# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress

The Nineteenth 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, 1825, to March 4, 1827, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President John Quincy Adams. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. The Senate had a majority of Jackson Men, while the House had an Anti-Jackson (pro-Adams) majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE NINETEENTH 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 first day of December, 1825, and ended on the twenty-second day of May, 1826.
John Quincy Adams, President; J. C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Nathaniel Macon, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the 20th of May; J. W. Taylor, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act making appropriation for compensation to the members and officers, and for the contingent expenses, of the two houses of Congress. | Dec. 23, 1825 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States. | Jan. 18, 1826 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act for altering the time of holding the district court in the northern district of New York. | Feb. 1, 1826 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act to revive and continue in force, an act, entitled “An act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian.” | Feb. 1, 1826 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act to annul “An act concerning wreckers and wrecked property,” passed by the governor and legislative council of the territory of Florida. | Feb. 1, 1826 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Ohio to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that state. | Feb. 1, 1826 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | An Act making appropriations for the purchase of books, and defraying certain expenses for the use of the Library of Congress. | March 3, 1826 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act concerning the transportation of the mail between Vincennes and St. Louis. | March 3, 1826 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act for the survey of a route for a Canal between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. | March 3, 1826 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act to extend the limits of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. | March 3, 1826 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1826 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. | March 14, 1826 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. | March 14, 1826 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and for other purposes. | March 14, 1826 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Mississippi to appropriate the amount of three per cent. fund, arising from the sales of public lands. | March 14, 1826 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act making appropriations for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. | March 25, 1826 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. | March 25, 1826 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act to confirm the supplementary report of the commissioners of the western district of Louisiana. | March 25, 1826 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 31, 1826 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 31, 1826 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act to provide for the employment of an additional naval force. | April 5, 1826 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act to extend the land districts in the territory of Arkansas. | April 5, 1826 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act for altering the time of holding one term of the district court for the western district of Pennsylvania. | April 5, 1826 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 5, 1826 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act to authorize the state of Pennsylvania to lay out and make a canal through the United States’ public ground, near the city of Pittsburg. | April 14, 1826 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act to equalize the duties on vessels of the Republic of Columbia [Colombia] and their cargoes. | April 20, 1826 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | An Act appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the post-roads between Jackson and Columbus in the state of Mississippi. | April 20, 1826 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act giving the right of pre-emption, in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, and territory of Florida. | April 22, 1826 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act to confirm the reports of the reports of the commissioners for ascertaining claims and titles to lands in West Florida, and for other purposes. | May 4, 1826 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act to exempt the professors, tutors, stewards, and students of the different seminaries of learning in the District of Columbia, from militia duty. | May 4, 1826 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | See also Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 4, 1826 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory of Florida from the state of Georgia. | May 4, 1826 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act to extend the lines of certain land districts in the state of Missouri. | May 4, 1826 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act making appropriations for carrying into effect the appointment of a Mission at the Congress of Panama. | May 4, 1826 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act making further provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States, by the purchasers of public lands. | May 4, 1826 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act supplementary to the several acts for ascertaining titles and claims to lands in the St. Helena and Jackson Courthouse land districts. | May 4, 1826 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act to provide for the apprehension and delivery of deserters from French ships in the ports of the United States. | May 4, 1826 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act for altering the time of holding the session of the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the sessions of the circuit courts of the United States, for the district of Georgia and South Carolina. | May 4, 1826 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to alter the times of holding the circuit courts of the United States for the district of New York, and the April term of the circuit court for the district of Connecticut. | May 13, 1826 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of Maryland. | May 13, 1826 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act to authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. | May 13, 1826 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act making further appropriations for compensation and mileage to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives. | May 13, 1826 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 13, 1826 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 13, 1826 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 13, 1826 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act further to amend the charter of the town of Alexandria. | May 13, 1826 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to amend the several acts for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida. | May 15, 1826 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act for the sale of a house and lot in New Orleans, and a store house at the Quarantine ground in Louisiana. | May 15, 1826 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 15, 1826 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 15, 1826 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 15, 1826 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act to alter the lines between the land districts in the territory of Michigan. | May 16, 1826 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | An Act to extend the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases. | May 16, 1826 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | An Act to confirm certain claims to lands in the district of Opelousas, in Louisiana. | May 16, 1826 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 16, 1826 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | An Act supplementary to “An act for the gradual increase of the navy of the United States.” | May 17, 1826 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act for the subscription of stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. | May 18, 1826 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | An Act to authorize the sale and conveyance of the house belonging to the United States at the Hague. | May 18, 1826 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | An Act making further appropriation for ten sloops of war, and re-appropriating certain balances carried to the surplus fund. | May 18, 1826 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1826 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1826 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1826 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1826 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 18, 1826 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | An Act for authorizing the building of lighthouses and light vessels, erecting beacon lights, placing buoys, removing obstructions in the river Savannah, and for other purposes. | May 18, 1826 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | An Act regulating the accountability for clothing and equipage issued to the army of the United States, and for the better organization of the quartermaster’s department. | May 18, 1826 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act to allow compensation to such witnesses, on the part of the United States, as may be imprisoned, to compel their attendance in court on account of their inability to give security in a recognizance. | May 18, 1826 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | An Act authorizing the importation of statues of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, free of duty. | May 20, 1826 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | An Act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of Delaware. | May 20, 1826 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for improving certain harbours, and the navigation of certain rivers and creeks, and for authorizing surveys to be made of certain bays, sounds, and rivers, therein mentioned. | May 20, 1826 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | An Act to authorize the payment of interest due to the city of Baltimore. | May 20, 1826 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to incorporate a company for making a certain turnpike road in the county of Alexandria,” passed thirteenth July, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. | May 20, 1826 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | An Act to provide for erecting a penitentiary in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | May 20, 1826 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | An Act concerning the United States’ arsenal in Georgia. | May 20, 1826 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act to appropriate lands for the support of schools in certain townships and fractional townships, not before provided for. | May 20, 1826 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act to authorize the Secretary of the War Department to purchase a site for an arsenal at St. Louis, in the state of Missouri, and to provide for the erection of an arsenal on the same. | May 20, 1826 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act to authorize the judge of the district court for the western district of Virginia, to hold the district court for the western district of Pennsylvania, for the trial of certain cases. | May 20, 1826 |
| 90 | Chapter XC. | An Act concerning a seminary of learning in the territory of Michigan. | May 20, 1826 |
| 91 | Chapter XCI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 92 | Chapter XCII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 93 | Chapter XCIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 94 | Chapter XCIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 95 | Chapter XCV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 96 | Chapter XCVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 97 | Chapter XCVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 98 | Chapter XCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 99 | Chapter XCIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 100 | Chapter C. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 101 | Chapter CI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 102 | Chapter CII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 103 | Chapter CIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 104 | Chapter CIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 105 | Chapter CV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 106 | Chapter CVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 107 | Chapter CVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 108 | Chapter CVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 109 | Chapter CIX. | An Act to extend the width of the Washington canal. | May 20, 1826 |
| 110 | Chapter CX. | An Act making appropriations to defray the expenses of negotiating and carrying into effect certain Indian treaties. | May 20, 1826 |
