Every law Congress has passed

80 laws of the 2nd Congress, 1791–1793

1. An Act granting farther Time for making Return of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants in the District of South Carolina.

   Ch. I · 1 Stat. 226 · November 8, 1791 · Original text

2. An Act for the relief of David Cook and Thomas Campbell.

   Ch. II · 6 Stat. 6 · December 16, 1791 · Private law · Original text

3. An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.

   Ch. III · 1 Stat. 226 · December 23, 1791 · Original text

4. An Act for carrying into effect a Contract between the United States and the State of Pennsylvania.

   Ch. IV · 1 Stat. 229 · January 3, 1792 · Original text

5. An Act to extend the time limited for settling the Accounts of the United States with the individual States.

   Ch. V · 1 Stat. 229 · January 23, 1792 · Original text

6. An Act concerning certain Fisheries of the United States, and for the regulation and government if the Fishermen employed therein.

   Ch. VI · 1 Stat. 229 · February 16, 1792 · Original text

7. An Act to establish the Post-Office and Post Roads within the United States.

   Ch. VII · 1 Stat. 232 · February 20, 1792 · Original text

8. An Act relative to the Election of a President and Vice President of the United States, and declaring the Officer who shall act as President in case of Vacancies in the offices both of President and Vice President.

   Ch. VIII · 1 Stat. 239 · March 1, 1792 · Original text

9. An Act for making farther and more effectual Provision for the Protection of the Frontiers of the United States.

   Ch. IX · 1 Stat. 241 · March 5, 1792 · Original text

10. An Act declaring the consent of Congress to a certain Act of the State of Maryland, and to continue for a longer time, an Act declaring the assent of Congress to certain Acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, so far as the same respects the States of Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

    Ch. X · 1 Stat. 243 · March 19, 1792 · Original text

11. An Act to provide for the settlement of the Claims of Widows and Orphans barred by the limitations heretofore established, and to regulate the Claims to Invalid Pensions.

    Ch. XI · 1 Stat. 243 · March 23, 1792 · Original text

12. An Act providing for the settlement of the Claims of Persons under particular circumstances barred by the limitations heretofore established.

    Ch. XII · 1 Stat. 245 · March 27, 1792 · Original text

13. An Act for the relief of certain Widows, Orphans, Invalids, and other persons.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 6 · March 27, 1792 · Private law · Original text

14. An Act supplemental to the act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection if the frontiers of the United States.

    Ch. XIV · 1 Stat. 246 · March 28, 1792 · Original text

15. An Act for finishing the Lighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of Cape Fear river in the State of North Carolina.

    Ch. XV · 1 Stat. 246 · April 2, 1792 · Original text

16. An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States.

    Ch. XVI · 1 Stat. 246 · April 2, 1792 · Original text

17. An Act supplementary to the act for the establishment and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers.

    Ch. XVII · 1 Stat. 251 · April 12, 1792 · Original text

18. An Act to erect a Lighthouse on Montok Point in the state of New York.

    Ch. XVIII · 1 Stat. 251 · April 12, 1792 · Original text

19. An Act for fixing the compensations of the Doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress.

    Ch. XX · 1 Stat. 252 · April 12, 1792 · Original text

20. An Act for ascertaining the bounds of a tract of land purchased by John Cleves Symmes.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 7 · April 12, 1792 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for altering the times of holding the Circuit Courts, in certain districts if the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXI · 1 Stat. 252 · April 13, 1792 · Original text

22. An Act to compensate the corporation of trustees of the public grammar school and academy of Wilmington, in the state of Delaware, for the occupation of, and damages done to, the said school, during the late war.

    Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 8 · April 13, 1792 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for apportioning Representatives among the several States, according to the first enumeration.

