet or squadron, leaving the station where he had the command, have any share in the prizes taken by ships left on such station, after he has gone out of the limits of his command.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That a bounty shall be paid by the United States, of twenty dollars, for each person on board any ship of an enemy at the commencement of an engagement, which shall be sunk or destroyed by any ship or vessel belonging to the United States, of equal or inferior force, the same to be divided among the officers and crew in the same manner as prize money.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every officer, seaman or marine, disabled in the line of his duty, shall be entitled to receive for life, or during his disability, a pension from the United States according to the nature and degree of his disability, not exceeding one half his monthly pay.
No change in the pay of the officers of the navy having been made after the year 1799, the annual amount to which each officer in actual service was entitled during the War of 1812 was:
| A captain commanding a squadron of ships | $1,200 |
| A captain of a ship of 32 guns and upwards | 1,200 |
| A captain of a ship under 32 guns | 900 |
| A master commandant | 720 |
| A lieutenant commanding | 600 |
| A lieutenant | 480 |
| A surgeon | 600 |
| A sailing master, purser, and chaplain, each | 480 |
| A surgeon’s mate | 360 |
| A boatswain, gunner, sailmaker, or carpenter | 240 |
| A midshipman | 228 |
| A seaman | 144 |
The following is a statement of the pay in the British navy during the War of 1812:
In the British navy an admiral of the fleet receives £6 sterling per diem, and is entitled to twelve servants at 32s. per month each; an admiral receives £5 sterling per day, and is entitled to ten servants; a vice-admiral, £4 sterling per day, and seven servants; a rear-admiral or commodore with a captain under him, £3 sterling per day while his flag is flying within the limits of his station; a captain of the fleet receives £3 sterling per day, and is entitled to three servants at 32s. per month each. Making these various allowances, the annual amount of compensation to officers of the British navy, from the admiral of the fleet down to the commander of a sloop or bomb, is:
| Admiral of the fleet | $15,624 |
| Admiral | 13,831 11 |
| Vice-admiral | 11,952 88 |
| Rear-admiral or commodore with a captain under him | 10,160 |
| Captain of the fleet | 5,122 67 |
| Captain of a 1st rate, 800 to 900 men | 3,272 87 |
| Captain of a 2d rate, 650 to 700 men | 2,864 |
| Captain of a 3d rate, 600 to 650 men | 2,455 11 |
| Captain of a 4th rate, 350 to 450 men | 2,045 33 |
| Captain of a 5th rate, 280 to 300 men | 1,636 44 |
| Captain of a 6th rate, 125 to 175 men | 1,432 |
| Captain of a sloop, 100 men or less | 1,227 55 |
All which is exclusive of indulgences and allowances not known in our service.