United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress

by United States Congress

1st Session

Public Laws

ACTS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH 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 4th day of December, 1843, and ended the 17th day of June, 1844.

John Tyler, President of the United States; Willie P. Mangum, President of the Senate, pro tempore. John W. Jones, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

	Chapter	Title	Date
1	Chapter I.	An Act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the relief and protection of American seamen.	Jan. 22, 1844
2	Chapter II.	An Act to refund the fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson.	Feb. 16, 1844
3	Chapter III.	An Act to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriation in the naval service, under certain circumstances.	Feb. 23, 1844
4	Chapter IV.	An Act changing the time of holding the courts at Clarksburg and at Wheeling, in the western district of Virginia, and the circuit court of the United States for the district of Arkansas.	March 4, 1844
5	Chapter V.	An Act to repeal the act entitled “An act to amend the act of the tenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, entitled ‘An act to change the time of holding the circuit and district courts in the district of Ohio.’”	March 26, 1844
6	Chapter VI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 26, 1844
7	Chapter VII.	An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to establish branches of the Mint of the United States.”	April 2, 1844
8	Chapter VIII.	An Act directing the disposition of certain unclaimed goods, wares, or merchandise, seized for being illegally imported into the United States.	April 2, 1844
9	Chapter IX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	April 2, 1844
10	Chapter X.	An Act requiring one of the judges of the circuit court for the District of Columbia hereafter to reside in Alexandria.	April 4, 1844
11	Chapter XI.	An Act to repeal so much of the act approved the twenty-third of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as requires the second regiment of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.	April 4, 1844
12	Chapter XII.	An Act to change the time of holding the Spring term of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, and of the Circuit Court of Alabama.	April 12, 1844
13	Chapter XIII.	An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.	April 12, 1844
14	Chapter XIV.	An Act making an appropriation of certain moneys in the Treasury for the naval service.	April 22, 1844
15	Chapter XV.	An Act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.	April 30, 1844
16	Chapter XVI.	An Act giving the assent of Congress to the holding of an extra session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa.	April 30, 1844
17	Chapter XVII.	An Act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States, under certain circumstances.	May 23, 1844
18	Chapter XVIII.	An Act to authorize the transfer of the names of pensioners from the agencies in the State of Kentucky to the agency in Cincinnati in the State of Ohio.	May 23, 1844
19	Chapter XIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
20	Chapter XX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
21	Chapter XXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
22	Chapter XXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
23	Chapter XXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
24	Chapter XXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
25	Chapter XXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
26	Chapter XXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
27	Chapter XXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
28	Chapter XXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
29	Chapter XXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 23, 1844
30	Chapter XXX.	An Act relating to the port of entry in the district of Passamaquoddy, in the State of Maine.	May 31, 1844
31	Chapter XXXI.	An Act to amend the judiciary act passed the twenty fourth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.	May 31, 1844
32	Chapter XXXII.	An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July 1844 and ending on the thirtieth of June 1845.	May 31, 1844
33	Chapter XXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 31, 1844
34	Chapter XXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 31, 1844
35	Chapter XXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 31, 1844
36	Chapter XXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 31, 1844
37	Chapter XXXVII.	An Act directing a disposition of the maps and charts of the Survey of the Coast.	June 3, 1844
38	Chapter XXXVIII.	An Act to alter the places of holding the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey.	June 4, 1844
39	Chapter XXXIX.	An Act relating to bonds to be given by custom-house officers.	June 4, 1844
40	Chapter XL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 4, 1844
41	Chapter XLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 10, 1844
42	Chapter XLII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 10, 1844
43	Chapter XLIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 10, 1844
44	Chapter XLIV.	An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers.	June 11, 1844
45	Chapter XLV.	An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to reorganize the General Land Office.”	June 12, 1844
46	Chapter XLVI.	An Act to establish a port of delivery at the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana.	June 12, 1844
47	Chapter XLVII.	An Act relating to the unlading of foreign merchandise on the right bank of the river Mississippi, opposite New Orleans.	June 12, 1844
48	Chapter XLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 10, 1844
49	Chapter XLIX.	An Act for repairing the roof of the court-house in Alexandria.	June 15, 1844
50	Chapter L.	An Act granting a section of land for the improvement of Grant river at the town of Potosi, in Wisconsin Territory.	June 15, 1844
51	Chapter LI.	An Act relating to certain collection districts, and for other purposes.	June 15, 1844
52	Chapter LII.	An Act to establish a navy yard and depot at or adjacent to the city of Memphis, on the Mississippi river, in the State of Tennessee.	June 15, 1844
53	Chapter LIII.	An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen and marines of the United States schooner Grampus, and for other purposes.	June 15, 1844
54	Chapter LIV.	An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act directing the survey of the northern line of the reservation for the half-breeds of the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, by the treaty of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.	June 15, 1844
55	Chapter LV.	An Act to authorize the selection of certain school lands in the Territories of Florida, Iowa, and Wisconsin.	June 15, 1844
56	Chapter LVI.	An Act granting to the county of Dubuque, certain lots of ground in the town of Dubuque.	June 15, 1844
57	Chapter LVII.	An Act to confirm to the city of Fernandina in Florida, certain lots reserved for public use by the Spanish Government.	June 15, 1844
58	Chapter LVIII.	An Act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.	June 15, 1844
59	Chapter LIX.	An Act to test the utility of the sub-marine telescope.	June 15, 1844
60	Chapter LX.	An Act making appropriations for certain improvements on the western shore of Lake Michigan.	June 15, 1844
61	Chapter LXI.	An Act making appropriations to aid in completing the harbor at Racine, on the western shore of Lake Michigan.	June 15, 1844
62	Chapter LXII.	An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, for the fiscal year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.	June 15, 1844
63	Chapter LXIII.	An Act transferring the execution of a certain act from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of War.	June 15, 1844
64	Chapter LXIV.	An Act making appropriations for certain objects of expenditure therein named in the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and forty-four.	June 15, 1844
65	Chapter LXV.	An Act to establish certain post roads in the Territory of Florida.	June 15, 1844
66	Chapter LXVI.	An Act making appropriation for certain improvements in the Territory of Iowa.	June 15, 1844
67	Chapter LXVII.	An Act making appropriations for certain improvements in the Territory of Florida.	June 15, 1844
68	Chapter LXVIII.	An Act to provide for the erection of a marine hospital at Key West, in the Territory of Florida.	June 15, 1844
