Every law Congress has passed

370 laws of the 21st Congress, 1829–1831

1. An Act to authorize the territory of Florida to open a canal through the public lands between Chipola river and Saint Andrew’s bay, in West Florida.

   Ch. LXXIII · 4 Stat. 474 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

2. An Act to authorize the state of Illinois to surrender a township of land granted to said state for a seminary of learning, and to locate other lands in lieu thereof.

   Ch. LXXV · 4 Stat. 475 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

3. An Act to establish ports of delivery at port Pontchartrain and Delaware city, and for other purposes.

   Ch. LXXVI · 4 Stat. 475 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

4. An Act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, into and within the District of Columbia.

   Ch. LXXXV · 4 Stat. 476 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

5. An Act to ascertain and mark the line between the state of Alabama and the territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the state of Illinois, and for other purposes.

   Ch. LXXXVI · 4 Stat. 479 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

6. An Act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places.

   Ch. LXXXVII · 4 Stat. 480 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

7. An Act to repeal the act to establish the district of Blakely.

   Ch. LXXXVIII · 4 Stat. 482 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

8. An Act to provide for the further compensation of the marshal of the district of Rhode Island.

   Ch. XCI · 4 Stat. 482 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of certain holders of certificates issued in lieu of lands injured by earthquakes in Missouri.

   Ch. XCII · 4 Stat. 482 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

10. An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the general assembly of the state of Ohio, hereinafter recited.

    Ch. XCVII · 4 Stat. 483 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

11. An Act to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, north-eastern, and north-western frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XCVIII · 4 Stat. 487 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

12. An Act declaratory of the law concerning contempts of court.

    Ch. XCIX · 4 Stat. 487 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

13. A Resolution directing the Secretary of State to subscribe for seventy copies of Peters’ Condensed Reports of decisions of the Supreme Court.

    Resolution II · 4 Stat. 495 · March 2, 1831 · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Thomas Porter, of Indiana.

    Ch. XLIII · 6 Stat. 455 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act for the relief of William Clower.

    Ch. XLIV · 6 Stat. 455 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

16. An Act for the relief of Simeon C. Whittier.

    Ch. XLV · 6 Stat. 455 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act for the relief of Ebenezer Rollins.

    Ch. XLVI · 6 Stat. 455 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

18. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Daniel McIntire, deceased.

    Ch. XLVII · 6 Stat. 456 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

19. An Act for the relief of Joseph E. Sprague.

    Ch. XLVIII · 6 Stat. 456 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of John Daly, late of Canada.

    Ch. XLIX · 6 Stat. 456 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act for the relief of Nathaniel Cheever and others.

    Ch. L · 6 Stat. 456 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

22. An Act for the relief of Peters and Pond.

    Ch. LI · 6 Stat. 457 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of Lucien Harper.

    Ch. LII · 6 Stat. 457 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

24. An Act for the relief of James Sprague.

    Ch. LIII · 6 Stat. 457 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

25. An Act to provide for the final settlement and adjustment of the various claims preferred by James Monroe, against the United States.

    Ch. LIV · 6 Stat. 457 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

26. An Act for the relief of Mrs. Clarissa B. Harrison.

    Ch. LXXI · 6 Stat. 458 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

27. An Act for the relief of Bichard Smith and William Pearse, the second, of Bristol, in Rhode Island.

    Ch. LXXII · 6 Stat. 458 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

28. An Act to extend the patent of John Adamson for a further period of fourteen years.

    Ch. LXXIV · 6 Stat. 458 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of George Johnston.

    Ch. LXXVII · 6 Stat. 459 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of J. N. Cardozo.

    Ch. LXXVIII · 6 Stat. 459 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Peter Cleer, of Maryland.

    Ch. LXXIX · 6 Stat. 459 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act for the relief of Jonathan Crocker.

    Ch. LXXX · 6 Stat. 459 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

33. An Act to authorize the executor of Stephen Tippett to locate a tract of land in the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. LXXXI · 6 Stat. 459 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

34. An Act for the relief of Hugh Barnes.

    Ch. LXXXII · 6 Stat. 459 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of Henry Becker.

