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LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS.
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Claims to Land under the Treaty with the Choctaw Indians. An act for the appointment of Commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty with the Choctaw Indians.March 3, 1837.
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Light-Houses. An act making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and dolphins, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.March 3, 1837.
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Sale of Reservations of Land under the Treaty with the Creek Indians. An act to authorize and sanction the sales of reserves, provided for Creek Indians in the treaty of March twenty-four, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, in certain cases, and for other purposes.March 3, 1837.
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Pensions to Widows and Orphans. An act explanatory of the act entitled “An act granting half-pay to widows and orphans where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes.”March 3, 1837.
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Commissioner of Pensions. An act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions.March 3, 1837.
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Improvement of Harbors and Rivers. An act to provide for certain harbors, and for the removal of obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1837.
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Patents for useful Inventions. An act in addition to the act to promote the progress of science and useful arts.March 3, 1837.
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Roads. The Cumberland Road. Road in Florida. Surveys.. An act to provide for continuing the construction, and for the repair of certain roads, and for other purposes, during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.March 3, 1837.
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Railroad on the Public Lands in Florida. An act to grant the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company the right of way over the public lands of the United States.March 3, 1837.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.March 3, 1837.
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Railroad in Louisiana. An act to authroize the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company to construct a railroad from Carrollton to the town of Bayou Sara, in the State of Louisiana.March 3, 1837.
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Banks in Wisconsin Territory. An act to give the approval and confirmation of Congress to three several acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, incorporating Banks.March 3, 1837.
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RESOLUTIONS.

No. 1. Post Office. A resolution to enable the Postmaster General more readily to change the commencement of the contract year in the Post Office Department.March 2, 1837.
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No. 2. Pension to Susan Decatur. A resolution granting a pension to Susan Decatur, widow of the late Stephen Decatur.March 3, 1837.
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No. 4. Correction of an error in the awards under the Treaty with France. Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to correct a clerical error in the award of the Commissioners under the treaty with France of eighteen hundred and thirty-one.March 3, 1837.
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No. 5. Payment for the Stock of the United States in the Bank of the United States. A resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive from the Bank of the United States, under the Pennsylvania charter, payment for the stock of the United States in the late Bank of the United States.March 3, 1837.
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Acts of the Twenty-Fifth Congress of the United States.


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Postponement of the Fourth Instalment of Deposite with the States. An act to postpone the fourth instalment of deposite with the States.Oct. 2, 1837.
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Treasury Notes. An act to authorize the issuing of Treasury Notes.Oct. 12, 1837.
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Fees of District Attorneys. An act to regulate the fees of District Attorneys in certain cases.Oct. 12, 1837.
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