69	Chapter LXIX.	An Act to authorize the Legislatures of the several Territories to regulate the apportionment of representation, and for other purposes.	June 15, 1844
70	Chapter LXX.	An Act to authorize the issuing of Patents for certain lands in the St. Augustine land district in Florida, the sales of which were not regularly reported.	June 15, 1844
71	Chapter LXXI.	An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida.”	June 15, 1844
72	Chapter LXXII.	An Act making appropriation for the support of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.	June 15, 1844
73	Chapter LXXIII.	An Act making an appropriation for the payment of horses lost by the Missouri volunteers in the Florida war.	June 15, 1844
74	Chapter LXXIV.	An Act to confirm certain entries of land in the St. Augustine land district, in the Territory of Florida, made under the pre-emption law of 22d June 1838.	June 15, 1844
75	Chapter LXXV.	An Act for the relief of persons residing within the reputed limits of the States of Arkansas or Louisiana, and beyond the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas, as established by the commissioners appointed to ascertain the same.	June 15, 1844
76	Chapter LXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
77	Chapter LXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
78	Chapter LXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
79	Chapter LXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
80	Chapter LXXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
81	Chapter LXXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
82	Chapter LXXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
83	Chapter LXXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
84	Chapter LXXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
85	Chapter LXXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
86	Chapter LXXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
87	Chapter LXXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
88	Chapter LXXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
89	Chapter LXXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
90	Chapter XC.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
91	Chapter XCI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
92	Chapter XCII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
93	Chapter XCIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
94	Chapter XCIV.	An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to incorporate the Alexandria Canal Company,” approved on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty.	June 17, 1844
95	Chapter XCV.	An Act to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers.	June 17, 1844
96	Chapter XCVI.	An Act concerning the Supreme Court of the United States.	June 17, 1844
97	Chapter XCVII.	An Act respecting the northern boundary of the State of Missouri.	June 17, 1844
98	Chapter XCVIII.	An Act to extend the charters of the District Banks.	June 17, 1844
99	Chapter XCIX.	An Act to enable the War Department to supply certain balances of appropriation, and for other purposes.	June 17, 1844
100	Chapter C.	An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to regulate arrest on mesne process in the District of Columbia,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and forty-two.	June 17, 1844
101	Chapter CI.	An Act concerning conveyances, or devises of places of public worship in the District of Columbia.	June 17, 1844
102	Chapter CII.	An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows.	June 17, 1844
103	Chapter CIII.	An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” passed thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.	June 17, 1844
104	Chapter CIV.	An Act explanatory of the Treaty made with the Chippewa Indians at Saganaw, the twenty-third of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.	June 17, 1844
105	Chapter CV.	An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for other purposes.	June 17, 1844
106	Chapter CVI.	An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.	June 17, 1844
107	Chapter CVII.	An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.	June 17, 1844
108	Chapter CVIII.	An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July 1844, and ending on the thirtieth day of June 1845.	June 17, 1844
109	Chapter CIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
110	Chapter CX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
111	Chapter CXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
112	Chapter CXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
113	Chapter CXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
114	Chapter CXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
115	Chapter CXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
116	Chapter CXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
117	Chapter CXVII.	An Act to authorize the entry of certain lands, occupied by the branch pilots of the port of New Orleans, and others, in the State of Louisiana.	June 17, 1844
118	Chapter CXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
119	Chapter CXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
120	Chapter CXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
121	Chapter CXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
122	Chapter CXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
123	Chapter CXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
124	Chapter CXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
125	Chapter CXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
126	Chapter CXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
127	Chapter CXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
128	Chapter CXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
129	Chapter CXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
130	Chapter CXXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
131	Chapter CXXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
132	Chapter CXXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
133	Chapter CXXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
134	Chapter CXXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
135	Chapter CXXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
136	Chapter CXXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
137	Chapter CXXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
138	Chapter CXXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
139	Chapter CXXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
140	Chapter CXL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
141	Chapter CXLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
142	Chapter CXLII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
143	Chapter CXLIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
144	Chapter CXLIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
145	Chapter CXLV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
146	Chapter CXLVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
147	Chapter CXLVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
148	Chapter CXLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
149	Chapter CXLIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
150	Chapter CL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
151	Chapter CLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
152	Chapter CLII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
153	Chapter CLIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
154	Chapter CLIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
155	Chapter CLV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
156	Chapter CLVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
157	Chapter CLVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
158	Chapter CLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
159	Chapter CLIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
160	Chapter CLX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
161	Chapter CLXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
162	Chapter CLXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
163	Chapter CLXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
164	Chapter CLXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
165	Chapter CLXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
166	Chapter CLXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
167	Chapter CLXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844
168	Chapter CLXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 17, 1844

