Debts due from individuals to the United States. An act for the more effectual recovery of debts due from individuals to the United States. March 3, 1795......................... Galliopolis, Lands granted to the French Inhabitants. An act to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Galliopolis, and for other purposes therein mentioned. March 3, 1795..... Promulgation of the Laws of the United States. An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States. March 3, 1795....... ........ Page 441 442 443 Trade with the Indians. An act making provision for the purposes of trade with the In'dians. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1795.... 443 Compensation of Clerks. An act to regulate the compensation of clerks. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1795... 443 Exportation of Arms, Cannon, and Military Stores authorized in certain Cases. An act autho rizing the exportation of arms, cannon, and military stores in certain cases. March 3, 1795.... 444 Acts of the Fourth Congress of the United States. STATUTE I.-1796. Appropriations for the Support of Government. An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. (Obsolete.) Feb. 5, 1796.......... .... 445 448 449 Debt of the United States. An act further extending the time for receiving on loan the domestic debt of the United States. (Obsolete.) Feb. 19, 1796............ Compensation to Members of Congress, and to certain Officers of both Houses. An act for allowing compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, and to certain officers of both houses. (Obsolete.) March 10, 1796. 448 Invalid Registers of Ships. An act providing relief for a limited time in certain cases of invalid registers. (Obsolete.) March 10, 1796....... Appropriation for the Support of the Military Establishment. An act making a partial appropriation for the support of the military establishment for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. (Obsolete.) March 12, 1796..... Pensions. An act for the relief of certain officers and soldiers who have been wounded or disabled in the actual service of the United States. (Obsolete.) March 23, 1796.. 450 Circuit Court of North Carolina. An act making certain provisions in regard to the Circuit Court for the district of North Carolina. (Obsolete.) March 31, 1796.................................. 450 Fees in Admiralty Proceedings. An act to continue in force "An act to ascertain the fees in admiralty proceedings in the District Courts of the United States, and for other purposes." (Expired.) March 31, 1796...... 450 .... 451 Light-house on Baker's Island, Massachusetts. An act authorizing the erection of a light-house on Baker's Island in the State of Massachusetts. April 8, 1796....... Trading-houses with the Indian Tribes. An act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes. (Expired.) April 18, 1796........ A Naval Armament. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to provide a naval armament." (Obsolete.) April 20, 1796...... Debt of the United States. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt." (Obsolete.) April 28, 1796.... 452 452 453 ... 458 Expenses of executing the Treaty with Great Britain. An act making an appropriation towards defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation made between the United States and the King of Great Britain. (Obsolete.) May 6, 1796........ Expenses of executing the Treaty with Spain. An act making an appropriation for defraying the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect the treaty made between the United States and the King of Spain. (Obsolete.) May 6, 1796..... 459 459 Expenses of executing the Treaty with Algiers. An act making an the expenses which may arise in carrying into effect the u Expenses of executing the Treaty with certain Indian Tribes. An act making A Loan for the Use of the City of Washington. An act authorizing a loan for the use of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes therein mentioned. May 6, 1796....... Revenue Cutters. An act making further provision relative to the revenue cutters. (Obsolete.) May 6, 1796... Consent of Congress to an Act of the State of Maryland. An act to continue in force for a limited time an act entitled "An act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the State of Maryland," passed the twenty-eighth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, for the appointment of a health officer. (Expired and Supplied.) May 6, 1796.. 461 461 ..... 462 Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania. An act to repeal so much of an act entitled "An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States," as directs that alternate sessions of the Circuit Court for the district of Pennsylvania shall be holden at Yorktown, and for other purposes. May 12, 1796......................................... 463 Compensation for Horses killed belonging to Officers of the Army. An act allowing compensation for horses killed in battle belonging to officers of the army of the United States. (Obsolete.) May 12, 1796...... 463 .... 463 Consent of Congress to Acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. An act declaring the consent of Congress to certain acts of the State of Maryland, and to continue an act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, so far as the same respects the States of Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. (Expired.) May 12, 1796...... Light-house on Cape Cod in the State of Massachusetts. An act authorizing the erection of a light-house on Cape Cod, in the State of Massachusetts. May 17, 1796.................................. 464 Sale of Public Lands in the Territory north-west of the River Ohio and above the Kentucky River. An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river. May 18, 1796.... 464 Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace. An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. (Expired and Supplied.) May 19, 1796... ... 469 Quarantine. An act relative to quarantine. (Repealed and Supplied.) May 27, 1796.... 474 Accountant of the War Department. An act altering the compensation of the accountant to the War Department. (Obsolete.) May 27, 1796....... 474 Mint. An act respecting the mint. (Expired and Supplied.) May 27, 1796............. 475 Circuit Courts of Vermont and Rhode Island, &c. An act altering the sessions of the Circuit Courts in the district of Vermont and Rhode Island, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.) May 27, 1796....... ... 