United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress

by United States Congress

1st Session

Public Laws

THE

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the seventh day of December, 1835, and ended July 4, 1836.

Andrew Jackson, President; Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

	Chapter	Title	Date
1	Chapter I.	An Act making appropriations for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians.	Jan. 14, 1836
2	Chapter II.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Jan. 19, 1836
3	Chapter III.	An Act making an additional appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians.	Jan. 29, 1836
4	Chapter IV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 9, 1836
5	Chapter V.	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.	Feb. 9, 1836
6	Chapter VI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 9, 1836
7	Chapter VII.	An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	Feb. 11, 1836
8	Chapter VIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
9	Chapter IX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
10	Chapter X.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
11	Chapter XI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
12	Chapter XII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
13	Chapter XIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
14	Chapter XIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
15	Chapter XV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
16	Chapter XVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
17	Chapter XVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
18	Chapter XVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
19	Chapter XIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
20	Chapter XX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
21	Chapter XXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
22	Chapter XXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
23	Chapter XXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
24	Chapter XXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
25	Chapter XXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
26	Chapter XXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
27	Chapter XXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
28	Chapter XXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
29	Chapter XXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
30	Chapter XXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
31	Chapter XXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
32	Chapter XXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
33	Chapter XXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
34	Chapter XXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
35	Chapter XXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
36	Chapter XXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
37	Chapter XXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
38	Chapter XXXVIII.	An Act to incorporate a fire insurance company, in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. See also Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
39	Chapter XXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 17, 1836
40	Chapter XL.	An Act to extend the charters of the Bank of Columbia in Georgetown, and the Bank of Alexandria in the city of Alexandria.	Feb. 25, 1836
41	Chapter XLI.	An Act authorizing a special term of the Court of Appeals, for the Territory of Florida, and for other purposes.	Feb. 25, 1836
42	Chapter XLII.	An Act for the relief of the sufferers by the fire in the city of New York.	March 19, 1836
43	Chapter XLIII.	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.	March 19, 1836
44	Chapter XLIV.	An Act to provide for the payment of volunteers and militia corps, in the service of the United States.	March 19, 1836
45	Chapter XLV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 22, 1836
46	Chapter XLVI.	An Act making a further appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida.	April 1, 1836
47	Chapter XLVII.	An Act amendatory of “the act for the relief of the sufferers by fire in the city of New York,” passed March 19th, 1836.	April 5, 1836
48	Chapter XLVIII.	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.”	April 9, 1836
49	Chapter XLIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	April 9, 1836
50	Chapter L.	An Act to repeal so much of the act entitled “An act transferring the duties of Commissioner of Loans to the Bank of the United States, and abolishing the office of Commissioner of Loans,” as requires the Bank of the United States to perform the duties of Commissioner of Loans for the several States.	April 11, 1836
51	Chapter LI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	April 11, 1836
52	Chapter LII.	An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	April 14, 1836
53	Chapter LIII.	An Act to carry into effect the treaties concluded by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians on the twentieth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and the twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.	April 20, 1836
54	Chapter LIV.	An Act establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin.	April 20, 1836
55	Chapter LV.	An Act in addition to the act of the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled “An act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be employed in the mackerel fishery.”	April 20, 1836
56	Chapter LVI.	An Act to prescribe the mode of paying pensions heretofore granted by the United States.	April 20, 1836
57	Chapter LVII.	An Act making a further appropriation for suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida.	April 29, 1836
58	Chapter LVIII.	An Act to authorize the construction of a rail-road, through lands of the United States in Springfield, Massachusetts.	April 29, 1836
59	Chapter LIX.	An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	May 9, 1836
60	Chapter LX.	An Act providing for the salaries of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes.	May 9, 1836
61	Chapter LXI.	An Act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	May 14, 1836
62	Chapter LXII.	An Act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	May 14, 1836
63	Chapter LXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
64	Chapter LXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
65	Chapter LXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
66	Chapter LXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
67	Chapter LXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
68	Chapter LXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
69	Chapter LXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
70	Chapter LXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
71	Chapter LXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
72	Chapter LXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
73	Chapter LXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
74	Chapter LXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
75	Chapter LXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 14, 1836
76	Chapter LXXVI.	An Act to give effect to patents for public lands issues in the names of deceased persons.	May 20, 1836
77	Chapter LXXVII.	An Act explanatory of the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes.”	May 20, 1836
78	Chapter LXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 20, 1836
79	Chapter LXXIX.	An Act for the relief of the several corporate cities of the District of Columbia.	May 20, 1836
80	Chapter LXXX.	An Act authorizing the President of the United States to accept the service of volunteers, and to raise an additional regiment of dragoons or mounted riflemen.	May 23, 1836
81	Chapter LXXXI.	An Act making appropriation for the suppression of hostilities by the Creek Indians.	May 23, 1836
82	Chapter LXXXII.	An Act to provide for the payment of expenses incurred and supplies furnished on account of the militia or volunteers received into the service of the United States for the defence of Florida.	May 28, 1836