| 111 | Chapter CXI. | An Act further to amend the charter of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. | May 20, 1826 |
| 112 | Chapter CXII. | An Act to provide for paying certain pensioners at Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania. | May 20, 1826 |
| 113 | Chapter CXIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 114 | Chapter CXIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 115 | Chapter CXV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 116 | Chapter CXVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 117 | Chapter CXVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 118 | Chapter CXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 119 | Chapter CXIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 120 | Chapter CXX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 121 | Chapter CXXI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 122 | Chapter CXXII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 123 | Chapter CXXIII. | An Act for altering the time for holding the courts of the United States, in the western district of Virginia. | May 20, 1826 |
| 124 | Chapter CXXIV. | An Act relative to the issuing of executions, in the district and circuit courts of the United States, in certain cases. | May 20, 1826 |
| 125 | Chapter CXXV. | An Act concerning the seat of justice in Gallatin county in the state of Illinois. | May 20, 1826 |
| 126 | Chapter CXXVI. | An Act to enable the President to hold treaties with certain Indian tribes. | May 20, 1826 |
| 127 | Chapter CXXVII. | An Act allowing fees to the district attorney of Missouri. | May 20, 1826 |
| 128 | Chapter CXXVIII. | An Act supplementary to “An act providing for the disposition of three several tracts of land in Tuscarawas county, in the state of Ohio, and for other purposes,” passed the twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. | May 20, 1826 |
| 129 | Chapter CXXIX. | An Act to alter the time of holding the district courts in the district of North Carolina. | May 20, 1826 |
| 130 | Chapter CXXX. | An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed for that purpose,” passed fifteenth May, eighteen hundred and twenty. | May 20, 1826 |
| 131 | Chapter CXXXI. | An Act altering the times of holding the courts in the District of Columbia. | May 20, 1826 |
| 132 | Chapter CXXXII. | An Act to fix the time of holding the circuit and district courts of the United States in the district of Ohio. | May 20, 1826 |
| 133 | Chapter CXXXIII. | An Act to aid certain Indians of the Creek Nation in their removal to the west of the Mississippi. | May 20, 1826 |
| 134 | Chapter CXXXIV. | An Act to allow the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise, to and from Philadelphia and Baltimore, by the way of Lancaster and York, or by the mail-route. | May 20, 1826 |
| 135 | Chapter CXXXV. | An Act to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the Choctaw and Chicasaw nations of Indians. | May 20, 1826 |
| 136 | Chapter CXXXVI. | An Act to regulate the summoning of grand jurors, in the district courts. | May 20, 1826 |
| 137 | Chapter CXXXVII. | An Act declaring valid and legalizing certain sales of land in the state of Mississippi. | May 20, 1826 |
| 138 | Chapter CXXXVIII. | An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the general land office. | May 20, 1826 |
| 139 | Chapter CXXXIX. | An Act appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the post-road from the Chatahoochie to Line Creek, in the state of Alabama. | May 20, 1826 |
| 140 | Chapter CXL. | An Act to perpetuate the evidence relating to the sale of dwelling-houses, lots, and lands, for the non-payment of direct taxes due the United States. | May 20, 1826 |
| 141 | Chapter CXLI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1826 |
| 142 | Chapter CXLII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 143 | Chapter CXLIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 144 | Chapter CXLIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 145 | Chapter CXLV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 146 | Chapter CXLVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 147 | Chapter CXLVII. | An Act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof. | May 22, 1826 |
| 148 | Chapter CXLVIII. | An Act making appropriations to carry into effect the treaty concluded between the United States and the Creek nation, ratified the twenty-second of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-six. | May 22, 1826 |
| 149 | Chapter CXLIX. | An Act to fix the times and places of holding the district courts of the United Stats, in the districts of Alabama. | May 22, 1826 |
| 150 | Chapter CL. | An Act allowing appeals and writs of error from the decisions in the district court in the northern district of New York, in certain cases. | May 22, 1826 |
| 151 | Chapter CLI. | An Act authorizing the payment of interest due to the state of New York. | May 22, 1826 |
| 152 | Chapter CLII. | An Act to compensate the registers and receivers of the land offices, for extra services rendered under the provisions of the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-one. | May 22, 1826 |
| 153 | Chapter CLIII. | An Act to compensate receivers of public moneys for transporting and depositing the same. | May 22, 1826 |
| 154 | Chapter CLIV. | An Act making appropriations for the public buildings in Washington, and for other purposes. | May 22, 1826 |
| 155 | Chapter CLV. | An Act for the relief of the Florida Indians. | May 22, 1826 |
| 155 | Chapter CLV. | See also Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 156 | Chapter CLVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 157 | Chapter CLVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |
| 158 | Chapter CLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | May 22, 1826 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution I directing a survey of certain routes between Baltimore and Philadelphia, for a post-road. | May 4, 1826 |
| Resolution II expressive of the sense of Congress of the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Duncan, of the United States’ Navy. | May 13, 1826 |
| Resolution III directing a system of cavalry tactics, and a system of instruction for artillery, to be prepared for the use of the cavalry and artillery of the militia. | May 18, 1826 |
| Resolution IV authorizing the delivery of rifles promised to Captain Aitkin’s volunteers, at the siege of Plattsburgh. | May 20, 1826 |
| Resolution V directing surveys and estimates for dry docks. | May 20, 1826 |

## 2nd Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE NINETEENTH 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 fourth day of December, 1826, and ended on the third day of March, 1827.
