Occupation of Florida. An act authorizing the President of the United States to take possession of a tract of country lying south of the Mississippi territory and west of the river Perdido. (Obsolete.) Feb. 12, 1813... RESOLUTIONS. Page 472 1. For the admission of the State of Mississippi into the Union. Dec. 10, 1817.......... 472 2. Authorizing the distribution of certain public documents. Dec. 23, 1817........ 473 3. Directing the distribution of certain laws among the members and delegates of territories of the fifteenth Congress. (Obsolete.) Dec. 23, 1817...... 473 4. Directing the procurement of certain laws. (Obsolete.) Jan. 22, 1818.. 473 5. Relative to the distribution of the late edition of the Land Laws. (Obsolete.) March 9, 1818....... ...... 473 6. Directing the judges of the Supreme Court to be furnished with Waits' state papers. (Obsolete.) March 18, 1818.... 7. Authorizing the transportation of certain documents free of postage. (Obsolete.) March 19, 1818... .... 474 474 8. Directing the publication and distribution of the journal and proceedings of the convention which formed the present constitution of the United States. (Obsolete.).. 475 9. Directing the distribution of the laws of the fourteenth Congress among the members of the fifteenth Congress. (Obsolete.) March 27, 1818..................... 10. Directing the Secretary for the Department of State to prepare an index to the acts and resolutions of Congress, after the close of every session. April 3, 1818...... 475 11. Requesting the President of the United States to present a sword to Colonel Richard M. Johnson. April 4, 1818........ ..... 12. Directing medals to be struck and, together with the thanks of Congress, presented to Major-General Harrison and Governor Shelby, and for other purposes... ..... 13. Directing the completion of the survey of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, and for other purposes. April 20, 1818.... 476 476 476 STATUTE II.-1818, 1819. Library of Congress. An act to provide for the removal of the library of Congress to the north wing of the capitol. (Obsolete.) Dec. 3, 1818....... Clerks in the Department of War. An act to increase the number of clerks in the Department of War. (Obsolete.) Dec. 5, 1818...... Appropriations for 1819 and for holding Indian Treaties. An act making a partial appropriation for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and to make good a deficit in the appropriation for holding treaties with the Indians. (Obsolete.) Dec. 16, 1818....... 477 477 478 Western District Court of Pennsylvania. An act concerning the western District Court of Pennsylvania. Dec. 16, 1818...... 478 A judicial District in western Virginia established. An act to establish a judicial district in Prize Money for the Capture of the Brig Transfer. An act authorizing the distribution of a sum of money among the representatives of Commodore Edward Preble, and the officers and crew of the brig Syren. (Obsolete.) Feb. 4, 1819..... 480 Appropriations for the Military Service for 1819. An act making appropriations for the military service of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. (Obsolete.) Feb. 15, 1819..... ..... 480 Jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts under the Law relating to Patents. An act to extend the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts of the United States to cases arising under the law relating to patents. Feb. 15, 1819.... 481 Washington Turnpike Road. An act to authorize the president and managers of the Rockville and Washington Turnpike Road Company, of the State of Maryland, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from the boundary of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, through the said district, to the line thereof. Feb. 15, 1819...... Pago ... 482 482 .... 483 Michigan Territory. A Delegate to Congress, &c. An act authorizing the election of a delegate from the Michigan territory to the Congress of the United States, and extending the right of suffrage to the citizens of said territory. Feb. 16, 1819...... Appropriations for the Support of the Navy for 1819. An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. (Obsolete.) Feb. 16, 1819... Salaries of the Secretaries of the Departments and Judges of the Supreme Court increased. An act to increase the salaries of certain officers of government. Feb. 20, 1819.......... 484 Public Lands. Lands of the Creek Nation. An act authorizing the President of the United States to purchase the lands reserved by the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, to certain chiefs, warriors, and other Indians of the Creek Nation. Feb. 20, 1819... . . .. .... 484 485 Grant of land to the State of Mississippi. An act to provide for a grant of land for the seat of government in the State of Mississippi, and for the support of a seminary of learning within the State. (Obsolete.) Feb. 20, 1819...... Charter of the City of Washington. An act supplemental to the act entitled "An act further to amend the charter of the city of Washington." (Obsolete.) Feb. 20, 1819..... 485 Drawbacks. An act providing additional penalties for false entries for the benefit of drawback, or bounty on exportation. Feb. 20, 1819....... Military Land Warrants. An act allowing further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants. (Obsolete.) Feb. 24, 1819... Public Accounts. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts." Feb. 24, 1819....... ........ 486 487 487 Army of the United States. An act to regulate the pay of the army when employed on fatigue duty. (Obsolete.) March 2, 1819...... Passenger Ships and Vessels. An act regulating passenger ships and vessels. March 2, 488 488 1819.... State of Alabama. An act to enable the people of the Alabama territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. March 2, 1819...... Coasting Trade. An act supplementary to the acts concerning the coasting trade. March 2, 1819.... 