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ACTS OF THE TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS

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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 second day of December, 1833, and ended on the thirtieth day of June, 1834.

Andrew Jackson, President; J. C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, until Monday, the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and John Bell for the remainder of the session.

  Chapter Title Date
1 Chapter I. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Jan. 24, 1834
2 Chapter II. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 24, 1834
3 Chapter III. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 24, 1834
4 Chapter IV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 5, 1834
5 Chapter V. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 5, 1834
6 Chapter VI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 5, 1834
7 Chapter VII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 5, 1834
8 Chapter VIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 5, 1834
9 Chapter IX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 5, 1834
10 Chapter X. An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Feb. 11, 1834
11 Chapter XI. An Act further to continue in force “An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad into and within the District of Columbia.” Feb. 26, 1834
12 Chapter XII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 26, 1834
13 Chapter XIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 26, 1834
14 Chapter XIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 26, 1834
15 Chapter XV. An Act making appropriations for the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Feb. 27, 1834
16 Chapter XVI. An Act to change the times for commencing the sessions of the courts of the United States in the district of Delaware. March 24, 1834
17 Chapter XVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 24, 1834
18 Chapter XVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 24, 1834
19 Chapter XIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 24, 1834
20 Chapter XX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 24, 1834
21 Chapter XXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 24, 1834
22 Chapter XXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 24, 1834
23 Chapter XXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 24, 1834
24 Chapter XXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. April 15, 1834
25 Chapter XXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. April 15, 1834
26 Chapter XXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. April 15, 1834
27 Chapter XXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. April 15, 1834
28 Chapter XXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. April 15, 1834
29 Chapter XXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. April 15, 1834
30 Chapter XXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. April 18, 1834
31 Chapter XXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 1, 1834
32 Chapter XXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 1, 1834
33 Chapter XXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 1, 1834
34 Chapter XXXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 1, 1834
35 Chapter XXXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 1, 1834
36 Chapter XXXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 1, 1834
37 Chapter XXXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 10, 1834
38 Chapter XXXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 10, 1834
39 Chapter XXXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 10, 1834
40 Chapter XL. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 10, 1834
41 Chapter XLI. An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. May 14, 1834
42 Chapter XLII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 14, 1834
43 Chapter XLIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 14, 1834
44 Chapter XLIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. May 23, 1834
45 Chapter XLV. An Act to revive and amend “An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States,” passed on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and an act in addition thereto, passed on the fourteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. June 7, 1834
46 Chapter XLVI. An Act to equalize representation in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes. June 18, 1834
47 Chapter XLVII. An Act making appropriations for the Indian Department for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. June 18, 1834
48 Chapter XLVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 18, 1834
49 Chapter XLIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 18, 1834
50 Chapter L. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 18, 1834
51 Chapter LI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 18, 1834
52 Chapter LII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 18, 1834
53 Chapter LIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 18, 1834
54 Chapter LIV. An Act to revive the act entitled “An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands,” approved May twenty-nine, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. June 19, 1834
55 Chapter LV. An Act further to extend the term of certain pensions chargeable on the privateer pension fund. June 19, 1834
56 Chapter LVI. An Act to grant to the state of Ohio certain lands for the support of schools in the Connecticut Western Reserve. June 19, 1834
57 Chapter LVII. An Act to extend the time allowed for the discharge of the duties of the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France. June 19, 1834
58 Chapter LVIII. An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and his majesty the king of the Two Sicilies, concluded at Naples on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.” June 19, 1834
59 Chapter LIX. An Act for the re-appropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four. June 19, 1834
60 Chapter LX. An Act making additional appropriations for the armory at Harper’s Ferry, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four. June 19, 1834
61 Chapter LXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 19, 1834
62 Chapter LXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 19, 1834
63 Chapter LXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 19, 1834
