234
The duties on goods destroyed by the great
conflagration in New York to be ascertain-
ed by commissioners appointed by the act,
and to be remitted, July 7, 1838,
An act for the relief of umbrella-makers,
March 3, 1839,

284

329

566
Importation of indecent prints and paintings
prohibited,
566

Ten per cent. on the proceeds allowed to cer-
tain States suspended,
627
The second section of the act of March 2,
1839, chap. 81, not to be construed to im-
pair the right of any persons who have
paid or shall pay any duties to a collector
of the customs on merchandise imported
by him to ascertain and try the validity of
the claim to the duties, and to have the
right to a trial by jury touching the same,
according to due course of law, February
26, 1845,

727
The South Carolina Railroad Company al-
lowed to import free of duty such pipes
and machinery as have been invented for
the application of the atmospheric pressure
as a propelling power, Feb. 26, 1845, 727
Limitation of the importation and the use of
the working of the machinery to be under
the direction of the Secretary of the Trea-
sury,
727
Duties on cargoes of French ships, the growth
and produce of the islands of Miquelon and
St. Pierre, to be admitted at the same duties
as in American vessels, March 3, 1845, 748
Exiles from Poland.

Acts now in force for the sale of the public
lands extended to lands granted to Polish
exiles, April 14, 1842,
473

False Swearing by Collectors, Naval Officers, or
Surveyors.

False swearing to accounts required by the
fifth section of the appropriation act of
March 3, 1841, chap. 35, to be deemed
perjury, and to be prosecuted,
433
Fiscal Year of the Treasury of the United States.
On and after July 1, 1843, the fiscal year at
the treasury shall commence on the 1st of
July, and reports shall be made in confor.
mity annually, August 26, 1842, 536
Reports and estimates to be made on the 30th
June annually, August 26, 1842, 537
Title of appropriation acts,
537
Publication of receipts and expenditures, 537
Statements of the commerce and navigation to
be made according to the fiscal year, 537
Florida.
An act authorizing a special term of the
Court of Appeals of Florida, and for other
purposes, February 25, 1836,

5

The county of Franklin added to the middle
district,

5

61

Act of the Legislature of Florida incorpo-
rating certain Banks and Insurance Com.
panies, annulled, July 1, 1836,
Lands granted for the University of Florida
may be sold by the Governor and Legisla
tive Council of the territory, July 1, 1836,
63
Regulation of the terms of the Superior Court
in the territory of Florida, July 2, 1836, 69
Acts relating to Appalachicola, Franklin coun-
ty, and for holding a Superior Court at In-
dian Key, annulled, July 2, 1836, 70
Resolution authorizing rations to be furnished
to the inhabitants of Florida, February 1,
1836,
131
An act to reorganize the Legislative Council
of Florida, and for other purposes, July 7,
1838,
Appropriation for the compilation of the laws
of Florida, July 7, 1838,
288
An act to establish a new judicial district in
the territory of Florida, July 7, 1838, 294
Appropriation for the erection of public
buildings in Florida, March 3, 1839,
Appropriation for certain improvements in
Florida, June 15, 1844,
670
Choctawhatchie and Holmes rivers, 670
Survey for a railroad across the peninsula of
Florida,

263

323

670

Connecting Indian river and Musqueto la-

670

670

742

Florida admitted into the Union, March 3,
1845,
Florida' to have one Representative in Con-

gress,

743

Appropriation for certain military services in
Florida, March 3, 1845, -

745

Florida.

Certain lands in the town of Fernandina, in
667
Florida, confirmed to the town,
Patents to issue for certain lands in the St.
Augustine land district where applications
and payments were made to J. C. Cleland
and not returned, June 15, 1844, - 671
Foreign Commerce.
Changes in the commercial systems of other
nations to be laid before Congress annually
by the Secretary of State, August 16, 1842,
Foreign Moneys at the Custom-Houses.
Value of foreign moneys at the Custom-houses,
March 3, 1843,

Appropriations for fortifications at Castle
Island, Fort Adams, Fort Schuyler, &c.,
July 2, 1836,
Appropriations for certain fortifications for
the year 1838, July 7, 1838,
- 284
Resolution directing the purchase of a site
for a fort at or near the western boundary
310
of Arkansas, April 4, 1839,
Appropriation for the year 1840, July 21,
1840,
407
Appropriations for certain fortifications for
the year 1841, March 3, 1841,
Appropriations for fortifications for the year
1841, September 9, 1841,
Appropriations for fortifications for the year
1842, August 31, 1842, -

Fortifications.
Appropriations for fortifications for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1845, May 31, 1844,

658
Appropriations for fortifications for the year
ending June 30, 1846, March 3, 1845, 743
Fulton's Heirs.

The petition and papers relating to the claims
of the heirs of Robert Fulton referred to
the Secretary of the Navy, June 23, 1836,
133

General Land Office.

