Every law Congress has passed

208 laws of the 12th Congress, 1811–1813

1. An Act to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage.

   Ch. I · 2 Stat. 667 · November 18, 1811 · Original text

2. An Act to alter the time of holding one of the terms of the District Court in the district of Maine.

   Ch. II · 2 Stat. 667 · November 28, 1811 · Original text

3. An Act making a further appropriation for the support of a Library.

   Ch. III · 2 Stat. 667 · December 6, 1811 · Original text

4. An Act extending the time far opening the several Land-offices established in the territory of Orleans.

   Ch. IV · 2 Stat. 668 · December 12, 1811 · Original text

5. An Act allowing further time for completing the payments on certain lands held by right of preemption, in the Mississippi territory.

   Ch. VI · 2 Stat. 668 · December 12, 1811 · Original text

6. An Act to authorize the surveying and marking of certain roads, in the state of Ohio, as contemplated by the treaty of Brownstown in the territory of Michigan.

   Ch. VIII · 2 Stat. 668 · December 12, 1811 · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Abraham Whipple, late a Captain in the Navy of the United States.

   Ch. V · 6 Stat. 103 · December 12, 1811 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of Josiah H. Webb.

   Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 103 · December 12, 1811 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the third enumeration.

   Ch. IX · 2 Stat. 669 · December 21, 1811 · Original text

10. An Act far completing the existing Military Establishment.

    Ch. X · 2 Stat. 669 · December 24, 1811 · Original text

11. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of Rangers for the protection of the frontier of the United States.

    Ch. XI · 2 Stat. 670 · January 2, 1812 · Original text

12. An Act to authorize the laying out and opening a public road from the line established by the treaty of Grenville, to the North Bend in the state of Ohio.

    Ch. XII · 2 Stat. 670 · January 8, 1812 · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of John Burnham.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 103 · January 10, 1812 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act to raise an additional Military Force.

    Ch. XIV · 2 Stat. 671 · January 11, 1812 · Original text

15. An Act directing the terms on which lands sold at public sale, and that revert for failure in payment, shall again be sold.

    Ch. XV · 2 Stat. 674 · January 14, 1812 · Original text

16. An Act authorizing the purchase cf ordnance and ordnance stores, camp equipage and other Quartermaster’s stores and small arms.

    Ch. XVI · 2 Stat. 674 · January 14, 1812 · Original text

17. An Act to alter the time of holding the District Courts of the United States, for the North Carolina district.

    Ch. XVII · 2 Stat. 675 · January 23, 1812 · Original text

18. An Act to continue in force for a further time, the first section of the act, entituled “An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers.

    Ch. XVIII · 2 Stat. 675 · January 31, 1812 · Original text

19. An Act to empower the Secretary of the Treasury to decide on the case of the ship Eliza Jinn, belonging to Ezekiel Hubbel, and the case of the ship Mary and Frances, belonging to Nathaniel Goddard.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 104 · January 31, 1812 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act to alter the times of holding the District Courts, within and for the district of Connecticut.

    Ch. XX · 2 Stat. 676 · February 6, 1812 · Original text

21. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to accept and organize certain Volunteer Military Corps.

    Ch. XXI · 2 Stat. 676 · February 6, 1812 · Original text

22. An Act the revision of former confirmations, and for confirming certain claims to land in the District of Kaskaskia.

    Ch. XXII · 2 Stat. 677 · February 20, 1812 · Original text

23. An Act making an appropriation for the expenses incident to the six companies of Mounted Rangers, during the pear one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Ch. XXIII · 2 Stat. 678 · February 20, 1812 · Original text

24. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to locale the Lands reserved for the use of Jefferson College, in the Mississippi territory.

    Ch. XXIV · 2 Stat. 679 · February 20, 1812 · Original text

25. Chapter XXV: for the more convenient taking if affidavits and bail in civil causes depending in the courts of the United States.

    Ch. XXV · 2 Stat. 679 · February 20, 1812 · Original text

26. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Ch. XXVI · 2 Stat. 682 · February 21, 1812 · Original text

27. An Act making appropriations for the support of an additional Military Force.

    Ch. XXVII · 2 Stat. 683 · February 21, 1812 · Original text

28. An Act to establish a land district in the Illinois territory, east of the district of Kaskaskia, and to attach certain public lands to the district of Jeffersonville.

    Ch. XXIX · 2 Stat. 684 · February 21, 1812 · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of Captain Selah Benton.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 104 · February 21, 1812 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Ch. XXX · 2 Stat. 684 · February 24, 1812 · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Thomas O’Bannon.

    Ch. XXXII · 6 Stat. 104 · February 24, 1812 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act supplementary to “An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force,” passed on the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight.

