Every law Congress has passed

237 laws of the 17th Congress, 1821–1823

1. An Act for the relief of John Post and Farly Fuller.

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

2. An Act for the relief of William Dooly.

   Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 273 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Joseph Hodgson, deceased.

   Ch. XCII · 6 Stat. 273 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act explanatory of an Act for the relief of sundry citizens of Baltimore.

   Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 273 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of Solomon Prevost.

   Ch. XCV · 6 Stat. 273 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of James Pierce.

   Ch. XCVII · 6 Stat. 274 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to John Gooding and James Williams.

   Ch. XCVIII · 6 Stat. 274 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of William Gwynn.

   Ch. XCIX · 6 Stat. 274 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Samuel Walker.

   Ch. CI · 6 Stat. 274 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of the President and Directors of the Planters’ Bank of New Orleans.

    Ch. CII · 6 Stat. 275 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of Matthew M’Nair.

    Ch. CIII · 6 Stat. 275 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of William R. Maddox.

    Ch. CIV · 6 Stat. 275 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of Alexander Roddy.

    Ch. CV · 6 Stat. 275 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Susan Berzat, widow, and the legal representatives of Gabriel Berzat, deceased.

    Ch. CVI · 6 Stat. 276 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act vesting in the Commissioners of the counties of Wood and Sandusky, the right to certain lots in the towns of Perrysburgh and Croghansville, in the state of Ohio, for county purposes.

    Ch. CVIII · 6 Stat. 276 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of Samuel Ewings.

    Ch. CIX · 6 Stat. 276 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Trapmaun Jahucke and Company.

    Ch. CX · 6 Stat. 276 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of John Crute.

    Ch. CXI · 6 Stat. 276 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of John Pellet.

    Ch. CXIII · 6 Stat. 277 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to issue Letters Patent to Frederick S. Warburg.

    Ch. CXIV · 6 Stat. 277 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the relief of Anthony Kennedy.

    Ch. CXV · 6 Stat. 277 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act to authorize the issuing of Letters Patent to Richard Holden.

    Ch. CXVI · 6 Stat. 277 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Greenbury H. Murphy.

    Ch. CXVII · 6 Stat. 278 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of John Holmes.

    Ch. CXX · 6 Stat. 278 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of Sally Fance.

    Ch. CXXI · 6 Stat. 278 · May 7, 1822 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act confirming claims to lots in the town of Mobile, and to land in the former province of West Florida, which claims have been reported favourably on by the. commissioners appointed by the United States.

    Ch. CXXII · 3 Stat. 699 · May 8, 1822 · Original text

27. An Act to establish an additional land office in the state of Illinois.

    Ch. CXXIV · 3 Stat. 700 · May 8, 1822 · Original text

28. An Act to designate the boundaries of a land district, and for the establishment of a land office, in the state of Indiana.

    Ch. CXXVI · 3 Stat. 700 · May 8, 1822 · Original text

29. An Act to establish certain post-roads, and to discontinue others, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXXVII · 3 Stat. 702 · May 8, 1822 · Original text

30. An Act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the Island of New Orleans.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 3 Stat. 707 · May 8, 1822 · Original text

31. for ascertaining claims and titles to land within the territory of Florida.

    Ch. CXXIX · 3 Stat. 709 · May 8, 1822 · Original text

32. An Act for the relief of Joshua Cannon, Reuben Hickman, and Fielding Hickman.

    Ch. CXXIII · 6 Stat. 278 · May 8, 1822 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act explanatory of the act for the relief of James Leander Cathcart, passed May fifteenth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

    Ch. CXXV · 6 Stat. 278 · May 8, 1822 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act authorizing an additional naval force for the suppression of piracy.

    Ch. I · 3 Stat. 720 · December 20, 1822 · Original text

35. An Act concerning the apportionment of representatives in the state of Alabama.

    Ch. II · 3 Stat. 720 · January 14, 1823 · Original text

36. An Act making a partial appropriation for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

    Ch. III · 3 Stat. 721 · January 14, 1823 · Original text

37. An Act to repeal part of an Act passed by the State of Maryland, in the year 1784, and note in force in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, entitled “An Act for an addition to Georgetown, in Montgomery county.”

