United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress
1st Session
editPublic Laws
editTHE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
ACTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the first day of December, 1823, and ended on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1824.
James Monroe, President; Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; John Gaillard, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Chapter | Title | Date | |
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1 | Chapter I. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Dec. 22, 1823 |
2 | Chapter II. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish, for the use of the territory of Arkansas, an abstract of the military bounty lands, lying within the same. | Jan. 1, 1824 |
3 | Chapter III. | An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt.” | Jan. 7, 1824 |
4 | Chapter IV. | An Act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost. | Jan. 7, 1824 |
5 | Chapter V. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 7, 1824 |
6 | Chapter VI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 7, 1824 |
7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 7, 1824 |
8 | Chapter VIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 7, 1824 |
9 | Chapter IX. | An Act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | Jan. 19, 1824 |
10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 19, 1824 |
11 | Chapter XI. | An Act for the relief of certain distillers within the county of Berks, in the state of Pennsylvania. | Jan. 19, 1824 |
12 | Chapter XII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 19, 1824 |
13 | Chapter XIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 19, 1824 |
14 | Chapter XIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 19, 1824 |
15 | Chapter XV. | An Act further extending the term of half pay pensions to the widows and children of officers, seamen, and marines, who died in the public service. | Jan. 22, 1824 |
16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act authorizing the commissioners of the sinking fund to purchase the seven per cent. stock of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | Jan. 22, 1824 |
17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas. | Jan. 31, 1824 |
18 | Chapter XVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 31, 1824 |
19 | Chapter XIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 4, 1824 |
20 | Chapter XX. | An Act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled “An act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian.” | Feb. 20, 1824 |
21 | Chapter XXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 20, 1824 |
22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act to authorize the laying out and opening certain public roads in the territory of Florida. | Feb. 28, 1824 |
23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act to regulate the surveying of public and private lands in the southern part of Alabama. | Feb. 28, 1824 |
24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 28, 1824 |
25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act to extend the time limited for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida. | Feb. 28, 1824 |
26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act to repeal, in part, an act entitled “An act to lessen the compensation for marshals, clerks, and attorneys, in the cases therein mentioned.” | March 8, 1824 |
27 | Chapter XXVII. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | March 8, 1824 |
28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the better organization of the district courts of the United States within the state of Alabama. | March 10, 1824 |
29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act to define the boundary line between the Edwardsville and Springfield land districts, in the state of Illinois. | March 16, 1824 |
30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act to change the terms of the district court of the United States for the Kentucky district. | March 24, 1824 |
31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act to authorize the employing of certain assistants in the general land office. | March 24, 1824 |
32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | April 2, 1824 |
33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act for the establishment of a turnpike company in the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.” | April 9, 1824 |
34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act extending the term of pensions granted to persons disabled and to the widows and orphans of those who have been slain, or who have died, in consequence of wounds or casualties, received while in the line of their duty, on board the private armed ships of the United States, during the late war. | April 9, 1824 |
35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act confirming certain acts of James Miller, as governor of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. | April 9, 1824 |
36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act to change the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States in the state of Ohio, and one of the terms of the circuit court in Kentucky. | April 22, 1824 |
37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act giving the consent and sanction of Congress to a certain act of the legislative council of the territory of Florida. | April 22, 1824 |
38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to alter the times of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Illinois. | April 22, 1824 |
39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act supplementary to the act, entitled ‘An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt.’” | April 22, 1824 |
40 | Chapter XL. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 22, 1824 |
41 | Chapter XLI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 22, 1824 |
42 | Chapter XLII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 22, 1824 |
43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | April 29, 1824 |
44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | April 29, 1824 |
45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act to alter the times of holding the district court, in the district of Missouri. | April 29, 1824 |
46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates, upon the subject of roads and canals. | April 30, 1824 |
47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act rewarding the officers and crews of two gigs, or small boats, under the command of Lieutenant Francis H. Gregory, of the United States’ Navy. | May 4, 1824 |
48 | Chapter XLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 4, 1824 |
49 | Chapter XLIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 4, 1824 |
50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 4, 1824 |
51 | Chapter LI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 4, 1824 |
52 | Chapter LII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 4, 1824 |
