Every law Congress has passed

237 laws of the 17th Congress, 1821–1823

1. An Act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage.

   Ch. I · 3 Stat. 649 · December 19, 1821 · Original text

2. Resolution providing for the distribution of the secret journal and foreign correspondence of the old Congress, and of the journal of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States.

   Resolution I · 3 Stat. 718 · January 11, 1822 · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Samuel Clarkson and Alexander Elmslie.

   Ch. II · 6 Stat. 263 · January 11, 1822 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act reviving and extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes in certain cases.

   Ch. IV · 3 Stat. 649 · February 4, 1822 · Original text

5. 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.

   Ch. VI · 3 Stat. 650 · February 4, 1822 · Original text

6. Resolution providing for the distribution of the marshals’ returns of the fourth census.

   Resolution II · 3 Stat. 719 · February 4, 1822 · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Isaac Finch.

   Ch. III · 6 Stat. 263 · February 4, 1822 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of Peggy Mellen.

   Ch. V · 6 Stat. 263 · February 4, 1822 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act making partial appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two.

   Ch. VII · 3 Stat. 650 · February 19, 1822 · Original text

10. An Act authorizing the transfer of certain certificates of the funded debt of the United States.

    Ch. VIII · 3 Stat. 651 · February 19, 1822 · Original text

11. An Act for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida.

    Ch. IX · 3 Stat. 651 · February 23, 1822 · Original text

12. An Act for the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the fourth census.

    Ch. X · 3 Stat. 651 · March 7, 1822 · Original text

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

    Ch. XI · 3 Stat. 652 · March 15, 1822 · Original text

14. An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Missouri, and for the establishment of a district court therein.

    Ch. XII · 3 Stat. 653 · March 16, 1822 · Original text

15. for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida.

    Ch. XIII · 3 Stat. 654 · March 30, 1822 · Original text

16. An Act to authorize the state of Illinois to open a canal through the public lands, to connect the Illinois river with Lake Michigan.

    Ch. XIV · 3 Stat. 659 · March 30, 1822 · Original text

17. An Act concerning the commerce and navigation of Florida.

    Ch. XV · 3 Stat. 660 · March 30, 1822 · Original text

18. An Act supplemental to an act, entitled “An act authorizing the disposal of certain lots of public ground in the city of New Orleans and town of Mobile.”

    Ch. XVI · 3 Stat. 661 · March 30, 1822 · Original text

19. An Act to amend the laws now in force as to the issuing of original writs and final process in the circuit courts of the United States within the state of Tennessee.

    Ch. XVIII · 3 Stat. 661 · March 30, 1822 · Original text

20. Resolution directing the classification and printing of the accounts of the several manufacturing establishments and their manufactures, collected in obedience to the tenth section of the act to provide for taking the fourth census.

    Resolution III · 3 Stat. 719 · March 30, 1822 · Original text

21. An Act to authorize the reconveyance of a tract of land to the city of New York.

    Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 263 · March 30, 1822 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act to alter the terms of the district court in Alabama.”

    Ch. XXIII · 3 Stat. 662 · April 17, 1822 · Original text

23. An Act to fix the limits of the port of entry and delivery for the district of Philadelphia.

    Ch. XXIV · 3 Stat. 662 · April 17, 1822 · Original text

24. An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to establish the district of Bristol, and to annex the towns of Kittery and Berwick to the district of Portsmouth,” passed February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and one.

    Ch. XXV · 3 Stat. 662 · April 17, 1822 · Original text

25. An Act to remit the duties on a sword imported, to be presented to Captain Thomas Macdonough, of the United States’ Navy.

    Ch. XXVI · 3 Stat. 662 · April 17, 1822 · Original text

26. An Act to establish the district of Blakely.

    Ch. XXVII · 3 Stat. 663 · April 17, 1822 · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of Jonathan N. Bailey.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 264 · April 17, 1822 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of Gad Worthington.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 264 · April 17, 1822 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of Solomon Porter, junior.

    Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 264 · April 17, 1822 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of John Anderson.

    Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 264 · April 17, 1822 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange a stock bearing an interest of five per cent, for certain stocks bearing an interest of six and seven per cent.