83	Chapter LXXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	May 28, 1836
84	Chapter LXXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 7, 1836
85	Chapter LXXXV.	An Act to provide for the payment of certain pensioners in the States of Virginia and Ohio.	June 7, 1836
86	Chapter LXXXVI.	An Act to extend the western boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri river.	June 7, 1836
87	Chapter LXXXVII.	An Act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and Spain.	June 7, 1836
88	Chapter LXXXVIII.	An Act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, for Indian annuities, and other similar objects, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	June 14, 1836
89	Chapter LXXXIX.	An Act to establish an arsenal of construction in the State of North Carolina.	June 14, 1836
90	Chapter XC.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 14, 1836
91	Chapter XCI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 14, 1836
92	Chapter XCII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 14, 1836
93	Chapter XCIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 14, 1836
94	Chapter XCIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 14, 1836
95	Chapter XCV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 14, 1836
96	Chapter XCVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 14, 1836
97	Chapter XCVII.	An Act repealing the fourteenth section of the “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States,” approved, April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixteen.	June 15, 1836
98	Chapter XCVIII.	An Act to divide the Green Bay land district in Michigan, and for other purposes.	June 15, 1836
99	Chapter XCIX.	An Act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed.	June 15, 1836
100	Chapter C.	An Act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the same, and for other purposes.	June 15, 1836
101	Chapter CI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
102	Chapter CII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
103	Chapter CIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
104	Chapter CIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
105	Chapter CV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
106	Chapter CVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
107	Chapter CVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
108	Chapter CVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
109	Chapter CIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
110	Chapter CX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
111	Chapter CXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
112	Chapter CXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
113	Chapter CXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
114	Chapter CXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 15, 1836
115	Chapter CXV.	An Act to regulate the deposites of the public money.	June 23, 1836
116	Chapter CXVI.	An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to act as the agent of the United States in all matters relating to their stock in the Bank of the United States.	June 23, 1836
117	Chapter CXVII.	An Act to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio.	June 23, 1836
118	Chapter CXVIII.	An Act to remove the Land Office from Clinton to Jackson, in the State of Mississippi.	June 23, 1836
119	Chapter CXIX.	An Act to amend an act to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba and Black Warrior river.	June 23, 1836
120	Chapter CXX.	An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes.”	June 23, 1836
121	Chapter CXXI.	An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union on certain conditions.”	June 23, 1836
122	Chapter CXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
123	Chapter CXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
124	Chapter CXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
125	Chapter CXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
126	Chapter CXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
127	Chapter CXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
128	Chapter CXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
129	Chapter CXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
130	Chapter CXXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
131	Chapter CXXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
132	Chapter CXXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
133	Chapter CXXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
134	Chapter CXXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
135	Chapter CXXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
136	Chapter CXXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
137	Chapter CXXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
138	Chapter CXXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
139	Chapter CXXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
140	Chapter CXL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 23, 1836
141	Chapter CXLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
142	Chapter CXLII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
143	Chapter CXLIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
144	Chapter CXLIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
145	Chapter CXLV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
146	Chapter CXLVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
147	Chapter CXLVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
148	Chapter CXLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
149	Chapter CXLIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
150	Chapter CL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
151	Chapter CLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
152	Chapter CLII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
153	Chapter CLIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
154	Chapter CLIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
155	Chapter CLV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
156	Chapter CLVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
157	Chapter CLVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
158	Chapter CLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
159	Chapter CLIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
160	Chapter CLX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
161	Chapter CLXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
162	Chapter CLXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
163	Chapter CLXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
164	Chapter CLXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
165	Chapter CLXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
166	Chapter CLXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
167	Chapter CLXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
168	Chapter CLXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
169	Chapter CLXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
170	Chapter CLXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
171	Chapter CLXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
172	Chapter CLXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
173	Chapter CLXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
174	Chapter CLXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
175	Chapter CLXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
176	Chapter CLXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
177	Chapter CLXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
178	Chapter CLXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
179	Chapter CLXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
180	Chapter CLXXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
181	Chapter CLXXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
182	Chapter CLXXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
183	Chapter CLXXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
184	Chapter CLXXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