64 Chapter LXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 19, 1834
65 Chapter LXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 19, 1834
66 Chapter LXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 19, 1834
67 Chapter LXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 19, 1834
68 Chapter LXVIII. An Act for the continuation and repair of the Cumberland road. June 19, 1834
69 Chapter LXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 24, 1834
70 Chapter LXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 25, 1834
71 Chapter LXXI. An Act regulating the value of certain foreign silver coins within the United States. June 25, 1834
72 Chapter LXXII. An Act to change the boundary between the south-eastern the western land districts in the territory of Michigan, and for other purposes. June 25, 1834
73 Chapter LXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 25, 1834
74 Chapter LXXIV. An Act making appropriations for Indian annuities, and other similar objects, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. June 26, 1834
75 Chapter LXXV. An Act for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the territory of Arkansas. June 26, 1834
76 Chapter LXXVI. An Act to create additional land districts in the states of Illinois and Missouri, and in the territory north of the state of Illinois. June 26, 1834
77 Chapter LXXVII. An Act to establish an additional land office in Arkansas. June 26, 1834
78 Chapter LXXVIII. An Act confirming certain land claims in the district of St. Stephen’s, in Alabama. June 26, 1834
79 Chapter LXXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
80 Chapter LXXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
81 Chapter LXXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
82 Chapter LXXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
83 Chapter LXXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
84 Chapter LXXXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
85 Chapter LXXXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
86 Chapter LXXXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
87 Chapter LXXXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
88 Chapter LXXXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 26, 1834
89 Chapter LXXXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 27, 1834
90 Chapter XC. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 27, 1834
91 Chapter XCI. An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur, in the state of Alabama; and to provide for the paying of certain pensioners in said town of Decatur. June 27, 1834
92 Chapter XCII. An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. June 27, 1834
93 Chapter XCIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 27, 1834
94 Chapter XCIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 27, 1834
95 Chapter XCV. An Act concerning the gold coins of the United States, and for other purposes. June 28, 1834
96 Chapter XCVI. An Act regulating the value of certain foreign gold coins within the United States. June 28, 1834
97 Chapter XCVII. An Act to authorize the removal of the custom-house from Magnolia, to St. Marks in Florida. June 28, 1834
98 Chapter XCVIII. An Act to attach the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi river, and north of the state of Missouri, to the territory of Michigan. June 28, 1834
99 Chapter XCIX. An Act for the benefit of the city of Washington. June 28, 1834
100 Chapter C. An Act to enable the President to make an arrangement with the government of France in relation to certain French seamen killed or wounded at Toulon, and their families. June 28, 1834
101 Chapter CI. An Act to authorize the correction of erroneous selections of land granted to the state of Indiana, for the purpose of constructing the Michigan road. June 28, 1834
102 Chapter CII. An Act limiting the times of advertising the sales of the public lands. June 28, 1834
103 Chapter CIII. An Act making additional appropriations for certain harbours, and removing obstructions in the mouths of certain rivers, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. June 28, 1834
104 Chapter CIV. An Act making appropriations for the military academy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. June 28, 1834
105 Chapter CV. An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties, and for other purposes. June 28, 1834
106 Chapter CVI. An Act further to provide for the location of certain lands in the territory of Arkansas. June 28, 1834
107 Chapter CVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
108 Chapter CVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
109 Chapter CIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
110 Chapter CX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
111 Chapter CXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
112 Chapter CXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
113 Chapter CXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
114 Chapter CXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
115 Chapter CXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
116 Chapter CXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
117 Chapter CXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
118 Chapter CXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
119 Chapter CXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
120 Chapter CXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
121 Chapter CXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
122 Chapter CXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
123 Chapter CXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
124 Chapter CXXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 28, 1834
125 Chapter CXXV. An Act in reference to pre-emption rights in the south-eastern district of Louisiana. June 28, 1834
126 Chapter CXXVI. An Act giving the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact entered into between the state of New York and the state of New Jersey, respecting the territorial limits and jurisdiction of said states. June 28, 1834
127 Chapter CXXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
128 Chapter CXXVIII. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to annex a part of the state of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of collector of Niagara to Lewistown; to make Cape St. Vincent, in the district of Sackett’s Harbour, a port of delivery; and out of the districts of Miami and Mississippi, to make two new districts, to be called the districts of Sandusky and Teche, and for other purposes.” June 30, 1834
