ACTS OF THE TWELFTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of November,, 1812, and ended on the third day of March, 1813.
James Madison, President; William H. Crawford, President of the Senate pro tempore; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Chapter I.—An act to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage.
The message of the President and documents to be transmitted free of postage.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the members of Congress, the secretary of the Senate, and clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby respectively authorized to transmit, free of postage, the message of the President of the United States, of the fourth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and the documents accompanying the same, printed by order of the Senate, and by order of the House of Representatives, to any post-office within the United States and territories thereof, to which they may direct, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, November 12, 1812.
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[Obsolete.]
Chap. II.—An Act further to prolong the continuance of the Mint at Philadelphia.
The mint continued in Philadelphia until March 4, 1813.
Act of March 3, 1801, ch. 21, revived.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, entitled “An act concerning the mint,” approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and one, is hereby revived and continued in force and operation, for the further term of five years, after the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
Approved, December 2, 1812.
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Chap. III.—An Act making an appropriation to defray expenses incurred, or to be incurred, under an act entitled “An act to authorize a detachment from the militia of the United States;” and the act, entitled “An act for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for those purposes, passed the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five.”
Act of April 10, 1812, ch. 55.
Act of Feb. 28, 1795, ch. 36.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one million of dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated towards defraying any
