United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress
1st Session edit
Public Laws edit
ACTS OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES
Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the fifteenth day of May, 1797, and ended on the eighth of July, 1797.
John Adams, President; Thomas Jefferson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; William Bradford, President of the Senate pro tempore, from July 6th; Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to prevent citizens of the United States from Privateering against nations in amity with, or against citizens of the United States. | June 14, 1797 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act prohibiting, for a limited time, the Exportation of Arms and Ammunition, and for encouraging the Importation thereof. | June 14, 1797 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act to provide for the further Defence of the Ports and Harbors of the United States. | June 23, 1797 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act authorizing a detachment from the Militia of the United States. | June 24, 1797 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act concerning the registering and recording of Ships and Vessels.” | June 27, 1797 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | 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. | June 30, 1797 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | An Act providing a Naval Armament. | July 1, 1797 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act to ascertain the time for the next meeting of Congress, and to repeal the act heretofore passed for that purpose. | July 1, 1797 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act for reviving and continuing suits and process in the Circuit Court for the district of North Carolina. | July 5, 1797 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act to continue in force to the end of the next session, certain acts, and parts of acts, of limited duration. | July 5, 1797 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | An Act laying Duties on stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper. | July 6, 1797 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act in addition to the law of the United States, concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls. | July 6, 1797 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act for allowing full mileage to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. | July 6, 1797 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act to revive and continue in force, for a limited time, an act, intituled “An act authorizing the transfer of stock standing to the credit of certain States.” | July 6, 1797 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act laying an additional Duty on Salt imported into the United States, and for other purposes. | July 8, 1797 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act authorizing a Loan of Money. | July 8, 1797 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act making additional appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. | July 10, 1797 |
2nd Session edit
Public Laws edit
ACTS OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the thirteenth day of November, 1797, and ended on the sixteenth day of July, 1798.
John Adams, President; Thomas Jefferson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Theodore Sedgwick, President of the Senate pro tempore, from June 27th; Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to postpone, for a limited time, the commencement of the duties imposed by the act intituled “An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper.” | Dec. 15, 1797 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act making certain partial appropriations for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight. | Jan. 15, 1798 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 15, 1798 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 15, 1798 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 15, 1798 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act for allowing a compensation to the Doorkeeper of the Senate, and his assistant, for their services during the late Session of Congress. | Jan. 20, 1798 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 20, 1798 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | 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. | Jan. 23, 1798 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 23, 1798 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act to amend the several acts for laying duties on Spirits distilled within the United States, and on Stills. | Jan. 29, 1798 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act regulating Foreign Coins, and for other purposes.” | Feb. 1, 1798 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 2, 1798 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 27, 1798 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act appropriating a certain sum of Money to defray the expense of holding a Treaty or Treaties with the Indians. | Feb. 27, 1798 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act to provide for the Widows and Orphans of certain deceased Officers. | March 14, 1798 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act for the erection of a Lighthouse, and placing Buoys at the several places therein named. | March 14, 1798 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations. | March 19, 1798 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; and for other purposes. | March 19, 1798 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | March 19, 1798 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act to amend the act intituled “An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper.” | March 19, 1798 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act declaring the consent of Congress to an Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. | March 27, 1798 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act declaring the consent of Congress to an Act of the State of Maryland, passed the twenty-eighth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, for the appointment of a Health Officer. | March 27, 1798 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act for an additional appropriation to provide and support a Naval Armament. | March 27, 1798 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | An Act to continue in force the fifth section of an act intituled “An act in addition to the act intituled, An act to establish the Post-Office and Post Roads within the United States.” | March 28, 1798 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act to continue in force for a limited time, a part of an act intituled “An act making further provision for securing and collecting the duties on foreign and domestic distilled spirits, stills, wines, and teas.” | April 7, 1798 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act for the relief of the Refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia. | April 7, 1798 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | An Act to continue in force, the act, intituled “An act prohibiting, for a limited time, the exportation of arms and ammunition; and for encouraging the importation thereof.” | April 7, 1798 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi territory. | April 7, 1798 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act authorizing an expenditure, and making an appropriation for the reimbursement of monies advanced by the Consuls of the United States, in certain cases. | April 18, 1798 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act supplementary to an act intituled “An act authorizing a loan for the use of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia; and for other purposes therein mentioned.” | April 18, 1798 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act to provide an additional Armament for the further protection of the trade of the United States; and for other purposes. | April 27, 1798 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | April 27, 1798 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act to provide an additional regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. | April 27, 1798 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act for erecting Lighthouses, and placing buoys and stakes at the places therein mentioned. | April 27, 1798 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act to establish an Executive department, to be denominated the Department of the Navy. | April 30, 1798 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act to authorize certain Officers and other persons to administer oaths. | May 3, 1798 