Every law Congress has passed

370 laws of the 21st Congress, 1829–1831

1. An Act making an appropriation for repairing and fitting out the frigate Brandywine.

   Ch. I · 4 Stat. 370 · December 29, 1829 · Original text

2. Resolution authorizing the purchase of fifty copies of the sixth volume of the Laws of the United States.

   Resolution I · 4 Stat. 429 · December 29, 1829 · Original text

3. An Act to authorize the exchange of certain lots of land between the university of Michigan territory and Martin Baum and others.

   Ch. II · 4 Stat. 370 · January 13, 1830 · Original text

4. An Act to extend the time for locating certain donations in Arkansas.

   Ch. III · 4 Stat. 371 · January 13, 1830 · Original text

5. An Act to authorize the exchange of certain lots of land between the University of Michigan Territory and Martin Baum and others.

   Ch. II · 6 Stat. 402 · January 13, 1830 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the relief of Elijah Carr.

   Ch. IV · 6 Stat. 402 · January 13, 1830 · Private law · Original text

7. An Act making appropriations for certain arrearages in the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

   Ch. V · 4 Stat. 371 · January 30, 1830 · Original text

8. An Act for the relief of Lewis Schrack.

   Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 403 · January 30, 1830 · Private law · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Joel Byington.

   Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 403 · January 30, 1830 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act for the relief of Nathaniel B. Wood.

    Ch. VIII · 6 Stat. 403 · January 30, 1830 · Private law · Original text

11. An Act for the relief of Theophilus Cooksey.

    Ch. IX · 6 Stat. 403 · January 30, 1830 · Private law · Original text

12. An Act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and invalid pensioners.

    Ch. X · 4 Stat. 371 · February 3, 1830 · Original text

13. An Act to alter the time of holding the circuit court of the United States for the district of Maryland.

    Ch. XI · 4 Stat. 372 · February 11, 1830 · Original text

14. An Act authorizing the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to pay to the state of Pennsylvania, a debt due that state by the United States.

    Ch. XII · 4 Stat. 372 · February 11, 1830 · Original text

15. An Act to authorize surveyors, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to enrol and license ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries.

    Ch. XIV · 4 Stat. 372 · February 11, 1830 · Original text

16. An Act, to amend “An act to continue a copyright of John Rowlett.”

    Ch. XIII · 6 Stat. 403 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of the widow and children of Benjamin W. Hopkins.

    Ch. XV · 6 Stat. 404 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of Nancy Dolan.

    Ch. XVI · 6 Stat. 404 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of the churchwardens of Elizabeth City parish, in the State of Virginia.

    Ch. XVII · 6 Stat. 404 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Joseph Dixon.

    Ch. XVIII · 6 Stat. 404 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the relief of Peter Ford.

    Ch. XXIII · 6 Stat. 404 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of Orson Sparks, and John Watson.

    Ch. XIX · 6 Stat. 405 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of James D. Cobb.

    Ch. XX · 6 Stat. 405 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of William Jacocks.

    Ch. XXI · 6 Stat. 405 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act for the relief of John Long.

    Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 405 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Benjamin Clark, deceased.

    Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 406 · February 11, 1830 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act to continue in force an act authorizing the importation and allowance of drawback on brandy in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons.

    Ch. XXV · 4 Stat. 373 · February 27, 1830 · Original text

28. An Act making appropriations for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. XXVI · 4 Stat. 373 · February 27, 1830 · Original text

29. An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. XXVII · 4 Stat. 374 · February 27, 1830 · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of Ezra Thurbur, and the legal representatives of Gideon King.

    Ch. XXVIII · 6 Stat. 406 · February 27, 1830 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the benefit of Elijah L. Clarke, of Louisiana, and of the heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Clarke, deceased.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 406 · February 27, 1830 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the relief of Abigail Appleton.

    Ch. XXX · 6 Stat. 407 · March 3, 1830 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act making appropriations for the military service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. XXXI · 4 Stat. 374 · March 11, 1830 · Original text

34. An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. XXXII · 4 Stat. 375 · March 11, 1830 · Original text

35. An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. XXXIII · 4 Stat. 377 · March 18, 1830 · Original text

36. An Act for the relief of Richard Biddle, administrator of John Wilkins, junior, formerly Quartermaster-General of the army of the United States.

    Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 407 · March 18, 1830 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the further regulation of vessels bound up James river, in the state of Virginia.

