Every law Congress has passed

96 laws of the 7th Congress, 1801–1803

1. An Act for the apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the second enumeration.

   Ch. I · 2 Stat. 128 · January 14, 1802 · Original text

2. Resolution, Authorizing the Secretary of State tn furnish the Members of both Houses with the Laws of the Sixth Congress.

   Resolution I · 2 Stat. 198 · January 21, 1802 · Original text

3. An Act concerning the Library for the use of both Houses of Congress.

   Ch. II · 2 Stat. 128 · January 26, 1802 · Original text

4. Resolutions, Expressing the sense of Congress on the gallant conduct of Lieut. Sterret,—the officers and crew of the United States schooner Enterprize,

   Resolution II · 2 Stat. 198 · February 3, 1802 · Original text

5. An Act authorizing the discharge of Lawrence Erb from his confinement.

   Ch. III · 6 Stat. 45 · February 3, 1802 · Private law · Original text

6. An Act for the protection of the Commerce and Seamen of the United States, against the Tripolitan Cruisers.

   Ch. IV · 2 Stat. 129 · February 6, 1802 · Original text

7. An Act extending the privilege of franking and receiving letters, free of postage, to any person admitted, or to be admitted to take a seat in Congress, as a delegate; and providing compensation for such delegate.

   Ch. V · 2 Stat. 130 · February 18, 1802 · Original text

8. An Act making certain partial Appropriations for the year one thousand eight hundred and two.

   Ch. VI · 2 Stat. 131 · February 23, 1802 · Original text

9. An Act for the relief of Lyon Lehman.

   Ch. VII · 6 Stat. 45 · March 6, 1802 · Private law · Original text

10. An Act to repeal certain acts respecting the organization of the Courts of the United States; and for other purposes.

    Ch. VIII · 2 Stat. 132 · March 8, 1802 · Original text

11. An Act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States.

    Ch. IX · 2 Stat. 132 · March 16, 1802 · Original text

12. An Act for the accommodation of persons concerned in certain Fisheries therein mentioned.

    Ch. XI · 2 Stat. 137 · March 16, 1802 · Original text

13. An Act to amend an act, intituled “An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States.”

    Ch. XII · 2 Stat. 138 · March 16, 1802 · Original text

14. An Act for the relief of Francis Duchouquet.

    Ch. X · 6 Stat. 46 · March 16, 1802 · Private law · Original text

15. An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.

    Ch. XIII · 2 Stat. 139 · March 30, 1802 · Original text

16. An Act to authorize the President of the United States to convey certain parcels of land therein mentioned.

    Ch. XIV · 6 Stat. 46 · March 30, 1802 · Private law · Original text

17. An Act making a partial appropriation for the support of government, during the year one thousand eight hundred and two.

    Ch. XV · 2 Stat. 147 · April 2, 1802 · Original text

18. An Act making appropriation for defraying the expense of a negotiation with the British government, to ascertain the boundary line between the United States and Upper Canada.

    Ch. XVI · 2 Stat. 148 · April 3, 1802 · Original text

19. An Act making an appropriation for defraying the expenses which may arise from carrying into effect the convention made between the United States and the French Republic.

    Ch. XVII · 2 Stat. 148 · April 3, 1802 · Original text

20. An Act for the relief of Isaac Zane.

    Ch. XVIII · 6 Stat. 46 · April 3, 1802 · Private law · Original text

21. An Act to repeal the Internal Taxes.

    Ch. XIX · 2 Stat. 148 · April 6, 1802 · Original text

22. An Act authorizing the erection of certain Lighthouses; and for other purposes.

    Ch. XX · 2 Stat. 150 · April 6, 1802 · Original text

23. An Act for the relief of the Marshals of certain districts therein mentioned.

    Ch. XXI · 2 Stat. 152 · April 6, 1802 · Original text

24. An Act to authorize an advance of money to Samuel Dexter.

    Ch. XXII · 2 Stat. 152 · April 14, 1802 · Original text

25. An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia therein mentioned.

    Ch. XXIII · 2 Stat. 152 · April 14, 1802 · Original text

26. An Act to revive, and continue in force, an act, intituled “An act to augment the salaries of the officers therein mentioned,” passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.

    Ch. XXV · 2 Stat. 152 · April 14, 1802 · Original text

27. An Act to amend an act, intituled “An act to retain a further sum on drawbacks, for the expenses incident to the allowance and payment thereof, and in lieu of stamp duties on debentures.”

    Ch. XXVI · 2 Stat. 153 · April 14, 1802 · Original text

28. An Act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.

    Ch. XXVIII · 2 Stat. 153 · April 14, 1802 · Original text

29. An Act for the relief of Thomas K. Jones.

    Ch. XXIV · 6 Stat. 46 · April 14, 1802 · Private law · Original text

30. An Act for the relief of Paolo Paoly.

    Ch. XXVII · 6 Stat. 47 · April 14, 1802 · Private law · Original text

31. An Act for the relief of Lewis Tousard.

    Ch. XXIX · 6 Stat. 47 · April 21, 1802 · Private law · Original text

32. An Act in addition to an act, intituled “An act, in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the society of the United Brethren, for propagating the gospel among the Heathen.”