    Ch. XXIII · 1 Stat. 253 · April 14, 1792 · Original text

24. An Act concerning Consuls and Vice-Consuls.

    Ch. XXIV · 1 Stat. 254 · April 14, 1792 · Original text

25. An Act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain Lands to the Ohio Company of Associates.

    Ch. XXV · 1 Stat. 257 · April 21, 1792 · Original text

26. An Act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company of Associates.

    Ch. XXV · 6 Stat. 8 · April 21, 1792 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to indemnify the Estate of the late Major General Nathaniel Green, for a certain bond entered into by him during the late war.

    Ch. XXVI · 1 Stat. 258 · April 27, 1792 · Original text

28. An Act to indemnify the Estate of the late Major General Nathaniel Green, for a certain bond entered into by him during the late war.

    Ch. XXVI · 6 Stat. 9 · April 27, 1792 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for raising a farther sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

    Ch. XXVII · 1 Stat. 258 · May 2, 1792 · Original text

30. An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.

    Ch. XXVIII · 1 Stat. 264 · May 2, 1792 · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of persons imprisoned for Debt.

    Ch. XXIX · 1 Stat. 265 · May 5, 1792 · Original text

32. An Act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain Lands to John Cleves Symmes, and his Associates.

    Ch. XXX · 1 Stat. 266 · May 5, 1792 · Original text

33. An Act to alter the time for the next Annual Meeting of Congress.

    Ch. XXXI · 1 Stat. 267 · May 5, 1792 · Original text

34. An Act concerning the Duties or Spirits distilled within the United States.

    Ch. XXXII · 1 Stat. 267 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

35. An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defence by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States.

    Ch. XXXIII · 1 Stat. 271 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

36. An Act relative to the compensations to certain officers employed in the collection of the duties of impost and tonnage.

    Ch. XXXIV · 1 Stat. 274 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

37. An Act to continue in force the act intituled “An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the Penalties and Forfeitures accruing under the Revenue Laws in certain Cases,” and to make further Provision for the payment of Pensions to Invalids.

    Ch. XXXV · 1 Stat. 275 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

38. An Act for regulating Processes in the Courts of the United States, and providing Compensations for the Officers of the said Courts, and for Jurors and Witnesses.

    Ch. XXXVI · 1 Stat. 275 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

39. An Act making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments.

    Ch. XXXVII · 1 Stat. 279 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

40. An Act supplementary to the act making provision for the Debt of the United States.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 1 Stat. 281 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

41. An Act to provide for a Copper Coinage.

    Ch. XXXIX · 1 Stat. 283 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

42. An Act for making compensations to the Commissioners of Loans for extraordinary expenses.

    Ch. XL · 1 Stat. 284 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

43. An Act making certain appropriations therein specified.

    Ch. XLI · 1 Stat. 284 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

44. An Act respecting the government of the territories of the United States northwest and south of the river Ohio.

    Ch. XLII · 1 Stat. 285 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

45. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be provided, for the use of the several collectors in the United…

    Resolution · 1 Stat. 286 · May 8, 1792 · Original text

46. An Act to compensate the services of the late Colonel George Gibson.

    Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 10 · May 8, 1792 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act concerning the Claim of John Brown Cutting against the United States.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 10 · May 8, 1792 · Private law · Original text

48. Chapter I: concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels.

    Ch. I · 1 Stat. 287 · December 31, 1792 · Original text

49. An Act to amend an act intituled “An act establishing a Mint, and regulating the coins of the United States,” so far as respects the coinage of copper.

    Ch. II · 1 Stat. 299 · January 14, 1793 · Original text

50. An Act to provide for the allowance of interest on the sum ordered to be paid by the resolve of Congress, of the twenty-eighth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, as an indemnity to the Persons therein named.

    Ch. III · 1 Stat. 299 · January 14, 1793 · Original text

51. An Act to provide for the allowance of interest on the sum ordered to be paid by the resolve of Congress, of the twenty-eighth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, as an indemnity to the persons therein named.