53 | Chapter LIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
55 | Chapter LV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
56 | Chapter LVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
57 | Chapter LVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
58 | Chapter LVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
60 | Chapter LX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
64 | Chapter LXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 5, 1824 |
65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act declaring the consent of Congress to certain acts of the state of Alabama. | May 13, 1824 |
66 | Chapter LXVI. | An Act altering the times of holding the courts in the District of Columbia. | May 13, 1824 |
67 | Chapter LXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 13, 1824 |
68 | Chapter LXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
69 | Chapter LXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
70 | Chapter LXX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
71 | Chapter LXXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
72 | Chapter LXXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
73 | Chapter LXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
74 | Chapter LXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
75 | Chapter LXXV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
76 | Chapter LXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
77 | Chapter LXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
79 | Chapter LXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
80 | Chapter LXXX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
81 | Chapter LXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
82 | Chapter LXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
85 | Chapter LXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 17, 1824 |
86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States, by the purchasers of public lands. | May 18, 1824 |
89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act providing for the appointment of an agent for the Osage Indians, west of the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. | May 18, 1824 |
90 | Chapter XC. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
91 | Chapter XCI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
92 | Chapter XCII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
93 | Chapter XCIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
94 | Chapter XCIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
95 | Chapter XCV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
96 | Chapter XCVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
97 | Chapter XCVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
98 | Chapter XCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1824 |
99 | Chapter XCIX-CXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
100 | Chapter C. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
101 | Chapter CI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
102 | Chapter CII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
103 | Chapter CIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
104 | Chapter CIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
105 | Chapter CV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
106 | Chapter CVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
107 | Chapter CVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
108 | Chapter CVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
109 | Chapter CIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
110 | Chapter CX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
111 | Chapter CXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
112 | Chapter CXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
113 | Chapter CXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
114 | Chapter CXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
115 | Chapter CXV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
116 | Chapter CXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
117 | Chapter CXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
118 | Chapter CXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
119 | Chapter CXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
120 | Chapter CXX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
121 | Chapter CXXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
122 | Chapter CXXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
123 | Chapter CXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
124 | Chapter CXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
125 | Chapter CXXV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
126 | Chapter CXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
127 | Chapter CXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1824 |
128 | Chapter CXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
129 | Chapter CXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
130 | Chapter CXXX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
131 | Chapter CXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
132 | Chapter CXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
133 | Chapter CXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
134 | Chapter CXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
135 | Chapter CXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 21, 1824 |
136 | Chapter CXXXVI. | An act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports. | May 22, 1824 |
137 | Chapter CXXXVII. | An Act providing for a grant of land for the seat of government in the territory of Frorida, [Florida] and for other purposes. | May 24, 1824 |
138 | Chapter CXXXVIII. | An Act supplementary to an act, approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled “An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of land at the land offices.” | May 24, 1824 |
139 | Chapter CXXXIX. | An Act to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. | May 24, 1824 |
140 | Chapter CXL. | An Act to authorize the creation of a stock to an amount not exceeding five millions of dollars, to provide for the awards of the commissioners under the treaty with Spain, of the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. | May 24, 1824 |
141 | Chapter CXLI. | An Act changing the mode of surveying the public lands, on any river, lake, bayou, or water-course. | May 24, 1824 |
142 | Chapter CXLII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1824 |
143 | Chapter CXLIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1824 |
144 | Chapter CXLIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1824 |
145 | Chapter CXLV. | An Act to alter the times of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of South Carolina. | May 24, 1824 |
146 | Chapter CXLVI. | An Act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes. | May 25, 1824 |
147 | Chapter CXLVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 25, 1824 |
148 | Chapter CXLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 25, 1824 |
