PENSIONERS. See Invalid pensioners.
PLYMOUTH. See Imposts.
PORTS AND HARBORS OF THE UNITED
To be fortified, under direction of the President,
chap. 7, p. 9
Continuance of the act, for the preservation of peace in
the ports and harbors of the United States,
Exchange of land for fortifications to be made,
Appropriation for completing certain fortifications,
Entrance of them forbidden to the public vessels of
Great Britain and France, chap. 91, s. 1, p. 243
POST MASTER GENERAL.
To make an annual statement to Congress of the con-
tracts in his department, chap. 48, s. 5, p. 103
POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS.
Message of the President of the 22d March, 1808, may
be transmitted by the mail, free of postage,
Certain post roads established in Georgia and Ohio,
President's message to be transmitted by mail, free of
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Authorised to procure and employ an additional num-
ber of gun boats,
Vessels may be cleared out for foreign places, under
his direction-To cause instructions to be given
with respect to embargo, &c. &c. chap. 5, p. 7
To cause the ports and harbors of the United States to
be fortified,
chap. 7, p. 9
Commissioners may be appointed by him, to ascertain
the necessity of a second draw in the Washington
bridge,
chap. 15, s. 11, p. 31
Keeper of a light house to be appointed by Secretary of
the Treasury, under his direction, &c. &c.
chap. 16, p. 58
Arms to be procured, and salt petre and sulphur pur-
chased, under direction of the President,
chap. 31, p. 66
Fourth cection of this act not to derogate from the pow-
ers given to him, with respect to permitting ves-
sels to be cleared out for foreign ports,
chap. 38, s. 4, p. 72
Authorised to permit owners of property without the
jurisdictional limits of the United States, to em-
ploy vessels, in ballast, to bring it home,
s. 7, p. 73
The building and care of a light house, upon the island
of Sapelo, in the state of Georgia, to be provided
for, under his direction, chap. 35, s. 1, p. 83
To call into actual service the whole, or any part of
the detachment,
To have such proportions as he thinks proper, of the
public lands offered for sale, chap. 40, s. 1, p. 85
Authorised to cause certain public arms to be sold to
chap. 42, p. 90
chap. 43, s. 3, p. 92
may be transported
To appoint two brigadier generals,
His message of 22d March, 1808,
by mail, free of postage,
Authorised to suspend the embargo,
To procure scites, &c. &c. for arsenals
chap. 44, p. 97
chap. 52, p. 117
and manufacto-
chap. 55, s. 2, p. 120
ries,
To cause to be exchanged the lands in Portland, Ocra
cock, and Old Topsail, for other lands more suit-
able for fortifications,
Money to be expended, under his direction, on the
May permit vessels to go to ports contiguous to foreign
His message may be sent by mail free of postage,
Authorised to procure revenue cutters, chap. 70, p. 183
To give instructions to collectors with re-
spect to granting permits, &c. &c.
chap. 72, s. 2, p. 186
His instructions to be followed with respect to the em-
bargo laws,
s. 10, p. 193
Land and naval force of the United States, may be en-
ployed by him, to prevent violations of them,
s. 11, p. 194
Certain vessels may be employed by the President, in
aid of the embargo,
s. 13, p. 196
President no longer authorised to grant permits to des-
patch vessels,
May cause public property in city of Washington to be
May employ an additional naval force,
chap. 77, s. 1, p. 206
An additional number of seamen,
Authorised to cause the canal of Carondelet to be deep-
To cause a tract of land in the Orleans territory to be
laid off for the Alibama Indians,
chap. 90, s. 1, p. 242
May take eventual measures for excluding the public
vessels of England and France, from the ports of
the United States,
chap. 91, s. 1, p. 243
May cause, by proclamation, a renewal of intercourse
with England and France,
s. 11, p. 249
Provision for the accommodation of the President's
chap. 92, p. 256
household,
Authorised to cause the diversion of appropriations
from one to another object, chap. 95, s. 1, p. 262
Agents of the several departments to be appointed by
the President,
chap. 95, s. 3, p. 264
Authorised to direct in what banks the agents of the
government shall keep public monies,
s. 4, p. 265
To cause an augmentation of the marine corps,
'PUBLIC PIERS. See Light houses, &c. &c,
REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE. See
Lands of the United States.
REGISTERS AND RECEIVERS OF PUBLIC
MONIES. See Lands of the United States.
REVENUE CUTTERS.
To be procured by the President,
Collectors to reside at Saco, or Biddeford, chap. 3, p. 5
SALARIES. See Compensations.
SALT PETRE AND SULPHUR. See
Appropriations.
SANDS, JOSEPH. See Secretary of the Treasury
and Judiciary.
SEAMEN. See Navy of the United States.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
To make an annual statement to Congress of the con-
tracts in his department, chap. 48, s. 5, p. 103
Warrants of the navy department, to specify the appro-
priations on which they are drawn,
SECRETARY OF STATE.
A patent may be granted by him to Oliver Evans,
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Certain bonds and certificates to be sent to him,
To cause a light house on point Judith to be erected,
chap. 16, s. 1, p. 34
To have the house so constructed, as that the light
may be distinguished from that of other houses,
s. 2, p. 35
Authorised to have certain sums spaid to Edward,
Weld, Samuel Beebe, and John Davidson,
chap. 32, p. 67
Bonds to be required, if in his opinion deemed neces
sary, in cases of unmasted boats and small craft,
chap. 33, s. 2, p. 70
Bonds to be taken, under his direction, in cases in which
owners of property, beyond the jurisdictional
limits of the United States, send vessels for it,
chap. 33, s. 2, p. 73
To contract for building a light house on the island of
Sapelo, in Georgia-To provide for the care of
chap. 35, s. 1, p. 76
it, &c.
To cause certain beacons and buoys to be fixed,
s. 2, p. 76
Pre-emption right of William Wells, to be laid off under
direction of Secretary of Treasury, chap. 36, p. 77
Reports to be made to him, by Registers of land offices,
East and West of Pearl river,
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Annual statements to be made by him of the contracts
in his department,
chap. 48, s. 5, p. 103
Authorised to cause a certain sum to be placed in the
Comptroller's hands, to satisfy certain bills drawn
by general Armstrong, chap. 63, s. 1, p. 140
Secretary of the Treasury may cause charts of North
Carolina coast, to be sold, Resolution, p. 157
To cause two tracts of land in Michigan to be laid off
for the Wyandott Indians, chap. 90. s. 2, p. 242
His warrants to specify appropriations on which drawn,
chap. 95, s. 1, p. 262
SECRETARY OF WAR.
To what period authorised to issue land warrants,
chap. 37, p. 78
To make an annual statement to Congress, of the con.
tracts in his department, chap. 48, s. 5, p. 103
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