185	Chapter CLXXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
186	Chapter CLXXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
187	Chapter CLXXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
188	Chapter CLXXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
189	Chapter CLXXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
190	Chapter CXC.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
191	Chapter CXCI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
192	Chapter CXCII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
193	Chapter CXCIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
194	Chapter CXCIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
195	Chapter CXCV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
196	Chapter CXCVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
197	Chapter CXCVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
198	Chapter CXCVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
199	Chapter CXCIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
200	Chapter CC.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
201	Chapter CCI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
202	Chapter CCII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
203	Chapter CCIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
204	Chapter CCIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
205	Chapter CCV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
206	Chapter CCVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
207	Chapter CCVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
208	Chapter CCVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
209	Chapter CCIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
210	Chapter CCX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
211	Chapter CCXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
212	Chapter CCXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
213	Chapter CCXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
214	Chapter CCXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
215	Chapter CCXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
216	Chapter CCXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
217	Chapter CCXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
218	Chapter CCXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
219	Chapter CCXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
220	Chapter CCXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
221	Chapter CCXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
222	Chapter CCXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
223	Chapter CCXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
224	Chapter CCXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
225	Chapter CCXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
226	Chapter CCXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
227	Chapter CCXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
228	Chapter CCXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
229	Chapter CCXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	June 28, 1836
230	Chapter CCXXX.	An Act to provide for the paying of certain pensioners of the United States, at Pulaski, in the State of Tennessee.	June 28, 1836
231	Chapter CCXXXI.	An Act to disapprove and annul certain acts of the Territorial Legislature of Florida, and for other purposes.	July 1, 1836
232	Chapter CCXXXII.	An Act to change the time of holding the district court of the United States for the western district of Virginia, holden at Clarksburg.	July 1, 1836
233	Chapter CCXXXIII.	An Act explanatory of an act entitled “An act to release from duty, iron prepared for, and actually laid on, railways and inclined planes.”	July 1, 1836
234	Chapter CCXXXIV.	An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Michigan.	July 1, 1836
235	Chapter CCXXXV.	An Act making appropriation for the payment of charges incurred for the support of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and for the support of said Penitentiary for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	July 1, 1836
236	Chapter CCXXXVI.	An Act to authorize the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, to sell the lands heretofore reserved for the benefit of the general seminary of learning in said Territory.	July 1, 1836
237	Chapter CCXXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
238	Chapter CCXXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
239	Chapter CCXXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
240	Chapter CCXL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
241	Chapter CCXLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
242	Chapter CCXLII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
243	Chapter CCXLIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
244	Chapter CCXLIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
245	Chapter CCXLV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
246	Chapter CCXLVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
247	Chapter CCXLVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
248	Chapter CCXLVIII.	An Act authorizing the Winnisimmet Company to lay out and make a way on lands of the United States, in Chelsea, in the State of Massachusetts.	July 1, 1836
249	Chapter CCXLIX.	An Act to authorize the Shenandoah Bridge Company, at Harper’s Ferry, to erect a bridge on the lands of the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry.	July 1, 1836
250	Chapter CCL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
251	Chapter CCLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 1, 1836
252	Chapter CCLII.	An Act to authorize and enable the President to assert and prosecute with effect, the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by James Smithson, late of London, deceased, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.	July 1, 1836
253	Chapter CCLIII.	An Act to regulate the compensation of certain officers of revenue cutters.	July 2, 1836
254	Chapter CCLIV.	An Act making appropriations for the suppression of Indian hostilities and for other purposes.	July 2, 1836
255	Chapter CCLV.	An Act to grant to the New Orleans and Nashville Rail-road Company, the right of way through the public lands of the United States.	July 2, 1836
256	Chapter CCLVI.	An Act to renew the gold medal struck and presented to General Morgan, by order of Congress, in honor of the battle of the Cowpens.	July 2, 1836
257	Chapter CCLVII.	An Act to repair and extend the United States Arsenal at Charleston, South Carolina.	July 2, 1836
258	Chapter CCLVIII.	An Act to provide for the better protection of the western frontier.	July 2, 1836
259	Chapter CCLIX.	An Act making additional appropriations for the Delaware breakwater, and for certain harbors, and removing obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.	July 2, 1836
260	Chapter CCLX.	An Act to extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.	July 2, 1836
261	Chapter CCLXI.	An Act regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other purposes.	July 2, 1836
262	Chapter CCLXII.	An Act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes.	July 2, 1836
263	Chapter CCLXIII.	An Act for the payment of certain companies of the militia of Missouri and Indiana, for services rendered against the Indians in eighteen hundred and thirty-two.	July 2, 1836
264	Chapter CCLXIV.	An act for the continuation of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.	July 2, 1836
265	Chapter CCLXV.	An Act making appropriations for the Military Academy of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six.	July 2, 1836
266	Chapter CCLXVI.	An Act to confirm the sales of public lands in certain cases.	July 2, 1836
267	Chapter CCLXVII.	An Act making further appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties.	July 2, 1836
268	Chapter CCLXVIII.	An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes.	July 2, 1836
