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LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS.
property, and for the better administration of the law of prize. March 25, 1862, ch. 50 374
Arms, Refunding of Duties on. An act in addition to an act to refund and remit the duties on arms imported by States, approved July ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. April 2, 1862 ch. 51 376
The Congress, Cumberland, and other Vessels, Accounts of Officers, &c., of. An act to provide for the equitable settlement of the accounts of the officers and crews of the frigate Congress, and other vessels. April 2, 1862, ch. 52 375
Pensions. An act to prohibit the allowance or payment of pensions to the children of officers and soldiers of the war of the Revolution. April 2, 1862, ch. 53 376
Slavery in District of Columbia. An act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia. April 16, 1862, ch. 54 376
Medical Department of the Army. An act to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the medical department of the army. April 16, 1862, ch. 55 378
Branch Post-Offices in Cities. An act to authorize the Postmaster-General to establish branch post-offices in cities. April 16, 1862, ch. 56 379
Additional Naval Appropriation. An act making additional appropriations for the naval service, for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. April 17, 1862, ch. 57 380
Past-Office Appropriation. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year, ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. April 17, 1862, ch. 58 381
Branch Mint in Colorado. An act to establish a branch mint of the United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado. April 21, 1862, ch. 59 382
Highways in the District of Columbia. An act relating to highways in the County of Washington and District of Columbia. May 8, 1862, ch. 63 383
Part of Tax assessed on any State may be paid by Release of certain Claims of State for Expenses in raising, &c., Volunteers. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. May 18, 1862, ch. 66 384
Port Royal, S. C., made a Port of Entry. An act to establish port of entry in the collection district of Beaufort, South Carolina. May 18, 1862, ch. 67 385
Deficiency Appropriation. An act to provide for the deficiency in the appropriation for the pay of the two and three years' volunteers, and the officers and men actually employed in the western department. May 14, 1862, ch. 69 385
Discharge of Enlisted Men. An act to facilitate the discharge of enlisted men for physical disability. May 14, 1862, ch. 70 386
Federal Courts in Kentucky. Clerks. Commissioners. An act to regulate the time of holding the courts of the United States for the district of Kentucky, and for other purposes. May 15, 1862, ch. 71 386
Department of Agriculture. An act to establish a department of agriculture. May 15, 1862, ch. 72 387
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. An act to incorporate the Washington and Georgetown railroad company. May 17, 1862, ch. 73 388
Homesteads. An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain. May 20, 1862, ch. 75 392
Appropriation. Additional Clerks. An act making appropriations to reimburse the contingent fund of the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, including compensation of additional clerks who may be employed according to the exigencies of the public service, and for temporary clerks, for the current fiscal year and for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to provide for the employment of additional clerks in the office of the assistant treasurer at St. Louis. May 21, 1862, ch. 76 394
Primary Schools in the District of Columbia. An act to provide for the public instruction of youth in primary schools throughout the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, without the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown. May 20, 1862, ch. 77 394
Qualification of Voters. An act prescribing the qualification of electors in the cities at Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. May 20, 1862, ch. 78 403
