IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand.

DONE at the city of Washington, the twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the thirty-second.

TH: JEFFERSON.

By the President,

JAMES MADISON,

Secretary of State

AN act making further appropriations for the

support of the navy of the United States, du-

ring the year one thousand eight hundred

and seven,

An act allowing an additional compensation to

the secretaries of the Mississippi, Indiana,

Louisiana, and Michigan territories,

An act to change the name of the district of

Biddeford and Pepperelborough, in Massa-

chusetts, to that of Saco,

An act to appropriate money for the providing

of an additional number of gun-boats,

An act laying an embargo on all ships and ves-

sels in the ports and harbors of the United

States,

An act to extend certain privileges, as therein
mentioned, to Anthony Boucherie,

An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An

act for fortifying the ports and harbors of the

United States, and for building gun boats,

An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An

act laying an embargo on all ships and ves-

sels in the ports and harbors of the United

States,"

An act extending the right of suffrage in the

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Mississippi territory; and for other purpo-

ses,

An act supplemental to an act, entitled "An

act regulating the grants of land, and pro-

viding for the disposal of the lands of the

United States, south of the state of Tennes-

see,"

An act to revive and continue in force for a fur-

ther time, the first section of the act, inti-

tuled "An act to protect the commerce and

seamen of the United States, against the

Barbary powers,"

An act to provide for the payment of certain
expenses incurred in the impeachment of Sa-
muel Chase,

An act for the relief of Oliver Evans,
An act to continue in force for a limited time
"An act, continuing for a limited time the
salaries of the officers of government there-
in mentioned,"

An act authorising the erection of a bridge
over the river Potomac, within the district
of Columbia,

An act to erect a light house on point Judith,
in the state of Rhode Island,

An act making appropriations for the support

of government during the year one thousand

eight hundred and eight,

An act making appropriations for the support

of the navy of the United States, during the

year one thousand eight hundred and eight,

An act to revive and continue certain causes

and proceedings in the district court of the

district of Columbia,

An act making appropriations for carrying in-

to effect certain Indian treaties,

An act to provide for certain expenses incur.

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red into the enquiry into the conduct of John

Smith, a senator from the state of Ohio,

An act making additional compensation to the

marshals of the districts of North Carolina

and New Jersey,

An act for the relief of Samuel Whiting,

An act to extend the right of suffrage to the

Indiana territory,

An act supplementary to the act, intituled “An

act to prohibit the importation of certain

goods, wares, and merchandise,"

An act making further provision for the dispo-

sal of the sections of land heretofore reserved

for the future disposition of Congress,

An act making appropriations for the support

of the military establishment of the United

States for the year one thousand eight hun-

dred and eight,

An act to allow the importation of old copper,

salt-petre, and sulphur free of duty,

An act in further addition to an act, intituled

"An act to amend the judicial system of the

United States,"

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An act for extending the terms of credit on re-

venue bonds in certain cases; and for other

purposes,

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An act for procuring an additional number of

arms, and for the purchase of salt-petre and

sulphur,

An act for the relief of Edward Weld, Samuel

Beebee, and John Davidson,

An act in addition to the act, entitled "An act

supplementary to the act, entitled "An act

laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in

the ports and harbors of the United States,"

An act remitting the duties on the importation

of a monument to be erected in memory of

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the officers of the United States' navy, who

fell during the attack made on the city of

Tripoli, in the year one thousand eight hun-

dred and four,

An act for erecting a light house on the South
point of the island of Sapelo, and for placing
buoys and beacons in the shoals of the inlet
leading to the town of Darien, 'and near the
entrance of Ipswich harbor, near Plymouth
harbor, before the harbor of Nantucket, and
on the island of Tuckanuck, at or near the
entrance of Connecticut river, and near the
entrance of Great Egg harbor,

An act granting William Wells the right of
pre-emption,

An act extending the time for issuing and lo-
cating military land warrants,

An act to amend the act, entitled "An act es-

tablishing circuit courts, and abridging the

jurisdiction of the district courts of the dis-

tricts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio,"

An act authorising a detachment from the mi-

litia of the United States,

An act concerning the sale of the lands of the
United States; and for other purposes,
An act farther to prolong the continuance of
the mint at Philadelphia,

An act authorising the sale of public arms,

An act to raise for a limited time an additional

military force,

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An act to authorise the transportation of cer-

tain documents by mail, free of postage,

An act for the relief of the legal representatives

of Thomas Barclay, deceased,

An act to continue in force, for a further time,

an act, entitled "An act for the more effec-

tual preservation of peace in the ports and