Every law Congress has passed

305 laws of the 14th Congress, 1815–1817

1. A Resolution, directing the manner of providing stationery and procuring the printing for the Senate and House of Representatives.

   Resolution XI · 3 Stat. 249 · March 15, 1815 · Original text

2. An Act to authorize the President of the United States, to lease for the term therein mentioned, the new buildings on Capitol hill, with the appurtenances, for the better accommodation of Congress.

   Ch. I · 3 Stat. 251 · December 8, 1815 · Original text

3. An Act making additional appropriations to defray the expenses of the army and militia, during the late war with Great Britain.

   Ch. II · 3 Stat. 251 · December 21, 1815 · Original text

4. Resolution, requesting the President of the United States to recommend a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer.

   Resolution VI · 3 Stat. 248 · 1815 · Original text

5. Resolution, for the appointment of a joint committee, to wait upon the President, and request that he recommend a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God, for restoring to these United States the blessing of peace.

   Resolution XIII · 3 Stat. 250 · 1815 · Original text

6. An Act to enlarge the time for ascertaining the annual transfers and changes of property subject to the direct tax, and for other purposes.

   Ch. III · 3 Stat. 252 · January 17, 1816 · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Henry Fanning.

   Ch. IV · 6 Stat. 156 · January 17, 1816 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of Jonathan B. Eastman.

   Ch. V · 6 Stat. 156 · January 17, 1816 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Joseph Anderson.

   Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 156 · January 22, 1816 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to repeal so much of an act, passed on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, as imposes additional duties on postage.

    Ch. VII · 3 Stat. 252 · February 1, 1816 · Original text

11. An Act continuing in force certain acts, laying duties on bank notes, refined sugars, and for other purposes.

    Ch. IX · 3 Stat. 253 · February 1, 1816 · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of John G. Camp.

    Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 157 · February 1, 1816 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act to continue in force the act, entitled “An act for imposing additional duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from any foreign port, or place, and for other purposes.

    Ch. X · 3 Stat. 253 · February 5, 1816 · Original text

14. Resolution directing a copy of the documents printed by a resolve of Congress, of the 27th of December, 1813, to be transmitted to each of the judges of the Supreme Court.

    Resolution I · 3 Stat. 341 · February 6, 1816 · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of Jonathan White.

    Ch. XI · 6 Stat. 157 · February 6, 1816 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of Charles Markin.

    Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 157 · February 6, 1816 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Martin Cole, John Pollock, George Westner, and Abraham Welty.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 157 · February 6, 1816 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act to continue in force “An act entitled an act, laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the Fisheries.”

    Ch. XIV · 3 Stat. 254 · February 9, 1816 · Original text

19. An Act concerning certain courts of the United States, in the State of New York.

    Ch. XVI · 3 Stat. 254 · February 15, 1816 · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of William Morrissett.

    Ch. XV · 6 Stat. 157 · February 15, 1816 · Private law · Original text

21. Resolution, to indemnify the sureties of Commodore John Rodgers

    Resolution 2 · 6 Stat. 180 · February 15, 1816 · Private law · Original text

22. Resolution requesting the President to present medals to Captain Stewart and the officers of the frigate Constitution.

    Resolution III · 3 Stat. 341 · February 16, 1816 · Original text

23. An Act to repeal the duties on certain articles manufactured within the United States.

    Ch. XVIII · 3 Stat. 254 · February 22, 1816 · Original text

24. Resolution requesting the President to present medals to Captain James Biddle, and the officers of the sloop of war Hornet.

    Resolution IV · 3 Stat. 341 · February 22, 1816 · Original text

25. An Act to increase the pensions of Robert White, Jacob Wrighter, John Young, and John Crampersey.

    Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 158 · February 22, 1816 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of Jonathan Rogers, junior, of Waterford, in the State of Connecticut.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 158 · February 22, 1816 · Private law · Original text

27. Resolution, requesting the president to present medals to Captain Stewart and the officers of the frigate Constitution.

    Resolution 3 · 6 Stat. 181 · February 22, 1816 · Private law · Original text

28. Resolution requesting the president to present medals to Captain James Biddle, and the officers of the sloop of war Hornet.

    Resolution 4 · 6 Stat. 181 · February 22, 1816 · Private law · Original text

29. Resolution requiring the Secretary of State to compile and print, once in every two years, a register of all officers and agents, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the United States.

    Resolution 6 · 6 Stat. 181 · February 27, 1816 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act rewarding the officers and crew of the sloop of war Hornet, for the capture and destruction of the British sloop of war Penguin.

    Ch. XXI · 3 Stat. 254 · February 28, 1816 · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of John Redman Coxe.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 158 · February 28, 1816 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act concerning the convention to regulate the commerce between the territories of the United States and his Britannic Majesty.

