Every law Congress has passed

305 laws of the 14th Congress, 1815–1817

1. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Joseph Stewart and others.”

   Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 184 · February 8, 1817 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act to repeal the second section of an act, entitled “An act concerning the pay of officers, seamen, and marines, in the navy of the United States.”

   Ch. XIII · 3 Stat. 345 · February 22, 1817 · Original text

3. An Act providing for the division of certain quarter sections, in future sales of the public lands.

   Ch. XV · 3 Stat. 346 · February 22, 1817 · Original text

4. An Act in addition to “An act for the relief of George T. Ross, and Daniel T. Patterson, and the officers and men lately under their command.”

   Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 185 · February 22, 1817 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of Jacint Laval.

   Ch. XVI · 6 Stat. 185 · February 22, 1817 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act directing the discharge of Lewis Olmsted from imprisonment.

   Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 185 · February 22, 1817 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act authorizing the sale of certain grounds belonging to the United States in the city of Washington.

   Ch. XVIII · 3 Stat. 346 · February 24, 1817 · Original text

8. An Act authorizing vessels departing from the town of Bayou St. John and Basin of the Canal de Carondelet, for foreign ports, to clear out at the Custom-house in the city of New Orleans.

   Ch. XXI · 3 Stat. 347 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

9. An Act making reservation of certain public lands to supply timber for naval purposes.

   Ch. XXII · 3 Stat. 347 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

10. An Act to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi 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. XXIII · 3 Stat. 348 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

11. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act concerning the naval establishment.”

    Ch. XXIV · 3 Stat. 350 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

12. An Act freeing from postage all letters and packets to and from James Madison.

    Ch. XXV · 3 Stat. 350 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

13. An Act relating to the ransom of American captives of the late war.

    Ch. XXIX · 3 Stat. 350 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

14. An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act for the more convenient taking of affidavits and bail in civil causes, depending in the courts of the United States.”

    Ch. XXX · 3 Stat. 350 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

15. An Act concerning the navigation of the United States.

    Ch. XXXI · 3 Stat. 351 · March 1, 1817 · Original text

16. An Act granting a pension to Commodore Richard Taylor.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 185 · March 1, 1817 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives ef John J. Yarnall, deceased.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 186 · March 1, 1817 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Park Holland.

    Ch. XXVI · 6 Stat. 186 · March 1, 1817 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Ignace Chalmet Delino, deceased, and of Anthony Cruzat and L. P. Deverges.

    Ch. XXVII · 6 Stat. 186 · March 1, 1817 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act authorizing the settlement of the accounts of Flavil Sabin, deceased.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 186 · March 1, 1817 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. XXXIII · 3 Stat. 352 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

22. An Act repealing the act, entitled “An act for the safe keeping and accommodation of prisoners of war,” passed July the sixth, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.

    Ch. XXXIV · 3 Stat. 358 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

23. An Act making provision for the support of the military establishment for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. XXXV · 3 Stat. 358 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

24. An Act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to the state of Georgia, under the articles of agreement and cession between the United States and that state.

    Ch. XXXVI · 3 Stat. 359 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

25. An Act for erecting a light-house on the west chop of Holmes’s Hole harbour, in the state of Massachusetts.

    Ch. XXXVII · 3 Stat. 360 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

26. An Act transferring the duties of commissioner of loans to the Bank of the United States, and abolishing the office of commissioner of loans.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 3 Stat. 360 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

27. An Act to regulate the trade in plaster of Paris.

    Ch. XXXIX · 3 Stat. 361 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

28. An Act authorizing the deposit of the papers of foreign vessels, with the consul of their respective nations.

    Ch. XL · 3 Stat. 362 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

29. An Act to provide for furnishing the house of the President of the United States.

    Ch. XLI · 3 Stat. 362 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

30. An Act further to regulate the territories of the United States, and their electing delegates to Congress.

    Ch. XLII · 3 Stat. 363 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

31. An Act to continue in force an act, entitled “An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.”

    Ch. XLIII · 3 Stat. 363 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

32. An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads.

    Ch. XLIV · 3 Stat. 363 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

33. An Act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts.

    Ch. XLV · 3 Stat. 366 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

34. An Act respecting the compensation of the collectors therein mentioned.

    Ch. XLIX · 3 Stat. 368 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

35. An Act to continue in force the second section of the act, entitled “An act supplementary to an act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage.”

    Ch. L · 3 Stat. 369 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

36. An Act supplementary to “An act to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage.”

    Ch. LI · 3 Stat. 369 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines, who were lost in the United States brig Epervier.

    Ch. LV · 3 Stat. 369 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

38. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the duties therein mentioned.

    Ch. LVI · 3 Stat. 369 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

39. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the state of Georgia fifteen per centum upon the quota of direct tax, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, assumed and paid by that state.

    Ch. LVII · 3 Stat. 370 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

40. An Act more effectually to preserve the neutral relations of the United States.

    Ch. LVIII · 3 Stat. 370 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

41. An Act to establish a separate territorial government for the eastern part of the Mississippi territory.

    Ch. LIX · 3 Stat. 371 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

42. An Act to amend and explain an “Act giving pensions to the orphans and widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of the United States.”

    Ch. LX · 3 Stat. 373 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

43. An Act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands, for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive.

    Ch. LXI · 3 Stat. 374 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

44. An Act to authorize the appointment of a surveyor for the lands in the northern part of the Mississippi territory, and the sale of certain lands therein described.