149 | Chapter CXLIX. | An Act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes. | May 25, 1824 |
150 | Chapter CL. | An Act appropriating a sum of money to Benjamin Huffman, of the state of Indiana. | May 26, 1824 |
151 | Chapter CLI. | An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. | May 26, 1824 |
152 | Chapter CLII. | An Act to allow the bounty to vessels employed in the cod fisheries, in certain cases. | May 26, 1824 |
153 | Chapter CLIII. | An Act making appropriations for deepening the channel leading into the harbour of Presque Isle, and for repairing Plymouth Beach. | May 26, 1824 |
154 | Chapter CLIV. | An Act concerning pre-emption rights in the territory of Arkansas. | May 26, 1824 |
155 | Chapter CLV. | An Act to fix the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
156 | Chapter CLVI. | An Act making an appropriation towards the extinguishment of the Quaupau title to lands in the territory of Arkansas. | May 26, 1824 |
157 | Chapter CLVII. | An Act authorizing the employment of additional clerks, and certain messengers and assistants, and other persons in the several departments. | May 26, 1824 |
158 | Chapter CLVIII. | An Act to allow a salary to the collectors of the districts of Nantucket and Pensacola, and to abolish the office of surveyor of the district of Pensacola. | May 26, 1824 |
159 | Chapter CLIX. | An Act to confer certain powers on the levy court of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
160 | Chapter CLX. | An Act further to regulate the inspection of flour in the county of Alexandria. | May 26, 1824 |
161 | Chapter CLXI. | An Act to authorize masters of vessels in certain cases, to clear out either at the custom-house of Petersburgh, or that of Richmond. | May 26, 1824 |
162 | Chapter CLXII. | An act for the relief of certain distillers in the United States. | May 26, 1824 |
163 | Chapter CLXIII. | An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to amend an act for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida, and for other purposes.” | May 26, 1824 |
164 | Chapter CLXIV. | An Act granting donations of land to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida. | May 26, 1824 |
165 | Chapter CLXV. | An Act to authorize the state of Indiana to open a canal through the public lands, to connect the navigation of the rivers Wabash and the Miami of Lake Erie. | May 26, 1824 |
166 | Chapter CLXVI. | An Act authorizing an examination and survey of the harbour of Charleston, in South Carolina, of St. Mary’s in Georgia, and of the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
167 | Chapter CLXVII. | An Act to alter the judicial districts of Virginia, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
168 | Chapter CLXVIII. | An Act for altering the time for holding the circuit court of the United States for the fourth circuit in the Maryland district. | May 26, 1824 |
169 | Chapter CLXIX. | An Act granting to the counties or parishes of each state and territory of the United States, in which the public lands are situated, the right of pre-emption to quarter sections of land, for seats of justice within the same. | May 26, 1824 |
170 | Chapter CLXX. | An Act to alter the judicial districts of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
171 | Chapter CLXXI. | An Act to establish an additional land office in the state of Missouri. | May 26, 1824 |
172 | Chapter CLXXII. | An Act to provide for the sale of lands conveyed to the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
173 | Chapter CLXXIII. | An Act enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the state of Missouri and territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims. | May 26, 1824 |
174 | Chapter CLXXIV. | An Act providing for the disposition of three several tracts of land in Tuscarawas county, in the state of Ohio, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
175 | Chapter CLXXV. | An Act supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the St. Helena and Jackson Courthouse land districts. | May 26, 1824 |
176 | Chapter CLXXVI. | An Act explanatory of an act, entitled An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands, approved on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | May 26, 1824 |
177 | Chapter CLXXVII. | An Act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants. | May 26, 1824 |
178 | Chapter CLXXVIII. | An Act making an appropriation for the use of the library of Congress, and for furnishing rooms in the Capitol. | May 26, 1824 |
179 | Chapter CLXXIX. | An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses, light vessels, and beacons, therein mentioned, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
180 | Chapter CLXXX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
181 | Chapter CLXXXI. | An Act to regulate the mode of practice in the courts of the United States, for the district of Louisiana. | May 26, 1824 |
182 | Chapter CLXXXII. | An Act supplementary to “An act providing for the examination of titles to land in that part of the state of Louisiana situated between the Rio Honda [Hondo] and the Sabine river.” | May 26, 1824 |
183 | Chapter CLXXXIII. | An Act to complete the survey of the southern and western boundary of the state of Missouri. | May 26, 1824 |
184 | Chapter CLXXXIV. | An Act supplementary to an act passed on the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled “An act making further provision [provisions] for settling the claims to land in the territory of Missouri.” | May 26, 1824 |
185 | Chapter CLXXXV. | An Act granting certain lots of ground to the corporation of the city of Mobile, and to certain individuals of said city. | May 26, 1824 |
186 | Chapter CLXXXVI. | An Act in further addition to “An act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.” | May 26, 1824 |
187 | Chapter CLXXXVII. | An Act explanatory of an act, entitled “An act for the relief of the officers, volunteers, and other persons, engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians, passed the fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two.” | May 26, 1824 |
188 | Chapter CLXXXVIII. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to enter into certain negotiations relative to lands located under Virginia military land warrants lying between Ludlow’s and Robert’s lines, in the state of Ohio. | May 26, 1824 |
189 | Chapter CLXXXIX. | An Act to authorize the surveying and making of a road from a point in the north-western boundary of the state of Ohio, near the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to Detroit, in the territory of Michigan. | May 26, 1824 |
190 | Chapter CXC. | An Act to revive and extend the term of certain pensions which have expired by limitation. | May 26, 1824 |
191 | Chapter CXCI. | An Act to regulate the fees of the registers of wills in the several counties within the District of Columbia. | May 26, 1824 |
192 | Chapter CXCII. | An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange a stock, bearing an interest of four and one half per cent., for certain stocks bearing an interest of six per cent. | May 26, 1824 |
