Every law Congress has passed

337 laws of the 18th Congress, 1823–1825

1. An Act concerning invalid pensions.

   Ch. XCIX · 6 Stat. 305 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of certain persons who have paid duties on certain goods imported into Castine.

   Ch. C · 6 Stat. 305 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act for the relief of Joshua Bennett.

   Ch. CI · 6 Stat. 305 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

4. An Act for the relief of Robert Blean.

   Ch. CII · 6 Stat. 305 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

5. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Charles Bradford.

   Ch. CIII · 6 Stat. 306 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of James, Jehu, and Nathaniel Brooks, and the representatives of either of them.

   Ch. CIV · 6 Stat. 306 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act for the relief of Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, and others.

   Ch. CVI · 6 Stat. 306 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of Robert Brotherton.

   Ch. CV · 6 Stat. 307 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Archibald Clark.

   Ch. CVII · 6 Stat. 307 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of Isaac Collyer and others.

    Ch. CVIII · 6 Stat. 307 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of Benjamin Desobry.

    Ch. CIX · 6 Stat. 307 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act for the relief of Jonas Duncan.

    Ch. CX · 6 Stat. 307 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of the administrator of John B. Fanning, deceased, late a purser in the Navy of the United States.

    Ch. CXI · 6 Stat. 307 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Joseph Firman and others.

    Ch. CXII · 6 Stat. 308 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of Robert S. Foreman.

    Ch. CXIII · 6 Stat. 308 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Fry and Spalding.

    Ch. CXIV · 6 Stat. 308 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Morris Goldsmith and Anthony Roderick.

    Ch. CXV · 6 Stat. 308 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Maturin Guichot.

    Ch. CXVI · 6 Stat. 309 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of William Hall, an invalid soldier of the revolutionary army.

    Ch. CXVII · 6 Stat. 309 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Mary H. Hawkins.

    Ch. CXVIII · 6 Stat. 309 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the relief of Benjamin King.

    Ch. CXIX · 6 Stat. 309 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Louderman.

    Ch. CXX · 6 Stat. 310 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of J. M. C. Montgomery.

    Ch. CXXI · 6 Stat. 310 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of Hugh M’Culloch.

    Ch. CXXII · 6 Stat. 310 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of Jacob Slough.

    Ch. CXXIII · 6 Stat. 310 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of Joseph Smith, of Alexandria.

    Ch. CXXIV · 6 Stat. 310 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of John Topp.

    Ch. CXXV · 6 Stat. 310 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act for the relief of Dean Weymouth.

    Ch. CXXVI · 6 Stat. 311 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act authorizing the executors of John B. Mebane to collect certain arrears of tax.

    Ch. CXXVII · 6 Stat. 311 · May 19, 1824 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of John K. Carter.

    Ch. CXXVIII · 6 Stat. 311 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of the heirs of Miguel Eslava.

    Ch. CXXIX · 6 Stat. 311 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the relief of Edward Evans.

    Ch. CXXX · 6 Stat. 312 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act for the relief of John S. Moffitt.

    Ch. CXXXI · 6 Stat. 312 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of Landie Richardson.

    Ch. CXXXII · 6 Stat. 312 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of Robert Strain.

    Ch. CXXXIII · 6 Stat. 312 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of Dean Weymouth and Zachariah Bunker.

    Ch. CXXXIV · 6 Stat. 312 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act to authorize the issuing of a register to the brig William, of New York.

    Ch. CXXXV · 6 Stat. 313 · May 21, 1824 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports.

    Ch. CXXXVI · 4 Stat. 25 · May 22, 1824 · Original text

39. An Act providing for a grant of land for the seat of government in the territory of Frorida, [Florida] and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXXXVII · 4 Stat. 30 · May 24, 1824 · Original text

40. An Act supplementary to an act, approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred arid nineteen, entitled “An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of land at the land offices.”