489 492 Arkansas Territory. An act establishing a separate territorial government in the southern part of the territory of Missouri. March 2, 1819...... Post-office. An act authorizing the Postmaster-general to contract, as in other cases, for carrying the mail in steamboats, between New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, and Louisville, in the State of Kentucky. March 2, 1819....... Appropriations for the Support of Government for 1819. An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1819...... 493 496 496 Pensions. An act extending the term of half-pay pensions to the widows and children of Certain officers, seamen, and marines, who died in the public service. March 3, 1819...... 502 Execution of the Laws of the United States in the State of Illinois. An act to provide for the execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Ilinois. March 3, 1 819..... Washington Turnpike Company. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to authorize and empower the president and managers of the Washington Turnpike Company of the State of Maryland, when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, through the said district, to the line thereof." March 3, 1819.. 502 503 Post-roads. An act to alter and establish certain post-roads. March 3, 1819.............. 503 VOL. III.-(4) C Page Bank of the United States. An act to enforce those provisions of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States," which relate to the right of voting for directors, and other purposes. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1819. 508 Public Lands. An act further to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereon. (Expired.) March 3, 1819....... 509 Tonnage and discriminating Duties. An act in addition to "An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases." March 3, 1819...... ... 510 The public armed Vessels to be employed for Protection against Piracy, &c. An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and to punish the crime of piracy. March 3, 1819. 510 Trading Houses with the Indians. An act to continue in force, for a further term, the act entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes," and for other purposes. (Expired.) March 3, 1819........... 514 Pensions. An act regulating the payments to invalid pensioners. March 3, 1819......... 514 Duties on Wines. An act to regulate the duties on certain wines. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1819..... 515 State of Indiana. An act respecting the location of certain sections of land to be granted for the seat of government in the State of Indiana. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1819... 516 Appropriations for the public Buildings, and for a Supply of Water. An act making appropria tions for the public buildings, for the purchase of a lot of land, and furnishing a supply of water for the use of certain public buildings. March 3, 1819......... 516 Indian Tribes. An act making provision for the civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier settlements. March 3, 1819..... Adjustment of Land Titles in Missouri. An act explanatory of the act entitled "An act for the final adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana and territory of Missouri." March 3, 1819... Appropriations to carry into Effect certain Indian Treatics. An act making appropriations to carry into effect treaties concluding with several Indian tribes therein mentioned. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1819...... ..... Sale of Military Sites. An act authorizing the sale of certain military sites. (Obsolete.) 516 517 517 520 ..... 520 Fisheries of the United States. An act in addition to, and alteration of, an act entitled "An act laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries." March 3, 1819......... Land in Jefferson County, Virginia. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to convey a lot or parcel of land, belonging to the United States, lying in Jefferson county, in the State of Virginia. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1819.... Pension Agent in Tennessee. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to appoint an additional agent for paying pensioners of the United States, in the State of Tennessee. March 3, 1819... ..... .... 521 ...... 521 Public Lands in Ohio and Indiana. An act to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish land-offices for the disposal of the public lands not heretofore offered for sale in the States of Ohio and Indiana. March 3, 1819....... Territory of Florida. An act to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Florida, and establish a temporary government therein. March 3, 1819...... 521 ... 523 Pensions. An act concerning the allowance of pensions upon a relinquishment of bounty lands. March 3, 1819....... ........ 524 State of Illinois. An act granting a donation of land to the State of Illinois, for the seat of government of said State. March 3, 1819......... Fire Engines, &c. An act authorizing the purchase of fire engines and for building houses for the safe keeping of the same. March 3, 1819....... 525 525 Foreign Coins. An act to continue in force an act regulating the currency, within the United States, of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the crowns of France, and five franc pieces. (Expired.) March 3, 1819... ..... 525 Correction of Errors at the Land-offices. An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of land at the land-offices. March 3, 1819.... Pensions. An act concerning invalid pensions. March 3, 1819.... ... 526 526 Land Claims in the District east of the Island of Orleans. An act for adjusting the claims to land and establishing land-offices in the districts east of the island of New Orleans. March 3, 1819............... Pago 528 Slave Trade. An act in addition to the act prohibiting the slave trade. March 3, 1819.... 532 Light-houses, Beacons, &c. An act to authorize the building, erecting, and placing light ....... houses, beacons, and buoys in places designated in Boston, Buzzard and Chesapeake Bay, Lakes Ontario and Erie, and for other purposes. March 3, 1819.................... 