John Quincy Adams, President; J. C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Nathaniel Macon, President of the Senate, pro tempore; J. W. Taylor, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Dec. 29, 1826 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Dec. 29, 1826 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 24, 1827 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act to provide for taking evidence in the courts of the United States in certain cases. | Jan. 24, 1827 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act concerning the selection of certain lands heretofore granted by compact, to the state of Missouri, for seminaries of learning. | Jan. 24, 1827 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act to allow the citizens of the territory of Michigan to elect the members of their legislative council, and for other purposes. | Jan. 29, 1827 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States. | Jan. 29, 1827 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act to provide for the location of the two townships and land reserved for a seminary of learning in the territory of Florida, and to complete the location of the grant to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky. | Jan. 29, 1827 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private land claims in East Florida, and for other purposes. | Feb. 8, 1827 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 8, 1827 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 8, 1827 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 8, 1827 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 8, 1827 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act to authorize the corporation of the city of Washington to introduce into the lotteries they are authorized to establish, certain land prizes herein mentioned. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to remove the land office in the Choctaw district, in the state of Mississippi. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act concerning the entry of vessels at the port of Fairfield, in Connecticut. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act to exempt Swedish and Norwegian vessels, and the merchandise imported therein, from the payment of discriminating duties of tonnage and impost, for a limited time, and for other purposes. | Feb. 22, 1827 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-seven. | March 2, 1827 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. | March 2, 1827 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. | March 2, 1827 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. | March 2, 1827 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act making appropriations for the erection and completion of certain barracks, store-houses, and hospitals, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1827 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act making appropriations for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. | March 2, 1827 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act making appropriations for the public buildings, and other objects. | March 2, 1827 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act supplementary to “An act to perfect certain locations and sales of the public lands in Missouri,” passed April the twenty-six, [sixth,] one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. | March 2, 1827 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act to extend the time of issuing and locating military land warrants to officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army. | March 2, 1827 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act to provide for the adjustment of claims to persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution, among such claimants, of the sum paid, and to be paid, by the government of Great Britain, under the convention between the United States and his Britannic majesty, concluded at London on the thirteenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. | March 2, 1827 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act to establish sundry post-roads. | March 2, 1827 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act making an appropriation for the purchase of books for the use of the library of Congress, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1827 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act to alter the time of holding the district court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1827 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act giving further compensation to the captains and subalterns of the army of the United States, in certain cases. | March 2, 1827 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act authorizing the completion and repair of certain roads in the territory of Florida, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1827 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act for the preservation of the Cumberland road. | March 2, 1827 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act to refund certain duties paid upon vessels belonging to citizens of Hamburg, and their cargoes. | March 2, 1827 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to authorize the improving of certain harbours, the building of piers, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1827 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses and beacons, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1827 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act to authorize the laying out and opening of certain roads in the territory of Michigan. | March 2, 1827 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. | March 2, 1827 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | An Act in addition to “An act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices,” passed April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. | March 2, 1827 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | An Act to grant a quantity of land to the state of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Illinois river with those of Lake Michigan. | March 2, 1827 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act to authorize the state of Indiana to locate and make a road therein named. | March 2, 1827 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | An Act concerning a seminary of learning in the territory of Arkansas. See also Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | An Act to authorize the importation of brandy in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons, and the exportation of the same for the benefit of a drawback of the duties. | March 2, 1827 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said state in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie. | March 2, 1827 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and designate the northern boundary of the state of Indiana. | March 2, 1827 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | An Act establishing a port of delivery at the town of Marshfield, in the district of Plymouth, and a port of delivery at Rhinebeck Landing, in the district of New York. | March 2, 1827 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Alabama to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that state. | March 2, 1827 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | An Act to authorize the sale of certain tracts of land in the state of Ohio, commonly called Moravian land. | March 2, 1827 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | An Act amendatory of the act regulating the Post-office Department. | March 2, 1827 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | An Act to increase the salary of the Postmaster General. | March 2, 1827 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1827 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | An Act for altering the times of holding the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, holden at the city of Richmond. | March 3, 1827 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Alabama. | March 3, 1827 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | An Act authorizing the payment of interest to the state of Pennsylvania. | March 3, 1827 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | An Act authorizing the establishment of an arsenal in the town of Augusta, in Maine. | March 3, 1827 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 90 | Chapter XC. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 91 | Chapter XCI. | An Act to authorize the governor and legislative council of Florida, to provide for holding additional terms of the superior courts therein. | March 3, 1827 |
| 92 | Chapter XCII. | An Act for improving the navigation of the Ohio river. | March 3, 1827 |
| 93 | Chapter XCIII. | An Act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Ohio, for the purpose of making a road from Columbus to Sandusky. | March 3, 1827 |
| 94 | Chapter XCIV. | An Act for the gradual improvement of the navy of the United States. | March 3, 1827 |
| 95 | Chapter XCV. | An Act granting to the corporation of the city of Mobile the right of preference in purchase of four sections of land, or a quantity equal to four sections, at or near Spring Hill, in the county of Mobile. | March 3, 1827 |
| 96 | Chapter XCVI. | An Act to provide for the completion of the road from a point opposite to Memphis, in the state of Tennessee, to Little Rock, in the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1827 |
| 97 | Chapter XCVII. | An Act concerning the location of land reserved for the use of a seminary of learning, in the state of Louisiana. | March 3, 1827 |
| 98 | Chapter XCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 99 | Chapter XCIX. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 100 | Chapter C. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 101 | Chapter CI. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |
| 102 | Chapter CII. | See Private Acts of the Nineteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1827 |

### Public Resolution

| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution directing the Secretary of the Navy to apply to the government of Pennsylvania for jurisdiction over certain lands at the navy yard, Philadelphia. | Jan. 24, 1827 |