    Ch. CXXXVIII · 4 Stat. 31 · May 24, 1824 · Original text

41. An Act to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

    Ch. CXXXIX · 4 Stat. 32 · May 24, 1824 · Original text

42. An Act to authorize the creation of a stock to an amount not exceeding fee millions of dollars, to provide fur the awards of the commissioners under the treaty with Spain, of the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

    Ch. CXL · 4 Stat. 33 · May 24, 1824 · Original text

43. An Act changing the mode of surveying the public lands, on any river, lake, bayou, or watercourse.

    Ch. CXLI · 4 Stat. 34 · May 24, 1824 · Original text

44. An Act for the relief of the representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen Heard, and others.

    Ch. CXLII · 6 Stat. 313 · May 24, 1824 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of J. Ottramare.

    Ch. CXLIII · 6 Stat. 313 · May 24, 1824 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of the assignees and legal representatives of John H. Piatt.

    Ch. CXLIV · 6 Stat. 314 · May 24, 1824 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act to alter the times of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of South Carolina.

    Ch. CXLV · 4 Stat. 34 · May 25, 1824 · Original text

48. An Act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXLVI · 4 Stat. 35 · May 25, 1824 · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Hezekiah Langley and Benjamin M. Belt.

    Ch. CXLVII · 6 Stat. 314 · May 25, 1824 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Alexander M’Nair.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 6 Stat. 314 · May 25, 1824 · Private law · Original text

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

    Ch. CXLIX · 4 Stat. 36 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

52. An Act appropriating a sum of money to Benjamin Huffman, of the state of Indiana.

    Ch. CL · 4 Stat. 37 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

53. An Act malting appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties.

    Ch. CLI · 4 Stat. 37 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

54. An Act to allow the bounty to vessels employed in the cod fisheries, in certain cases.

    Ch. CLII · 4 Stat. 38 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

55. An Act malting appropriations for deepening the channel leading into the harbour of Presque isle, and for repairing Plymouth Beach.

    Ch. CLIII · 4 Stat. 38 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

56. Chapter CLIV: concerning preemption rights in the territory of Arkansas.

    Ch. CLIV · 4 Stat. 39 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

57. An Act to fix the western boundary line of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLV · 4 Stat. 40 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

58. An Act making an appropriation towards the extinguishment of the Quaupau title to lands in the territory of Arkansas.

    Ch. CLVI · 4 Stat. 41 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

59. An Act authorizing the employment of additional clerks, and certain messengers and assistants, and other persons in the several departments.

    Ch. CLVII · 4 Stat. 41 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

60. An Act to allow a salary to the collectors of the districts of Nantucket and, Pensacola, and to abolish the office of surveyor of the district of Pensacola.

    Ch. CLVIII · 4 Stat. 43 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

61. An Act to confer certain powers on the levy court of the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLIX · 4 Stat. 43 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

62. An Act further to regulate the inspection of flour in the county if Alexandria.

    Ch. CLX · 4 Stat. 44 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

63. An Act to authorize masters of vessels in certain cases, to clear out either at the custom-house of Petersburgh, or that of Richmond.

    Ch. CLXI · 4 Stat. 44 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

64. An Act far the relief of certain distillers in the United States.

    Ch. CLXII · 4 Stat. 44 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

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

    Ch. CLXIII · 4 Stat. 45 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

66. An Act granting donations of land to certain actual settlers in the territory of Florida.

    Ch. CLXIV · 4 Stat. 47 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

67. An Act to authorize the state of Indiana to open a canal through the public lands, to connect the navigation of the rivers Wabash and Ute Miami of Lake Erie.

    Ch. CLXV · 4 Stat. 47 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

68. An Act authorizing an examination and survey of the harbour of Charleston, in South Carolina, of St, Mary’s in Georgia, and of the coast of Florida, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLXVI · 4 Stat. 48 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

69. An Act to alter the judicial districts of Virginia, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLXVII · 4 Stat. 48 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

70. An Act far altering the time for holding the circuit court of the United States for the fourth circuit in the Maryland district.

    Ch. CXLVIII · 4 Stat. 49 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

71. An Act granting to the counties or parishes of each state and territory of the United States, in which the public lands are situated, the right of preemption to quarter sections of land, for seats of justice within the same.

    Ch. CLXIX · 4 Stat. 50 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

72. An Act to alter the judicial districts of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLXX · 4 Stat. 50 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

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

    Ch. CLXXI · 4 Stat. 50 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

74. An Act to provide for the sale of lands conveyed to the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLXXII · 4 Stat. 51 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

75. An Act enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the state of Missouri and territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims.