    Ch. IV · 6 Stat. 280 · January 14, 1823 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to continue the present mode of supplying the army of the United States.

    Ch. V · 3 Stat. 721 · January 23, 1823 · Original text

39. An Act to enable the proprietors of lands held by titles derived from the United States to obtain copies of papers from the proper department, and to declare the effect of such copies.

    Ch. VI · 3 Stat. 721 · January 23, 1823 · Original text

40. An Act in addition to “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 provision for punishing the crime of piracy.”

    Ch. VII · 3 Stat. 721 · January 30, 1823 · Original text

41. An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional judge for the Michigan territory, and for other purposes.

    Ch. VIII · 3 Stat. 722 · January 30, 1823 · Original text

42. An Act concerning the disbursement of public money.

    Ch. IX · 3 Stat. 723 · January 31, 1823 · Original text

43. An Act to revive and continue in force certain acts for the adjustment of land claims in the territory of Michigan.

    Ch. X · 3 Stat. 724 · February 21, 1823 · Original text

44. An Act to divide the state of South Carolina into two judicial districts.

    Ch. XI · 3 Stat. 726 · February 21, 1823 · Original text

45. An Act to extend the charter of the Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XIV · 3 Stat. 726 · February 21, 1823 · Original text

46. An Act to provide for the settlement of the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins, late Governor of the State of New York.

    Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 280 · February 21, 1823 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of Samuel Buel.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 280 · February 21, 1823 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act supplementary to the several acts for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. XV · 3 Stat. 727 · February 28, 1823 · Original text

49. An Act appropriating moneys for the purpose of repairing the public road from Cumberland to Wheeling.

    Ch. XVII · 3 Stat. 728 · February 28, 1823 · Original text

50. An Act to revive, and continue in force, the seventh section of an act, entitled “An act supplementary to the several acts for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Louisiana,” approved the eleventh May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XVIII · 3 Stat. 729 · February 28, 1823 · Original text

51. An Act to repeal so much of an act, passed the eighteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and six, as limits the price of certain lands in the state of Tennessee.

    Ch. XIX · 3 Stat. 729 · February 28, 1823 · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of Samuel F. Hooker.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 281 · February 28, 1823 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act supplementary to, and to amend an act, entitled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,” passed second March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXI · 3 Stat. 729 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

54. An Act to regulate the commercial intercourse between the United States and certain British colonial ports.

    Ch. XXII · 3 Stat. 740 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

55. An Act to alter the time of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Kentucky.

    Ch. XXIII · 3 Stat. 742 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

56. An Act to extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, in the recovery of debts, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXIV · 3 Stat. 743 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

57. An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act for the prompt settlement of public accounts,” and for the punishment of the crime of perjury.

    Ch. XXXVII · 3 Stat. 770 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. XXXIX · 3 Stat. 772 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

59. An Act supplementary to the acts to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.

    Ch. LIX · 3 Stat. 782 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

60. Resolution requiring from the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, an annual statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the two Houses.

    Resolution I · 3 Stat. 789 · March 1, 1823 · Original text

61. An Act for carrying into effect the Convention of navigation and commerce between the United States and France, concluded at Washington, on the twenty-fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-two.

    Ch. XXV · 3 Stat. 747 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. XXVI · 3 Stat. 748 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

63. An Act making further appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXVII · 3 Stat. 749 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

64. An Act to amend “An act for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXVIII · 3 Stat. 750 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

65. An Act amending, and supplementary to, the “Act for ascertaining claims and titles to land in the territory of Florida,” and to provide for the survey and disposal of the public lands in Florida.

    Ch. XXIX · 3 Stat. 754 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

66. An Act providing for the examination of the titles to land in that part of the state of Louisiana, situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine river.

