# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/17th Congress

The Seventeenth 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. While its term was officially March 4, 1821, to March 4, 1823, during the fifth and sixth years of James Monroe's presidency, its first session began on December 3, 1821, ending on May 8, 1822, and its second session began on December 2, 1822, to March 3, 1823. 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 for the relief of Samuel Clarkson and Alexander Elmslie. | Jan. 11, 1822 |
| Chapter III. | An Act for the relief of Isaac Finch. | Feb. 4, 1822 |
| Chapter V. | An Act for the relief of Peggy Mellen. | Feb. 4, 1822 |
| Chapter XVII. | An Act to authorize the reconveyance of a tract of land to the city of New York. | Mar. 30, 1822 |
| Chapter XIX. | An Act for the relief of Jonathan N. Bailey. | April 17, 1822 |
| Chapter XX. | An Act for the relief of Gad Worthington. | April 17, 1822 |
| Chapter XXI. | An Act for the relief of Solomon Porter, junior. | April 17, 1822 |
| Chapter XXII. | An Act for the relief of John Anderson. | April 17, 1822 |
| Chapter XXXIV. | An Act for the relief of certain Distillers within the Sixth Collection District of Pennsylvania. | April 26, 1822 |
| Chapter XXXV. | An Act for the relief of William E. Meek. | April 26, 1822 |
| Chapter XXXVI. | An Act for the relief of sundry citizens of Baltimore. | April 26, 1822 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | An Act for the relief of Cornelius Huson. | April 26, 1822 |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of B.H. Rand. | April 26, 1822 |
| Chapter XXXIX. | An Act for the relief of James M’Farland. | April 26, 1822 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act for the relief of James May and the representatives of William Macomb. | May 1, 1822 |
| Chapter XLIII. | An Act for the relief of John Thomas. | May 1, 1822 |
| Chapter XLIV. | An Act restoring to the ship Diana the privileges of a sea-letter vessel. | May 1, 1822 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act explanatory of an act, entitled “An act authorizing the settlement of the accounts between the United States and Richard O’Brien, late American Consul at Algiers.” | May 6, 1822 |
| Chapter LX. | An Act confirming the title to a tract of land to Alzira Dibrel and Sophia Hancock. | May 6, 1822 |
| Chapter LXIII. | An Act for the relief of Richard Matson. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXIV. | An Act for the relief of James Green. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXV. | An Act for the relief of William Henderson. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXVI. | An Act for the relief of James Miller, John C. Elliot, Noah Hampton, James Erwin, and Jonathan Hampton. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXVII. | An Act for the relief of Charles Campbell. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXVIII. | An Act for the relief of the representatives of John B. Dash. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXIX. | An Act for the relief of David Cummings. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXX. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Guthry, deceased. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXI. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of John Girault. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXII. | An Act for the relief of Benjamin Stephenson. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXIII. | An Act granting a right of pre-emption to Noble Osborne and William Doake. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXIV. | An Act for the relief of the heirs of Edward M’Carty, deceased. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXV. | An Act authorizing the issuing of Letters Patent to Joshua Garsed. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXVI. | An Act granting a tract of land to William Conner and wife and to their children. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXVII. | An Act for the relief of the sureties of Joseph Pettipool. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Peter Cadwell and James Britten. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXIX. | An Act for the relief of James Barron. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXX. | An Act for the relief of Henry Lee. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXXI. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Marie Therese. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXXII. | An Act for the relief of Joseph Bainbridge. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act for the relief of James Brisban and Jonah Lewis. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXXIV. | An Act for the relief of William Dooly. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter LXXXV. | An Act for the relief of John Post and Farly Fuller. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter XCII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Joseph Hodgson, deceased. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter XCIV. | An Act explanatory of an Act for the relief of sundry citizens of Baltimore. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter XCV. | An Act for the relief of Solomon Prevost. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter XCVII. | An Act for the relief of James Pierce. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter XCVIII. | An Act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to John Gooding and James Williams. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter XCIX. | An Act for the relief of William Gwynn. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter C. | An Act authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Thomas Shields. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CI. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Walker. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CII. | An Act for the relief of the President and Directors of the Planters’ Bank of New Orleans. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CIII. | An Act for the relief of Matthew M’Nair. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CIV. | An Act for the relief of William R. Maddox. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CV. | An Act for the relief of Alexander Roddy. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CVI. | An Act for the relief of Susan Berzat, widow, and the legal representatives of Gabriel Berzat, deceased. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CVIII. | An Act vesting in the Commissioners of the counties of Wood and Sandusky, the right to certain lots in the towns of Perrysburgh and Croghansville, in the state of Ohio, for county purposes. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CIX. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Ewings. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CX. | An Act for the relief of Trapmaun Jahucke and Company. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXI. | An Act for the relief of John Crute. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXIII. | An Act for the relief of John Pellet. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXIV. | An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to issue Letters Patent to Frederick S. Warburg. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXV. | An Act for the relief of Anthony Kennedy. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXVI. | An Act to authorize the issuing of Letters Patent to Richard Holden. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXVII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Greenbury H. Murphy. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXX. | An Act for the relief of John Holmes. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXXI. | An Act for the relief of Sally Vance. | May 7, 1822 |
| Chapter CXXIII. | An Act for the relief of Joshua Cannon, Reuben Hickman, and Fielding Hickman. | May 8, 1822 |
| Chapter CXXV. | An Act explanatory of the act for the relief of James Leander Cathcart, passed May fifteenth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. | May 8, 1822 |