269	Chapter CCLXIX.	An Act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the laying off a town on Bean river, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes,” approved fifth February, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine.	July 2, 1836
270	Chapter CCLXX.	An Act to change the organization of the Post Office Department, and to provide more effectually for the settlement of the accounts thereof.	July 2, 1836
271	Chapter CCLXXI.	An Act to establish certain post roads, and to alter and discontinue others, and for other purposes.	July 2, 1836
272	Chapter CCLXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
273	Chapter CCLXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
274	Chapter CCLXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
275	Chapter CCLXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
276	Chapter CCLXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
277	Chapter CCLXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
278	Chapter CCLXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
279	Chapter CCLXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
280	Chapter CCLXXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
281	Chapter CCLXXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
282	Chapter CCLXXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
283	Chapter CCLXXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
284	Chapter CCLXXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
285	Chapter CCLXXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
286	Chapter CCLXXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
287	Chapter CCLXXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
288	Chapter CCLXXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
289	Chapter CCLXXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
290	Chapter CCXC.	An Act to extend the privilege of franking letters and packages to Dolly P. Madison.	July 2, 1836
291	Chapter CCXCI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
292	Chapter CCXCII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
293	Chapter CCXCIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
294	Chapter CCXCIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
295	Chapter CCXCV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
296	Chapter CCXCVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
297	Chapter CCXCVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
298	Chapter CCXCVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
299	Chapter CCXCIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
300	Chapter CCC.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
301	Chapter CCCI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
302	Chapter CCCII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
303	Chapter CCCIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
304	Chapter CCCIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
305	Chapter CCCV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
306	Chapter CCCVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
307	Chapter CCCVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
308	Chapter CCCVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
309	Chapter CCCIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
310	Chapter CCCX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
311	Chapter CCCXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
312	Chapter CCCXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
313	Chapter CCCXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
314	Chapter CCCXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
315	Chapter CCCXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
316	Chapter CCCXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
317	Chapter CCCXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
318	Chapter CCCXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
319	Chapter CCCXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
320	Chapter CCCXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
321	Chapter CCCXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
322	Chapter CCCXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
323	Chapter CCCXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
324	Chapter CCCXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
325	Chapter CCCXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
326	Chapter CCCXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
327	Chapter CCCXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
328	Chapter CCCXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
329	Chapter CCCXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
330	Chapter CCCXXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
331	Chapter CCCXXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
332	Chapter CCCXXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
333	Chapter CCCXXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
334	Chapter CCCXXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
335	Chapter CCCXXXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
336	Chapter CCCXXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
337	Chapter CCCXXXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
338	Chapter CCCXXXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
339	Chapter CCCXXXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
340	Chapter CCCXL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
341	Chapter CCCXLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
342	Chapter CCCXLII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
343	Chapter CCCXLIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
344	Chapter CCCXLIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
345	Chapter CCCXLV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
346	Chapter CCCXLVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
347	Chapter CCCXLVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
348	Chapter CCCXLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
349	Chapter CCCXLIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
350	Chapter CCCL.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
351	Chapter CCCLI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 2, 1836
352	Chapter CCCLII.	An Act to reorganize the General Land Office.	July 4, 1836
353	Chapter CCCLIII.	An Act in addition to the act entitled “An act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes.	July 4, 1836
354	Chapter CCCLIV.	An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to regulate the deposites of the public money,” passed twenty-third [of] June eighteen hundred and thirty-six.	July 4, 1836
355	Chapter CCCLV.	An Act to carry into effect, in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States in regard to the five per cent. fund, and the school reservations.	July 4, 1836
356	Chapter CCCLVI.	An Act to authorize the appointment of additional Paymasters, and for other purposes.	July 4, 1836
357	Chapter CCCLVII.	An Act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose.	July 4, 1836
358	Chapter CCCLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 4, 1836
359	Chapter CCCLIX.	An Act to suspend the discriminating duties upon goods imported in vessels of Portugal, and to reduce the duties on wines.	July 4, 1836
360	Chapter CCCLX.	An act for the purchase of certain rights or inventions of William H. Bell, of North Carolina.	July 4, 1836
361	Chapter CCCLXI.	An Act confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.	July 4, 1836
362	Chapter CCCLXII.	An Act granting half pay to widows or orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes.	July 4, 1836
363	Chapter CCCLXIII.	An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes.	July 4, 1836
364	Chapter CCCLXIV.	An Act to repeal so much of the act of March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, as respects the issuing of certificates on the importation of wines.	July 4, 1836
365	Chapter CCCLXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 4, 1836
366	Chapter CCCLXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 4, 1836
367	Chapter CCCLXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	July 4, 1836