193 | Chapter CXCIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
194 | Chapter CXCIV. | An Act reserving to the Wyandot tribe of Indians a certain tract of land, in lieu of a reservation made to them by treaty. | May 26, 1824 |
195 | Chapter CXCV. | An Act supplementary to the act “to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington,” passed the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and for other purposes. | May 26, 1824 |
196 | Chapter CXCVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
197 | Chapter CXCVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
198 | Chapter CXCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
199 | Chapter CXCIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
200 | Chapter CC. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
201 | Chapter CCI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
202 | Chapter CCII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
203 | Chapter CCIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
204 | Chapter CCIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
205 | Chapter CCV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
206 | Chapter CCVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
207 | Chapter CCVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
208 | Chapter CCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
209 | Chapter CCIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
210 | Chapter CCX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
211 | Chapter CCXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 26, 1824 |
Public Resolutions
editResolution | Date |
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Resolution I in relation to an intended visit of the Marquis de La Fayette to the United States. | Feb. 4, 1824 |
Resolution II providing a place of deposit for the portrait of Columbus, and directing the distribution of certain copies of the Declaration of Independence, now in the Department of State. | May 26, 1824 |
2nd Session
editPublic Laws
editACTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the sixth day of December, 1824, and ended on the third day of March, 1825.
James Monroe, President; Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; John Gaillard, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Chapter | Title | Date | |
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1 | Chapter I. | An Act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four [five.] | Dec. 15, 1824 |
2 | Chapter II. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Dec. 28, 1824 |
3 | Chapter III. | An Act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Ohio to sell and convey certain tracts of land granted to said State for the use of the people thereof. | Dec. 28, 1824 |
4 | Chapter IV. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt a new hydrometer for ascertaining the proof of liquors. | Jan. 12, 1825 |
5 | Chapter V. | An Act authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the United States. | Jan. 12, 1825 |
6 | Chapter VI. | An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan,” and for other purposes. | Feb. 5, 1825 |
7 | Chapter VII. | An Act confirming certain claims to lands in the western district of Louisiana. | Feb. 5, 1825 |
8 | Chapter VIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 5, 1825 |
9 | Chapter IX. | An Act making compensation to the persons appointed by the electors to deliver the votes for President and Vice President. | Feb. 11, 1825 |
10 | Chapter X. | An Act to remit the duties on books, maps, and charts, imported for the use of the library of Congress. | Feb. 11, 1825 |
11 | Chapter XI. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. | Feb. 21, 1825 |
12 | Chapter XII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. | Feb. 21, 1825 |
13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. | Feb. 25, 1825 |
14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act making an appropriation for the purchase of books and furniture for the use of the library of Congress. | Feb. 25, 1825 |
15 | Chapter XV. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. | March 2, 1825 |
16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act making further appropriations for the military service for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. | March 3, 1825 |
17 | Chapter XVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act for arming the militia of the District of Columbia. | March 3, 1825 |
19 | Chapter XIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
20 | Chapter XX. | An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the general assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned. | March 3, 1825 |
21 | Chapter XXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
22 | Chapter XXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
23 | Chapter XXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act respecting the adjournment of the circuit court for the District of Columbia. | March 3, 1825 |
26 | Chapter XXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
28 | Chapter XXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
29 | Chapter XXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
30 | Chapter XXX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
31 | Chapter XXXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
32 | Chapter XXXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
33 | Chapter XXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
34 | Chapter XXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act to provide an additional appropriation to complete the public road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, in the territory of Florida. | March 3, 1825 |
36 | Chapter XXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
37 | Chapter XXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
39 | Chapter XXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
40 | Chapter XL. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
41 | Chapter XLI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
42 | Chapter XLII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
43 | Chapter XLIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
44 | Chapter XLIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the completion of entries for the benefit of drawback after the period of twenty days. | March 3, 1825 |
46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to establish certain post-roads, and to discontinue others. | March 3, 1825 |
47 | Chapter XLVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
48 | Chapter XLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
49 | Chapter XLIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
50 | Chapter L. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause a road to be marked out from the western frontier of Missouri, to the confines of New Mexico. | March 3, 1825 |