129 Chapter CXXIX. An Act to enable the Secretary of State to purchase the papers and books of General Washington. June 30, 1834
130 Chapter CXXX. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to cause certain roads to be opened in Arkansas. June 30, 1834
131 Chapter CXXXI. An Act to suspend the operations of certain provisoes of “An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,” approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. June 30, 1834
132 Chapter CXXXII. An Act for the better organization of the United States’ “marine corps.” June 30, 1834
133 Chapter CXXXIII. An Act to increase and regulate the pay of the surgeons and assistant surgeons of the army. June 30, 1834
134 Chapter CXXXIV. An Act concerning naval pensions, and the navy pension fund. June 30, 1834
135 Chapter CXXXV. An Act to establish a port of entry at Natchez, in Mississippi, and creating certain ports of delivery, and for other purposes. June 30, 1834
136 Chapter CXXXVI. An Act for the repair of the Mars Hill military road, in the state of Maine. June 30, 1834
137 Chapter CXXXVII. An Act authorizing the selection of certain Wabash and Erie Canal lands in the state of Ohio. June 30, 1834
138 Chapter CXXXVIII. An Act to procure a bust, in marble, of the late Chief Justice Ellsworth. June 30, 1834
139 Chapter CXXXIX. An Act concerning the duty on lead. June 30, 1834
140 Chapter CXL. An Act to aid in the construction of certain roads in the territory of Michigan. June 30, 1834
141 Chapter CXLI. An Act for the completion of the road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas. June 30, 1834
142 Chapter CXLII. An Act making certain allowances, and granting certain arrearages, to the captains and subalterns of the United States corps of marines. June 30, 1834
143 Chapter CXLIII. An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. June 30, 1834
144 Chapter CXLIV. An Act making appropriations for building lighthouses, light-boats, beacons and monuments, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. June 30, 1834
145 Chapter CXLV. An Act to carry into full effect the fourth article of the treaty of the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, with the Creek nation of Indians, so far as relates to the claims of citizens of Georgia against said Indians, prior to eighteen hundred and two. June 30, 1834
146 Chapter CXLVI. An Act making appropriations for the public buildings and grounds, and for other purposes. June 30, 1834
147 Chapter CXLVII. An Act to complete the improvements on Pennsylvania Avenue. June 30, 1834
148 Chapter CXLVIII. An Act authorizing a road to be cut from the northern boundary of the territory of Florida, by Marianna, to the town of Appalachicola, within the said territory. June 30, 1834
149 Chapter CXLIX. An Act to mark and open a road from Columbia to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas. June 30, 1834
150 Chapter CL. An Act making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river, in the state of New York. June 30, 1834
151 Chapter CLI. An Act to authorize an extra session of the legislative council of the territory of Michigan. June 30, 1834
152 Chapter CLII. An Act authorizing the purchase of live oak frames for a frigate and sloop of war, and for other naval purposes. June 30, 1834
153 Chapter CLIII. An Act to provide for the payment of claims, for property lost, captured, or destroyed, by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, during the late war with the Indians on the frontiers of Illinois and Michigan territory. June 30, 1834
154 Chapter CLIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
155 Chapter CLV. An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto. June 30, 1834
156 Chapter CLVI. An Act to authorize the sale of lots in the town of St. Mark’s, in Florida. June 30, 1834
157 Chapter CLVII. An Act supplementary to the act to amend the several acts respecting copyrights. June 30, 1834
158 Chapter CLVIII. An Act to provide for rebuilding the frigate Congress. June 30, 1834
159 Chapter CLIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
160 Chapter CLX. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to make experiments for the safety of the steam engine. June 30, 1834
161 Chapter CLXI. An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. June 30, 1834
162 Chapter CLXII. An Act to provide for the organization of the department of Indian affairs. June 30, 1834
163 Chapter CLXIII. An Act in addition to the “Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and twenty-five. June 30, 1834
164 Chapter CLXIV. An Act increasing the salaries of the judges of the United States for the territories of Michigan, Arkansas, and Florida. June 30, 1834
165 Chapter CLXV. An Act making compensation for certain diplomatic services, and for other purposes. June 30, 1834
166 Chapter CLXVI. An Act repealing certain acts of the legislative council of the territory of Florida. June 30, 1834
167 Chapter CLXVII. An Act to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in a certain Indian reservation lying between the rivers Mississippi and Desmoins. June 30, 1834
168 Chapter CLXVIII. An Act authorizing the governors of the several states to transmit, by mail, certain books and documents. June 30, 1834
169 Chapter CLXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
170 Chapter CLXX. An Act concerning tonnage duty on Spanish vessels. June 30, 1834
171 Chapter CLXXI. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances. June 30, 1834
172 Chapter CLXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
173 Chapter CLXXIII. An Act for changing the term of the district court, for the western district of Louisiana. June 30, 1834
174 Chapter CLXXIV. An Act to prohibit the corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, from issuing promissory notes or bills of any denomination less than ten dollars after the period therein mentioned, and for the gradual withdrawal from circulation of all such notes or bills. June 30, 1834
175 Chapter CLXXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
176 Chapter CLXXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
177 Chapter CLXXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
178 Chapter CLXXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
179 Chapter CLXXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
180 Chapter CLXXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
