An act supplementary to the several acts re-
lative to direct taxes and internal duties,
April 20, 1818, (obsolete,)
441
An act extending the time allowed for the re-
demption of land sold for direct taxes in
certain cases, May 11, 1820, (expired,) 575
The time allowed for the redemption of lands
sold for direct taxes extended, February 4,
1822,
649
Notes of the acts passed relating to direct
taxes,
649
The time for the redemption of land sold for
direct taxes extended for two years, March
3, 1823, (expired,) -
- 776

Disbursement of Public Money.

No advance of public money to be made, ex-
cept under the special direction of the Pre-
sident of the United States,
Officers and agents to account quarter-yearly,

723

723

723

Officers neglecting to account to be dismissed
from the public service,

The obligations of securities not to be impaired
by the dismission of the officer or agent, 724
Discriminating Duties.-See Duties.

Repeal of certain acts and parts of acts impos-
ing discriminating duties, March 3, 1815, 224
Discriminating duties paid on British vessels
from 17th August to 22d December to be
repaid,
377
Repeal of the discriminating duties on ves-
sels and goods of the Netherlands, April 20,
1818,
The act of April, 1818, chap. 105, relating to
discriminating duties extended to the vessels
of Prussia, Hamburg, and Bremen, March
3, 1819,
510
Repeal of certain acts and parts of acts relating
to discriminating duties repealed, - 510

464

42

Appeals from the Circuit Court of the District
of Columbia to the Supreme Court allowed,
if the matter in dispute is of the value of
1000 dollars, April 2, 1816,
Appeals in important cases allowed, when the

- 261

matter in dispute is 100 dollars, on petition
to a judge of the Supreme Court, - 261
The writ of error, in cases where an appeal
has been allowed on petition, to be a super-
sedeas,
261
The company incorporated for making certain
turnpike roads in the District of Columbia
may extend the road from the Eastern
Branch Bridge,
284
A code of laws for the District of Columbia to
be prepared, (obsolete,)
323

-

- 391

The Columbia Turnpike Road Company au-
thorized to extend the road,
Fees to notaries in the county of Washington,

Increase of the salaries of the judges of the
Circuit Court for the District of Columbia,
April 20, 1818,
- 457
Increase of allowance to the judges of the
Orphans' Court,
- 570
Alteration of the terms of the sessions of the
Circuit and District Court in the District
of Columbia, May 11, 1820,
576
An act to amend the act, entitled "An act to
alter the times of the session of the Circuit
and District Court in the District of Co-
lumbia," December 29, 1820,
611
The Circuit and District Courts in the county
of Washington to be accommodated in the
City Hall, and the appropriation for fitting
up rooms for the accommodation of the
court, &c., to be under the direction
of the superintendent of the public build-
ings,

Drawbacks on Merchandise.

Distribution of penalties and forfeitures, and
mitigation and remission thereof, - 739
Duties. See Discriminating Duties.

An act laying a duty on imported salt; grant-
ing a bounty on pickled fish exported, and
allowances to certain vessels employed in
the fisheries, July 29, 1813,
49
Duties on licenses to retailers of wines, spi-
rituous liquors and foreign merchandise, 72
An act to amend the act laying duties on
licenses to retailers of wines, spirituous
liquors, and foreign merchandise, April 18,
1814, (repealed,)
Physicians not obliged to take out licenses for
retailing spirits for their own prescriptions,

137

137

An act laying additional duties on goods,
wares, and merchandise manufactured with-
in the United States, January 18, 1815,
(repealed,)
180
Duties laid on household furniture, and on
gold and silver watches, January 18, 1815,
(repealed,)
- 186
Duties on gold, silver and plated ware, jewelry,
&c., manufactured within the United States,
February 27, 1815, (repealed,) - 217
Duties on imported salt continued, February 9,
1816, (expired,)

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254

Additional duties on all goods, wares, and mer-
chandise imported from any foreign port
or place continued, February 6, 1816, (ex-
pired,)
253
Additional duty of forty-two per cent. imposed
after June 30, 1816, (expired,) - 253
This act not to contravene any commercial
treaty or stipulation,
- 253
Repeal of the acts of January 18, 1815, chap.
22, and of February 21, 1815, chap. 61,
laying duties on merchandise, &c., 254
The acts imposing higher duties on goods im-
ported in British vessels no longer in force,
March 1, 1816,
Repeal of the duties on household furniture
and gold and silver watches, April 9, 1816,
264
The duties on spirits distilled within the United
States abolished, and other duties in lieu
of them imposed, April 19, 1816, (repealed,)

-

-

255

291

396
Provisions for the collection of duties already
accrued, -
- 401
Regulation of the importation of goods subject
to ad valorem duties,
- 433
An act to increase the duties on manufactured
articles imported into the United States,
April 20, 1818, (repealed,)
- 458
An act to increase the duties on iron bars and
bolts, iron in pigs, castings, nails, and alum,
April 20, 1818, (repealed,)
- 460
Part of the act of 1816, chap. 107, continued
until June 20, 1826, (expired,) - 461
Duties on British vessels, entered in 1815,
contrary to the provisions of the commercial
convention of July, 1815, with Great Bri-
- 465
tain, April 20, 1818, (repealed,)
An act providing for the deposit of wines and
distilled spirits in public warehouses, April
20, 1818, (obsolete,)
- 469

