# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress

The 28th 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, 1843, to March 4, 1845, during the third and fourth years of John Tyler's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840. The Senate had a Whig majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE TWENTY-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 4th day of December, 1843, and ended the 17th day of June, 1844.
John Tyler, President of the United States; Willie P. Mangum, President of the Senate, pro tempore. John W. Jones, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the relief and protection of American seamen. | Jan. 22, 1844 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to refund the fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson. | Feb. 16, 1844 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriation in the naval service, under certain circumstances. | Feb. 23, 1844 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act changing the time of holding the courts at Clarksburg and at Wheeling, in the western district of Virginia, and the circuit court of the United States for the district of Arkansas. | March 4, 1844 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act to repeal the act entitled “An act to amend the act of the tenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, entitled ‘An act to change the time of holding the circuit and district courts in the district of Ohio.’” | March 26, 1844 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 26, 1844 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to establish branches of the Mint of the United States.” | April 2, 1844 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act directing the disposition of certain unclaimed goods, wares, or merchandise, seized for being illegally imported into the United States. | April 2, 1844 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | April 2, 1844 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act requiring one of the judges of the circuit court for the District of Columbia hereafter to reside in Alexandria. | April 4, 1844 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | An Act to repeal so much of the act approved the twenty-third of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as requires the second regiment of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. | April 4, 1844 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act to change the time of holding the Spring term of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, and of the Circuit Court of Alabama. | April 12, 1844 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five. | April 12, 1844 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act making an appropriation of certain moneys in the Treasury for the naval service. | April 22, 1844 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. | April 30, 1844 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act giving the assent of Congress to the holding of an extra session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa. | April 30, 1844 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States, under certain circumstances. | May 23, 1844 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act to authorize the transfer of the names of pensioners from the agencies in the State of Kentucky to the agency in Cincinnati in the State of Ohio. | May 23, 1844 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1844 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act relating to the port of entry in the district of Passamaquoddy, in the State of Maine. | May 31, 1844 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act to amend the judiciary act passed the twenty fourth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. | May 31, 1844 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July 1844 and ending on the thirtieth of June 1845. | May 31, 1844 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 31, 1844 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 31, 1844 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 31, 1844 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 31, 1844 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act directing a disposition of the maps and charts of the Survey of the Coast. | June 3, 1844 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to alter the places of holding the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. | June 4, 1844 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act relating to bonds to be given by custom-house officers. | June 4, 1844 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 4, 1844 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 10, 1844 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 10, 1844 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 10, 1844 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers. | June 11, 1844 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to reorganize the General Land Office.” | June 12, 1844 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to establish a port of delivery at the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana. | June 12, 1844 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act relating to the unlading of foreign merchandise on the right bank of the river Mississippi, opposite New Orleans. | June 12, 1844 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 10, 1844 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act for repairing the roof of the court-house in Alexandria. | June 15, 1844 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | An Act granting a section of land for the improvement of Grant river at the town of Potosi, in Wisconsin Territory. | June 15, 1844 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | An Act relating to certain collection districts, and for other purposes. | June 15, 1844 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act to establish a navy yard and depot at or adjacent to the city of Memphis, on the Mississippi river, in the State of Tennessee. | June 15, 1844 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen and marines of the United States schooner Grampus, and for other purposes. | June 15, 1844 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act directing the survey of the northern line of the reservation for the half-breeds of the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, by