    Ch. XXX · 3 Stat. 756 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. XXXI · 3 Stat. 757 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. XXXII · 3 Stat. 763 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

69. An Act to discontinue certain post-roads and to establish others.

    Ch. XXXIII · 3 Stat. 764 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. XXXIV · 3 Stat. 768 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

71. An Act to carry into effect the ninth article of the treaty concluded between the United States and Spain, the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

    Ch. XXXV · 3 Stat. 768 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

72. An Act to amend the ordinance and acts of Congress for the government of the territory of Michigan, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXXVI · 3 Stat. 769 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

73. An Act for the punishment of frauds committed on the government of the United States.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 3 Stat. 771 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. XL · 3 Stat. 773 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

75. An Act altering the time of holding the circuit court in the districts of Maine and New Hampshire.

    Ch. XLI · 3 Stat. 773 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

76. An Act supplementary to “An act for the better organization of the courts of the United States within the state of New York.”

    Ch. XLII · 3 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

77. An Act further to prolong the continuance of the mint at Philadelphia.

    Ch. XLIII · 3 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

78. An Act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. XLIV · 3 Stat. 774 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

79. An Act to alter the times of holding the district court of the United States for the district of Vermont.

    Ch. XLV · 3 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. XLVI · 3 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

81. An Act to extend the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct tax in certain cases.

    Ch. XLVII · 3 Stat. 776 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

82. An Act vesting in the state of Virginia the right of the United States to all fines assessed for non-performance of militia duty, during the late war with Great Britain, within said state.

    Ch. XLVIII · 3 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

83. An Act for the erection of a monument over the tomb of Elbridge Gerry, late Vice President of the United States.

    Ch. XLIX · 3 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

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

    Ch. L · 3 Stat. 777 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

85. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to remit the instalments due on certain lots in Shawneetown, in the state of Illinois.

    Ch. LI · 3 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

86. An Act to establish an additional land office in the territory of Michigan.

    Ch. LII · 3 Stat. 778 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

87. An Act making the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, receivable in payments on account of public lands.

    Ch. LIII · 3 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

88. An Act for clearing, repairing, and improving, certain roads for the purpose of facilitating the transportation of the United States’ Mail.

    Ch. LIV · 3 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

89. An Act respecting stamps.

    Ch. LV · 3 Stat. 779 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

90. An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses, light vessels, and beacons, therein mentioned, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LVI · 3 Stat. 780 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

91. An Act further to extend the provisions of the act, entitled “An act supplementary to an act, entitled ‘An act for the relief of the purchasers of the public lands prior to the first July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty.’”

    Ch. LVII · 3 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

92. An Act to amend an act, entitled “And [An] act further to regulate the entry of merchandise imported into the United States from any adjacent territory.”

    Ch. LVIII · 3 Stat. 781 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

93. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish land offices for the disposal of the public lands, not heretofore offered for sale, in the states of Ohio and Indiana.”

    Ch. LX · 3 Stat. 783 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

94. An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and for other purposes.

    Ch. LXI · 3 Stat. 783 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

95. An Act making appropriations for the public buildings.

    Ch. LXII · 3 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

96. An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to pay for certain repairs to the general post-office, and keep the engine house, the fire engine, and apparatus, in repair.

    Ch. LXIII · 3 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

97. An Act to enable the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department to audit and settle the accounts of the surveyor of public lands in the states of Illinois and Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, for extra clerk hire in his office.

    Ch. LXIV · 3 Stat. 784 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

98. An Act providing for the accommodation of the circuit court of the United States for Washington county, in the District of Columbia, and for the preservation of the records of said court.

    Ch. LXV · 3 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

99. An Act to establish an additional land office in the state of Missouri.

    Ch. LXVI · 3 Stat. 785 · March 3, 1823 · Original text

100. An Act to authorize the purchase of a number of copies of the sixth volume of the laws of the United States.

     Ch. LXVII · 3 Stat. 786 · March 3, 1823 · Original text