    Ch. XXVIII · 3 Stat. 663 · April 20, 1822 · Original text

32. An Act to revive and continue in force “An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia.”

    Ch. XXIX · 3 Stat. 665 · April 20, 1822 · Original text

33. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands, prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty.”

    Ch. XXX · 3 Stat. 665 · April 20, 1822 · Original text

34. An Act to alter the times of holding courts in the western district of Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXXI · 3 Stat. 666 · April 26, 1822 · Original text

35. An Act altering the time and place of holding the district court in the district of Mississippi.

    Ch. XXXII · 3 Stat. 667 · April 26, 1822 · Original text

36. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive.”

    Ch. XXXIII · 3 Stat. 667 · April 26, 1822 · Original text

37. An Act to perfect certain locations and sales of public lands in Missouri.

    Ch. XL · 3 Stat. 668 · April 26, 1822 · Original text

38. Resolution providing for the security in the transmission of letters, &c., in the public mails.

    Resolution IV · 3 Stat. 719 · April 26, 1822 · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of certain Distillers within the Sixth Collection District of Pennsylvania.

    Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 264 · April 26, 1822 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of William E. Meek.

    Ch. XXXV · 6 Stat. 265 · April 26, 1822 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of sundry citizens of Baltimore.

    Ch. XXXVI · 6 Stat. 265 · April 26, 1822 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of Cornelius Huson.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 265 · April 26, 1822 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of B. H. Rand.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 265 · April 26, 1822 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of James M’Farland.

    Ch. XXXIX · 6 Stat. 266 · April 26, 1822 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLI · 3 Stat. 668 · April 30, 1822 · Original text

46. An Act making appropriations for the public buildings.

    Ch. XLV · 3 Stat. 673 · May 1, 1822 · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of James May and the representatives of William Macomb.

    Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 266 · May 1, 1822 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of John Thomas.

    Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 266 · May 1, 1822 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act restoring to the ship Diana the privileges of a sea-letter vessel.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 267 · May 1, 1822 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act to provide for paying to the state of Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama, three per cent, of the net proceeds, arising from the sale of the public lands within the same.

    Ch. XLVI · 3 Stat. 674 · May 3, 1822 · Original text

51. An Act relating to treasury notes.

    Ch. XLVII · 3 Stat. 675 · May 3, 1822 · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of the officers, volunteers, and other persons, engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians.

    Ch. XLVIII · 3 Stat. 676 · May 4, 1822 · 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 twenty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLIX · 3 Stat. 676 · May 4, 1822 · Original text

54. An Act to repeal the act, entitled “An act to encourage vaccination.”

    Ch. L · 3 Stat. 677 · May 4, 1822 · Original text

55. An Act to alter the times of holding the district court in the district of New Jersey.

    Ch. LI · 3 Stat. 678 · May 4, 1822 · Original text

56. An Act making an appropriation to defray the expenses of missions to the independent nations on the American continent.

    Ch. LII · 3 Stat. 678 · May 4, 1822 · Original text

57. An Act vesting in the state of Pennsylvania the right of the United States to all fines assessed for the non-performance of militia duly during the late war with Great Britain.

    Ch. LIII · 3 Stat. 678 · May 4, 1822 · Original text

58. An Act to abolish the United States’ trading establishment with the Indian tribes.

    Ch. LIV · 3 Stat. 679 · May 6, 1822 · Original text

59. An Act providing for the disposal of the public lands in the state of Mississippi, and for the better organization of the land districts in the states of Alabama and Mississippi.

    Ch. LV · 3 Stat. 680 · May 6, 1822 · Original text

60. An Act in addition to the act concerning navigation, and also to authorize the appointment of deputy collectors.

    Ch. LVI · 3 Stat. 681 · May 6, 1822 · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors.

    Ch. LVII · 3 Stat. 682 · May 6, 1822 · Original text

62. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” approved thirtieth March, one thousand eight hundred and two.

    Ch. LVIII · 3 Stat. 682 · May 6, 1822 · Original text

63. An Act explanatory of an act, entitled “An act authorizing the settlement of the accounts between the United States and Richard O’Brien, late American Consul at Algiers.”

    Ch. LIX · 6 Stat. 267 · May 6, 1822 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act confirming the title to a tract of land to Alzira Dibrel and Sophia Hancock.