    Ch. XXII · 3 Stat. 255 · March 1, 1816 · Original text

33. An Act to reduce the amount of direct tax upon the United States and the District of Columbia, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen; and to repeal in part the act entitled “An act to provide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of government, and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for assessing and collecting the same;” and also the act entitled “An act to provide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of government, and maintaining the public credit by laying a direct tax upon the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. XXIV · 3 Stat. 255 · March 5, 1816 · Original text

34. An Act granting bounties in land and extra pay to certain Canadian Volunteers.

    Ch. XXV · 3 Stat. 256 · March 5, 1816 · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of Lieutenant-Colonel William Lawrence, of the army of the United States, and of the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, composing the garrison of Fort Boyer, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.

    Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 159 · March 5, 1816 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act making appropriations for ordnance and ordnance stores for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

    Ch. XXVI · 3 Stat. 257 · March 18, 1816 · Original text

37. An Act to change the mode of compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the delegates from territories.

    Ch. XXX · 3 Stat. 257 · March 19, 1816 · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of Gustavus Loomis.

    Ch. XXVII · 6 Stat. 159 · March 19, 1816 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to extend certain privileges, as therein mentioned, to Bernard Edme Verjon, and Robert Lowe Stobie.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 159 · March 19, 1816 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of John M. Forbes.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 159 · March 19, 1816 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act to alter the times of holding the circuit and districts courts of the United States for the district of Vermont.

    Ch. XXXI · 3 Stat. 258 · March 22, 1816 · Original text

42. An Act relative to evidence in cases of naturalization.

    Ch. XXXII · 3 Stat. 258 · March 22, 1816 · Original text

43. An Act authorizing a subscription for the printing of a second edition of the public documents.

    Ch. XXXIII · 3 Stat. 259 · March 25, 1816 · Original text

44. An Act relating to settlers on the lands of the United States.

    Ch. XXXV · 3 Stat. 260 · March 25, 1816 · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of Erastus Loomis.

    Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 159 · March 25, 1816 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act to limit the right of appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXIX · 3 Stat. 261 · April 2, 1816 · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of John T. Wirt.

    Ch. XXXVI · 6 Stat. 160 · April 2, 1816 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act placing certain persons on the list of Navy Pensioners.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 160 · April 2, 1816 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act authorizing and requiring the Secretary of State to issue letters patent to Andrew Kurtz.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 160 · April 2, 1816 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XL · 3 Stat. 261 · April 9, 1816 · Original text

51. An Act to repeal the act, entitled “An act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying duties on household furniture and on gold and silver watches.

    Ch. XLI · 3 Stat. 264 · April 9, 1816 · Original text

52. An Act in addition to an act to regulate the Post-office establishment.

    Ch. XLIII · 3 Stat. 264 · April 9, 1816 · Original text

53. An Act for the remission of certain duties on the importation of books for the use of Harvard College, and on the carriage and personal baggage of his excellency William Gore, Governor of the British Province of Upper Canada.

    Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 160 · April 9, 1816 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.

    Ch. XLIV · 3 Stat. 266 · April 10, 1816 · Original text

55. An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

    Ch. XLV · 3 Stat. 277 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

56. An Act providing for the settlement of certain accounts against the library of Congress, for extending the privilege of using the books therein, and for establishing the salary of the librarian.

    Ch. XLVI · 3 Stat. 283 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

57. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act to incorporate a company for making certain turnpike roads within the district of Columbia.”

    Ch. XLVII · 3 Stat. 284 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

58. An Act further extending the time for issuing and locating military land warrants, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLIX · 3 Stat. 284 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of certain claimants to land in the district of Vincennes.

    Ch. LII · 3 Stat. 285 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

60. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to alter the road laid out from the foot of the rapids of the river Miami of lake Erie, to the western line of the Connecticut reserve.

    Ch. LIII · 3 Stat. 285 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

61. An Act making further provision for military services during the late war, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LV · 3 Stat. 285 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

62. An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act in relation to the navy pension fund.”

    Ch. LVI · 3 Stat. 287 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

63. Resolution for printing the laws relative to naturalization.

    Resolution V · 3 Stat. 341 · April 16, 1816 · Original text

64. An Act confirming to the Navigation Company of New Orleans the use and possession of a lot in the said city.

    Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 161 · April 16, 1816 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to increase the pension of William Munday.

    Ch. L · 6 Stat. 161 · April 16, 1816 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act authorizing the sale of a lot of ground belonging to the United States, situated in the town of Knoxville, and State of Tennessee.

    Ch. LI · 6 Stat. 161 · April 16, 1816 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act to authorize the legislature of the State of Ohio to sell a certain part of a tract of land, reserved for the use of that state.

