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ACTS PASSED SECOND SESSION TENTH CONGRESS.

AN act to authorise the transportation of a certain message of the President of the United States, and documents accompanying the

same,

An act for the relief of Andrew Joseph Villard,
An act authorising the President of the United
States to employ an additional number of re
venue cutters,

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An act authorising the payment of certain pen-
sions by the Secretary of War at the seat of
government,
An act to enforce and make more effectual an
act, entitled "An act laying an embargo on
all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors
of the United States," and the several acts
supplementary thereto,

An act for the relief of Augustin Serry,

An act to revive and continue in force, for a fur-
ther time, the first section of the act, intituled
"An act further to protect the commerce and
seamen of the United States, against the Bar-
bary powers,'
An act authorising the proprietors of squares
and lots in the city of Washington, to have
the same subdivided and admitted to record,
An act supplemental to an act, entitled "An act

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for extending the terms of credit on revenue

bonds in certain cases, and for other pur.

poses,"

An act to alter the time of the next meeting of

Congress,

An act authorising the employment of an addi.

tional naval force,

An act for the relief of Edmund Beamont,

An act for dividing the Indiana territory into

two separate governments,

An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An

act to amend the act, entitled An act esta-

blishing circuit courts, and abridging the ju-

risdiction of the district courts of the districts

of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio,"

An act making appropriations to complete the

fortifications commenced for the security of

the sea port towns and harbors of the United

States, and to defray the expense of deepening

and extending to the river Mississippi, the

canal of Carondelet,

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An act to revive and continue for a further time,

the authority of the commissioners of Kas-

kaskia,

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An act to incorporate a company for opening the

canal in the city of Washington,

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An act making appropriations for the support of

government during the year one thousand

eight hundred and nine,

An act extending the right of suffrage in the

Indiana territory, and for other purposes,,

An act freeing from postage all letters and pack-

ets to Thomas Jefferson,

An act for the relief of Daniel Cotton,

An act for the disposal of certain tracts of land in

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the Mississippi territory, claimed under Span-

ish grants reported by the land commissioners

as antedated, and to confirm the claims of

Abraham Ellis, and Daniel Harregal,

An act for the relief of certain Alibama and

Wyandott Indians,

An act to interdict the commercial intercourse

between the United States and Great Britain

and France, and their dependencies; and for

other purposes,

An act making provision for the further accom-

modation of the household of the President of

the United States,

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An act to extend the time for making payment

for the public lands of the United States,

An act fur her to amend the judicial system of

the United States,

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An act further to amend the several acts for the

establishment and regulation of the treasury,

war and navy departments,

An act making a further appropriation towards

completing the two wings of the capitol at the

city of Washington, and for other purposes,

An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An

act to amend the charter of Georgetown,"

An act to authorise the making of a turnpike

road from Mason's causeway to Alexandria,

An act for the relief of Jacob Barnitz,

An act authorising an augmentation of the ma-

rine corps,

An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An

act for establishing trading houses with the

Indian tribes,"

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An act to extend to Amos Whittemore and
William Whittemore, jun. the patent right to

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a machine for manufacturing cotton and wool
cards,

An act making appropriations for the support of
the military establishment, and of the navy of
the United States for the year 1809,
An act concerning invalid pensioners,
A treaty between the United States and the
Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatimie, Wyandot,
and Shawanoese nations of Indians.

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