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LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS.
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Defence of the Ports and Harbours of the United States.An act to provide for the further defence of the ports and harbours of the United States.June 23, 1797.
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Militia of the United States.An act authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States.(Expired.)June 24, 1797.
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Registering and Recording of Ships and Vessels.An act in addition to an act entitled “An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels.”(Expired.)June 27, 1797.
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Agents to be appointed in relation to the Sixth Article of the Treaty with Great Britain.An act directing the appointment of agents in relation to the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Great Britain.(Obsolete.)July 1, 1797.
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Meeting of Congress.An act to ascertain the time for the next meeting of Congress, and to repeal the act heretofore passed for that purpose.July l, 1797.
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Reviving and Continuing Suits and Process in the Circuit Court of North Carolina.An act for reviving and continuing suits and process in the Circuit Court for the district of North Carolina.(Obsolete.)July 5, 1797.
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Acts which would expire at the End of this Session of Congress continued.An act to continue in force to the end of the next session certain acts and parts of acts of limited duration.(Obsolete.)July 5, 1797.
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Duties on Stamps.An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment, and paper.(Repealed.)July 6, 1797.
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Consuls and Vice-Consuls.An act in addition to the law of the United States concerning consuls and vice-consuls.(Repealed.)July 6, 1797.
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Allowance of Mileage to Members of Congress at the First Session of the Fifth Congress.An act for allowing full mileage to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.(Obsolete.)July 6, 1797.
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Transfer of Stock standing to the credit of certain States.An act to revive and continue in force for a limited time an act entitled “An act authorizing the transfer of stock standing to the credit of certain States.”(Expired.)July 6, 1797.
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Duties on Salt, and Drawback on Pickled Fish, &c.An act laying an additional duty on salt imported into the United States, and for other purposes.(Repealed.)July 8, 1797.
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Additional Appropriations for the Support of Government.An act making additional appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.(Obsolete.)July 10, 1797.
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STATUTE Ⅱ.—1797, 1798.
Duties on Stamps.An act to postpone for a limited time the commencement of the duties
imposed by the act entitled “An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment, and paper.”(Obsolete.)Dec. 15, 1797.
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Appropriations for the Support of Government.An act making certain partial appropriations for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.(Obsolete.)Jan. 15, 1798.
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Compensation to the Doorkeeper of the Senate and his Assistants.An act for allowing a compensation to the doorkeeper of the Senate and his assistants for their services during the late session of Congress.(Obsolete.)Jan. 20, 1798.
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Mode of taking Evidence in contested Elections of Members of the House of Representatives, &c.An act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses.(Expired.)Jan. 23, 1798.
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Duties on Spirits distilled within the United States, and on Stills.An act to amend the several acts for laying duties on spirits distilled within the United States, and on stills.(Repealed.)Jan. 29, 1798.
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Foreign Coins.An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes.”(Obsolete.)Feb. 1, 1798.
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Expenses of holding a Treaty or Treaties with the Indians.An act appropriating a certain sum of money to defray the expense of holding a treaty or treaties with the Indians.(Obsolete.)Feb. 27, 1798.
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