Public Resolutions

Resolution	Date
No. 1. Resolution authorizing the President to furnish rations to certain inhabitants of Florida.	Feb. 1, 1836
No. 2. Resolution to establish certain post roads in Missouri and Arkansas.	Mar. 19, 1836
No. 3. Resolution to suspend the sale of a part of the public lands acquired by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek.	May 9, 1836
No. 4. A Resolution to change the time of making contracts for the transportation of the mail.	May 14, 1836
No. 5. A Resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to receive additional evidence in support of the claims of Massachusetts and other States of the United States, for disbursements, services, &c. during the late war.	May 14, 1836
No. 6. A Resolution authorizing the repair of the bridge across the river Potomac, at Washington.	June 7, 1836
No. 7. A Resolution providing for the distribution of weights and measures.	June 14, 1836
No. 8. A Resolution to furnish the Rotundo with paintings.	June 14, 1836
No. 9. A Resolution referring the petition and papers of the heirs of Robert Fulton, deceased, to the Secretary of the Navy, to report thereon to Congress.	June 23, 1836
No. 10. A resolution to apply the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Potomac bridge to the improvement of Maryland avenue leading thereto, and for other purposes.	July 1, 1836

2nd Session

Public Laws

THE

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH 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 5th day of December, 1836, and ended the 3d day of March, 1837.