    Ch. LXII · 3 Stat. 375 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

45. An Act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court.

    Ch. LXIII · 3 Stat. 376 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

46. An Act to fix the peace establishment of the marine corps.

    Ch. LXV · 3 Stat. 376 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

47. An Act making an appropriation for opening and cutting out a road therein described.

    Ch. LXVII · 3 Stat. 377 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

48. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cause repayments to be made of certain alien duties.

    Ch. LXIX · 3 Stat. 377 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

49. An Act to repeal so much of any acts now in force as authorized a loan of money, or an issue of Treasury notes.

    Ch. LXXXV · 3 Stat. 377 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

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

    Ch. LXXXVI · 3 Stat. 378 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

51. An Act to provide for the redemption of the public debt.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 3 Stat. 379 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

52. An Act making provision for the location of the lands reserved by the first article of the treaty of the ninth of August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, between the United States and the Creek nation, to certain chiefs and warriors of that nation, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 3 Stat. 380 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

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

    Ch. XCI · 3 Stat. 382 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

54. An Act to provide for the punishment of crimes and offences committed within the Indian boundaries.

    Ch. XCII · 3 Stat. 383 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

55. An Act to incorporate the subscribers to certain banks in the District of Columbia, and to prevent the circulation of the notes of unincorporated associations within the said district.

    Ch. XCIII · 3 Stat. 383 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

56. An Act making further provision for repairing the public buildings, and improving the public square.

    Ch. XCIV · 3 Stat. 389 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

57. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments.”

    Ch. XCVI · 3 Stat. 390 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

58. An Act allowing further time for entering donation rights to lands in the district of Detroit.

    Ch. XCIX · 3 Stat. 390 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

59. An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Indiana.

    Ch. C · 3 Stat. 390 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

60. An Act to authorize the extension of the Columbia Turnpike Road within the district of Columbia.

    Ch. CI · 3 Stat. 391 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

61. An Act respecting the district court of the United States in the northern district of New York.

    Ch. CII · 3 Stat. 392 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

62. An Act respecting the assessment and collection of the direct tax.

    Ch. CIII · 3 Stat. 392 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

63. An Act making appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CIV · 3 Stat. 393 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

64. An Act to continue in force an act, entitled “An act relating to settlers on lands of the United States.”

    Ch. CV · 3 Stat. 393 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

65. An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act granting bounties in land and extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers,” passed the fifth of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

    Ch. CVI · 3 Stat. 393 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

66. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act making further provision for military services during the late war, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. CVII · 3 Stat. 394 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

67. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act directing the disposition of money paid into the courts of the United States.”

    Ch. CVIII · 3 Stat. 395 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

68. An Act to continue in force an act, entitled “An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,” passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CIX · 3 Stat. 396 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

69. An Act to amend the act “authorizing the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes,” passed the ninth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen.

    Ch. CX · 3 Stat. 397 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

70. An Act authorizing a subscription for the printing of the tenth volume of public documents.

    Ch. CXI · 3 Stat. 398 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of certain officers.

    Ch. CXII · 3 Stat. 399 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

72. An Act supplementary to “An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debts due the United States.”

    Ch. CXIV · 3 Stat. 399 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

73. Resolution respecting contracts for the printing for Congress.

    Resolution III · 3 Stat. 400 · March 3, 1817 · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of Robert Burnside.

    Ch. XXXII · 6 Stat. 187 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the relief of Madame Montriuel.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 187 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of Henry Lee.

    Ch. XLVII · 6 Stat. 187 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Isaac Lawrence and others, merchants, residing in the city of New York.

    Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 187 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of Charles Williams.

    Ch. LII · 6 Stat. 188 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of William Chism.

    Ch. LIII · 6 Stat. 188 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of Peter Caslard.

    Ch. LIV · 6 Stat. 188 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines, who were lost in the United States brig Epervier.

    Ch. LV · 6 Stat. 188 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act concerning invalid pensioners.

    Ch. LXIV · 6 Stat. 189 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of Joseph Summers and John Allen.

    Ch. LXVI · 6 Stat. 191 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of certain Creek Indians.

    Ch. LXVIII · 6 Stat. 191 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Francis Cazeau, late merchant at Montreal.

    Ch. LXX · 6 Stat. 191 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Nathaniel Seavy and others.

    Ch. LXXI · 6 Stat. 191 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act directing the discharge of William Smith from imprisonment.

    Ch. LXXII · 6 Stat. 192 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of Peyton Short.

    Ch. LXXIII · 6 Stat. 192 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of Anthony Buck.

    Ch. LXXIV · 6 Stat. 192 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of James Villere.

    Ch. LXXV · 6 Stat. 192 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of John de Castinado.

    Ch. LXXVI · 6 Stat. 193 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for the relief of Peter Kindall.

    Ch. LXXVII · 6 Stat. 193 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act for the relief of the widow and children of Arnold Henry Dohrman, deceased.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 6 Stat. 193 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of Joseph I. Green.

    Ch. LXXIX · 6 Stat. 193 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Journonville de Villiers.

    Ch. LXXX · 6 Stat. 194 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act compensating Peter Hagner.

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 194 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the relief of Asa Wells.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 194 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of Caleb Nicholls.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 194 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Teahle Savage and others.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 194 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of Mary Wells, executrix of William Wells.

     Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 195 · March 3, 1817 · Private law · Original text