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act supplementary to the act providing for the further defence of the ports and harbors of the United States. | May 3, 1798 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to enable the President of the United States to procure Cannon, Arms and Ammunition, and for other purposes. | May 4, 1798 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause to be purchased, or built, a number of small vessels to be equipped as gallies, or otherwise. | May 4, 1798 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | May 4, 1798 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act directing the payment of a detachment of Militia, for services performed in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, under Major James Ore. | May 8, 1798 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act, to continue in force, a part of an act respecting the compensation to the Officers and Mariners of the Revenue Cutters. | May 8, 1798 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act to revive and continue in force, the act respecting the compensation of clerks, and for other purposes. | May 14, 1798 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1798 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1798 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to amend the act intituled “An act to amend and repeal, in part, the act intituled An act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States.” | May 22, 1798 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act authorizing the President of the United States to raise a Provisional Army. | May 28, 1798 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act more effectually to protect the Commerce and Coasts of the United States. | May 28, 1798 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act providing for the relief of persons imprisoned for Debts due to the United States. | June 6, 1798 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | An Act supplementary to an act intituled “An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for Debt.” | June 6, 1798 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | An Act respecting loan office and final settlement certificates, indents of interest, and the unfunded or registered debt credited in the books of the Treasury. | June 12, 1798 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act making appropriations for the Military establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; and for other purposes. | June 12, 1798 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | An Act to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof. | June 13, 1798 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | An Act supplementary to and to amend the act, intituled “An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject.” | June 18, 1798 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | An Act to amend the act, intituled “An act providing a Naval Armament,” and the act, intituled, “An act to authorize the President of the United States to cause to be purchased or built, a number of small vessels, to be equipped as gallies or otherwise.” | June 22, 1798 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act to extend the privilege of franking letters and packets to the Secretary of the Navy. | June 22, 1798 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | An Act supplementary to, and to amend the act, intituled “An act authorizing the President of the United States to raise a provisional army.” | June 22, 1798 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | An Act concerning Aliens. | June 25, 1798 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | June 25, 1798 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | An Act to authorize the defence of the Merchant Vessels of the United States against French depredations. | June 25, 1798 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | An Act to punish frauds committed on the Bank of the United States. | June 27, 1798 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | An Act in addition to the act more effectually to protect the Commerce and Coasts of the United States. | June 28, 1798 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | An Act making an appropriation for the expenses incident to the new Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight. | June 28, 1798 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act to provide an additional Armament for the further protection of the trade of the United States, and for other purposes.” | June 30, 1798 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. | July 6, 1798 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | An Act respecting Alien Enemies. | July 6, 1798 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | An Act to declare the treaties heretofore concluded with France, no longer obligatory on the United States. | July 7, 1798 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | An Act further to protect the Commerce of the United States. | July 9, 1798 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | An Act limiting the time, within which claims against the United States, for credits on the books of the Treasury, may be presented for allowance. | July 9, 1798 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | An Act to provide for the valuation of Lands and Dwelling-Houses, and the enumeration of Slaves within the United States. | July 9, 1798 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | An Act to regulate and fix the compensations of the officers employed in collecting the internal revenues of the United States, and to insure more effectually the settlement of their accounts. | July 11, 1798 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | An Act for the establishing and organizing a Marine Corps. | July 11, 1798 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | An Act establishing an annual salary for the Surveyor of the Port of Gloucester. | July 14, 1798 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States.” | July 14, 1798 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States. | July 14, 1798 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | An Act to augment the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. | July 16, 1798 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | An Act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen. | July 16, 1798 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for erecting a Lighthouse at Gay-head, on Martha’s Vineyard; and for other purposes. | July 16, 1798 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | An Act to enable the President of the United States to borrow money for the public service. | July 16, 1798 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | An Act to suspend, for a further time, the duties upon the manufacture of Snuff within the United States, and the drawbacks upon the exportation thereof. | July 16, 1798 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | An Act for allowing an additional compensation to the doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives, for their services during the present session of Congress. | July 16, 1798 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | An Act to make a further appropriation for the additional Naval Armament. | July 16, 1798 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act in further addition to the act, intituled “An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.” | July 16, 1798 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | An Act making certain appropriations; and to authorize the President to obtain a Loan on the credit of the direct tax. | July 16, 1798 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | An Act to alter and amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War and Navy Departments. | July 16, 1798 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | An Act making certain additional appropriations for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight. | July 16, 1798 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | July 16, 1798 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to suspend the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof.” | July 16, 1798 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act allowing an additional compensation to the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and to their Clerks, for their services, during the present session of Congress. | July 16, 1798 |
Public Resolutions edit
| Resolution | Date |
|---|---|
| Resolution 1. | June 22, 1798 |
3rd Session edit
Public Laws edit
ACTS OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third day of December, 1798, and ended on the third day of March, 1799.