    Ch. LX · 6 Stat. 267 · May 6, 1822 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to continue in force “An act declaring the consent of Congress to acts of the state of South Carolina, authorizing the city council of Charleston to impose and collect a duty on the tonnage of vessels from foreign ports; and to acts of the state of Georgia, authorizing the imposition and collection of a duty on the tonnage of vessels in the ports of Savannah and St. Mary’s.”

    Ch. LXI · 3 Stat. 683 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

66. An Act to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage in Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXII · 3 Stat. 684 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

67. An Act to relieve the people of Florida from the operation of certain ordinances.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 3 Stat. 685 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

68. An Act authorizing the location of certain school lands in the state of Indiana.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 3 Stat. 686 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

69. An Act to repeal the fourteenth section of “An act to reduce and fix the military peace establishment,” passed the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 3 Stat. 686 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

70. An Act making further appropriations for the military service of the United States for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-two, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 3 Stat. 686 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

71. An Act further to amend the several acts relative to the Treasury, War, and Navy, Departments.

    Ch. XC · 3 Stat. 688 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

72. An Act fixing the compensation of the commissioner of the public buildings.

    Ch. XCI · 3 Stat. 689 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

73. An Act to provide for annuities to the Ottawas, Pattawatimas, Kickapoos, Choctaws, Kaskaskias, to Mushalalubbee, and to carry into effect the treaty of Saginaw.

    Ch. XCIII · 3 Stat. 690 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

74. An Act to authorize and empower the corporation of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to drain the low grounds on and near the public reservations, and to improve and ornament certain parts of such reservation.

    Ch. XCVI · 3 Stat. 691 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

75. An Act further to establish the compensation of officers of the customs and to alter certain collection districts, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CVII · 3 Stat. 693 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

76. An Act vesting in the commissioners of the counties of Wood and Sandusky, the right to certain lots in the towns of Perrysburg and Croghansville, in the state of Ohio, for county purposes.

    Ch. CVIII · 3 Stat. 696 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

77. An Act authorizing the payment of certain certificates.

    Ch. CXII · 3 Stat. 696 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

78. An Act requiring surveyors general to give bond and security for the faithful disbursement of public money, and to limit their term of office.

    Ch. CXVIII · 3 Stat. 697 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

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

    Ch. CXIX · 3 Stat. 698 · May 7, 1822 · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of Richard Matson.

    Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 267 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of James Green.

    Ch. LXIV · 6 Stat. 268 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of William Henderson.

    Ch. LXV · 6 Stat. 268 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the relief of James Miller, John C. Elliot, Noah Hampton, James Erwin, and Jonathan Hampton.

    Ch. LXVI · 6 Stat. 268 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act for the relief of Charles Campbell.

    Ch. LXVII · 6 Stat. 268 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the relief of the representatives of John B. Dash.

    Ch. LXVIII · 6 Stat. 268 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

86. An Act for the relief of David Cummings.

    Ch. LXIX · 6 Stat. 269 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

87. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Guthry, deceased.

    Ch. LXX · 6 Stat. 269 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Girault.

    Ch. LXXI · 6 Stat. 269 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

89. An Act for the relief of Benjamin Stephenson.

    Ch. LXXII · 6 Stat. 269 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

90. An Act granting a right of pre-emption to Noble Osborne and William Doake.

    Ch. LXXIII · 6 Stat. 270 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Edward M’Carty, deceased.

    Ch. LXXIV · 6 Stat. 270 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act authorizing the issuing of Letters Patent to Joshua Garsed.

    Ch. LXXV · 6 Stat. 270 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

93. An Act granting a tract of land to William Conner and wife and to their children.

    Ch. LXXVI · 6 Stat. 270 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

94. An Act for the relief of the sureties of Joseph Pettipool.

    Ch. LXXVII · 6 Stat. 271 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of Peter Cadwell and James Britten.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 6 Stat. 271 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of James Barron.

    Ch. LXXIX · 6 Stat. 271 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act for the relief of Henry Bee.

    Ch. LXXX · 6 Stat. 271 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Marie Therese.

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 271 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act for the relief of Joseph Bainbridge.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 272 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of James Brisban and Jonah Lewis.

     Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 272 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text