Laird Captain R., late executor of, to be paid the amount due,
deceased, at the time of his decease
Lands ceded to the United States by confederated tribes of Sac
and Fox Indians, [Appendix]

to the United States by the Miami tribe of Indians,
[Appendix]

to the United States by the Sacs and Foxes, [Ap

pendix]

to the United States by the Yankton tribe of Sioux,

[Appendix]

to the United States by the Sacs and Foxes of Mis-
souri, [Appendix]

to the United States by the Iowa Indians, [Appendix]
to the United States by the first Christian and Or-
chard parties of Oneida Indians, [Appendix]
to the United States by the Chippewa Nation of In-
dians, [Appendix]

to the United States by the Winnebago Indians,
[Appendix]

to the United States by the Sioux Nation of Indians,
[Appendix]

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15

20

27

29

13

32

34

39

43

45:

95.

to the United States by the Saganaw tribe of the
Chippewa Indians, [Appendix]

Land office, General, Commissioner of, to ascertain the quantity of
land conveyed by grant to A. Shane and A. Godfroy
Land, one hundred and sixty acres of, granted for ten consecutive
years' service in the army of the United States
Lands public of the United States, near the Wabash and Erie ca-

nals in the State of Ohio, sale of anthorized
to sell for not less than two dollars and fifty cents
per acre

after expiration of time fixed for sale of any lands remaining unsold, to be subject to private entry Lands bounty, grant of to officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment, their heirs and assigns until 10th of August, 1840

Land office for the northwestern land district of Louisiana;

for the western district of Louisiana, where esta-
blished

Land offices additional, in Wisconsin, west of the Mississippi, esta

blishment of

for Louisiana and Arkansas establish-
ment of, at Natchitoches

Land, appropriated, for seminary at Wisconsin

reservation of, made to T. Harrison under treaties with the
Cherokees, right, title, and interest to all, relinquished
to J. Wellborn, jr. and W. Wellborn, their heirs and as-
signs

Lansing Abraham, act for the relief of

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107

107

107

107

146

147

71

146

75

25

14

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13

83

109

110

199

110

72

156

156

156

153

Lawler T. J., act for the relief of

Laws, regulating the district courts of East and West Tennessee, to regulate the district court established in western district of Tennessee

Legislative council of, Territory of Florida of

vested with power to apportion the representa-
tion of each house

Library Joint Committee on, authorized to print and publish the
Madison papers

at West Point, appropriation for increase of

Line boundary between State of Michigan and Territory of Wisconsin, survey of

Light-houses, old, at Oswego, Dunkirk, and Cleveland, disconti

nuance of

old, sides of to be sold

examinations for, on the coast between the mouths of
the Mississippi and Sabine rivers

&c. &c., more certain information on, to be laid be-
fore Congress

officers duly authorized by the Secretary of the
Treasury, to examine and report whether the con-
struction of, in various states and territories of the
Union, be expedient

places designated for, to be carefully examined

Loomis Leonard, pension granted to
Louisiana, post routes established in
Longstreet and Hard, Postmaster General to settle the claims of
Ludlow's line, no locations under the act for extending the time
for locating the Virginia military land warrant, to be made on
any lands on the west side of

M.

153-155

156

92

135

49

Mackall B. H.; act for relief of

Madison papers; appropriation for printing and publishing
Mail U. S.; appropriation for transportation of
Maine; post routes established in

Manslaughter crime of, chargeable on every captain, engineer, pilot,
or other person employed on board a boat propelled, in whole or
in part, by steam, in which life is lost by inattention to, or negli-
gence in, their respective duties

Maryland, State of, assent of Congress to certain acts of, continued in force to the year 1843

Marshall Philip; act for relief of

Maryland; post routes established in

Marshal; for the Northern District of the State of Mississippi, appointment of

for the District Court of the United States, for the Western
District of Tennessee, appointment of provided for
for Territory of Iowa, appointment of

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Marshall William ; compensation of, as commissioner

Maxwell D. H., Doctor; settlement of claim of, as surgeon and phy

sician of the late war

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26

Massachusetts; post routes established in

McCarty John; compensation to, for a house burnt

McDonald Hugh; act for the relief of

McMahon James; act for the relief of

McGibboney Patrick; act for the relief of

120

7

44

47

75

McClellan John; pension granted to

McClelland John; half pay due on account of the revolutionary

McFarland James; act for the relief of

Medical Society of the District of Columbia, incorporation of members of to hold two stated meetings during the

year

authorized to elect a board of examiners

to make regulations as to admission of persons
to practice

not to fix a tariff of fees for medical attendance

Medicine, practitioners of, in District of Columbia to possess a license or diploma

