LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS.
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Military Land Warrants. An act extending the time for issuing and locating military land warrants. (Obsolete.)March 21, 1808.
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Circuit and District Courts in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. An act to amend the act entitled “An act establishing Circuit Courts, and abridging the jurisdiction of the District Courts of the districts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio.”March 22, 1808.
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Militia of the United States. An act authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States. (Expired.)March 30, 1808.
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Lands of the United States. An act concerning the sale of the lands of the United States, and for other purposes.March 31, 1808.
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Mint. An act further to prolong the continuance of the mint at Philadelphia. (Expired.)April 1, 1808.
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Sale of Public Arms. An act authorizing the sale of public arms.April 2, 1808.
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Additional Military Force. An act to raise for a limited time an additional military force. (Obsolete.)April 12, 1808.
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Transmission of certain Documents free of Postage. An act to authorize the transportation of certain documents, by mail, free of postage. (Obsolete.)April 13, 1808.
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Preservation of Peace in the Ports and Harbours of the United States, &c. An act to continue in force, for a further time, an act entitled “An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbours of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction.” (Expired.)April 19, 1808.
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Assent of Congress to Acts of Maryland and Georgia. An act to revive and continue in force “An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia.” (Expired.)April 20, 1808.
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Public Contracts. An act concerning public contracts.April 21, 1808.
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Turnpike Company in the County of Alexandria. An act for the establishment of a turnpike company, in the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.April 21, 1808.
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Jurisdiction to State Judges in certain Cases, &c. An act to continue in force an act entitled “An act to extend jurisdiction in certain cases to state judges and state courts, and for other purposes.”April 21, 1808.
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Authority of the President to suspend the Embargo. An act to authorize the President of the United States, under certain conditions, to suspend the operation of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto. (Repealed.)April 22, 1808.
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Meeting of Congress. An act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress. (Obsolete.)April 22, 1808.
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Arming and Equipping the Militia. An act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States.April 23, 1808.
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Post-roads in Georgia and Ohio. An act to establish certain post-roads in the States of Georgia and Ohio. (Obsolete.)April 23, 1808.
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Appropriation for the Expenses of the Valuation of Houses, Lands, and the Enumeration of Slaves within the United States. An act making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the support of government during the present year, and making an appropriation for defraying the expenses incident to the valuation of houses and lands, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States. (Obsolete.)April 23, 1808.
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Pensions. An act concerning invalid pensioners.April 25, 1808.
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Authority to the President to exchange certain Lands, for other Lands more suitable for Fortification. An act to empower the President of the United States to exchange certain lands, for other lands more suitable for fortification.April 25, 1808.
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Appropriations for an additional Military Force. An act making appropriations for the support of an additional military force, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. (Obsolete.)April 25, 1808.
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Ports of Plymouth, in North Carolina, St. Mary’s, and Augusta. An act to make Plymouth, in North Carolina, a port of entry; to change the name of the district of Nanjemoy to that of St. Mary’s, and to make Augusta, in the district of Maine, a port of delivery.April 25, 1808.
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