The General Land Office reorganized, July 4,
1836,
107
Office of the Solicitor of the Land Office abo-
lished. His duties to be performed by the
Receiver, or such other person in the Land
Office as the Commissioner of the Land
Office may direct, June 12, 1844, 662
The clerks in the General Land Office to be
reduced,
764
See Commissioner of the General Land Office.

Georgetown.
The corporation of Georgetown empowered
to receive fines and forfeitures imposed
under the charter, August 19, 1841, 449
An act to extend the jurisdiction of the cor-
poration of Georgetown, July 27, 1842,
497
Representatives in Congress according to the
sixth census,

Georgia.

491

Appropriation to indemnify the State of
Georgia for the services of her militia,
called out to suppress Indian hostilities,
August 11, 1842,
504

Harbors and Rivers.

mouths of certain rivers, and for other
purposes, during the year 1837, March 3,
1837,

187
An act to provide for certain harbors and for
the removal of obstructions in and at the
mouths of certain rivers, and for other
purposes, for the year 1838, July 7, 1838,
268
Examination and survey with a view to the
establishment of a naval depôt at Memphis,
626
March 3, 1843,
Appropriations for the improvement of cer-
tain harbors and rivers, June 11, 1844,
661
Improvement of Grant river, Wisconsin, 663
Appropriations for improvements on the
western shore of Lake Michigan, 668
Appropriations for the improvement of the
harbor at Racine, to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of War, 668
Harrison, Mrs.
Appropriation for Mrs. Harrison, widow of
the late President of the United States,
June 30, 1841,
437
Letters and packages to and from Mrs. Har-
rison to be free of postage, September 9,
1841,
Harrison, William Henry.

461

Appropriation for the expenses of the funeral
of William Henry Harrison, late President
of the United States, September 1, 1841,
#

A resolution manifesting the sensibility of
Congress upon the event of the death of
William Henry Harrison, late President
of the United States, July 14, 1841, 466
Home Squadron of the Navy.

Grampus, Schooner.

598

731

Appropriation for the pay, subsistence, &c.,
of a home squadron, August 1, 1841, 438

Imprisonment for debt on process issuing out
of the courts of the United States abolished
in certain cases, February 28, 1839, 321
A supplement to the act to abolish imprison-
ment for debt, May 14, 1841, - 410
No person shall be imprisoned for debt on a
judgment from which an appeal has been
taken and remains undecided, or on which
a writ of error has been sued out, which
has not been finally disposed of for one
year after such judgment shall be finally
disposed of; but every such person shall
have the benefit of the prison rules and the
limits and liberties of the jail or prison, for

.

298

402

493

Appropriations for the Indian department,
and for fulfilling Indian treaties for the
year 1839, March 3, 1839,
323
Appropriations for the Indian department,
and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with
the Indian tribes, July 20, 1840,
Appropriations for the Indian department,
and for Indian treaties, for the year 1841,
March 3, 1841,
417
Appropriations for the Indian department,
and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with va-
rious Indian tribes, for the year 1842, July
17, 1842,
Appropriations for the Indian department,
and to fulfil treaty stipulations with the In-
dians, for the fiscal year, from January 1,
1843, to June 30, 1843, and for the fiscal
year from July 1, 1843, to the 30th June,
1844, March 3, 1843,
612
Appropriations for the Indian department,
and for fulfilling Indian treaties, for the
fiscal year, ending June 30, 1845, June 17,
1844,
Appropriations for the Indian department,
and for fulfilling Indian treaties, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1846, March 3,
1845,
766

Indian Hostilities.

704

209

An additional appropriation for the suppres
sion of Indian hostilities, March 2,1837, 152
Additional appropriations for the suppression
of Indian hostilities in 1837, October 16,
1837,
205
Appropriations for the suppression of Indian
hostilities, January 30, 1838,
Appropriations for suppressing Indian hos-
tilities for the year 1838, and arrearages
for 1837, June 12, 1838, -
241
Appropriations for preventing and suppress-
ing Indian hostilities for the year 1839,
357
March 3, 1839,
Appropriations for preventing and suppress-
ing Indian hostilities in Florida, 434
Indian Reservations.