    Ch. XXXI · 2 Stat. 685 · February 26, 1812 · Original text

33. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Ch. XXXIII · 2 Stat. 686 · February 26, 1812 · Original text

34. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction if the President of the United States, to purchase of Winslow Lewis, his patent right to the new and improved method of lighting Lighthouses, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXXIV · 2 Stat. 691 · March 2, 1812 · Original text

35. Resolution granting permission to the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States to use the hooks in the Library of Congress.

    Resolution I · 2 Stat. 786 · March 2, 1812 · Original text

36. An Act supplementary to “An act providing for the accommodation of the General Post-Office and Patent Office, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XXXV · 2 Stat. 691 · March 7, 1812 · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of the Board of Commissioners west of Pearl riser.

    Ch. XXXVI · 2 Stat. 692 · March 10, 1812 · Original text

38. An Act making a further appropriation for the defence of our Maritime Frontier.

    Ch. XXXVII · 2 Stat. 692 · March 10, 1812 · Original text

39. An Act giving further time for registering claims to land in the western district of the territory of Orleans.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 2 Stat. 692 · March 10, 1812 · Original text

40. An Act to alter the lime of holding the Circuit Courts of the United States at Knoxville, in the District of East Tennessee, in the state of Tennessee.

    Ch. XXXIX · 2 Stat. 693 · March 10, 1812 · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of the Board of Commissioners west of Pearl River.

    Ch. XXXVI · 6 Stat. 104 · March 10, 1812 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act respecting the enrolling and licensing of Steamboats.

    Ch. XL · 2 Stat. 694 · March 12, 1812 · Original text

43. An Act authorizing a loan for a sum not exceeding eleven millions of dollars.

    Ch. XLI · 2 Stat. 694 · March 14, 1812 · Original text

44. An Act supplementary to “An act to raise an additional Military Force.”

    Ch. XLII · 2 Stat. 695 · March 17, 1812 · Original text

45. An Act repealing the tenth section of the act in incorporate Ike subscribers to the Bank of the United States.

    Ch. XLIII · 2 Stat. 695 · March 19, 1812 · Original text

46. Resolution on the subject of Arts and Manufactures.

    Resolution II · 2 Stat. 786 · March 19, 1812 · Original text

47. An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Georgetown Lancaster School Society.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 105 · March 19, 1812 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act to alter the times of holding the Circuit Courts of the first district.

    Ch. XLV · 2 Stat. 696 · March 26, 1812 · Original text

49. An Act to establish a Quartermaster’s Department, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLVI · 2 Stat. 696 · March 28, 1812 · Original text

50. An Act concerning the Naval Establishment.

    Ch. XLVII · 2 Stat. 699 · March 30, 1812 · Original text

51. An Act granting to the corporation of the city of New Orleans the use and possession of a lot in the said city.

    Ch. XLVIII · 2 Stat. 700 · April 3, 1812 · Original text

52. An Act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, for a limited time.

    Ch. XLIX · 2 Stat. 699 · April 4, 1812 · Original text

53. Chapter L: for the admission if the State of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state.

    Ch. L · 2 Stat. 701 · April 8, 1812 · Original text

54. An Act in addition to the act entituled “An act to raise an additional military force,” passed January the eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Ch. LIII · 2 Stat. 704 · April 8, 1812 · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Thomas Orr.

    Ch. LI · 6 Stat. 106 · April 8, 1812 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of Thomas Wilson.

    Ch. LII · 6 Stat. 107 · April 8, 1812 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash.

    Ch. LIV · 2 Stat. 704 · April 10, 1812 · Original text

58. Chapter LV: to authorize a detachment from the Militia of the United States.

    Ch. LV · 2 Stat. 705 · April 10, 1812 · Original text

59. An Act to prohibit the exportation of specie, goods, wares and merchandise, for a limited time.

    Ch. LVI · 2 Stat. 707 · April 14, 1812 · Original text

60. An Act to enlarge the limits of the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. LVII · 2 Stat. 708 · April 14, 1812 · Original text

61. An Act giving further time for registering claims to land in the eastern district of the territory of Orleans.

    Ch. LVIII · 2 Stat. 709 · April 14, 1812 · Original text

62. An Act for the organization of a Corps of Artificers.

    Ch. LIX · 2 Stat. 710 · April 23, 1812 · Original text

63. An Act to authorize the granting of Patents for Land, according to the Surveys that have been made; and to grant Donation Hights to certain Claimants of Land in the district of Detroit, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXII · 2 Stat. 710 · April 23, 1812 · Original text

64. An Act making provision for certain persons claiming lands under the several acts for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia.