534 Post-office. An act to repeal part of an act, passed on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, entitled "An act in addition to 'An act regulating the post-office establishment.' March 3, 1819..... 536 RESOLUTIONS. .... 1. Declaring the admission of the State of Illinois into the Union. Dec. 3, 1818......... 536 2. Authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage. Dec. 5, 1818. 537 3. Directing a survey of certain parts of the coast of North Carolina. Jan. 19, 1819..... 587 4. For the distribution of Seybert's Statistical Annals, and directing Pitkin's Commercial Statistics to be deposited in the library. Jan. 23, 1819.... 5. Authorizing the transmission of the documents accompanying the report of the committee to examine into the proceedings of the Bank of the United States, free of postage. Feb. 15, 1819. 537 537 ...... 6. Directing the manner in which the printing of Congress shall be executed, fixing the prices thereof, and providing for the appointment of a printer or printers...... 7. Declaring the manner in which the vessels composing the navy of the United States shall be named. March 3, 1819... 538 538 Acts of the Sixteenth Congress of the United States. STATUTE I.-1819, 1820. Public Documents. An act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of Postage. (Obsolete.) Dec. 14, 1819...... Partial Appropriations for the Military Service in 1820. An act making a partial appropriation for the military service of the United States for the year, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. (Obsolete.) Jan. 14, 1820... ......... ...... 539 539 540 540 Additional Appropriations for the Support of the Navy in 1819. An act in addition to the "Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year One thousand eight hundred and nineteen." (Obsolete.) Jan. 14, 1820............ 540 Compensation of Clerks. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices," passed the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Jan. 14, 1820..... District Court of the western District of Virginia. An act to alter the terms of the court of the western district of Virginia. Feb. 10, 1820..... Appropriations for public Buildings. An act making appropriations to supply the deficiency in the appropriations heretofore made for the completion of the repairs of the north and south wings of the capitol, for finishing the President's house, and the erection of two new executive offices. (Obsolete.) Feb. 10, 1820........ 541 Statements of the foreign Commerce of the United States. An act to provide for obtaining accurate statements of the foreign commerce of the United States. Feb. 10, 1820...... 541 Duties on the Statue of Washington. An act to remit the duties on a statue of George Washington. Feb. 24, 1820... 543 Page Charter of the City of Washington. An act further to extend the charter of the city of Washington. Feb. 28, 1820..... 543 Maine admitted into the Union. An act for the admission of the State of Maine into the 544 Trading Houses with the Indians. An act to continue in force, for a further time, the act entitled "An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes." (Expired.) March 4, 1820....... 544 .... 544 District Court in Ohio. An act altering the place of holding the Circuit and District Court 545 548 Post-office. Franking Privilege. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act regulating the post-office establishment." March 13, 1820....... Fourth Census. An act to provide for taking the fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, and for other purposes. March 14, 1820................... .... 548 Appropriations for the Navy for 1820. An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty. (Obsolete.) March 17, 1820.. 553 Public Lands in the Arkansas Territory. An act to authorize the President of the United States to appoint a receiver of the public moneys, and register of the land-office for the district of Lawrence county, in the Arkansas territory. March 17, 1820....... 554. Circuit Court in the District of Maine. An act establishing a Circuit Court within and for the district of Maine. March 30, 1820..... 554 Public Lands. An act further to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereof. (Expired.) March 30, 1820....... 555 Representatives in Congress from Massachusetts and Maine. An act for apportioning the representatives in the seventeenth Congress, to be elected in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.) April 7, 1820....... ..... 555 Appropriations for the Support of Government for 1820. An act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty. (Obsolete.) April 11, 1820..... Appropriations for the Capitol. An act making further appropriations for continuing the work upon the centre building of the capitol, and other public buildings. (Obsolete.) April 11, 1820...... Appropriations for the Military Service for 1820. An act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty. (Obsolete.) April 14, 1820.... ་ Duties. An act to continue in force the act passed on the twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,' passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine," and for other purposes. April 18, 1820..... ...... 555 562 562 563 564 District Court in Alabama. An act to establish a District Court in the State of Alabama. ....... Laws in force in the Arkansas Territory. An act relative to the Arkansas territory. April 21, 1820... 565 The Laws of Michigan Territory to be printed and distributed. An act to authorize the Secretary of State to cause the laws of the Michigan territory to be printed and distributed, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.) April 24, 1820.......... Public Lands. An act making further provision for the sale of the public lands. April 24, 1820...... Treasury, War, and Navy Departments. An act in addition to the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments. May 1, 1820.. 565 566 567 Pensions. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. (Obsolete.) May 1, 1820... 569 |