    Ch. LIV · 6 Stat. 161 · April 16, 1816 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act to enable the people of the Indiana Territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states.

    Ch. LVII · 3 Stat. 289 · April 19, 1816 · Original text

69. An Act to abolish the existing duties on spirits distilled within the United States, and to lay other duties, in lieu of those at present imposed, on licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors.

    Ch. LVIII · 3 Stat. 291 · April 19, 1816 · Original text

70. An Act further supplementary to the act, entitled “An act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi territory.”

    Ch. LXIII · 3 Stat. 294 · April 20, 1816 · Original text

71. An Act concerning field officers of the militia.

    Ch. LXIV · 3 Stat. 295 · April 20, 1816 · Original text

72. An Act respecting the late officers and crew of the sloop of war Wasp.

    Ch. LXV · 3 Stat. 295 · April 20, 1816 · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of Richard, Mitchell.

    Ch. LIX · 6 Stat. 162 · April 20, 1816 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of Xaverio Naudi.

    Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 162 · April 20, 1816 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the relief of the Baltimore and, Massachusetts Bible Societies.

    Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 162 · April 20, 1816 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of Edward Wilson.

    Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 162 · April 20, 1816 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to lease the saline, near the Wabash river, for a term not exceeding seven years.

    Ch. LXVII · 3 Stat. 296 · April 24, 1816 · Original text

78. An Act to increase the pensions of invalids in certain cases; for the relief of invalids of the militia; and for the appointment of pension agents in those states where there is no commissioner of loans.

    Ch. LXVIII · 3 Stat. 296 · April 24, 1816 · Original text

79. An Act for organizing the general staff, and making further provisions for the army of the United States.

    Ch. LXIX · 3 Stat. 297 · April 24, 1816 · Original text

80. An Act concerning the entry of vessels at the ports of Middletown and Plymouth.

    Ch. LXXI · 3 Stat. 299 · April 24, 1816 · Original text

81. An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight [hundred] and sixteen.

    Ch. LXXIII · 3 Stat. 299 · April 24, 1816 · Original text

82. An Act for the more convenient arrangement of the times and places of holding the Circuit Courts of the United States, for the districts of South Carolina and Georgia.

    Ch. LXXIV · 3 Stat. 300 · April 24, 1816 · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of certain purchasers of public lands in the Mississippi territory.

    Ch. LXXV · 3 Stat. 300 · April 24, 1816 · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of William Flood.

    Ch. LXVI · 6 Stat. 163 · April 24, 1816 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for the relief of Edward Hallowell.”

    Ch. LXX · 6 Stat. 163 · April 24, 1816 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of Patrick O’Flyng, and Abigail O’Flyng and Edmund O’Flyng.

    Ch. LXXII · 6 Stat. 163 · April 24, 1816 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act granting bounties in lands and extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers.”

    Ch. LXXVI · 3 Stat. 301 · April 26, 1816 · Original text

88. An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the general assembly of the state of Virginia.

    Ch. LXXVII · 3 Stat. 301 · April 26, 1816 · Original text

89. An Act rewarding the officers and crew of the Constitution, for the capture of the British sloop of war Levant.

    Ch. LXXIX · 3 Stat. 301 · April 26, 1816 · Original text

90. An Act establishing a port of delivery at the town of the Bayou St. John.

    Ch. LXXXI · 3 Stat. 302 · April 26, 1816 · Original text

91. An Act supplementary to the act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for assessing and collecting the same.

    Ch. LXXXII · 3 Stat. 302 · April 26, 1816 · Original text

92. An Act to increase the compensations now allowed by law to inspectors, measures, weighers and gaugers, employed in the collection of the customs.

    Ch. XCV · 3 Stat. 306 · April 26, 1816 · Original text

93. An Act authorizing the payment for the courthouse of Hamilton, in the state of Ohio.

    Ch. XCVIII · 3 Stat. 306 · April 26, 1816 · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of Charles Levaux Trudeau.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 6 Stat. 164 · April 26, 1816 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to John T. Courtnay and Samuel Harrison, or their legal representatives.

    Ch. LXXX · 6 Stat. 164 · April 26, 1816 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of Ephraim Shaler.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 164 · April 26, 1816 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the relief of a company of the twentieth brigade of Virginia militia, commanded by Captain Jonathan Wamsly.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 164 · April 26, 1816 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of the supervisors of the county of Clinton, in the State of New York.

    Ch. LXXXV · 6 Stat. 164 · April 26, 1816 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Joseph Wilson.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 6 Stat. 165 · April 26, 1816 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Thomas Ap Catesby Jones.

     Ch. LXXXVII · 6 Stat. 165 · April 26, 1816 · Private law · Original text