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Feb. 18, 1791.

Chap. VII.An Act for the admission of the State of Vermont into this Union.

State of Vermont to be admitted into the Union, 4th March, 1791.The state of Vermont having petitioned the Congress to be admitted a member of the United States, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That on the fourth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, the said state, by the name and style of “The State of Vermont,” shall be received and admitted into this Union, as a new and entire member of the United States of America.

Approved, February 18, 1791.

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Feb. 18, 1791.

Chap. VIII.An Act to continue in force, for a limited time, an act passed at the first Session of Congress, intituled “An act to regulate processes in the Courts of the United States.”[1]

Former act declared to be in force till the end of next session of Congress.
1789, ch. 21.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act passed on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, intituled, “An act to regulate processes in the courts of the United States,” shall be, and the same hereby is continued in force, until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.

Approved, February 18, 1791.

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Feb. 25, 1791.

Chap. IX.An Act regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont.

Kentucky and Vermont entitled to two representatives.
Act of April 14, 1792, ch. 23.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That until the Representatives in Congress shall be apportioned according to an actual enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, the states of Kentucky and Vermont shall each be entitled to choose two Representatives.

Approved, February 25, 1791.

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Feb. 25, 1791.
[Expired.]

Chap. X.An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.[2]

Preamble.Whereas it is conceived that the establishment of a bank for the United States, upon a foundation sufficiently extensive to answer the purposes intended thereby, and at the same time upon the principles which afford adequate security for an upright and prudent administration thereof, will be very conducive to the successful conducting of the national finances; will tend to give facility to the obtaining of loans, for the use of the government, in sudden emergencies; and will be productive of considerable advantages to trade and industry in general: Therefore,

Establishment of a Bank of the U. States, and amount and division of its stock, and time of subscribing.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a bank of the United States shall be established; the capital stock whereof shall not exceed ten millions of dollars, divided into twenty-five thousand shares, each share being four hundred dollars; and that subscriptions,