181 Chapter CLXXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
182 Chapter CLXXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
183 Chapter CLXXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
184 Chapter CLXXXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
185 Chapter CLXXXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
186 Chapter CLXXXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
187 Chapter CLXXXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
188 Chapter CLXXXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
189 Chapter CLXXXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
190 Chapter CXC. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
191 Chapter CXCI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
192 Chapter CXCII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
193 Chapter CXCIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
194 Chapter CXCIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
195 Chapter CXCV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
196 Chapter CXCVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
197 Chapter CXCVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
198 Chapter CXCVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
199 Chapter CXCIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
200 Chapter CC. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
201 Chapter CCI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
202 Chapter CCII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
203 Chapter CCIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
204 Chapter CCIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
205 Chapter CCV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
206 Chapter CCVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
207 Chapter CCVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
208 Chapter CCVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
209 Chapter CCIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
210 Chapter CCX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
211 Chapter CCXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
212 Chapter CCXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
213 Chapter CCXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
214 Chapter CCXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
215 Chapter CCXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
216 Chapter CCXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
217 Chapter CCXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
218 Chapter CCXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
219 Chapter CCXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
220 Chapter CCXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
221 Chapter CCXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
222 Chapter CCXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
223 Chapter CCXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
224 Chapter CCXXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
225 Chapter CCXXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
226 Chapter CCXXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
227 Chapter CCXXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
228 Chapter CCXXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
229 Chapter CCXXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
230 Chapter CCXXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
231 Chapter CCXXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
232 Chapter CCXXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
233 Chapter CCXXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
234 Chapter CCXXXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
235 Chapter CCXXXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
236 Chapter CCXXXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
237 Chapter CCXXXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
238 Chapter CCXXXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
239 Chapter CCXXXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
240 Chapter CCXL. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
241 Chapter CCXLI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
242 Chapter CCXLII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
243 Chapter CCXLIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
244 Chapter CCXLIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
245 Chapter CCXLV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
246 Chapter CCXLVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
247 Chapter CCXLVII. An Act granting land to certain exiles from Poland. June 30, 1834
248 Chapter CCXLVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
249 Chapter CCXLIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
250 Chapter CCL. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
251 Chapter CCLI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
252 Chapter CCLII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
253 Chapter CCLIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
254 Chapter CCLIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
255 Chapter CCLV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
256 Chapter CCLVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
257 Chapter CCLVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
258 Chapter CCLVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
259 Chapter CCLIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
260 Chapter CCLX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
261 Chapter CCLXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
262 Chapter CCLXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
263 Chapter CCLXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
264 Chapter CCLXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
265 Chapter CCLXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
266 Chapter CCLXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
267 Chapter CCLXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
268 Chapter CCLXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
269 Chapter CCLXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
270 Chapter CCLXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
271 Chapter CCLXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
272 Chapter CCLXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834
273 Chapter CCLXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. June 30, 1834

