# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/16th Congress

The Sixteenth 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, 1819, to March 4, 1821, during the third and fourth years of James Monroe's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.

## 1st Session
### Private Acts

| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter IV. | An Act for the relief of the legal representative of Philip Barbour, deceased. | Jan. 14, 1820 |
| Chapter VI. | An Act allowing Sarah Allen the bounty land and pay which would have been due to her son, Samuel Drew, had he lived, for his services as a private in the late war. | Jan. 19, 1820 |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of Matthew Barrow. | Jan. 28, 1820 |
| Chapter VIII. | An Act for the relief of James Hughes. | Jan. 28, 1820 |
| Chapter XII. | An Act for the relief of the heirs of Anthony Burk. | Feb. 18, 1820 |
| Chapter XIII. | An Act for the relief of Denton, Little, and Company, and of Harman Hendrick, of New York. | Feb. 18, 1820 |
| Chapter XV. | An Act for the relief of William M’Donald, administrator of James M’Donald, deceased, late captain in the army of the United States. | Feb. 28, 1820 |
| Chapter XVI. | An Act confirming Anthony Cavalier and Peter Petit in their claim to a tract of land. | Feb. 28, 1820 |
| Chapter XVIII. | An Act for the relief of Ether Shipley, administrator of Thomas Buckminster, late lieutenant in the thirty-third regiment of United States’ infantry. | Feb. 28, 1820 |
| Chapter XXIX. | An Act for the relief of Mary Cassin, widow and administratrix of Patrick Cassin, deceased. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXX. | An Act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Nicholas Vreeland, deceased. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXI. | An Act for the relief of John A. Dix. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John O’Connor, deceased. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXIII. | An Act for the relief of Robert Swartwout. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXIV. | An Act for the relief of John Harding, Giles Harding, John Shute, and John Nichols. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXV. | An Act for the relief of Jennings O’Bannon. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXVI. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to issue Letters Patent to Richard Willcox. | April 5, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | An Act for the relief of Anthony S. Delisle, Edward B. Dudley, and John M. Van Cleef. | April 7, 1820 |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act authorizing payment to be made for certain Muskets impressed into the Service of the United States. | April 7, 1820 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act for the relief of Walter Channing. | April 11, 1820 |
| Chapter XLIII. | An Act for the relief of certain persons who have paid duties on certain goods imported into Castine. | April 11, 1820 |
| Chapter XLIV. | An Act for the relief of certain sufferers by fire, at Savannah, in Georgia. | April 11, 1820 |
| Chapter XLIX. | An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Braden. | April 24, 1820 |
| Chapter LV. | An Act for the relief of John Steele. | May 1, 1820 |
| Chapter LVI. | An Act confirming the proceedings of the inhabitants of the village of Cahokia, in the State of Illinois, in laying out a town on the commons of said village. | May 1, 1820 |
| Chapter LVII. | An Act for the relief of John B. Regnier. | May 2, 1820 |
| Chapter LVIII. | An Act for the relief of Fielding Jones. | May 2, 1820 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act for the relief of Christopher Miller. | May 2, 1820 |
| Chapter LX. | An Act for the relief of Captain Stanton Sholes. | May 2, 1820 |
| Chapter LXI. | An Act for the relief of Joseph M. Skinner, administrator of George Skinner, deceased. | May 4, 1820 |
| Chapter LXII. | An Act concerning the Banks of the District of Columbia. | May 4, 1820 |
| Chapter LXIII. | An Act for the relief of James Merrill. | May 4, 1820 |
| Chapter LXIV. | An Act for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Isaac Melchior, deceased. | May 4, 1820 |
| Chapter LXV. | An Act for the relief of Jacob Konkopot, and others, of the Nation of Stockbridge Indians, residing in the State of New York. | May 4, 1820 |
| Chapter LXVI. | An Act for the relief of William Coffin, and others. | May 4, 1820 |
| Chapter LXVII. | An Act for the relief of John Law and Jonathan Elliot, citizens of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia. | May 4, 1820 |
| Chapter LXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Elkanah Finney, and others. | May 7, 1820 |
| Chapter LXIX. | An Act for the relief of Joseph Bruce. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXX. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Converse and George Miller. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXI. | An Act for the relief of the widow of John Heaps, deceased. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas C. Withers. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXIII. | An Act for the relief of John H. Piatt. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXIV. | An Act for the relief of John McGrew, Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXVI. | An Act for the relief of Beck and Harvey. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXVII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Willis. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Stephen Baxter, late paymaster of the third regiment of New York volunteers. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Charles S. Jones, and Richard Buckner, jun., administrators of William Jones. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXX. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Bickley and Catharine Clark, administratrix of John Clark, deceased. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXXI. | An Act for the benefit of the Columbian Institute, established for the promotion of Arts and Sciences in the city of Washington. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXXII. | An Act for the relief of John D. Carter. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act for the relief of the heirs of Abijah Hunt and William Gordon Forman. | May 8, 1820 |
| Chapter XC. | An Act for the relief of General James Wilkinson. | May 11, 1820 |
| Chapter XCI. | An Act for the relief of Martha Flood. | May 11, 1820 |
| Chapter XCV. | An Act for the relief of Angus O. Fraser and others. | May 11, 1820 |
| Chapter XCVI. | An Act for the relief of Samuel B. Beall. | May 11, 1820 |
| Chapter XCVIII. | An Act giving the right of pre-emption to James Shields. | May 12, 1820 |
| Chapter C. | An Act for the relief of Susannah Stewart. | May 13, 1820 |
| Chapter CV. | An Act for the relief of James Leander Cathcart. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CVI. | An Act authorizing the settlement of the accounts between the United States and Richard O’Brien, late American Consul at Algiers. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXIV. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to issue Letters Patent to Henry Burdin. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXV. | An Act for the relief of Richard S. Hackley. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXVI. | An Act for the relief of Ambrose Vasse. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXX. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Conrad Laub, deceased. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXXIV. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Leiper. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Tench Francis, deceased. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Joshua Newsom, Peter Crook, and James Rabb. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXXX. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Hunter. | May 15, 1820 |
| Chapter CXXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Richard Smyth. | May 15, 1820 |

