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United States Statutes at Large, Volume 6
United States Congress
Private Acts of the Fourth Congress

The Fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797, during the last two years of George Washington's Presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. The Senate had a Federalist majority, and the House had a Democratic-Republican majority.

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1st Session

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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FOURTH CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the seventh day of December, 1795, and ended on the first day of June, 1796.

George Washington, President. John Adams, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Samuel Livermore, President of the Senate pro tempore from the 12th of May. Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of Representatives.


Chapter Title Date
Chapter III. An Act for the relief of Benjamin Strother. Feb. 26, 1796
Chapter VI. An Act for the relief of Israel Loring. March 10, 1796
Chapter IX. An Act for the relief of Joze Roiz Silva. March 23, 1796
Chapter XV. An Act authorizing and directing the Secretary of War, to place certain persons, therein named, on the pension-list. April 20, 1796
Chapter XXVIII. An Act to authorize Ebenezer Zane to locate certain lands in the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio. May 17, 1796
Chapter XLII. An Act for the relief of Sylvanus Bourne. May 30, 1796
Chapter LIV. An Act to indemnify the estate of the late Major-General Nathaniel Greene, for a certain bond entered into by him during the late war. June 1, 1796

2nd Session

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PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FOURTH CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, 1796, and ended on the third day of March, 1797.

George Washington, President; John Adams, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; William Bingham, President of the Senate pro tempore, from March 2, 1797; Jonathan Dayton, Speaker of the House of Representatives.


Chapter Title Date
Chapter IV. An Act granting a certain sum of money to the widow and children of John de Neufville, deceased. March 2, 1797
Chapter XXI. An Act to authorize the adjustment and payment at the treasury, of the expenses of George Smith and John Robertson, for their ransom from captivity at Algiers. March 3, 1797
Chapter XXII. An Act for the remission of the duties of tonnage on the vessels of James O’Brien and James Aylward. March 3, 1797
Chapter XXVIII. An Act for the relief of John Brown. March 3, 1797