51 | Chapter LI. | An Act fixing the place for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the southern district of New York. | March 3, 1825 |
52 | Chapter LII. | An Act confirming the act of the legislature of Virginia, entitled “An act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,” and “An act of the state of Maryland, confirming the same.” | March 3, 1825 |
53 | Chapter LIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
55 | Chapter LV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
56 | Chapter LVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
57 | Chapter LVII. | An Act making appropriation to satisfy certain balances due to the commissioners and secretaries of land claims in Florida. | March 3, 1825 |
58 | Chapter LVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
60 | Chapter LX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
64 | Chapter LXIV. | An Act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the Post-office establishment. | March 3, 1825 |
65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1825 |
66 | Chapter LXVI. | An Act further to amend the act authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes, passed ninety April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. | March 3, 1825 |
67 | Chapter LXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
68 | Chapter LXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
69 | Chapter LXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
70 | Chapter LXX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
71 | Chapter LXXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
72 | Chapter LXXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
73 | Chapter LXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
74 | Chapter LXXIV. | An Act to authorize the sale of a section of land therein mentioned. | March 3, 1825 |
75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act making an additional appropriation for defraying the expenses of bringing to the seat of government the votes for President and Vice President of the United States. | March 3, 1825 |
76 | Chapter LXXVI. | An Act authorizing the subscription of stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. | March 3, 1825 |
77 | Chapter LXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to alter the times of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the district of South Carolina.” | March 3, 1825 |
79 | Chapter LXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
80 | Chapter LXXX. | An Act to change the time of holding the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. | March 3, 1825 |
81 | Chapter LXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
82 | Chapter LXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act to extend the time for the settlement of private land claims in the territory of Florida, to provide for the preservation of the public archives in said territory, and for the relief of John Johnson. | March 3, 1825 |
84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
85 | Chapter LXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
90 | Chapter XC. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
91 | Chapter XCI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
92 | Chapter XCII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
93 | Chapter XCIII. | An Act to authorize the sale of unserviceable ordnance, arms, and military stores. | March 3, 1825 |
94 | Chapter XCIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
95 | Chapter XCV. | An Act authorizing the establishment of a navy yard and depot, on the coast of Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. | March 3, 1825 |
96 | Chapter XCVI. | An Act to establish the city of Hudson and the city of Troy, in the state of New York, Bowdoinham, in the state of Maine, and Fairport, in the state of Ohio, ports of delivery, and to abolish Topsham as a port of delivery. | March 3, 1825 |
97 | Chapter XCVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
98 | Chapter XCVIII. | An Act for the continuation of the Cumberland road. | March 3, 1825 |
99 | Chapter XCIX. | An Act to authorize the register or enrolment and license to be issued in the name of the president or secretary of any incorporated company owning a steamboat or vessel. | March 3, 1825 |
100 | Chapter C. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow a sum not exceeding twelve millions of dollars, or to exchange a stock of four and one half per cent. for a certain stock bearing an interest of six per cent. | March 3, 1825 |
101 | Chapter CI. | An Act to authorize the building of ten sloops of war, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1825 |
102 | Chapter CII. | An Act to alter the terms of the district court of the United States in the western district of Virginia. | March 3, 1825 |
103 | Chapter CIII. | An Act to authorize the laying out and opening of a public road from St. Mary’s river, to the bay of Tampa, in the territory of Florida. | March 3, 1825 |
104 | Chapter CIV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
105 | Chapter CV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
106 | Chapter CVI. | An Act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of Virginia. | March 3, 1825 |
107 | Chapter CVII. | An Act concerning wrecks on the coast of Florida. | March 3, 1825 |
108 | Chapter CVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
109 | Chapter CIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
110 | Chapter CX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
111 | Chapter CXI. | An Act to extend the time of issuing and locating military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army. | March 3, 1825 |
112 | Chapter CXII. | An Act to make Castine a port of entry for ships or vessels coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope. | March 3, 1825 |
113 | Chapter CXIII. | An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses and light vessels, and beacons, and monuments, therein mentioned; and for other purposes. | March 3, 1825 |
114 | Chapter CXIV. | An Act to authorize the surveying and making a road from Little Rock, to Cantonment Gibson, in the territory of Arkansas. | March 3, 1825 |
115 | Chapter CXV. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
116 | Chapter CXVI. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
117 | Chapter CXVII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
118 | Chapter CXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
119 | Chapter CXIX. | See Private Acts of the Eighteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1825 |
120 | Chapter CXX. | An Act to authorize the surveying and opening of a road, from Detroit to Chicago, in the state of Illinois. | March 3, 1825 |
Public Resolutions
editResolution | Date |
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Resolution I authorizing the public documents, printed by order of Congress, to be furnished to the Gardiner Lyceum. | March 3, 1825 |
Resolution II directing an inventory of the furniture in the President’s house to be taken. | March 3, 1825 |