## 2nd Session
### Private Acts

| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter IV. | An Act to repeal part of an Act passed by the State of Maryland, in the year 1784, and now in force in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, entitled “An Act for an addition to Georgetown, in Montgomery county.” | Jan. 14, 1823 |
| Chapter XII. | An Act to provide for the settlement of the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins, late Governor of the State of New York. | Feb. 21, 1823 |
| Chapter XIII. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Buel. | Feb. 21, 1823 |
| Chapter XX. | An Act for the relief of Samuel F. Hooker. | Feb. 28, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXIII. | An Act for the relief of James Rees, of New York, one of the sureties of Joseph H. Rees, deceased, late assistant deputy Paymaster General, in service of the United States. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXIV. | An Act for the relief of Edward Evat. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXV. | An Act for the relief of Eleanor Lawrence. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXVI. | An Act for the relief of John B. Hogan. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXVII. | An Act for the relief of Robert Purdy. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Henry Lee, one of the sureties of John Ricaud, late a paymaster in service of the United States. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXX. | An Act for the relief of James Morrison, of Kentucky. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXI. | An Act for the relief of Woodson Wren. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXII. | An Act for the relief of Nimrod Farrow, Richard Harris, and their securities. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representative of James M’Clung, deceased. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXIV. | An Act for the relief of John Coffee. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXV. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Walker and others. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXVI. | An Act for the discharge of John Burgin from imprisonment. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXVII. | An Act for the relief of Captain Richard Hightower. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Polly L. Campbell, widow of Colonel John B. Campbell, deceased, late of the eleventh regiment of the United States’ Infantry. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act for the relief of Sophia B. Ford, Nathan Ford, and Jacob Arnold, junior, administrators of the estate of Mahlon Ford, deceased. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XC. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Seward. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCI. | An Act for the relief of Amos Nichols. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCII. | An Act for the relief of James H. Clark. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCIII. | An Act for the relief of Joshua Russell. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCIV. | An Act for the relief of Abraham Snyder. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCV. | An Act for the relief of Nathan Branson. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCVI. | An Act for the relief of Ebenezer Stevens and others. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCVII. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Hodgdon. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCVIII. | An Act for the relief of the heirs of Johnston Blakeley. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter XCIX. | An Act for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Wilcox. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter C. | An Act for the relief of Robert F. Stockton. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter CI. | An Act for the relief of James Morrison. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter CII. | An Act for the relief of John Byers. | March 3, 1823 |
| Chapter CIII. | An Act for the relief of Charles Carr, of Kentucky, late Paymaster to Colonel William Dudley’s regiment of Kentucky militia. | March 3, 1823 |