THE

Public Statutes at Large

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM THE

ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN 1789, TO MARCH 3, 1845.

ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

WITH

REFERENCES TO THE MATTER OF EACH ACT AND TO THE SUBSEQUENT ACTS

ON THE SAME SUBJECT,

AND

COPIOUS NOTES OF THE DECISIONS

OF THE

Courts of the United States

CONSTRUING THOSE ACTS, AND UPON THE SUBJECTS OF THE LAWS.

WITH AN

INDEX TO THE CONTENTS OF EACH VOLUME,

AND A

FULL GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE WORK, IN THE CONCLUDING VOLUME.

TOGETHER WITH

The Declaration of Endependence, the Articles of Confederation, and

the Constitution of the United States;

AND ALSO,

TABLES, IN THE LAST VOLUME, CONTAINING LISTS OF THE ACTS RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,

IMPOSTS AND TONNAGE, THE PUBLIC LANDS, ETC.

EDITED BY

RICHARD PETERS, ESQ.,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

The rights and interest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which this work is printed, are hereby recognised,
acknowledged, and declared by the publishers, according to the provisions of the joint resolution of Congress, passed March 3, 1845.

VOL. V.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by

CHARLES C. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

LIST

OF THE

PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS,

CONTAINED IN VOLUME FIFTH.

Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress of the United States.

STATUTE I.-1836.

Hostilities with the Seminole Indians. An act making an appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians. Jan. 14, 1836..

Hostilities with the Seminole Indians. An act making an additional appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians. (Obsolete.) Jan. 29, 1836. Banks in the District of Columbia. An act to extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia to the first day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. (Expired.) Feb. 9, 1836....

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Appropriations for the support of the Government. An act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. (Obso lete.) Feb. 11, 1836.........

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Fire Insurance Company of Alexandria. An act to incorporate a fire insurance company in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. Feb. 17, 1836. 2 Banks in the District of Columbia. An act to extend the charters of the Bank of Columbia, in Georgetown, and the Bank of Alexandria, in the city of Alexandria. (Expired.) Feb. 25, 1836.

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Courts in Florida. An act authorizing a special term of the court of appeals for the Territory of
Florida, and for other purposes. Feb. 25, 1836.....
Relief of sufferers by fire in the city of New York. An act for the relief of the sufferers by the
fire in the city of New York. (Obsolete.) March 19, 1836.....

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Hostilities with the Seminole Indians. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer a part of the appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida, to the credit of subsistence. (Obsolete.) March 19, 1836. 6

Volunteers and militia corps in the service of the United States. An act to provide for the payment of volunteers and militia corps in the service of the United States. March 19, 1836. 7 Hostilities with the Seminole Indians. An act making a further appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida. (Obsolete.) April 1, 1836.

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Relief of sufferers by fire in the city of New York. An act amendatory of "the Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire in the city of New York," passed March 19th, 1836. (Obsolete.) April 5, 1836..

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Appropriations for the support of the Government. An act to suspend the operation of the second proviso, third section of "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five." (Expired.) April 9, 1836.

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