    Ch. XXXV · 4 Stat. 382 · March 23, 1830 · Original text

38. An Act to continue in force “An act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXXVI · 4 Stat. 383 · March 23, 1830 · Original text

39. An Act to provide for taking the fifth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.

    Ch. XL · 4 Stat. 383 · March 23, 1830 · Original text

40. An Act for the relief of Antoine Prudhomme, Louis Closeau, and Gilbert Closeau, of Louisiana.

    Ch. XXXVII · 6 Stat. 407 · March 23, 1830 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of the heirs of John Pierre Landerneau, deceased.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 408 · March 23, 1830 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of Hyacinth Bernard.

    Ch. XXXIX · 6 Stat. 408 · March 23, 1830 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties.

    Ch. XLI · 4 Stat. 390 · March 25, 1830 · Original text

44. An Act to provide for the payment of sundry citizens of the territory of Arkansas, for trespasses committed on their property by the Osage Indians, in the years one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

    Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 408 · March 25, 1830 · Private law · Original text

45. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Mays.

    Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 408 · March 25, 1830 · Private law · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of Henry Dickins and others.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 409 · March 25, 1830 · Private law · Original text

47. An Act for the relief of Oread Glover.

    Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 409 · March 25, 1830 · Private law · Original text

48. An Act for the relief of Francis Comparet.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 409 · March 25, 1830 · Private law · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of Thomas Buford.

    Ch. XLVII · 6 Stat. 409 · March 25, 1830 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of the lands of the United States.

    Ch. XLVIII · 4 Stat. 390 · March 31, 1830 · Original text

51. An Act to change the port of entry from Nova Iberia to Franklin, in the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. XLIX · 4 Stat. 392 · March 31, 1830 · Original text

52. An Act changing the residence of the collector in the district of Burlington, in the state of New Jersey.

    Ch. L · 4 Stat. 392 · March 31, 1830 · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of Richard Taylor, of Kentucky.

    Ch. LI · 6 Stat. 409 · March 31, 1830 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act to change the time and place of holding the court for the county of Crawford, in the territory of Michigan.

    Ch. LII · 4 Stat. 393 · April 2, 1830 · Original text

55. An Act amending and supplementary to the act to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said state, to aid in the construction of the canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas territory.

    Ch. LIX · 4 Stat. 393 · April 2, 1830 · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Erastus Granger.

    Ch. LIII · 6 Stat. 410 · April 2, 1830 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act to increase the pension of Charles Larrabee.

    Ch. LIV · 6 Stat. 410 · April 2, 1830 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of Captain Daniel McDuff.

    Ch. LV · 6 Stat. 410 · April 2, 1830 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Francis Tennille, deceased.

    Ch. LVI · 6 Stat. 410 · April 2, 1830 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act for the relief of Marigny D’Auterive.

    Ch. LVII · 6 Stat. 411 · April 2, 1830 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

    Ch. LVIII · 6 Stat. 411 · April 2, 1830 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act making appropriations to pay the expenses incurred in holding certain Indian treaties.

    Ch. LX · 4 Stat. 394 · April 7, 1830 · Original text

63. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Jean Baptiste Couture.

    Ch. LXI · 6 Stat. 411 · April 7, 1830 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of J. W. Hollister and Company, and George Anderson.

    Ch. LXII · 6 Stat. 411 · April 7, 1830 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the relief of Captain John Burnham.

    Ch. LXIII · 6 Stat. 412 · April 7, 1830 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act for the relief of John Rodriguez.

    Ch. LXIV · 6 Stat. 412 · April 7, 1830 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of Thomas Shiverick.

    Ch. LXV · 6 Stat. 412 · April 7, 1830 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of Hubert La Croix.

    Ch. LXVI · 6 Stat. 412 · April 7, 1830 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Andrew Wilson.

    Ch. LXVII · 6 Stat. 412 · April 7, 1830 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to refund a sum of money, now in the Treasury, to Charles Henry Hall.

    Ch. LXIX · 6 Stat. 412 · April 15, 1830 · Private law · Original text

71. An Act for the relief of the Mercantile Insurance Company, in Salem, Massachusetts.

    Ch. LXX · 6 Stat. 413 · April 15, 1830 · Private law · Original text

72. An Act for the relief of Peter and John S. Crary and Company, of New York, and of Allen Reynolds.

    Ch. LXXI · 6 Stat. 413 · April 15, 1830 · Private law · Original text

73. An Act making additional appropriations for the improvement of certain harbours, and for removing obstructions at the mouths of certain rivers, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

    Ch. LXXII · 4 Stat. 394 · April 23, 1830 · Original text

74. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the general land office,” approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.