Public Resolutions

Resolution	Date
No. 1. A Joint Resolution accepting the sword of Washington and staff of Franklin.	March 4, 1844
No. 2. Joint Resolution of respect for the memory of the donor of the Camp Chest of General Washington.	April 30, 1844
No. 3. Joint Resolution accepting the Camp Chest of General Washington.	April 30, 1844
No. 4. Joint Resolution respecting the application of certain appropriations heretofore made.	April 30, 1844
No. 5. Joint Resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents.	April 30, 1844
No. 6. Joint Resolution in relation to certain property purchased for the use of the United States at the port of Bath, in the State of Maine.	May 23, 1844
No. 7. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 31, 1844
No. 8. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	May 31, 1844
No. 9. Resolution authorizing the corporation of Baltimore to use a building of the United States at Lazaretto Point.	June 3, 1844
No. 10. Resolution respecting receipts issued by the Treasurer of the United States, in payment for public lands.	June 12, 1844
No. 11. A Resolution suspending the joint resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents.	June 12, 1844
No. 12. A Resolution to continue two clerks in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties.	June 12, 1844
No. 13. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1844
No. 14. A Joint Resolution in relation to the transmission of the British mail between Boston and Canada, and for other purposes.	June 15, 1844
No. 15. A Resolution for the relief of certain claimants under the Cherokee treaty of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	June 15, 1844
No. 16. A Joint Resolution authorizing the transfer of certain clerks in the Treasury Department.	June 15, 1844
No. 17. A Resolution relating to the public lands appertaining to the armories at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry.	June 15, 1844
No. 18. Joint Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to the British authorities at Gibraltar, and the commander, officers, and crew of her Britannic Majesty’s ship Malabar.	June 17, 1844