    Ch. XXX · 2 Stat. 155 · April 26, 1802 · Original text

33. An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States.

    Ch. XXXI · 2 Stat. 156 · April 29, 1802 · Original text

34. An Act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the Public Debt of the United States.

    Ch. XXXII · 2 Stat. 167 · April 29, 1802 · Original text

35. An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of certain persons who have died in the naval service of the United States.

    Ch. XXXIII · 2 Stat. 170 · April 29, 1802 · Original text

36. An Act to regulate and fix the compensations of the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.

    Ch. XXXV · 2 Stat. 170 · April 29, 1802 · Original text

37. An Act supplementary to an act, intituled “An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned” and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints,

    Ch. XXXVI · 2 Stat. 171 · April 29, 1802 · Original text

38. An Act for the relief of Theodosius Fowler.

    Ch. XXXIV · 6 Stat. 47 · April 29, 1802 · Private law · Original text

39. An Act to amend “An act to establish the compensations of the officers employed in the collection, of the duties on imports and tonnage; and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XXXVII · 2 Stat. 172 · April 30, 1802 · Original text

40. An Act to suspend, in part, the act intituled “An act regulating foreign coins; and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XXXVIII · 2 Stat. 173 · April 30, 1802 · Original text

41. An Act to revive and continue in force, an act intituled “An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.”

    Ch. XXXIX · 2 Stat. 173 · April 30, 1802 · Original text

42. An Act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes.

    Ch. XL · 2 Stat. 173 · April 30, 1802 · Original text

43. An Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners in the City of Washington; and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLI · 2 Stat. 175 · May 1, 1802 · Original text

44. An Act making an appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and two.

    Ch. XLIII · 2 Stat. 178 · May 1, 1802 · Original text

45. An Act to extend and continue in force the provisions of an act intituled “An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XLIV · 2 Stat. 179 · May 1, 1802 · Original text

46. An Act to provide for the establishment of certain districts, and therein to amend an act intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage;” and for other purposes.

    Ch. XLV · 2 Stat. 181 · May 1, 1802 · Original text

47. An Act making appropriations for the Military Establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and two.

    Ch. XLVI · 2 Stat. 183 · May 1, 1802 · Original text

48. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and, two.

    Ch. XLVII · 2 Stat. 184 · May 1, 1802 · Original text

49. An Act to empower John James Dufour, and his associates, to purchase certain lands.

    Ch. XLII · 6 Stat. 47 · May 1, 1802 · Private law · Original text

50. An Act further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; and for the more secure carriage of the Mail of the United States.

    Ch. XLVIII · 2 Stat. 189 · May 3, 1802 · Original text

51. An Act making an appropriation for carrying into effect the Convention between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty.

    Ch. XLIX · 2 Stat. 192 · May 3, 1802 · Original text

52. An Act to amend an act intituled “An act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. LI · 2 Stat. 192 · May 3, 1802 · Original text

53. An Act additional to, and amendatory of, an act, intituled “An act concerning the District of Columbia.”

    Ch. LII · 2 Stat. 193 · May 3, 1802 · Original text

54. An Act to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia.

    Ch. LIII · 2 Stat. 195 · May 3, 1802 · Original text

55. An Act for the relief of Fulwar Skipwith.

    Ch. L · 6 Stat. 48 · May 3, 1802 · Private law · Original text

56. An Act making a partial appropriation for the Naval Service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and three.

    Ch. I · 2 Stat. 199 · January 14, 1803 · Original text

57. An Act for the relief of Charles Hyde.

    Ch. II · 6 Stat. 49 · January 14, 1803 · Private law · Original text

58. An Act authorizing the sale of a piece of land, parcel of the Navy Yard belonging to the United States, in Charlestown, in the slate of Massachusetts, to the proprietors of the Salem turnpike road and Chelsea bridge corporation.

    Ch. IV · 2 Stat. 199 · February 10, 1803 · Original text

59. An Act for the relief of Henry Messonnier.

    Ch. III · 6 Stat. 49 · February 10, 1803 · Private law · Original text

60. An Act to provide for the granting of Clearances to ships or vessels owned by citizens of the United Stales, lying in the river Mississippi, south of the southern boundary of the United States, and therein to amend an act, intituted “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imposts and tonnage,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. V · 2 Stat. 200 · February 19, 1803 · Original text

61. An Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Portsmouth.

    Ch. VI · 2 Stat. 201 · February 19, 1803 · Original text

62. An Act to provide far the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Ohio.

    Ch. VII · 2 Stat. 201 · February 19, 1803 · Original text

63. An Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Portsmouth.

    Ch. VI · 6 Stat. 49 · February 19, 1803 · Private law · Original text

64. An Act making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.

    Ch. VIII · 2 Stat. 202 · February 26, 1803 · Original text

65. An Act supplementary to the “act concerning Consuls and Vice-Consuls, and for the further protection of American Seamen.”