475 Collection of Duties on Merchandise, and Duties on Tonnage. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act supplementary to the act entitled ‘An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties on goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels.'" (Repealed and Supplied.) May 27, 1796...... Relief and Protection of American Seamen. An act for the relief and protection of American seamen. May 28, 1796..... 476 ... 477 Duties on Carriages. An act laying duties upon carriages for the conveyance of persons; 482 Army of the United States. An act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States. (Repealed.) May 30, 1796................. 483 Compensation of Clerks. An act to regulate the compensation of clerks. (Obsolete.) May 30, 1796... 486 Foreign Intercourse. An act making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse of the United States with foreign nations; and to continue in force the act entitled "An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations." May 30, 1796... Light-houses, &c., Remission of Forfeitures, Collection of Duties on Distilled Spirits. An act to continue in force, for a limited time, the acts therein mentioned. (Obsolete.) May 30, 1796... Page 487 488 Debt of the United States, Loan of Five Millions of Dollars. An act making provision for the payment of certain debts of the United States. (Expired.) May 31, 1796......................... 488 Passports for Ships and Vessels of the United States. An act providing passports for the ships and vessels of the United States. June 1, 1796...... Public Lands appropriated for the United Brethren, &c. An act regulating the grants of lands appropriated for military services, and for the Society of United Brethren, for propagating the Gospel among the heathen. June 1, 1796....... The State of Tennessee admitted into the Union. An act for the admission of the State of Tennessee into the Union. June 1, 1796..... .... 489 490 491 492 492 Appropriations to satisfy Demands attending the late Insurrection, and to increase the Compensation of Jurors and Witnesses. An act making an appropriation to satisfy certain demands attending the late insurrection, and to increase the compensation to jurors and witnesses in the courts of the United States. (Obsolete.) June 1, 1796....... Drawback on Domestic Distilled Spirits, and on Spirits exported. An act limiting the time for the allowance of drawback on the exportation of domestic distilled spirits, and allowing a drawback upon such spirits exported in vessels of less than thirty tons by the Mississippi. (Repealed.) June 1, 1796..... Appropriations for the Support of Government. An act making further appropriations for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. (Obsolete.) June 1, 1796....... 493 Appropriations for the Military and Naval Establishments. An act making appropriations for the support of the military and naval establishments for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. (Obsolete.) June 1, 1796.... Relief to the Owners of Stills in certain Cases. An act providing relief to the owners of stills within the United States for a limited time in certain cases. (Obsolete.) June 1, 1796....... Duties on Snuff and Refined Sugar. An act to suspend, in part, the act entitled "An act to alter and amend the act entitled 'An act laying certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar.'" (Obsolete.) June 1, 1796................ 493 494 495 STATUTE II.—1796, 1797. Promulgation of the Laws of the United States. An act to amend the act entitled "An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States." (Obsolete.) Dec. 21, 1796...... An act giving effect to the laws of 49 .... 496 Laws of the United States extended to the State of Tennessee. the United States within the State of Tennessee. Compensation of the Attorney-General augmented. An act to augment the compensation of the attorney-general of the United States. (Obsolete.) March 2, 1797....... Crimes. An act to continue in force for a limited time the act, in addition to the act, for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States. (Expired.) March 2, 1797.... Provision for the Accommodation of the Household of the President of the United States. An act making further provision for the further accommodation of the household of the President of the United States. (Obsolete.) March 2, 1797........ 497 497 .... 497 Of Registering, Enrolling, or Licensing, Vessels transferred by Process of Law. An act in addition to an act entitled " An act concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels," and to an act entitled "An act enrolling and licensing ships or vessels employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same." (Obsolete.) March 2, 1797..... .... Appropriations for the Support of Government. An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797... Compensation and Duties of certain Officers of the Customs. An act relative to the compensation and duties of certain officers employed in the collection of impost and tonnage. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797...... VOL. I.-(5) 498 498 502 Additional Duties on Merchandise. An act for raising a further sum of money by additional duties on certain articles imported, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797...... Page 503 Duties on Distilled Spirits and on the Capacity of Stills. An act repealing in part the "Act concerning the duties on spirits distilled within the United States," passed the eighth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two; and imposing certain duties on the capacity of stills of a particular description. (Repealed.) March 3, 1797...... 504 Expenses of Negotiations with the Dey of Algiers. An act authorizing the President of the United States to apply a further sum to the expense of negotiations with the Dey and Regency of Algiers. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797................ ..... 505 Remission of Fines and Forfeitures. An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned. March 3, 1797...... Evidences of Public Debt to be received in Payment for Public Lands. An act to authorize the receipt of evidences of the public debt in payment for the lands of the United States. (Repealed.) March 3, 1797................... Meeting of Congress. An act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress. (Repealed.) March 3, 1797...... 506 507 .... 