# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/15th Congress

The Fifteenth 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 the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1819, during the first two 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 II. | An Act to remit the duty on a painting presented to the Pennsylvania Hospital. | Jan. 14, 1818 |
| Chapter III. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Aikman. | Jan. 14, 1818 |
| Chapter VI. | An Act for the relief of Winslow and Henry Lewis. | Jan. 22, 1818 |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of Joel Earwood. | Jan. 22, 1818 |
| Chapter XI. | An Act to incorporate the Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria. | Feb. 16, 1818 |
| Chapter XV. | An Act to authorize certain purchasers of public land to withdraw their entries and transfer the moneys paid thereon. | March 9, 1818 |
| Chapter XVII. | An Act for the relief of Major-General Arthur St. Clair. | March 9, 1818 |
| Chapter XX. | An Act for the relief of Israel Smith. | March 9, 1818 |
| Chapter XXV. | An Act for the relief of John Bate. | April 3, 1818 |
| Chapter XXVII. | An Act for the relief of John Small. | April 3, 1818 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Abraham Byington. | April 3, 1818 |
| Chapter XXXI. | An Act for the relief of William Edwards and John G. Stubbs. | April 3, 1818 |
| Chapter XXXIII. | An Act to provide for the erection of a Courthouse, Jail, and Public Offices, within the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. | April 3, 1818 |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Cata Bunnell. | April 4, 1818 |
| Chapter XXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Martin Warner. | April 4, 1818 |
| Chapter XLI. | An Act for the relief of Narcissus Broutin and others. | April 9, 1818 |
| Chapter XLIV. | An Act to incorporate a Fire Insurance Company in the city of Washington. | April 9, 1818 |
| Chapter XLVI. | An Act confirming the claim of Tobias Rheams to a tract of land granted to him by the Spanish government. | April 9, 1818 |
| Chapter XLVIII. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Burnet, Gibson Clark, and the legal representatives of Hubert Rowel. | April 11, 1818 |
| Chapter L. | An Act for the relief of Ashael Clark. | April 11, 1818 |
| Chapter LII. | An Act for the relief of Lemuel H. Osgood. | April 11, 1818 |
| Chapter LIII. | An Act for the relief of John Rodgers. | April 11, 1818 |
| Chapter LIV. | An Act for the relief of Sarah Dewees, relict and widow of William Dewees, deceased, and the heirs and legal representatives of the said William Dewees. | April 11, 1818 |
| Chapter LV. | An Act for the relief of General Moses Porter. | April 13, 1818 |
| Chapter LVII. | An Act to incorporate the Mechanic Relief Society of Alexandria. | April 13, 1818 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act for the relief of John Thompson.” | April 14, 1818 |
| Chapter LXII. | An Act for the relief of Michael Jones. | April 16, 1818 |
| Chapter LXIII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of George Pearson. | April 16, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXII. | An Act for the relief of Major-General Jacob Brown. | April 18, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXIII. | An Act for the relief of Isaac Briggs. | April 18, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXIV. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Miller and Stephen Baker. | April 18, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXVII. | An Act for the relief of Mary Sullivan. | April 18, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Seth Sprague and others. | April 18, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXXI. | An Act for the relief of the widow and children of Jacob Graeff, deceased. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXXV. | An Act for the relief of Major Loring Austin and George R. Wells. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Captain Henry Gist and Captain Benjamin Johnson. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter XCIII. | An Act for the relief of Samuel F. Hooker. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter XCV. | An Act for the relief of John Seybold. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter XCVI. | An Act for the relief of John Hall, late a major of marines. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter XCIX. | An Act for the relief of John B. Dabney. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter C. | An Act for the relief of John Dillon. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CV. | An Act for the relief of Madame Poidevin. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CVI. | An Act for the relief of the houses of Thomas and John Clifford, Elisha Fisher and Company, Thomas Clifford and Son, and Thomas Clifford, of Philadelphia, and Charles Wirgman, of Baltimore. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXI. | An Act for the relief of Richard M. Johnson. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXVI. | An Act for the relief of Jonas Harrison. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXVII. | An Act for the relief of Benjamin Berry. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXVIII. | An Act for the relief of James Mackay, of the Missouri Territory. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXIX. | An Act for the relief of Peggy Bailey. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXX. | An Act for the relief of Jonathan Amory, junior, and of the Representatives of Thomas C. Amory, deceased. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXXI. | An Act for the relief of John Work. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXXII. | An Act for the relief of Benjamin Birdsall and William S. Foster. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXXV. | An Act to incorporate the Columbian Institute, for the promotion of Arts and Sciences. | April 20, 1818 |
| Chapter CXXX. | An Act for the relief of Cornelia Mason. | April 20, 1818 |