1st Session

Public Laws

ACTS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH 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 2d day of December, 1843, and ended the 3d day of March, 1844.

John Tyler, President of the United States; Willie P. Mangum, President of the Senate, pro tempore. John W. Jones, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

	Chapter	Title	Date
1	Chapter I.	An Act to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union.	Jan. 23, 1845
2	Chapter II.	An Act to correct a clerical error in the act supplementary to an act to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia, and to amend the title thereof.	Feb. 4, 1845
3	Chapter III.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 4, 1845
4	Chapter IV.	An Act confirming and assenting to an act of the Legislature of Virginia, entitled “An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.”	Feb. 7, 1845
5	Chapter V.	An act to repeal “An act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes.	Feb. 13, 1845
6	Chapter VI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
7	Chapter VII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
8	Chapter VIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
9	Chapter IX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
10	Chapter X.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
11	Chapter XI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
12	Chapter XII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
13	Chapter XIII.	An Act for the purchase of certain copies of the History of Oregon, California, and the other Territories on the Northwest coast of America.	Feb. 20, 1845
14	Chapter XIV.	An Act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	Feb. 20, 1845
15	Chapter XV.	An Act restricting the grant of pensions in certain cases.	Feb. 20, 1845
16	Chapter XVI.	An Act to quiet the titles to certain lots of land in the towns of Perrysburg and Croghansville, in the State of Ohio.	Feb. 20, 1845
17	Chapter XVII.	An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of enlistment of seamen.”	Feb. 20, 1845
18	Chapter XVIII.	An Act to organize a new land district in the southern part of the State of Arkansas.	Feb. 20, 1845
19	Chapter XIX.	An Act supplementary to “An act to repeal an act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes, approved February thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.	Feb. 26, 1845
20	Chapter XX.	An Act extending the jurisdiction of the district courts to certain cases, upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting the same.	Feb. 26, 1845
21	Chapter XXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 26, 1845
22	Chapter XXII.	An Act explanatory of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.”	Feb. 26, 1845
23	Chapter XXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 26, 1845
24	Chapter XXIV.	An Act to authorize the South Carolina Railroad Company to import certain pipes and machinery free of duty.	Feb. 26, 1845
25	Chapter XXV.	An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to carry into effect in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States with regard to the five per cent. fund and the school reservations.”	Feb. 26, 1845
26	Chapter XXVI.	An Act to amend the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.”	Feb. 26, 1845
27	Chapter XXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 26, 1845
28	Chapter XXVIII.	An Act to authorize a relocation of land warrants number three, four, and five, granted by Congress to General Lafayette.	Feb. 26, 1845
29	Chapter XXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 27, 1845
30	Chapter XXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 27, 1845
31	Chapter XXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 27, 1845
32	Chapter XXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 27, 1845
33	Chapter XXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 1, 1845
34	Chapter XXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 1, 1845
35	Chapter XXXV.	An Act to change the time for holding the Circuit and Criminal Courts in the county of Washington.	March 1, 1845
36	Chapter XXXVI.	An Act in alteration of an act entitled “An act to establish a port of delivery at the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana.”	March 1, 1845
37	Chapter XXXVII.	An Act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	March 1, 1845
38	Chapter XXXVIII.	An Act to authorize the sale of two Arabian horses, received as a present by the Consul of the United States at Zanzibar, from the Imaum of Muscat.	March 1, 1845
39	Chapter XXXIX.	An Act to change the time of holding the Federal courts in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.	March 1, 1845
40	Chapter XL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
41	Chapter XLI.	An Act renewing certain naval pensions for the term of five years.	March 3, 1845
42	Chapter XLII.	An Act to grant certain lands to the State of Indiana, the better to enable the said State to extend and complete the Wabash and Erie canal from Terre Haute to the Ohio river.	March 3, 1845
43	Chapter XLIII.	An Act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department.	March 3, 1845
44	Chapter XLIV.	An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	March 3, 1845
45	Chapter XLV.	An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to fix the value of certain foreign moneys of account in computations at the custom-houses.”	March 3, 1845
46	Chapter XLVI.	An Act to confirm the survey and location of claims for lands in the State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl river, and south of thirty-first degree of north latitude.	March 3, 1845
47	Chapter XLVII.	An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	March 3, 1845
48	Chapter XLVIII.	An Act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union.	March 3, 1845
49	Chapter XLIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
50	Chapter L.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
51	Chapter LI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
52	Chapter LII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
53	Chapter LIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
54	Chapter LIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
55	Chapter LV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
56	Chapter LVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
57	Chapter LVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
58	Chapter LVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
59	Chapter LIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
60	Chapter LX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
61	Chapter LXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
62	Chapter LXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
63	Chapter LXIII.	An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	March 3, 1845
64	Chapter LXIV.	An Act providing payment for certain military services in Florida.	March 3, 1845
65	Chapter LXV.	An Act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	March 3, 1845
66	Chapter LXVI.	An Act regulating commercial intercourse with the Islands of Miquelon and St. Pierre.	March 3, 1845
67	Chapter LXVII.	An Act to continue the harbor improvement already commenced at the town of Southport, in the town of Southport, in the Territory of Wisconsin.	March 3, 1845
68	Chapter LXVIII.	An Act for the construction and improvement of certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin.	March 3, 1845
69	Chapter LXIX.	An Act to provide for the transportation of the mail between the United States and foreign countries, and for other purposes.	March 3, 1845
70	Chapter LXX.	An Act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Santa Fé, in Mexico; and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States.	March 3, 1845
71	Chapter LXXI.	An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and for other purposes.	March 3, 1845
72	Chapter LXXII.	An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	March 3, 1845
73	Chapter LXXIII.	An Act making appropriations for certain improvements in the Territory of Iowa.	March 3, 1845
74	Chapter LXXIV.	An Act to establish certain post routes.	March 3, 1845
75	Chapter LXXV.	An Act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes.	March 3, 1845
76	Chapter LXXVI.	An Act supplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union.	March 3, 1845
77	Chapter LXXVII.	An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.	March 3, 1845
78	Chapter LXXVIII.	An Act relating to revenue cutters and steamers.	March 3, 1845