    Ch. IX · 2 Stat. 203 · February 28, 1803 · Original text

66. An Act to prevent the importation of certain persons into certain slates, where, by the laws thereof, their admission is prohibited.

    Ch. X · 2 Stat. 205 · February 28, 1803 · Original text

67. An Act to provide an additional armament fur the protection if the seamen and commerce of the United Stales.

    Ch. XI · 2 Stat. 206 · February 28, 1803 · Original text

68. An Act for extending the external commerce of the United States.

    Ch. XII · 2 Stat. 206 · February 28, 1803 · Original text

69. An Act in addition to an act, entituled “An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United Stales.”

    Ch. XIII · 2 Stat. 206 · February 28, 1803 · Original text

70. An Act for continuing in force a law, intituled “An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.”

    Ch. XIV · 2 Stat. 207 · February 28, 1803 · Original text

71. An Act in addition to an act, intituled “An act more effectually to provide for the National defence, by establishing an uniform Militia throughout the United States.”

    Ch. XV · 2 Stat. 207 · March 2, 1803 · Original text

72. An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act providing passports for the ships and vessels of the United States.”

    Ch. XVI · 2 Stat. 208 · March 2, 1803 · Original text

73. An Act making an appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and three.

    Ch. XVII · 2 Stat. 208 · March 2, 1803 · Original text

74. An Act in addition to the act, intituled “An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels of the United States,” and to the act, intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.”

    Ch. XVIII · 2 Stat. 209 · March 2, 1803 · Original text

75. An Act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and three.

    Ch. XIX · 2 Stat. 210 · March 2, 1803 · Original text

76. An Act to alter the time of holding the court of the United States in Kentucky district.

    Ch. XXXIII · 2 Stat. 242 · March 2, 1803 · Original text

77. An Act for the relief of Moses White.

    Ch. XXII · 6 Stat. 50 · March 2, 1803 · Private law · Original text

78. An Act more effectually to provide for the organization of the Militia of the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XX · 2 Stat. 215 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

79. An act in addition to, and in modification if, the propositions contained in the act intituled “An act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, to form a Constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal fooling with the original States, and for other purposes.”

    Ch. XXI · 2 Stat. 225 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

80. An Act concerning the insurance of buildings, goods and furniture, in the county of Alexandria, in the territory of Columbia.

    Ch. XXIII · 2 Stat. 227 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

81. An Act making appropriations for the Military establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and three.

    Ch. XXIV · 2 Stat. 227 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

82. An Act for erecting a Lighthouse at the entrance of Penobscot Bay, or any other place in its vicinity, that may be deemed preferable by the Secretary of the Treasury.

    Ch. XXV · 2 Stat. 228 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

83. An Act to make Beaufort and Passamaquoddy, ports of entry and delivery; to make Easton and Tiverton, ports if delivery; and to authorize the establishment of a new collection district on Lake Ontario.

    Ch. XXVI · 2 Stat. 228 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

84. An Act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee.

    Ch. XXVII · 2 Stat. 229 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

85. An Act concerning the Salt Springs on the waters of the Wabash river.

    Ch. XXVIII · 2 Stat. 235 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

86. An Act concerning the City of Washington.

    Ch. XXIX · 2 Stat. 235 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

87. An Act to revive and continue in force, an act in addition to an act intituled “An act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for Military Services and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen,” and for other purposes.

    Ch. XXX · 2 Stat. 236 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

88. An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors within the District of Columbia.

    Ch. XXXI · 2 Stat. 237 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

89. An Act directing a detachment from the Militia of the United Stales, and for erecting certain Arsenals.

    Ch. XXXII · 2 Stat. 241 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

90. An Act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress.

    Ch. XXXIV · 2 Stat. 242 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

91. An Act in addition to the act intituled “An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia.”

    Ch. XXXV · 2 Stat. 242 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

92. An Act to prolong the continuance of the Mint at Philadelphia.

    Ch. XXXVI · 2 Stat. 242 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

93. An Act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the Revolutionary war.

    Ch. XXXVII · 2 Stat. 242 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

94. An Act authorizing the transfer of the duties of Supervisor to any other office.

    Ch. XXXIX · 2 Stat. 243 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

95. An Act in addition to an act intituled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.”

    Ch. XL · 2 Stat. 244 · March 3, 1803 · Original text

96. An Act for the relief of Joshua Harvey, and others.

    Ch. XXXVIII · 6 Stat. 50 · March 3, 1803 · Private law · Original text