Commissioners to be appointed to adjust
claims to reservations under the treaty
with the Choctaws. Their duties, salaries,
&c., March 3, 1837,

180
The sale of the Creek Indian reservations
under the treaty of 1832, authorized and
sanctioned, March 3, 1837, - - 186
The money received from the purchasers to
be paid to the persons entitled thereto, 186
Patents may issue to the last purchasers of
Creek Indian selections, July 5, 1838, 256
Indian Treaties.

Insane Hospital in the District of Columbia.
Appropriation for certain expenses in the erec-
tion of a penitentiary in Iowa, August 29,
1842,
537
An act to provide an insane hospital for the
district of Columbia, August 29, 1842, 537
A board of inspectors to be appointed-their
duties,
538
Appropriation for the support of insane per-
sons in the district of Columbia, June 15,
1844,

672

Insane Hospital in the District of Columbia.
Use of the insane hospital for an infirmary
granted to the medical faculty,
Insolvent Debtors of the United States.

672

The acts of March 2, 1831, chap. 62, July 14,
1832, chap. 230, June 7, 1834, chap. 45, ex-
tended for two years, March 2, 1837, 154
An act to extend for a longer period the se-
veral acts now in force for the relief of in-
solvent debtors of the United States, May
27, 1840,
381
The acts for the relief of insolvent debtors of
the United States revived and continued for
three years, January 28, 1843, - 597
Insurance against Fire.

2

A Fire Insurance Company in the town of
Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, in-
corporated, February 17, 1836,
Notes of decisions of the courts of the United
States on insurances against fire,
2

Interest.

Notes of the decisions of the courts of the
United States on the subject of interest,
518

Judiciary.

Iowa.

An act to divide the territory of Wisconsin,
and to establish the territorial government
of Iowa, June 12, 1838,
235
Notes of the acts relating to the territory of
Iowa,
235
The President of the United States authorized
to cause the southern boundary line of the
Iowa territory to be run, June 18, 1838,
248
Salaries of officers in the territory of Iowa,
266

A grant of land to Iowa territory for the
erection of public buildings, March 3, 1839,
330
Compensation to the judges of the Supreme
Court in Iowa, March 3, 1839,
331
Eastern boundary line of the territory of
Iowa to be defined and established, March
3, 1839, -
357
The Legislative Council of Iowa authorized
to provide by law for the election of sheriffs,
and of a delegate to Congress, March 3,
1839,
357
Assent of Congress to an extra session of the
Legislature of Iowa, April 30, 1844, 657
Certain lots granted to the town of Dubuque,
June 18, 1844,
666

-

651

The District Court of the western district of
Virginia, to be holden at Clarksburg, to sit
on the first Monday of April and Septem-
ber, July 1, 1839,
61
Regulations of the Supreme Courts of the
Territory of Florida, July 2, 1836, 69
The District Court of Arkansas to have the
same jurisdiction as other District Courts
of the United States, March 1, 1837, 147
The Supreme Court of the United States to
consist of a Chief Justice and eight Asso-
ciate Justices, March 3, 1837, -
176
Establishment of the second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth circuits,
176
Notes of acts relating to the courts of the
United States,
- 176
The acts vesting the jurisdiction of Circuit
Courts in certain District Courts, repealed,

177

Regulations of the Circuit Courts established,

178
Circuit and District Courts in Alabama, Feb.
22, 1838,
210
Times of holding the District Courts in In-
diana, Illinois, and Michigan, March 10,
1838, -

215
A Circuit Court to be held annually in each
district,
215
Circuit Court jurisdiction restored to the Dis-
trict Courts of the western district of Vir-
ginia,
215
District Courts in the State of Mississippi,
June 18, 1838,
247
A District Court established in the western
district of Tennessee, June 18, 1838, 249
Salary of the Judge of the Orphans' Court
of the county of Alexandria, in the District
of Columbia, June 28, 1838,
Circuit and District Courts in the western dis
trict of New York, July 7, 1838, 295
An act to change the times of holding the
United States Circuit Court in the district
of East Tennessee, and the Maryland dis-
trict, July 7, 1838,
308

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