Public Resolutions edit

Resolution Date
Resolution I providing for the distribution of the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, from the peace of seventeen hundred and eighty-three, to the fourth of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine. June 19, 1834
Resolution II for distributing returns of the last census. June 19, 1834
Resolution III giving the right of way through the property of the United States at Harper’s Ferry, to the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company. June 25, 1834
Resolution IV manifesting the sensibility of the two houses of Congress, and of the nation, on the occasion of the decease of General La Fayette. June 25, 1834

2nd Session edit

Public Laws edit

ACTS OF THE TWENTY-THIRD 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 first day of December, 1834, and ended on the third day of March, 1835.

Andrew Jackson, President; Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; John Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

  Chapter Title Date
1 Chapter I. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 8, 1835
2 Chapter II. An Act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian department for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Jan. 27, 1835
3 Chapter III. An Act making an appropriation for the completion of the military barracks at New Orleans. Jan. 27, 1835
4 Chapter IV. An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Jan. 27, 1835
5 Chapter V. An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Jan. 27, 1835
6 Chapter VI. An Act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants during the late war. Jan. 27, 1835
7 Chapter VII. An Act to extend the time of issuing military land warrants to the officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army. Jan. 27, 1835
8 Chapter VIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
9 Chapter IX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
10 Chapter X. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
11 Chapter XI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
12 Chapter XII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
13 Chapter XIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
14 Chapter XIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
15 Chapter XV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
16 Chapter XVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Jan. 27, 1835
17 Chapter XVII. An Act for the final adjustment of claims to lands in the state of Louisiana. Feb. 6, 1835
18 Chapter XVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 6, 1835
19 Chapter XIX. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Feb. 13, 1835
20 Chapter XX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. Feb. 13, 1835
21 Chapter XXI. An Act for improving the harbour at the mouth of the river Raisin, in the territory of Michigan. Feb. 24, 1835
22 Chapter XXII. An Act for the completion of certain improvements in Florida. Feb. 24, 1835
23 Chapter XXIII. An Act to provide for the further compensation of the marshal of the district of Delaware. Feb. 24, 1835
24 Chapter XXIV. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An Act to authorize the inhabitants of the state of Louisiana to enter the back lands.” Feb. 24, 1835
25 Chapter XXV. An Act to complete certain roads in the territory of Arkansas. Feb. 24, 1835
26 Chapter XXVI. An Act making additional appropriations for the Delaware breakwater, and for certain harbours, and removing obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. March 3, 1835
27 Chapter XXVII. An Act to regulate the pay of the navy of the United States. March 3, 1835
28 Chapter XXVIII. An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad into and within the District of Columbia,” passed December, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. March 3, 1835
29 Chapter XXIX. An Act making appropriations for building light-boats, beacons, and monuments, and placing buoys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and for other purposes. March 3, 1835
30 Chapter XXX. An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. March 3, 1835
31 Chapter XXXI. An Act for the continuation and repair of the Cumberland road in the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. March 3, 1835
32 Chapter XXXII. An Act amendatory of the act for the continuation of the Cumberland road. March 3, 1835
33 Chapter XXXIII. An Act to prescribe the punishments of consuls, commercial agents, and others, in certain cases. March 3, 1835
34 Chapter XXXIV. An Act to change the place of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Mississippi. March 3, 1835
35 Chapter XXXV. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto.” March 3, 1835
36 Chapter XXXVI. An Act to change the times of holding the district courts of the United States for the western district of Virginia, held at Clarksburg. March 3, 1835
37 Chapter XXXVII. An Act to authorize the removal of the land office at Wapaughkoneta to Lima, in the state of Ohio. March 3, 1835
38 Chapter XXXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
39 Chapter XXXIX. An Act to establish branches of the mint of the United States. March 3, 1835
40 Chapter XL. An Act in amendment of the acts for the punishment of offences against the United States. March 3, 1835
41 Chapter XLI. An Act making appropriations for certain roads, and for examinations and surveys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. March 3, 1835
42 Chapter XLII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
43 Chapter XLIII. An Act further to extend the time allowed for the execution of the duties of the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France. March 3, 1835
44 Chapter XLIV. An Act further to suspend the operation of certain provisoes of “An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,” approved the fourteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. March 3, 1835
45 Chapter XLV. An Act to authorize the construction of a railroad upon the public lands, from Tallahassee to St. Marks, in Florida. March 3, 1835
46 Chapter XLVI. An Act to continue the office of commissioner of pensions. March 3, 1835
47 Chapter XLVII. An Act authorizing the construction of a dry-dock for the naval service. March 3, 1835
48 Chapter XLVIII. An Act supplementary to the act of the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled “An act for the final adjustment of the claims to lands in the south-eastern district of Louisiana.” March 3, 1835
49 Chapter XLIX. An Act to render permanent the present mode of supplying the army of the United States, and fixing the salary of certain clerks therein named. March 3, 1835
50 Chapter L. An Act making appropriations for Indian annuities and other similar objects, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five. March 3, 1835
51 Chapter LI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
52 Chapter LII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
53 Chapter LIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
54 Chapter LIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
55 Chapter LV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
56 Chapter LVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
57 Chapter LVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
58 Chapter LVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
59 Chapter LIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
60 Chapter LX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
61 Chapter LXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
62 Chapter LXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
63 Chapter LXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
64 Chapter LXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
65 Chapter LXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
66 Chapter LXVI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
67 Chapter LXVII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
68 Chapter LXVIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
69 Chapter LXIX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
70 Chapter LXX. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
71 Chapter LXXI. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
72 Chapter LXXII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
73 Chapter LXXIII. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
74 Chapter LXXIV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
75 Chapter LXXV. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Third Congress in Volume 6. March 3, 1835
76 Chapter LXXVI. An Act to provide for paying certain pensions at Jackson in the State of Tennessee. March 3, 1835

Public Resolutions edit

Resolution Date
Resolution I Jan. 27, 1835
Resolution II presenting a gold medal to George Croghan, and a sword to each of the officers under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct, in the defense of Fort Stephenson, in eighteen hundred and thirteen. Feb. 13, 1835
Resolution III for the disposition of a lion and two horses, received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco. Feb. 13, 1835