Andrew Jackson, President; Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

	Chapter	Title	Date
1	Chapter I.	An Act to regulate, in certain cases, the disposition of the proceeds of lands ceded by Indian tribes to the United States.	Jan. 9, 1837
2	Chapter II.	An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities.	Jan. 9, 1837
3	Chapter III.	An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.”	Jan. 18, 1837
4	Chapter IV.	An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.	Jan. 18, 1837
5	Chapter V.	An Act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States.	Jan. 18, 1837
6	Chapter VI.	An Act to admit the State of Michigan into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original States.	Jan. 26, 1837
7	Chapter VII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Jan. 31, 1837
8	Chapter VIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Jan. 31, 1837
9	Chapter IX.	An Act to authorize certain rail-roads companies to construct rail-roads through the public lands in the Territory of Florida.	Jan. 31, 1837
10	Chapter X.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 3, 1837
11	Chapter XI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	Feb. 9, 1837
12	Chapter XII.	An Act to extend the limits of the Port of New Orleans.	Feb. 9, 1837
13	Chapter XIII.	An Act to change the name of the Collection District of Dighton, in the State of Massachusetts, to Fall River, and for other purposes.	Feb. 13, 1837
14	Chapter XIV.	An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to establish branches of the mint of the United States,” passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.	Feb. 13, 1837
15	Chapter XV.	An Act to suspend certain provisoes of “An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,” approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.	March 1, 1837
16	Chapter XVI.	An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States, for the district of Arkansas.	March 1, 1837
17	Chapter XVII.	An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and for other purposes.	March 1, 1837
18	Chapter XVIII.	An Act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.	March 2, 1837
19	Chapter XIX.	An Act respecting discriminating duties upon Dutch and Belgian vessels and their cargoes.	March 2, 1837
20	Chapter XX.	An Act making an additional appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.	March 2, 1837
21	Chapter XXI.	An Act to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of the enlistment of seamen.	March 2, 1837
22	Chapter XXII.	An Act concerning Pilots.	March 2, 1837
23	Chapter XXIII.	An Act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States.	March 2, 1837
24	Chapter XXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 2, 1837
25	Chapter XXV.	An Act to provide for the adjustment of title and final disposition of the four reserved sections in the tract of country allotted to the Tombecbee Association for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive.	March 2, 1837
26	Chapter XXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 2, 1837
27	Chapter XXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 2, 1837
28	Chapter XXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 2, 1837
29	Chapter XXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 2, 1837
30	Chapter XXX.	An Act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.	March 3, 1837
31	Chapter XXXI.	An Act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.	March 3, 1837
32	Chapter XXXII.	An Act to change the titles of certain officers in the navy.	March 3, 1837
33	Chapter XXXIII.	An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.	March 3, 1837
34	Chapter XXXIV.	An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.”	March 3, 1837
35	Chapter XXXV.	An Act to authorize the proper officers of the Treasury Department to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of unavailable funds standing to his debit on the books of the Treasury, to transfer the amount of the debit of banks and individuals indebted for the same, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise and settle said claims.	March 3, 1837
36	Chapter XXXVI.	An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, and Mineral Point, in the county of Iowa, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes,” approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.	March 3, 1837
37	Chapter XXXVII.	An Act to continue in force for a limited time the act entitled “An act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and Spain.”	March 3, 1837
38	Chapter XXXVIII.	An Act for the more equitable administration of the Navy Pension Fund.”	March 3, 1837
39	Chapter XXXIX.	An Act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty with the Choctaw Indians.	March 3, 1837
40	Chapter XL.	An Act making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and dolphins, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.	March 3, 1837
41	Chapter XLI.	An Act to authorize and sanction the sales of reserved, provided for Creek Indians in the treaty of March twenty-four, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, in certain cases, and for other purposes.	March 3, 1837
42	Chapter XLII.	An Act explanatory of the act entitled An act granting half-pay to widows and orphans where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes.	March 3, 1837
43	Chapter XLIII.	An Act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions.	March 3, 1837
44	Chapter XLIV.	An Act to provide for certain harbors, and for the removal of obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.	March 3, 1837
45	Chapter XLV.	An Act in addition to the act to promote the progress of science and useful arts.	March 3, 1837
46	Chapter XLVI.	An Act to provide for continuing the construction, and for the repair of certain roads, and for other purposes, during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.	March 3, 1837
47	Chapter XLVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
48	Chapter XLVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
49	Chapter XLIX.	An Act to grant the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company the right of way through the public lands of the United States.	March 3, 1837
50	Chapter L.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
51	Chapter LI.	An Act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.	March 3, 1837
52	Chapter LII.	An Act to authorize the New Orleans and Carrolton Railroad Company to construct a railroad from Carrolton to the town of Bayou Sura, in the State of Louisiana.	March 3, 1837
53	Chapter LIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
54	Chapter LIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
55	Chapter LV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
56	Chapter LVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
57	Chapter LVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
58	Chapter LVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
59	Chapter LIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
60	Chapter LX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
61	Chapter LXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
62	Chapter LXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
63	Chapter LXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
64	Chapter LXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
65	Chapter LXV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
66	Chapter LXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
67	Chapter LXVII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
68	Chapter LXVIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
69	Chapter LXIX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
70	Chapter LXX.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
71	Chapter LXXI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
72	Chapter LXXII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
73	Chapter LXXIII.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
74	Chapter LXXIV.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
75	Chapter LXXV.	An Act to give the approval and confirmation of Congress to three several acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin incorporating banks.	March 3, 1837
76	Chapter LXXVI.	See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837

Public Resolutions

Resolution	Date
No. 1. A Resolution to enable the Postmaster General more readily to change the commencement of the contract year in the Post Office Department.	March 2, 1837
No. 2. A Resolution granting a pension to Susan Decatur, widow of the late Stephen Decatur. See also Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
No. 3. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
No. 4. Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to correct a clerical error in the award of the Commissioners under the treaty with France of eighteen hundred and thirty-one. See also Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6.	March 3, 1837
No. 5. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive from the Bank of the United States, under the Pennsylvania charter, payment for the stock of the United States, in the late Bank of the United States.	March 3, 1837