Public Resolutions

Resolution	Date
No. 1. A Resolution explanatory of “An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.”	Jan. 23, 1845
No. 2. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 13, 1845
No. 3. A Resolution to suspend a part of the third section of the joint resolution of the eleventh of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, relating to armories.	Feb. 13, 1845
No. 4. Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster General of the United States to contract with railroad companies, in certain cases, without advertising for proposals therefor.	Feb. 13, 1845
No. 5. A Resolution for distributing the work on the Exploring Expedition.	Feb. 20, 1845
No. 6. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 1, 1845
No. 7. A Resolution for distributing the work on the Exploring Expedition.	March 1, 1845
No. 8. Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the United States.	March 1, 1845
No. 9. A Resolution directing an examination of Putnam’s ploughing and dredging machine.	March 3, 1845
No. 10. A Resolution to authorize the Attorney General to contract for copies of a proposed edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States.	March 3, 1845
No. 11. A Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to pay any balance that may be due the Shawnee Indians who served in the Florida war.	March 3, 1845
No. 12. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1845
No. 13. Joint Resolution to fix the time when the act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department, passed at this session, shall go into effect.	March 3, 1845
No. 14. A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever any State shall have been or may be in default for the payment of interest or principal on investments in its stocks or bonds held by the United States in trust, to retain certain moneys to which such State is entitled for the purposes therein named.	March 3, 1845
No. 15. A Resolution authorizing the employment of additional inspectors of the customs at the port of New Orleans.	March 3, 1845