    Ch. CLXXIII · 4 Stat. 52 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

76. An Act providing for the disposition of three several tracts of land in Tuscarawas county, in the state of Ohio, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CLXXIV · 4 Stat. 56 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

77. An Act supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the St. Helena and Jackson Courthouse land districts.

    Ch. CLXXV · 4 Stat. 59 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

78. An Act explanatory of an act, entitled An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands, approved on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.

    Ch. CLXXVI · 4 Stat. 60 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

79. An Act to allow further time to complete Ike issuing and locating of military land warrante.

    Ch. CLXXVII · 4 Stat. 60 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

80. An Act making an appropriation for the use if the library of Congress, and for furnishing rooms in the Capitol.

    Ch. CLXXVIII · 4 Stat. 60 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

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

    Ch. CLXXIX · 4 Stat. 61 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

82. Chapter CLXXXI: to regulate the mode of practice in the courts of the United States, for the district of Louisiana.

    Ch. CLXXXI · 4 Stat. 62 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

83. An Act supplementary to “An act providing for the examination of titles to land in that part of the state of Louisiana situated between the Rio Honda [Hondo] and the Sabine river.”

    Ch. CLXXXII · 4 Stat. 65 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

84. An Act to complete the survey of the southern and western boundary of the state of Missouri.

    Ch. CLXXXIII · 4 Stat. 65 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

85. An Act supplementary to an act passed on the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled “An art making further provision [provisions] for settling the claims to land in the territory of Missouri.”

    Ch. CLXXXIV · 4 Stat. 65 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

86. Chapter CLXXXV: granting certain lots of ground to the corporation of the city if Mobile, and to certain individuals of said city.

    Ch. CLXXXV · 4 Stat. 66 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

87. An Act in further addition to “An act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.”

    Ch. CLXXXVI · 4 Stat. 69 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

88. An Act explanatory of an act, entitled “An act for the relief of the officers, volunteers, and other persons, engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians, passed the fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two.”

    Ch. CLXXXVII · 4 Stat. 70 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

89. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to enter into certain negotiations relative to lands located under Virginia military land warrants lying between Ludlow’s and Robert’s lines, in the state of Ohio.

    Ch. CLXXXVIII · 4 Stat. 70 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

90. An Act to authorize the surveying and making of a road from a point in the north-western boundary of the state of Ohio, near the foot of the.Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, to Detroit, in the territory if Michigan.

    Ch. CLXXXIX · 4 Stat. 71 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

91. An Act to revive and extend the term of certain pensions which have expired by limitation.

    Ch. CXC · 4 Stat. 71 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

92. An Act to regulate the fees if the registers of wills in the several counties within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. CXCI · 4 Stat. 71 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

93. An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange a stock, bearing an interest of four and one half per cent, for certain stocks bearing an interest of six per cent.

    Ch. CXCII · 4 Stat. 73 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

94. An Act reserving to the Wyandot tribe of Indians a certain tract of land, in lieu of a reservation made to them by treaty.

    Ch. CXCIV · 4 Stat. 75 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

95. An Act supplementary to the act “to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington,” passed the fifteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CXCV · 4 Stat. 75 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

96. Resolution providing a place of deposit for the portrait of Columbus, and directing the distribution of certain copies of the Declaration of Independence, now in the Department of State.

    Resolution II · 4 Stat. 78 · May 26, 1824 · Original text

97. An Act appropriating a sum of money to Benjamin Huffman, of the state of Indiana.

    Ch. CL · 6 Stat. 314 · May 26, 1824 · Private law · Original text

98. An Act to authorize the President to exchange five arpens of land on the south side of the public lot at Baton Rouge for an equal quantity of land on the north side of said lot.

    Ch. CLXXX · 6 Stat. 315 · May 26, 1824 · Private law · Original text

99. An Act granting to the Corporation of Tuskaloosa certain lots and privileges over the reservations and commons in said town.

    Ch. CXCIII · 6 Stat. 315 · May 26, 1824 · Private law · Original text

100. An Act for the relief of the Corporation of the Church of St. Anne, and to authorize the extension of Larned Street, in the town of Detroit.

     Ch. CXCVI · 6 Stat. 315 · May 26, 1824 · Private law · Original text