the treaty of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four,” approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. | June 15, 1844 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | An Act to authorize the selection of certain school lands in the Territories of Florida, Iowa, and Wisconsin. | June 15, 1844 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act granting to the county of Dubuque, certain lots of ground in the town of Dubuque. | June 15, 1844 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | An Act to confirm to the city of Fernandina in Florida, certain lots reserved for public use by the Spanish Government. | June 15, 1844 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five. | June 15, 1844 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | An Act to test the utility of the sub-marine telescope. | June 15, 1844 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | An Act making appropriations for certain improvements on the western shore of Lake Michigan. | June 15, 1844 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | An Act making appropriations to aid in completing the harbor at Racine, on the western shore of Lake Michigan. | June 15, 1844 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, for the fiscal year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five. | June 15, 1844 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | An Act transferring the execution of a certain act from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of War. | June 15, 1844 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | An Act making appropriations for certain objects of expenditure therein named in the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and forty-four. | June 15, 1844 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act to establish certain post roads in the Territory of Florida. | June 15, 1844 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | An Act making appropriation for certain improvements in the Territory of Iowa. | June 15, 1844 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | An Act making appropriations for certain improvements in the Territory of Florida. | June 15, 1844 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | An Act to provide for the erection of a marine hospital at Key West, in the Territory of Florida. | June 15, 1844 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | An Act to authorize the Legislatures of the several Territories to regulate the apportionment of representation, and for other purposes. | June 15, 1844 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | An Act to authorize the issuing of Patents for certain lands in the St. Augustine land district in Florida, the sales of which were not regularly reported. | June 15, 1844 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of Florida.” | June 15, 1844 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | An Act making appropriation for the support of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | June 15, 1844 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | An Act making an appropriation for the payment of horses lost by the Missouri volunteers in the Florida war. | June 15, 1844 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | An Act to confirm certain entries of land in the St. Augustine land district, in the Territory of Florida, made under the pre-emption law of 22d June 1838. | June 15, 1844 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act for the relief of persons residing within the reputed limits of the States of Arkansas or Louisiana, and beyond the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas, as established by the commissioners appointed to ascertain the same. | June 15, 1844 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 90 | Chapter XC. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 91 | Chapter XCI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 92 | Chapter XCII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 93 | Chapter XCIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| 94 | Chapter XCIV. | An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to incorporate the Alexandria Canal Company,” approved on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty. | June 17, 1844 |
| 95 | Chapter XCV. | An Act to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers. | June 17, 1844 |
| 96 | Chapter XCVI. | An Act concerning the Supreme Court of the United States. | June 17, 1844 |
| 97 | Chapter XCVII. | An Act respecting the northern boundary of the State of Missouri. | June 17, 1844 |
| 98 | Chapter XCVIII. | An Act to extend the charters of the District Banks. | June 17, 1844 |
| 99 | Chapter XCIX. | An Act to enable the War Department to supply certain balances of appropriation, and for other purposes. | June 17, 1844 |
| 100 | Chapter C. | An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to regulate arrest on mesne process in the District of Columbia,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and forty-two. | June 17, 1844 |
| 101 | Chapter CI. | An Act concerning conveyances, or devises of places of public worship in the District of Columbia. | June 17, 1844 |
| 102 | Chapter CII. | An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows. | June 17, 1844 |
| 103 | Chapter CIII. | An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” passed thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. | June 17, 1844 |
| 104 | Chapter CIV. | An Act explanatory of the Treaty made with the Chippewa Indians at Saganaw, the twenty-third of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. | June 17, 1844 |
| 105 | Chapter CV. | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for other purposes. | June 17, 1844 |
| 106 | Chapter CVI. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five. | June 17, 1844 |
| 107 | Chapter CVII. | An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five. | June 17, 1844 |
| 108 | Chapter CVIII. | An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July 1844, and ending on the thirtieth day of June 1845. | June 17, 1844 |