An act to regulate the duties on certain wines,
March 3, 1819, (repealed,)
- 515
Continuance of the act of April 20, 1818, chap.
74, for two years, April 18, 1820, - 563
Duties on the statue of George Washington
remitted to North Carolina,
543
Duties on goods at Castine, paid by Walter
Channing, to be repaid,
· 606
Manifests, verified by oath, of the cargo subject
to duty, of vessels from adjoining territories
to be delivered to the nearest collector,
March 2, 1821,
- 616
Duties to be collected or secured by the de-
puty-collector of the district contiguous to
the foreign territory,-
- 617
Penalties and forfeitures under this act, 617
Vessels of six hundred tons allowed twenty
days for unlading, March 3, 1821, -640
The duties on a sword presented to Captain
Thomas Macdonough remitted, -
- 662

Duties.
An act to provide for the collection of duties
on imports and tonnage in Florida, and for
other purposes, May 7, 1822,
684
An act supplementary to an act, and to amend
an act entitled "An act to regulate the col-
lection of duties on imports and tonnage,"
passed 2d March, 1799. March 1, 1823, 729
A true invoice of goods subject to duty to be
produced,
Oath of owner, importer, consignee, or agent,
729, 730
Goods not entered to be deposited in the public
warehouses, until the invoice is produced,

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729

731

732

Mode of estimating ad valorem duties,
Provisions for the entry of goods subject to ad
valorem duties, -
733, 734
Notes of the decisions of the Supreme Court
on an indictment for perjury in falsely tak-|
ing and swearing the owner's oath under
the fourth section of the act of March 1,
1823, chap. 19,
731

Duties on Carriages, &c.

Duties laid on carriages, &c., December 15,
1814, (repealed,)

Duties on Sales at Auction.

·

148

An act laying a duty on imported salt, grant-
ing a bounty on pickled fish exported, and
allowances to certain vessels employed in
the fisheries, July 29, 1813,
Regulations relating to allowances to vessels
employed in the fisheries, -

49

49

254

50
Notes of the acts of Congress relating to ships
and vessels, and persons employed in the
fisheries,
49
Decisions of the courts of the United States on
the acts relating to the fisheries, -
The bounty on pickled fish exported, and al-
lowances to fishing vessels continued,
February 9, 1816, (expired,)
Allowances to fishing vessels, &c., -
- 520
Notes of the decisions of the Circuit Court of
Massachusetts on the acts of July 28, 1813,
chap. 35, and the act of March 3, 1819,
chap. 88,
520
Regulation of the bounty to fishing vessels
which had been prevented by capture from
fishing,
- 416
An act in addition to and alteration of an act,
entitled "An act laying a duty on imported
salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish ex-
ported, and allowances to certain vessels
employed in the fisheries," March 3, 1819,520
Flag of the United States.

A star to be added for every new state,
Flags and Standards cuptured from the enemies of

the United States.

The Secretaries of War and of the Navy to
collect the captured flags, and they shall be
placed as designated by the President of the
United States, -
- 133

Floating Batteries,

Authorized to be built, &c., for the defence of
the harbours of the United States, (obso-
lete,)
104

Florida.

Resolution of January 15, 1811, relative to
taking possession of the Floridas, - 471
The President authorized to take possession
of the territory of Florida, east of Pearl river,
January 15, 1811,
471
The act of January 15, 1811, not to be published,
unless directed by the President, until after the
next session of Congress, March 3, 1811, 472
The President authorized to occupy West Flo-
rida, west of the Perdido, February 12,
1813,
472
The act authorizing the President of the United
States to take possession of East and West
Florida, and establish a temporary govern-
ment therein, March 3, 1819,
523
Notes of the acts passed relative to the terri-
tory of Florida,

Florida.

cluded at Washington on the twenty-second
day of February, 1819. March 3, 1821, 637
The President authorized to take possession of
Florida, and to remove the Spanish troops
according to the treaty,
637
Organization of the government of Florida, 638
Notes of the decisions of the Supreme Court
upon the treaty between the United States
and Spain of 22d February, 1819, 637
An act for the establishment of a territorial
government in Florida, March 30, 1822, 654
Organization of the government
654
Notes of the acts relating to the territory of
Florida,
654
The laws of the United States in force in
Florida,
- 657
An act concerning the commerce and naviga-
tion of Florida, March 30, 1822, - 660
An act to provide for the collection of duties
on imports and tonnage in Florida, May
7, 1822, -
684
Collectors and surveyors to be appointed, and
their compensation, -
684
An act to relieve the people of Florida from
the operation of certain ordinances, 685
An act to ascertain the claims and titles to
land within the territory of Florida, May 8,
1822,
Appointment of commissioners to examine
claims,
Organization and proceedings of the commis-
sioners,
709
Notes of the decisions of the courts of the
United States upon claims and titles to land
in the territory of Florida, -
An act to amend "An act for the establishment
of a territorial government in Florida," and
for other purposes, March 3, 1823, 750
East and West Florida to constitute the Ter-
ritory of Florida,
750
Organization of the government of Florida,

-

709

709

709

Frauds on the Government of the United States.
An act for the punishment of frauds committed
on the government of the United States,
March 3, 1823,
771
Forging or uttering forged papers to obtain
any sum of money from the United States,

-

-

772
Persons knowingly having fraudulent papers,
772
The courts of the several states not to be de-
prived of jurisdiction of such offences, 772
Gamble and Stansbury, Lieutenants.

A silver medal to be presented to their repre-
sentatives,
245

Gaines, Major-General.

Thanks of Congress for his gallant ser-
vices,
247
Gerry, Elbridge.

A monument over the tomb of Elbridge Gerry
to be erected at Washington,

Georgetown.

-

· 771

An act concerning streets in Georgetown, 1
Georgia.

Circuit Court in Georgia,

- 300
A sum of money, equal to certain Mississippi
stock, to be paid to the state of Georgia, 359
Representation in Congress according to the
fourth census,

651