THE Public Statutes at Large OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN 1789, TO MARCH 3, 1845. ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. WITH REFERENCES TO THE MATTER OF EACH ACT AND TO THE SUBSEQUENT ACTS AND COPIOUS NOTES OF THE DECISIONS OF THE Courts of the United States CONSTRUING THOSE ACTS, AND UPON THE SUBJECTS OF THE LAWS. WITH AN INDEX TO THE CONTENTS OF EACH VOLUME, AND A FULL GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE WORK, IN THE CONCLUDING VOLUME. TOGETHER WITH The Declaration of Endependence, the Articles of Confederation, and AND ALSO, TABLES, IN THE LAST VOLUME, CONTAINING LISTS OF THE ACTS RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY, IMPOSTS AND TONNAGE, THE PUBLIC LANDS, ETC. EDITED BY RICHARD PETERS, ESQ., COUNSELLOR AT LAW. The rights and interest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which this work is printed, are hereby recognised, VOL. II. BOSTON: CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN. 1848. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by CHARLES C. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. PHILADELPHIA: STERLOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON. 273847 LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS, CONTAINED IN VOLUME SECOND. Acts of the Sixth Congress of the United States. STATUTE I.—1799, 1800. Suits in the District Court of Pennsylvania. An act for reviving and continuing suits and proceedings in the Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania. (Obsolete.) Dec. 24, 1799.... Privilege of Franking and Compensation to William Henry Harrison. An act extending the privilege of franking to William Henry Harrison, the delegate from the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio, and making provision for his compensation. (Obsolete.) Jan. 2, 1800...... Supplement to the Act for the Valuation of Lands, &c. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States." Obsolete. Jan. 2, 1800...... Imprisonment for Debt. An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt. Jan. 6, 1800. Preservation of Peace with the Indian Tribes. An act for the preservation of peace with the Indian Tribes. (Expired.) Jan. 17, 1800..... Remission of Penalties and Forfeitures. An act to repeal part of an act entitled "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned, and to continue in force the residue of the same." Feb. 11, 1800...... Military Warrants. An act giving further time to the holders of military warrants to register and locate the same. (Obsolete.) Feb. 11, 1800................... Army of the United States. An act to suspend in part an act entitled "An act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes." (Obsolete.) Feb. 20, 1800. Suspension of commercial Intercourse with France. An act further to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France and the dependencies thereof. (Expired.) Feb. 27, 1800........ Second Census of the Inhabitants of the United States. An act providing for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States. (Obsolete.) Feb. 28, 1800...... Lands granted to the United Brethren. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the heathen." March 1, 1800........ Salvage in Cases of Recapture. An act providing for salvage in cases of recapture. March 3, 1800.... Assent of Congress to Acts of Maryland and Georgia. An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia. (Obsolete.) March 17, 1800.... Page 3 4 7 7 7 7 11 14 16 18 iii |