| 109 | Chapter CIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 110 | Chapter CX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 111 | Chapter CXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 112 | Chapter CXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 113 | Chapter CXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 114 | Chapter CXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 115 | Chapter CXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 116 | Chapter CXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 117 | Chapter CXVII. | An Act to authorize the entry of certain lands, occupied by the branch pilots of the port of New Orleans, and others, in the State of Louisiana. | June 17, 1844 |
| 118 | Chapter CXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 119 | Chapter CXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 120 | Chapter CXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 121 | Chapter CXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 122 | Chapter CXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 123 | Chapter CXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 124 | Chapter CXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 125 | Chapter CXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 126 | Chapter CXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 127 | Chapter CXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 128 | Chapter CXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 129 | Chapter CXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 130 | Chapter CXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 131 | Chapter CXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 132 | Chapter CXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 133 | Chapter CXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 134 | Chapter CXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 135 | Chapter CXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 136 | Chapter CXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 137 | Chapter CXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 138 | Chapter CXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 139 | Chapter CXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 140 | Chapter CXL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 141 | Chapter CXLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 142 | Chapter CXLII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 143 | Chapter CXLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 144 | Chapter CXLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 145 | Chapter CXLV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 146 | Chapter CXLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 147 | Chapter CXLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 148 | Chapter CXLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 149 | Chapter CXLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 150 | Chapter CL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 151 | Chapter CLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 152 | Chapter CLII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 153 | Chapter CLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 154 | Chapter CLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 155 | Chapter CLV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 156 | Chapter CLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 157 | Chapter CLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 158 | Chapter CLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 159 | Chapter CLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 160 | Chapter CLX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 161 | Chapter CLXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 162 | Chapter CLXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 163 | Chapter CLXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 164 | Chapter CLXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 165 | Chapter CLXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 166 | Chapter CLXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 167 | Chapter CLXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |
| 168 | Chapter CLXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 17, 1844 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| No. 1. A Joint Resolution accepting the sword of Washington and staff of Franklin. | March 4, 1844 |
| No. 2. Joint Resolution of respect for the memory of the donor of the Camp Chest of General Washington. | April 30, 1844 |
| No. 3. Joint Resolution accepting the Camp Chest of General Washington. | April 30, 1844 |
| No. 4. Joint Resolution respecting the application of certain appropriations heretofore made. | April 30, 1844 |
| No. 5. Joint Resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents. | April 30, 1844 |
| No. 6. Joint Resolution in relation to certain property purchased for the use of the United States at the port of Bath, in the State of Maine. | May 23, 1844 |
| No. 7. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 31, 1844 |
| No. 8. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | May 31, 1844 |
| No. 9. Resolution authorizing the corporation of Baltimore to use a building of the United States at Lazaretto Point. | June 3, 1844 |
| No. 10. Resolution respecting receipts issued by the Treasurer of the United States, in payment for public lands. | June 12, 1844 |
| No. 11. A Resolution suspending the joint resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents. | June 12, 1844 |
| No. 12. A Resolution to continue two clerks in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties. | June 12, 1844 |
| No. 13. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1844 |
| No. 14. A Joint Resolution in relation to the transmission of the British mail between Boston and Canada, and for other purposes. | June 15, 1844 |
| No. 15. A Resolution for the relief of certain claimants under the Cherokee treaty of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | June 15, 1844 |
| No. 16. A Joint Resolution authorizing the transfer of certain clerks in the Treasury Department. | June 15, 1844 |
| No. 17. A Resolution relating to the public lands appertaining to the armories at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry. | June 15, 1844 |
| No. 18. Joint Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to the British authorities at Gibraltar, and the commander, officers, and crew of her Britannic Majesty’s ship Malabar. | June 17, 1844 |

## 1st Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE TWENTY-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 2d day of December, 1843, and ended the 3d day of March, 1844.
