BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.
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 Independence, 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. I.
BOSTON:
CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN.
1845.