    Ch. LXXIII · 4 Stat. 395 · April 23, 1830 · Original text

75. An Act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the Department of State.

    Ch. LXXIV · 4 Stat. 396 · April 23, 1830 · Original text

76. An Act for the relief of Gabriel Godfroy and John Baptiste Beaugrand.

    Ch. LXXV · 6 Stat. 413 · April 23, 1830 · Private law · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Arund Rutgers, of Missouri.

    Ch. LXXVI · 6 Stat. 414 · April 23, 1830 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act for the relief of Luther Chapin.

    Ch. LXXVII · 6 Stat. 414 · April 23, 1830 · Private law · Original text

79. An Act to authorize the commissioners of the sinking fund to redeem the public debt of the United States.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 4 Stat. 396 · April 24, 1830 · Original text

80. An Act to extend the time for commencing the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee river.

    Ch. LXXIX · 4 Stat. 397 · April 24, 1830 · Original text

81. An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines, of the sloop of war Hornet.

    Ch. LXXX · 6 Stat. 414 · April 24, 1830 · Private law · Original text

82. An Act for the relief of the president, directors, and company, of the Bank of Chillicothe.

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 414 · April 24, 1830 · Private law · Original text

83. An Act for the benefit of Daniel M’Duff.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 415 · April 24, 1830 · Private law · Original text

84. An Act refund the moiety of theforfeiture upon the schooner Volant.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 415 · April 24, 1830 · Private law · Original text

85. An Act for the re-appropriation of certain unexpended balances of former appropriations.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 4 Stat. 397 · April 30, 1830 · Original text

86. Resolution authorizing the transmission of papers, by mail, relating to the fifth census.

    Resolution III · 4 Stat. 429 · April 30, 1830 · Original text

87. An Act to authorize the registers of the several land offices in Louisiana, to receive entries of lands in certain cases, and give to the purchasers thereof certificates for the same.

    Ch. LXXXVI · 4 Stat. 398 · May 5, 1830 · Original text

88. An Act to authorize the appointment of a marshal for the northern district of the state of Alabama.

    Ch. LXXXVII · 4 Stat. 399 · May 5, 1830 · Original text

89. An Act to change the time of holding the court of the United States for the district of Mississippi, and the circuit court of the United States in the district of Ohio.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 4 Stat. 399 · May 5, 1830 · Original text

90. An Act for the relief of Charles Wilkes, junior.

    Ch. LXXXV · 6 Stat. 415 · May 5, 1830 · Private law · Original text

91. An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act for the benefit of the incorporated Kentucky Asylum for teaching the Deaf and Dumb” and to extend the time for selling the land granted by said act.

    Ch. LXXXVIII · 6 Stat. 416 · May 5, 1830 · Private law · Original text

92. An Act for further extending the powers of the judges of the superior court of the territory of Arkansas, under the act of the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XC · 4 Stat. 399 · May 8, 1830 · Original text

93. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to authorize the citizens of the territories of Arkansas and Florida to elect their officers, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XCI · 4 Stat. 401 · May 8, 1830 · Original text

94. An Act to authorize the re-conveyance of a lot of land to the mayor and corporation of the city of New York.

    Ch. XCII · 4 Stat. 401 · May 10, 1830 · Original text

95. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Richard Eppes.

    Ch. XCIII · 6 Stat. 416 · May 10, 1830 · Private law · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of James Abbott.

    Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 416 · May 10, 1830 · Private law · Original text

97. An Act to alter the bridge and draws across the Potomac, from Washington city to Alexandria.

    Ch. XCV · 4 Stat. 402 · May 14, 1830 · Original text

98. An Act to alter the time of holding the sessions of the legislative council of the territory of Florida.

    Ch. XCVI · 4 Stat. 403 · May 14, 1830 · Original text

99. An Act to establish a port of delivery at Delaware City.

    Ch. XCVIII · 4 Stat. 403 · May 20, 1830 · Original text

100. An Act malting appropriations to carry into effect the treaty of Butte des Mortes.

     Ch. XCXIX · 4 Stat. 403 · May 20, 1830 · Original text