## 2nd Session
### Private Acts

| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter V. | An Act for the relief of William Barton. | Dec. 28, 1818 |
| Chapter VI. | An Act granting to Mehitabel Cole the lands therein mentioned. | Dec. 28, 1818 |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of Major-General John Stark. | Dec. 28, 1818 |
| Chapter VIII. | An Act for the relief of William B. Lewis. | Jan. 8, 1819 |
| Chapter IX. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased. | Jan. 8, 1819 |
| Chapter X. | An Act for the relief of Doctor Mottrom Ball. | Jan. 19, 1819 |
| Chapter XI. | An Act for the relief of Frederick Brown. | Jan. 19, 1819 |
| Chapter XIV. | An Act for the relief of Sampson S. King. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| Chapter XVI. | An Act for the relief of Samuel H. Harper. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| Chapter XVII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas B. Farish. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| Chapter XX. | An Act for the relief of Samuel F. Hooker. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| Chapter XXIII. | An Act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the civil department of the government of the United States, in the District of Columbia. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| Chapter XXIV. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Renner and Nathaniel H. Heath. | Feb. 16, 1819 |
| Chapter XXVI. | An Act to incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. | Feb. 16, 1819 |
| Chapter XXIX. | An Act for the relief of Benjamin Pool. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| Chapter XXX. | An Act for the relief of Adam Kinsley, Thomas French, and Charles S. Leonard. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| Chapter XXXII. | An Act for the relief of Henry Davis. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| Chapter XXXIII. | An Act for the relief of John Clark. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| Chapter XXXIV. | An Act directing the payment of certain bills drawn by General Armstrong in favor of William Morgan. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Hall Jervey. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act concerning the heirs and legatees of Thomas Turner, deceased. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| Chapter XXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Kenzie and Forsyth. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| Chapter XL. | An Act making provision for the claim of M. Poirey. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act making provision for the claim of M. de Vienne. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| Chapter XLIV. | An Act to incorporate a company to build a bridge over the eastern branch of [the] Potomac, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets east, in the city of Washington. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| Chapter L. | An Act confirming the claim of Alexander Macomb to a tract of land in the Territory of Michigan. | March 2, 1819 |
| Chapter LI. | An Act for the relief of John B. Timberlake. | March 2, 1819 |
| Chapter LIII. | An Act to authorize William Prout to institute a Bill in Equity before the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, against the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, and to direct a defence therein. | March 2, 1819 |
| Chapter LV. | An Act for the relief of Phebe Stuart. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LVI. | An Act for the relief of John Rice Jones. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LVII. | An Act in behalf of the Connecticut Asylum for teaching the Deaf and Dumb. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LVIII. | An Act in addition to an act, supplementary to an act, entitled “An act for the relief of Thomas Wilson.” | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act for the relief of Aquila Giles. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXI. | An Act for the relief of Robert M’Calla and Matthew H. Jouett. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXII. | An Act for the relief of Henry Batman. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXIII. | An Act for the relief of Harold Smyth. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXIV. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Moss. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXV. | An Act for the relief of B. and P. Jourdan, brothers. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXVI. | An Act for the relief of George M. Brook and Edmund P. Kennedy. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXVII. | An Act for the relief of Michael Hogan. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Rees Hill. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXIX. | An Act for the relief of Hannah Ring and others. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXXVI. | An Act for the relief of Joseph Wheaton. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Isaac Minis and others. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter LXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Patrick Callan. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter XCIX. | An Act concerning Invalid Pensions. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter CIII. | An Act for the relief of John M’Causland. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter CIV. | An Act for the relief of Robert Kid, Seth Webber, and Thomas Page. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter CV. | An Act for the relief of James Orr. | March 3, 1819 |
| Chapter CVI. | An Act for the relief of Nathan G. Birdseye and Daniel Booth. | March 3, 1819 |