Every law Congress has passed

210 laws of the 16th Congress, 1819–1821

1. An Act for the relief of Samuel B. Beall.

   Ch. XCVI · 6 Stat. 249 · May 11, 1820 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act to establish an uniform mode of discipline and field exercise for the militia of the United States.

   Ch. XCVII · 3 Stat. 577 · May 12, 1820 · Original text

3. Resolution giving the consent of Congress to a compact concluded between the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, for the settlement of their boundary line.

   Resolution V · 3 Stat. 609 · May 12, 1820 · Original text

4. An Act giving the right of pre-emption to James Shields.

   Ch. XCVIII · 6 Stat. 249 · May 12, 1820 · Private law · Original text

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

   Ch. XCIX · 3 Stat. 577 · May 13, 1820 · Original text

6. An Act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress.

   Ch. CI · 3 Stat. 581 · May 13, 1820 · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Susannah Stewart.

   Ch. C · 6 Stat. 249 · May 13, 1820 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act to limit the term of office of certain officers-therein named, and for other purposes.

   Ch. CII · 3 Stat. 582 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

9. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to borrow a sum not exceeding three millions of dollars.

   Ch. CIII · 3 Stat. 582 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

10. An Act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for that purpose.

    Ch. CIV · 3 Stat. 583 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

11. An Act providing for the better organization of the Treasury Department.

    Ch. CVII · 3 Stat. 592 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

12. An Act authorizing the building of a certain number of small vessels of war.

    Ch. CVIII · 3 Stat. 596 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

13. An Act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled “An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. CIX · 3 Stat. 596 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

14. An Act designating the ports within which only foreign armed vessels shall be permitted to enter.

    Ch. CX · 3 Stat. 597 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

15. An Act for altering the times for holding the court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXI · 3 Stat. 598 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

16. An Act to authorize the erection of a lighthouse on one of the Isles of Shoals, near Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXII · 3 Stat. 598 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

17. An Act to continue in force “An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy,” and also to make further provisions for punishing the crime of piracy.

    Ch. CXIII · 3 Stat. 600 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of persons holding confirmed unlocated claims for lands in the state of Illinois.

    Ch. CXVII · 3 Stat. 601 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

19. An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXVIII · 3 Stat. 601 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

20. An Act to provide for the building an addition to the custom-house now erecting in the city of New Orleans, for the use of the district court of the United States for the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. CXIX · 3 Stat. 602 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

21. An Act to authorize the governor of Illinois to obtain certain abstracts of lands from certain public offices.

    Ch. CXXI · 3 Stat. 602 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

22. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act concerning navigation.”

    Ch. CXXII · 3 Stat. 602 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

23. An Act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to lay out the road therein mentioned.

    Ch. CXXIII · 3 Stat. 604 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of the village of Peoria, in the state of Illinois.

    Ch. CXXV · 3 Stat. 605 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

25. An Act to impose a new tonnage duty on French ships and vessels.

    Ch. CXXVI · 3 Stat. 605 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

26. An Act to provide for the expense of surveying certain parts of the coast of North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXXVII · 3 Stat. 606 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

27. An Act to continue in force the act, entitled “An act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court,” approved the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. CXXXI · 3 Stat. 606 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

28. An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to amend the act authorizing the employment of an additional naval force.”

    Ch. CXXXII · 3 Stat. 606 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

29. An Act to provide for repairing the roof of the general post-office, and to procure an engine for the protection of said buildings.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 3 Stat. 606 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

30. An Act to increase the number of clerks in the Department of War.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 3 Stat. 607 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

31. An Act granting to the state of Ohio the right of pre-emption to certain quarter sections of land.

    Ch. CXXXV · 3 Stat. 607 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

32. An Act to amend “An act making reservation of certain public lands for naval purposes,” passed first March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 3 Stat. 607 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

33. An Act making appropriations for carrying into effect the treaties concluded with the Chippewa and Kickapoo nations of Indians.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 3 Stat. 608 · May 15, 1820 · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of James Leander Cathcart.

    Ch. CV · 6 Stat. 250 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act authorizing the settlement of the accounts between the United States and Richard O’Brien, late American Consul at Algiers.

    Ch. CVI · 6 Stat. 250 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to issue Letters Patent to Henry Burdin.

    Ch. CXIV · 6 Stat. 250 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of Richard S. Hackley.

    Ch. CXV · 6 Stat. 251 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of Ambrose Vasse.

    Ch. CXVI · 6 Stat. 251 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Conrad Laub, deceased.

    Ch. CXX · 6 Stat. 251 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of Thomas Leiper.

    Ch. CXXIV · 6 Stat. 252 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Tench Francis, deceased.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 6 Stat. 252 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of Joshua Newsom, Peter Crook, and James Rabb.

    Ch. CXXIX · 6 Stat. 252 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of Thomas Hunter.

    Ch. CXXX · 6 Stat. 253 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of Richard Smyth.

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 253 · May 15, 1820 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act to alter the terms of the district court in Alabama.

    Ch. I · 3 Stat. 610 · November 27, 1820 · Original text

46. An Act to provide for paying to the state of Illinois three per cent. of the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same.

    Ch. II · 3 Stat. 610 · December 12, 1820 · Original text

47. An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to alter the times of the session of the circuit and district courts in the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. III · 3 Stat. 611 · December 29, 1820 · Original text

48. An Act to amend the act, entitled, “An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Willis.

    Ch. IV · 6 Stat. 254 · December 29, 1820 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Elias Parks.