John Tyler, President of the United States; Willie P. Mangum, President of the Senate, pro tempore. John W. Jones, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union. | Jan. 23, 1845 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to correct a clerical error in the act supplementary to an act to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia, and to amend the title thereof. | Feb. 4, 1845 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 4, 1845 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act confirming and assenting to an act of the Legislature of Virginia, entitled “An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.” | Feb. 7, 1845 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An act to repeal “An act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act for the purchase of certain copies of the History of Oregon, California, and the other Territories on the Northwest coast of America. | Feb. 20, 1845 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | Feb. 20, 1845 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act restricting the grant of pensions in certain cases. | Feb. 20, 1845 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act to quiet the titles to certain lots of land in the towns of Perrysburg and Croghansville, in the State of Ohio. | Feb. 20, 1845 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act to amend the act entitled “An act to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of enlistment of seamen.” | Feb. 20, 1845 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act to organize a new land district in the southern part of the State of Arkansas. | Feb. 20, 1845 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act supplementary to “An act to repeal an act for the better organization of the district court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes, approved February thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act extending the jurisdiction of the district courts to certain cases, upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting the same. | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act explanatory of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.” | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | An Act to authorize the South Carolina Railroad Company to import certain pipes and machinery free of duty. | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to carry into effect in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States with regard to the five per cent. fund and the school reservations.” | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act to amend the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.” | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act to authorize a relocation of land warrants number three, four, and five, granted by Congress to General Lafayette. | Feb. 26, 1845 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 27, 1845 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 27, 1845 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 27, 1845 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 27, 1845 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 1, 1845 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 1, 1845 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act to change the time for holding the Circuit and Criminal Courts in the county of Washington. | March 1, 1845 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act in alteration of an act entitled “An act to establish a port of delivery at the city of Lafayette, in the State of Louisiana.” | March 1, 1845 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | March 1, 1845 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to authorize the sale of two Arabian horses, received as a present by the Consul of the United States at Zanzibar, from the Imaum of Muscat. | March 1, 1845 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act to change the time of holding the Federal courts in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. | March 1, 1845 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act renewing certain naval pensions for the term of five years. | March 3, 1845 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act to grant certain lands to the State of Indiana, the better to enable the said State to extend and complete the Wabash and Erie canal from Terre Haute to the Ohio river. | March 3, 1845 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department. | March 3, 1845 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | March 3, 1845 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to fix the value of certain foreign moneys of account in computations at the custom-houses.” | March 3, 1845 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to confirm the survey and location of claims for lands in the State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl river, and south of thirty-first degree of north latitude. | March 3, 1845 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | March 3, 1845 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union. | March 3, 1845 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | March 3, 1845 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | An Act providing payment for certain military services in Florida. | March 3, 1845 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | March 3, 1845 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | An Act regulating commercial intercourse with the Islands of Miquelon and St. Pierre. | March 3, 1845 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | An Act to continue the harbor improvement already commenced at the town of Southport, in the town of Southport, in the Territory of Wisconsin. | March 3, 1845 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | An Act for the construction and improvement of certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin. | March 3, 1845 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | An Act to provide for the transportation of the mail between the United States and foreign countries, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1845 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | An Act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Santa Fé, in Mexico; and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States. | March 3, 1845 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1845 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | March 3, 1845 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | An Act making appropriations for certain improvements in the Territory of Iowa. | March 3, 1845 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | An Act to establish certain post routes. | March 3, 1845 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1845 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | An Act supplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union. | March 3, 1845 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. | March 3, 1845 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act relating to revenue cutters and steamers. | March 3, 1845 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| No. 1. A Resolution explanatory of “An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.” | Jan. 23, 1845 |
| No. 2. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| No. 3. A Resolution to suspend a part of the third section of the joint resolution of the eleventh of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, relating to armories. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| No. 4. Joint Resolution authorizing the Postmaster General of the United States to contract with railroad companies, in certain cases, without advertising for proposals therefor. | Feb. 13, 1845 |
| No. 5. A Resolution for distributing the work on the Exploring Expedition. | Feb. 20, 1845 |
| No. 6. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 1, 1845 |
| No. 7. A Resolution for distributing the work on the Exploring Expedition. | March 1, 1845 |
| No. 8. Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the United States. | March 1, 1845 |
| No. 9. A Resolution directing an examination of Putnam’s ploughing and dredging machine. | March 3, 1845 |
| No. 10. A Resolution to authorize the Attorney General to contract for copies of a proposed edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States. | March 3, 1845 |
| No. 11. A Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to pay any balance that may be due the Shawnee Indians who served in the Florida war. | March 3, 1845 |
| No. 12. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1845 |
| No. 13. Joint Resolution to fix the time when the act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department, passed at this session, shall go into effect. | March 3, 1845 |
| No. 14. A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever any State shall have been or may be in default for the payment of interest or principal on investments in its stocks or bonds held by the United States in trust, to retain certain moneys to which such State is entitled for the purposes therein named. | March 3, 1845 |
| No. 15. A Resolution authorizing the employment of additional inspectors of the customs at the port of New Orleans. | March 3, 1845 |