    Ch. LXIII · 2 Stat. 712 · April 23, 1812 · Original text

65. An Act giving further time to the purchasers of Public Lands, northwest of the river Ohio, to complete their payments.

    Ch. LXIV · 2 Stat. 712 · April 23, 1812 · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of William Hubbell.

    Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 107 · April 23, 1812 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act to authorize the Secretary for the Department of War to exchange Lands, with the Ursuline Nuns, of the City of New Orleans.

    Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 107 · April 23, 1812 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act to continue in force for a limited time, an act entituled “An act continuing for a limited time the salaries of the officers of government therein mentioned.”

    Ch. LXVI · 2 Stat. 713 · April 24, 1812 · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Aaron Greeley.

    Ch. LXV · 6 Stat. 107 · April 24, 1812 · Private law · Original text

70. for ascertaining the titles and claims to Lands in that part of the Louisiana which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans.

    Ch. LXVII · 2 Stat. 713 · April 25, 1812 · Original text

71. An Act for the establishment of a General Land-Office in the Department of the Treasury.

    Ch. LXVIII · 2 Stat. 716 · April 25, 1812 · Original text

72. An Act to revive and continue in force “An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXIX · 2 Stat. 718 · April 25, 1812 · Original text

73. An Act authorizing the departure of ships and vessels from the ports and harbors of the United States, in certain cases.

    Ch. LXX · 2 Stat. 719 · April 27, 1812 · Original text

74. An Act authorizing the appointment of an additional Judge of the District Court, for the district of New York.

    Ch. LXXI · 2 Stat. 719 · April 29, 1812 · Original text

75. An Act making furtner provision for the Corps of Engineers.

    Ch. LXXII · 2 Stat. 720 · April 29, 1812 · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of Charles Minifie.

    Ch. LXXIV · 6 Stat. 108 · May 1, 1812 · Private law · Original text

77. further to amend the Charter of the City of Washington.

    Ch. LXXV · 2 Stat. 721 · May 4, 1812 · Original text

78. An Act to carry into effect an act of the Legislature of the state of Maryland.

    Ch. LXXVI · 2 Stat. 728 · May 6, 1812 · Original text

79. An Act to provide for designating, surveying and granting the Military Bounty Lands.

    Ch. LXXVII · 2 Stat. 728 · May 6, 1812 · Original text

80. An Act in addition to the act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland in the state of Maryland to the state of Ohio.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 2 Stat. 730 · May 6, 1812 · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of the Citizens of Venezuela.

    Ch. LXXIX · 2 Stat. 730 · May 8, 1812 · Original text

82. An Act to alter and establish certain Post Roads.

    Ch. LXXX · 2 Stat. 730 · May 11, 1812 · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of John Thompson.

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 108 · May 11, 1812 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the better regulation of the Ordnance.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 2 Stat. 732 · May 14, 1812 · Original text

85. An Act to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi territory.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 2 Stat. 734 · May 14, 1812 · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Thomas F. Reddick.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 108 · May 14, 1812 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act making additional appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Ch. LXXXV · 2 Stat. 734 · May 16, 1812 · Original text

88. An Act making further provision for the Army of the United States.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 2 Stat. 735 · May 16, 1812 · Original text

89. An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of Alexandria, by the name and style of the Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 2 Stat. 735 · May 16, 1812 · Original text

90. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and designate certain boundaries.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 2 Stat. 741 · May 20, 1812 · Original text

91. An Act to extend the right of suffrage in the Illinois territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XC · 2 Stat. 741 · May 20, 1812 · Original text

92. An Act for the relief of John N. Stout.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 109 · May 20, 1812 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act to amend an act entituled “An act to establish a Quartermaster’s Department, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XCII · 2 Stat. 742 · May 22, 1812 · Original text

94. An Act supplementary to an act entituled “An act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state.”

    Ch. XCIII · 2 Stat. 743 · May 22, 1812 · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Thomas and William Streshly.

    Ch. XCI · 6 Stat. 109 · May 22, 1812 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of Ninian Pinkney.

    Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 109 · May 28, 1812 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act providing for the government of the territory of Missouri.

    Ch. XCV · 2 Stat. 743 · June 4, 1812 · Original text

98. An Act to extend the time for exporting, with privilege of drawback, goods, wares and merchandise entitled thereto by law.

    Ch. XCVII · 2 Stat. 748 · June 10, 1812 · Original text

99. An Act supplemental to an act entituled “An act for dividing the Indiana territory into two separate governments.”

    Ch. XCVIII · 2 Stat. 748 · June 10, 1812 · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of William Garrard.

     Ch. XCVI · 6 Stat. 109 · June 10, 1812 · Private law · Original text