    Ch. LXXXIII · 6 Stat. 460 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

36. An Act confirming the claim of John B. Toulmin to a lot in the City of Mobile.

    Ch. LXXXIV · 6 Stat. 460 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

37. An Act for the relief of Samuel Nowell.

    Ch. LXXXIX · 6 Stat. 460 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

38. An Act to incorporate a Fire Insurance Company in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XC · 6 Stat. 460 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act for the relief of James Belger.

    Ch. XCIII · 6 Stat. 463 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

40. An Act to rectify the mistake in the name of William Tumey, an invalid pensioner.

    Ch. XCIV · 6 Stat. 463 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

41. An Act for the relief of Daniel Jackson and Lucius M. Higgins of Newbern, in North Carolina.

    Ch. XCV · 6 Stat. 463 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

42. An Act for the relief of William Delzell, of Ohio.

    Ch. XCVI · 6 Stat. 463 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

43. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Peter Celestino Walker and John Peter Walker, deceased, and of Joseph Walker, of the state of Mississippi.

    Ch. C · 6 Stat. 463 · March 2, 1831 · Private law · Original text

44. An Act making appropriations for building lighthouses, lightboats, beacons, and monuments, and placing buoys.

    Ch. CIII · 4 Stat. 488 · March 3, 1831 · Original text

45. An Act for the benefit of Percis Lovely, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CIV · 4 Stat. 491 · March 3, 1831 · Original text

46. An Act for the relief of John Culbertson, and to provide an interpreter for the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana.

    Ch. CXIV · 4 Stat. 492 · March 3, 1831 · Original text

47. An Act concerning vessels employed in the whale fishery.

    Ch. CXV · 4 Stat. 492 · March 3, 1831 · Original text

48. An Act to create the office of surveyor of the public lands for the state of Louisiana.

    Ch. CXVI · 4 Stat. 492 · March 3, 1831 · Original text

49. An Act for the relief of William T. Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United Slates.

    Ch. CI · 6 Stat. 464 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act for the relief of Beverly Chew, the heirs of William Emerson, deceased, and the heirs of Edwin Lorraine, deceased.

    Ch. CII · 6 Stat. 464 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

51. An Act for the benefit of Percis Lovely, and for other purposes.

    Ch. CIV · 6 Stat. 465 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

52. An Act for the relief of William B. Matthews, trustee.

    Ch. CV · 6 Stat. 465 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

53. An Act for the relief of John Nicks.

    Ch. CVI · 6 Stat. 465 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

54. An Act for the relief of Brevet Major Riley, and Lieutenants Brook and Seawright.

    Ch. CVII · 6 Stat. 466 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Duval and Carnes.

    Ch. CVIII · 6 Stat. 466 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of General Moses Hazen, deceased.

    Ch. CIX · 6 Stat. 466 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

57. An Act for the relief of Benjamin S. Smoot, of Alabama.

    Ch. CX · 6 Stat. 466 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act for the relief of John Nicholson.

    Ch. CXI · 6 Stat. 466 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of John Gough, and other Canadian refugees.

    Ch. CXII · 6 Stat. 467 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act to extend the patent of Samuel Browning for a further period of fourteen years.

    Ch. CXIII · 6 Stat. 467 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of John Culbertson, and to provide an interpreter for the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana.

    Ch. CXIV · 6 Stat. 467 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

62. An Act for the relief of George B. Dameron and William Howze, of Mississippi.

    Ch. CXVII · 6 Stat. 468 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

63. An Act for the relief of James Thomas, late quartermaster General in the army of the United States.

    Ch. CXVIII · 6 Stat. 468 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act for the relief of Christopher Bechtler.

    Ch. CXIX · 6 Stat. 468 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

65. An Act for the relief of James Hogland.

    Ch. CXX · 6 Stat. 468 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

66. An Act granting a pension to Martin Miller.

    Ch. CXXI · 6 Stat. 468 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

67. An Act for the relief of Joseph S. Cannon.

    Ch. CXXII · 6 Stat. 469 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

68. An Act for the relief of Antoine Dequindre, and the legal representatives of Louis Dequindre, deceased.

    Ch. CXXIII · 6 Stat. 469 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

69. An Act for the relief of Samuel Coburn, of the state of Mississippi.

    Ch. CXXIV · 6 Stat. 469 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text

70. An Act for the relief of Woodson Wren, of Mississippi.

    Ch. CXXV · 6 Stat. 469 · March 3, 1831 · Private law · Original text