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entitled to receive in lieu thereof ten dollars for every stand of arms so delivered.

Approved, July 6, 1812.



March 2, 1812.

I. Resolution granting permission to the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States to use the books in the Library of Congress.

Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States to be allowed to use books in the library of Congress.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives for the time being be, and they are hereby authorized to grant the use of the books in the library of Congress to the judges of the supreme court of the United States, at the times, and on the same terms, conditions and restrictions, as members of Congress are allowed to use said books.

Approved, March 2, 1812.



March 19, 1812.

II. Resolution on the subject of Arts and Manufactures.

Information obtained under the act of May 1, 1810, ch. 38, to be digested.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to employ a person to digest and reduce to such form, as shall be deemed most conducive to the interests of the United States, a statement of the number, nature, extent, situation and value of the arts and manufactures of the United States, together with such other details, connected with these subjects, as can be made from the abstracts and other documents and returns, reported to him by the marshals and other persons employed to collect information in conformity to the second section of the act of the first of May, one thousand eight hundred and ten, and such other information as has been or may be obtained, which the subject will admit of; and that he report the same to Congress.

Approved, March 19, 1812.



June 17, 1812.

III. Resolution requesting the state of Georgia to assent to the formation of two States of the Mississippi territory.

Legislature of Georgia requested to consent to the formation of two states in the territory of Mississippi.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the state of Georgia be, and they are hereby requested to give their assent by law to the formation of two states of the Mississippi territory: Provided, in the opinion of Congress a division of said territory for that purpose should hereafter be expedient.

Approved, June 17, 1812.




IV. Resolution requesting the President of the United States to recommend a day of public humiliation and prayer.

Resolution requesting the President to recommend a day of public humiliation and prayer.It being a duty peculiarly incumbent in a time of public calamity and war, humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty God, and to implore his aid and protection:

Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a joint committee of both Houses wait on the President of the United States, and request that he recommend a day of public humiliation and prayer to be observed by the people of the United States, with religious solemnity, and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of these States, his blessing on their arms, and the speedy restoration of peace.