    Ch. V · 6 Stat. 254 · December 29, 1820 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to alter the time of holding the district court in the district of Mississippi.

    Ch. VI · 3 Stat. 611 · January 11, 1821 · Original text

51. An Act for the relief of Perley Keyes and Jason Fairbanks.

    Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 255 · January 11, 1821 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act making a partial appropriation for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.

    Ch. VIII · 3 Stat. 612 · January 17, 1821 · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of Margaret Perry.

    Ch. IX · 6 Stat. 255 · January 17, 1821 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the general land office.

    Ch. XI · 3 Stat. 612 · February 9, 1821 · Original text

55. An Act to incorporate the Columbian College in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. X · 6 Stat. 255 · February 9, 1821 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty.

    Ch. XII · 3 Stat. 612 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

57. An Act to reduce and fix the military peace establishment of the United States.

    Ch. XIII · 3 Stat. 615 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

58. An Act further to regulate the entry of merchandise imported into the United States from any adjacent territory.

    Ch. XIV · 3 Stat. 616 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

59. An Act extending the time for issuing and locating military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army.

    Ch. XV · 3 Stat. 617 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

60. An Act to establish the district of Pearl river.

    Ch. XVI · 3 Stat. 617 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

61. An Act confirming the location of the seat of government of the state of Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XVII · 3 Stat. 618 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

62. An Act to extend the charters of certain banks in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XVIII · 3 Stat. 618 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

63. An Act authorizing the President of the United States to remove the land office in the district of Lawrence county, in the territory of Arkansas.

    Ch. XXV · 3 Stat. 622 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of the family of the late Oliver Hazard Perry, Esquire.

    Ch. XXXI · 3 Stat. 622 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

65. An Act to alter the times of holding the district court in the northern district of New York.

    Ch. XXXII · 3 Stat. 623 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

66. Resolution providing for the admission of the state of Missouri into the Union, on a certain condition.

    Public Resolution I · 3 Stat. 645 · March 2, 1821 · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of James Brady.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 258 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of Rosalie P. Deslonde.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 258 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Samuel Tucker, late a Captain in the Navy of the United States.

    Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 258 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of Nicholas Jarrott.

    Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 258 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of John Rodriguez.

    Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 259 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Francis B. Languille.

    Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 259 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act for the relief of Alexander Milne.

    Ch. XXVI · 6 Stat. 259 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

74. An Act for the relief of Lewis H. Guerlain.

    Ch. XXVII · 6 Stat. 259 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

75. An Act for the relief of Joseph McNiel.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 259 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of Bartholomew Duverge.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 260 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Pierre Dennis De La Ronde.

    Ch. XXX · 6 Stat. 260 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of the family of the late Oliver Hazard, Perry, Esquire.

    Ch. XXXI · 6 Stat. 260 · March 2, 1821 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. XXXIII · 3 Stat. 623 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

80. An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.

    Ch. XXXIV · 3 Stat. 628 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

81. An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.

    Ch. XXXV · 3 Stat. 633 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

82. An Act making appropriations for the support of the nary of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.

    Ch. XXXVI · 3 Stat. 634 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

83. An Act making appropriations for the public buildings.

    Ch. XXXVII · 3 Stat. 635 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

84. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to borrow a sum not exceeding five millions of dollars.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 3 Stat. 635 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

85. for carrying into execution the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

    Ch. XXXIX · 3 Stat. 637 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

86. An Act establishing the salaries of the commissioners and agents appointed under the treaty of Ghent.

    Ch. XL · 3 Stat. 640 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

87. An Act to authorize the collectors of customs to pay debentures issued on the exportation of loaf sugar and spirits distilled from molasses.

    Ch. XLI · 3 Stat. 640 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

88. An Act to extend the time for unlading vessels arriving from foreign ports, in certain cases.

    Ch. XLII · 3 Stat. 640 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

89. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to sell and convey a certain tract of land in Northumberland county, in the state of Virginia.

    Ch. XLIII · 3 Stat. 641 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

90. An Act to regulate the location of land warrants, and the issuing of patents, in certain cases.

    Ch. XLIV · 3 Stat. 641 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

91. An Act to continue in force, for a further time, the act, entitled “An act for establishing trading-houses with the Indian tribes.”

    Ch. XLV · 3 Stat. 641 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

92. An Act to release French ships and vessels, entering the ports of the United States prior to the thirtieth of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, from the operation of the act, entitled “An act to impose a new tonnage duty on French ships and vessels,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLVI · 3 Stat. 641 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

93. An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act far the gradual increase of the navy of the United States.”

    Ch. XLVII · 3 Stat. 642 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

94. An Act to establish a part of entry in the district of Sandusky, in the state of Ohio, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLVIII · 3 Stat. 642 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

95. An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to provide for taking the fourth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XLIX · 3 Stat. 643 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

96. An Act to authorize the clerk of the district court of the United States for the district of Louisiana, to appoint a deputy to aid him in the discharge of the duties of his office.

    Ch. L · 3 Stat. 643 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

97. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act for regulating process in the courts of the United States.”

    Ch. LI · 3 Stat. 643 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

98. An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses therein mentioned, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LII · 3 Stat. 643 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

99. An Act to continue in force an act, entitled “An act regulating the currency, within the United Slates, of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain,” passed on the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, so far as the same relates to the crowns and five franc pieces of France.

    Ch. LIII · 3 Stat. 645 · March 3, 1821 · Original text

100. An Act to revive and continue in force “An act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian,” approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

     Ch. LIV · 3 Stat. 645 · March 3, 1821 · Original text