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The Eighth 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 in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1805, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.

1314834United States Statutes at Large, Volume 6 — Private Acts of the Eighth CongressUnited States Congress

1st Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE EIGHTH 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 seventeenth day of October, 1803, and ended on the twenty-seventh day of March, 1804.

Thomas Jefferson, President; Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; John Brown, President of the Senate pro tempore from the 31st day of October to the 19th day of December, and from the 26th day of January to the 25th day of February, 1804; Jesse Franklin, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 14th day of March; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Chapter	Title	Date
Chapter VII.	An Act for the relief of John Coles.	Jan. 14, 1804
Chapter VIII.	An Act for the relief of Paul Coulon.	Jan. 26, 1804
Chapter X.	An Act to incorporate the Directors of the Columbian Library Company.	Jan. 31, 1804
Chapter XVI.	An Act for the relief of Samuel Corp.	Feb. 25, 1804
Chapter XXVIII.	An Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Norfolk.	March 19, 1804
Chapter XXX.	An Act for the relief of the captors of the Moorish armed ships Meshouda and Mirboha.	March 19, 1804
Chapter XXXVII.	An Act authorizing the payment of two thousand eight hundred dollars to Philip Sloan.	March 26, 1804
Chapter XLI.	An Act for the relief of the heirs of John Habersham.	March 26, 1804
Chapter XLII.	An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of David Valenzin, deceased; and for other purposes.	March 26, 1804
Chapter XLV.	An Act for the relief of Moses Young.	March 26, 1804

2nd Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE EIGHTH 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 fifth day of November, 1804, and ended the third day of March, 1805.

Thomas Jefferson, President; Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Joseph Anderson, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the 19th to the 31st day of January, 1805, inclusive, and on the 1st and 3d day of March; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Chapter	Title	Date
Chapter VIII.	An Act for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier-General Moses Hazen.	Jan. 23, 1805
Chapter XII.	An Act for the relief of Alexander Murray.	Jan. 31, 1805
Chapter XIII.	An Act for the relief of John Steele.	Jan. 31, 1805
Chapter XXII.	An Act authorizing the discharge of John York from his imprisonment.	March 2, 1805
Chapter XXV.	An Act for the relief of the widow and orphan children of Robert Elliott.	March 2, 1805
Chapter XXXVII.	An Act making provision for the widow and orphan children of Thomas Flinn.	March 3, 1805
Chapter XXXIX.	An Act for the relief of George Scoone and Alexander Cameron.	March 3, 1805
Chapter XLV.	An Act for the relief of Richard Taylor.	March 3, 1805
Chapter XLVI.	An Act for the relief of Robert Patton, and others.	March 3, 1805