    Ch. III · 6 Stat. 11 · January 14, 1793 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act to continue in force for a limited time, and to amend the act intituled “An act providing the means of intercourse between the United Stales and foreign nations.”

    Ch. IV · 1 Stat. 299 · February 9, 1793 · Original text

53. An Act regulating foreign Coins, and for other purposes.

    Ch. V · 1 Stat. 300 · February 9, 1793 · Original text

54. An Act relative to claims against the United States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not been already adjusted.

    Ch. VI · 1 Stat. 301 · February 12, 1793 · Original text

55. An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters.

    Ch. VII · 1 Stat. 302 · February 12, 1793 · Original text

56. An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.

    Ch. VIII · 1 Stat. 305 · February 18, 1793 · Original text

57. An Act providing compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States.

    Ch. IX · 1 Stat. 318 · February 18, 1793 · Original text

58. An Act to repeal part of a resolution of Congress of the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, respecting the inhabitants of Post Saint Vincents.

    Ch. X · 1 Stat. 318 · February 21, 1793 · Original text

59. to promote the progress of useful Arts; and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose.

    Ch. XI · 1 Stat. 318 · February 21, 1793 · Original text

60. An Act to authorize the comptroller of the treasury to settle the account of Thomas Wish art, late a lieutenant in the army of the United States.

    Ch. XII · 6 Stat. 11 · February 22, 1793 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act to authorize the adjustment of a claim of Joseph Henderson against the United States.

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 11 · February 22, 1793 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for repealing the several impost laws of the United States, so far as they may be deemed to impose a duty on useful beasts imported for breed.

    Ch. XV · 1 Stat. 324 · February 27, 1793 · Original text

63. An Act in addition to, and alteration of the Act, entitled “An Act to extend the time limited for settling the Accounts of the United States with the individual States.”

    Ch. XVI · 1 Stat. 324 · February 27, 1793 · Original text

64. An Act making provision for the persons therein mentioned.

    Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 12 · February 27, 1793 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act to regulate the Claims to Invalid Pensions.

    Ch. XVII · 1 Stat. 324 · February 28, 1793 · Original text

66. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. XVIII · 1 Stat. 325 · February 28, 1793 · Original text

67. An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes.

    Ch. XIX · 1 Stat. 329 · March 1, 1793 · Original text

68. An Act to ascertain the fees in Admiralty proceedings in the District Courts of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XX · 1 Stat. 332 · March 1, 1793 · Original text

69. An Act making an appropriation to defray the expense of a Treaty with the Indians northwest of the Ohio.

    Ch. XXI · 1 Stat. 333 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

70. An Act in addition to the Act, entitled “An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.”

    Ch. XXII · 1 Stat. 333 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

71. An Act to alter the times and places of holding the Circuit Courts, in the Eastern District, and in North Carolina, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXIII · 1 Stat. 335 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

72. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled, “An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the Duties imposed by law on Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels.”

    Ch. XXIV · 1 Stat. 336 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

73. An Act providing for the payment of the First Instalment due on a Loan made of the Bank of the United States.

    Ch. XXV · 1 Stat. 338 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

74. An Act for extending the time for receiving on loan that part of the Domestic Debt of the United States, which may not be subscribed, prior to the first day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.

    Ch. XXVI · 1 Stat. 338 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

75. An Act supplementary to the act for the establishment and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers.

    Ch. XXVII · 1 Stat. 339 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

76. An Act making certain Appropriations therein mentioned.

    Ch. XXX · 1 Stat. 339 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

77. An Act making addition to the Compensation of certain Public Officers.

    Ch. XXXI · 1 Stat. 340 · March 2, 1793 · Original text

78. An Act providing an annual allowance for the education of Hugh Mercer.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 12 · March 2, 1793 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act for the relief of Elijah Bostwick.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 12 · March 2, 1793 · Private law · Original text

80. An Act for the relief of Simeon Thayer.

    Ch. XXXII · 6 Stat. 12 · March 2, 1793 · Private law · Original text