507 Army of the United States. An act to amend and repeal in part the act entitled "An act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States." (Repealed.) March 3, 1797...... Appropriations for the Naval and Military Establishments. An act making appropriations for the naval and military establishments for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797...... 507 ... 508 Respecting Duties on Snuff. An act to suspend, in part, the act entitled "An act to alter and amend the act entitled an Act laying certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar," and to grant relief in certain cases arising under the said act. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797.... ... 509 Post-office and Post-roads. An act in addition to the act entitled "An act to establish the post-office and post-roads within the United States." (Repealed.) March 3, 1797.. 509 Settlement of Accounts between the United States and the Receivers of Puble Money. An act to provide more effectually for the settlement of accounts between the United States and receivers of public money. March 3, 1797........ ... 512 Authorizing Expenditures for the Prosecution of Claims on the belligerent Powers. An act autho rizing an expenditure and making an appropriation for the prosecution of the claims of certain citizens of the United States for property captured by the belligerent powers. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797........ ...... 516 Buoys in the Harbour of Boston. An act providing for certain buoys to be placed in and near the Harbour of Boston. March 3, 1797........... Domestic Debt of the United States. An act extending the time for receiving on loan the domestic debt of the United States. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797...... Compensation of Clerks. An act to revive and continue the act passed the thirtieth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An act to regulate the compensation of clerks." (Obsolete.) March 3, 1797................. ..... 516 ..... 516 ... 517 Circuit Courts of the United States. An Act concerning the Circuit Courts of the United States. March 3, 1797....... 517 Acts of the Fifth Congress of the United States. STATUTE I.-1797. Privateering against Nations in Amity with the United States prohibited. An act to prevent citizens of the United States from privateering against nations in amity with or against the United States. June 14, 1797.... Pago ..... 520 Exportation of Arms and Ammunition prohibited, and the Importation encourozed. An act prohibiting for a limited time the exportation of arms and ammunition, and for encouraging the importation thereof. (Expired.) June 14, 1797....... 520 Defence of the Ports and Harbours of the United States. An act to provide for the further de- Registering and Recording of Ships and Vessels. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels." (Expired.) June 27, 1797.... Page 521 522 ... 523 .... Agents to be appointed in relation to the Sixth Article of the Treaty with Great Britain. An act directing the appointment of agents in relation to the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Great Britain. (Obsolete.) June 30, 1797.... A Naval Armament provided for. An act providing a naval armament. (Expired.) July 1, 1797...... Meeting of Congress. An act to ascertain the time for the next meeting of Congress, and to repeal the act heretofore passed for that purpose. July 1, 1797................ Reviving and Continuing Suits and Process in the Circuit Court of North Carolina. An act for reviving and continuing suits and process in the Circuit Court for the district of North Carolina. (Obsolete.) July 5, 1797...... 523 523 525 .... 526 Acts which would expire at the End of this Session of Congress continued. An act to continue in force to the end of the next session certain acts and parts of acts of limited duration. (Obsolete.) July 5, 1797.... ... Duties on Stamps. An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment, and paper. (Repealed.) July 6, 1797....... Consuls and Vice-Consuls. An act in addition to the law of the United States concerning consuls and vice-consuls. (Repealed.) July 6, 1797............. 527 527 533 Allowance of Mileage to Members of Congress at the First Session of the Fifth Congress. An act for allowing full mileage to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. (Obsolete.) July 6, 1797.............. ... 533 533 Transfer of Stock standing to the credit of certain States. An act to revive and continue in force for a limited time an act entitled "An act authorizing the transfer of stock standing to the credit of certain States." (Expired.) July 6, 1797...... Duties on Salt, and Drawback on Pickled Fish, &c. An act laying an additional duty on salt imported into the United States, and for other purposes. (Repealed.) July 8, 1797. 533 Debt of the United States. An act authorizing a loan of money. (Obsolete.) July 8, 1797. 534 Additional Appropriations for the Support of Government. An act making additional appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. (Obsolete.) July 10, 1797...... STATUTE II.-1797, 1798. ... 534 536 Duties on Stamps. An act to postpone for a limited time the commencement of the duties imposed by the act entitled "An act laying duties on stamped vellum, parchment, and paper." (Obsolete.) Dec. 15, 1797....... Appropriations for the Support of Government. An act making certain partial appropriations for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight. (Obsolete.) Jan. 15, 1798. 536 Compensation to the Doorkeeper of the Senate and his Assistants. An act for allowing a compensation to the doorkeeper of the Senate and his assistants for their services during the late session of Congress. (Obsolete.) Jan. 20, 1798...... Mode of taking Evidence in contested Elections of Members of the House of Representatives, &c. An act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses. (Expired.) Jan. 23, 1798.. 537 ... 537 Duties on Spirits distilled within the United States, and on Stills. An act to amend the several acts for laying duties on spirits distilled within the United States, and on stills. (Repealed.) Jan. 29, 1798..... ... 539 Foreign Coins. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes." (Obsolete.) Feb. 1, 1798....... Expenses of holding a Treaty or Treaties with the Indians. An act appropriating a certain sum of money to defray the expense of holding a treaty or treaties with the Indians. (Obsolete.) Feb. 27, 1798.. 539 539 |