Meldrum W.; balance due the heirs of, appropriation for

Merrill Moses; act for relief of

Men enlisted, height of, not fixed by law

Miller to be furnished to the Miami tribe of Indians in place of a gunsmith, [Appendix]

Mills and millers to be furnished the Sac and Fox Indians, [Ap-
pendix]

Miller to be furnished the Winnebago Indians, [Appendix]
Miller Francis; pension granted to

Military Establishment of the United States; increase of

Academy; appropriation for support of

Michigan lake, waters of to be united with those of Rock river
Michigan; post routes established in

16

21

41

175

100

110

76

139

Miles S. M.; act for the relief of

13

Milligan S.; benefit of drawback on merchandise allowed to
Milwaukee and Rock river canal to be commenced within three

Moore Allen R.; compensation to, for the use of his store by U. S. troops

Mooers B.; act for the relief of

Morgan Alexander G.; act for the relief of

Morfit Henry, deceased; act for the relief of legal representatives of Morse Andrew; patent fog bell manufactured by, merits of to be ascertained

Murphy S.; payment to for services in the Arch street prison, Philadelphia, in 1815

15

N.

Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, appropriation for
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, appropriation for
Brooklyn, appropriation for

Pensacola, appropriation for

Navigators distressed, vessels to cruise upon the coast in winter for

the relief of

New Hampshire, post-routes established in
New Jersey, post-routes established in
New York, post-routes established in

State of, to be reimbursed in such amount as would
have been due to the volunteers and militia called
into service of that State, in the end of 1837 and
beginning of 1838, if they had been called into the
service of the United States

terms of the Circuit and District Court for the Northern
District of, increased and regulated

157

city of, duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at
the late conflagration of, remission of

148

Nibert Joseph, act for relief of the heirs of

23

North Carolina, post-routes established in

124

Notes, none less than five dollars to be lawful currency in the District of Columbia, after the 10th of April, 1839

180

0.

O'Bannon Presley N. act for the relief of

Officers, any corporation of, in the District of Columbia, violating
the provisions of the act limiting the denomination of
notes to be issued by said corporations to five dollars, to
be liable to indictment

taken from the line and transferred to the staff, pay, rank,
and promotion of

quartermaster's department of, pay of, rank of
all commissioned, of the line or staff, to receive an ad-
ditional ration for every five service
not to be separated from their regiments to engage in civil
pursuits, or in the service of incorporated companies

Ohio, post-routes established in

years

interest of United States to a certain road in, ceded to

Oliver John M. act for relief of

Ordnance Department, increase of, authorized

twelve lieutenants to be added and trans-
ferred to

Orphans' Court of Washington County, District of Columbia, addi-
tional judge of, appointment of -

powers of, to be vested in one judge after the death
of the present judge of -

Orphan's Court of A exandria County, in the District of Columbia, compensation of judge of

Owners, steam-boats of, to make a new enrollment of their vessel or vessels, and take out a new license for the

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not to transport passengers or goods, &c.,
without a new license

failing to cause the inspection of their boat,
and to deliver the certificate thereof to
the officer authorized to receive it, to
forfeit license

of 200 tons, subjected to a penalty for not
carrying two long boats

170

171

P.

Paine Raphael and Arnold Elias, act amending the act for the
relief of
Palmyra, State of Missouri, public lands inhabited in the district of,
to be subject to the rights of pre-emption
Patent to issue to H. Perrine, whenever any section of land in the

tract granted to him, shall be occupied by a bona fide set-
tler engaged in the cultivation of valuable tropical plants
to issue to purchasers of lands, their heirs or legal repre-
sentatives, such purchasers claiming under locations,
sales, or transfers made to them by the late Governor of
Arkansas

to issue under certain provisions to James Smith, a British
subject, for his invention of certain improvements in the
self-acting mule for spinning cotton

to the last bona fide transferree of reservations, under the
treaty between the United States and the Creek Indians
of 24th March, 1832, issue of authorized

Patents, under the act for extending the time for the location of the
Virginia military land warrants, none to issue for more
land than the rank or term of service of the officer o
soldier, to whom said warrant if sued, would have en-
titled him to, under the laws of Virginia
under the treaty with the Miami tribe of Indians to issue
to certain persons thereon named, [Appendix]
lands of in State of Arkansas, sold under the belief that
such lands were in the market, issue of, authorized
Patent office, commissioner of, to issue patents to Angier March
Perkins and John Howard Kyan
Patrick Mary A. act for the relief of

Pattison J., payment to, for property destroyed by the British in

1814

93

84

166

4

6

100

108

10

Patterson Daniel T., compensation to, for extraordinary expenses incurred by him when in command of United States squadron in the Mediterranean.