John Adams, President; Thomas Jefferson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James Ross, President of the Senate pro tempore, from March 2d, 1799; Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act for the punishment of certain Crimes therein specified. | Jan. 30, 1799 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act further to suspend the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof. | Feb. 9, 1799 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act respecting Balances reported against certain States, by the Commissioners appointed to settle the Accounts between the United States and the several States. | Feb. 15, 1799 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 15, 1799 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 19, 1799 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act to authorize the reimbursement of monies expended in rendering aid to sick and destitute American Seamen, in foreign countries. | Feb. 19, 1799 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 19, 1799 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act to amend an act entitled “An act giving effect to the Laws of the United States within the district of Tennessee.” | Feb. 19, 1799 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act appropriating a certain sum of money to defray the expense of holding a Treaty or Treaties with the Indians. | Feb. 19, 1799 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act fixing the pay of the Captains and Commanders of ships and vessels of war of the United States. | Feb. 25, 1799 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | An Act making appropriations for defraying the expenses which may arise, in carrying into effect certain Treaties between the United States and several tribes or nations of Indians. | Feb. 25, 1799 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act respecting Quarantines and Health Laws. | Feb. 25, 1799 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act for the augmentation of the Navy. | Feb. 25, 1799 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 25, 1799 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act authorizing the establishment of Docks. | Feb. 25, 1799 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act authorizing the purchase of Timber for naval purposes. | Feb. 25, 1799 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act to alter the Stamp Duties imposed upon Foreign Bills of Exchange and Bills of Lading, by an act intituled “An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper;” and further to amend the same. | Feb. 28, 1799 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act concerning French Citizens that have been, or may be captured and brought into the United States. | Feb. 28, 1799 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act providing compensation for the Marshals, Clerks, Attornies, Jurors and Witnesses in the Courts of the United States, and to repeal certain parts of the acts therein mentioned; and for other purposes. | Feb. 28, 1799 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act to amend the act intituled “An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States.” | Feb. 28, 1799 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act altering the time of holding the District Court in Vermont. | Feb. 28, 1799 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage. | March 2, 1799 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act to establish the compensations of the officers employed in the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1799 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | An Act for the Government of the Navy of the United States. | March 2, 1799 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. | March 2, 1799 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act respecting Distillers of Geneva. | March 2, 1799 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | An Act to regulate the Medical Establishment. | March 2, 1799 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act making additional appropriations for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. | March 2, 1799 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act to amend the act intituled “An act regulating the grands of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren, for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen.” | March 2, 1799 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act in addition to an act intituled “An act for the more general promulgation of the Laws of the United States.” | March 2, 1799 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act giving eventual authority to the President of the United States to augment the Army. | March 2, 1799 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act providing for the security of Bail in certain cases. | March 2, 1799 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act to grant an additional compensation, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, to certain officers of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. | March 2, 1799 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act to authorize the sale of certain lands between the Great and Little Miami rivers in the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio; and for giving a pre-emption to certain purchasers and settlers. | March 2, 1799 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | See Private Acts of the Fifth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1799 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act in addition to “An act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen.” | March 2, 1799 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act authorizing an augmentation of the Marine Corps. | March 2, 1799 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to augment the Salaries of the Officers therein mentioned. | March 2, 1799 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act to erect a Beacon on Boon Island. | March 2, 1799 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act to regulate and fix the Compensation of Clerks. | March 2, 1799 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act to revive and continue in force, certain parts of the “Act for the relief and protection of American seamen,” and to amend the same. | March 2, 1799 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the Naval Establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. | March 2, 1799 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act to establish the Post-Office of the United States. | March 2, 1799 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. | March 2, 1799 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act vesting the power of retaliation, in certain cases, in the President of the United States. | March 3, 1799 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. | March 3, 1799 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act authorizing the President of the United States to fill certain vacancies in the Army and Navy. | March 3, 1799 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act for the better organizing of the Troops of the United States; and for other purposes. | March 3, 1799 |
Public Resolutions edit
| Resolution | Date |
|---|---|
| Resolution 1. | March 2, 1799 |