## 2nd Session
### Private Acts

| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter IV. | An Act to amend the act, entitled “An for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Willis.” | Dec. 29, 1820 |
| Chapter V. | An Act for the relief of Elias Parks. | Dec. 29, 1820 |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of Perley Keyes and Jason Fairbanks. | Jan. 11, 1821 |
| Chapter IX. | An Act for the relief of Margaret Perry. | Jan. 17, 1821 |
| Chapter X. | An Act to incorporate the Columbian College in the District of Columbia. | Feb. 9, 1821 |
| Chapter XIX. | An Act for the relief of James Brady. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XX. | An Act for the relief of Rosalie P. Deslonde. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXI. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Tucker, late a Captain in the Navy of the United States. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXII. | An Act for the relief of Nicholas Jarrott. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXIII. | An Act for the relief of John Rodriguez. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXIV. | An Act for the relief of Francis B. Languille. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXVI. | An Act for the relief of Alexander Milne. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXVII. | An Act for the relief of Lewis H. Guerlain. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Joseph McNiel. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXIX. | An Act for the relief of Bartholomew Duverge. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXX. | An Act for the relief of Pierre Dennis De La Ronde. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter XXXI. | An Act for the relief of the late Oliver Hazard Perry, Esquire. | March 2, 1821 |
| Chapter LV. | An Act for the relief of General Robert Swartwout. | March 3, 1821 |
| Chapter LVI. | An Act for passing to the credit of Nathaniel Allen certain moneys by him disbursed in the public service. | March 3, 1821 |
| Chapter LVII. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of State to issue a Patent to Thomas Oxley. | March 3, 1821 |
| Chapter LVIII. | An Act for the relief of John Webster. | March 3, 1821 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act concerning Thomas Shields and others. | March 3, 1821 |
| Chapter LX. | An Act for the relief of Robert Buntin. | March 3, 1821 |
| Chapter LXI. | An Act authorizing the settlement of the accounts of the late Le Roy Opie. | March 3, 1821 |
| Chapter LXII. | An Act to extend the term of Samuel Parker’s patents, for his improvement in currying and finishing leather of all kinds. | March 3, 1821 |