# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/Lists and Tables/2nd Congress

Acts of the Second Congress of the United States.
STATUTE Ⅰ.—1791, 1792.
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| Census of the Inhabitants of the United States.An act granting further time for making return of the enumeration of the inhabitants in the District of South Carolina.(Obsolete.)Nov. 8, 1791. | 226 |
| Appropriations for the Support of Government.An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.(Obsolete.)Dec. 23, 1791. | 226 |
| Contract between the United States and the State of Pennsylvania relative to certain land.An act for carrying into effect a contract between the United States and the State of Pennsylvania.(Obsolete.)Jan. 3, 1792. | 229 |
| Settlement of Accounts of the United States with Individual States.An act to extend the time limited for settling the accounts of the United States with the individual States.(Obsolete.)Jan. 23, 1792. | 229 |
| Fisheries of the United States and Government of Fishermen.An act concerning certain fisheries of the United States, and for the regulation and government of the fishermen employed therein.(Expired and Supplied.)Feb. 16, 1792. | 229 |
| Post-office and Post-roads established.An act to establish the post-office and post-roads within the United States.(Expired.)Feb. 20, 1792. | 232 |
| Election of President and Vice-President of the United States, and providing for Vacancies in the Offices of President and Vice-President.An act relative to the election of a president and vice-president of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall act as president in case of vacancies in the offices both of president and vice-president.March 1, 1792. | 239 |
| Protection of the Frontiers of the United States by raising additional Troops.An act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States.(Repealed.)March 5, 1792. | 241 |
| Consent of Congress to Act of Maryland, and to continue for a longer time the consent to Acts of Georgia, and Rhode Island.An act declaring the consent of Congress to a certain act of the State of Maryland, and to continue, for a longer time, an act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, so for as the same respects the States of Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.(Expired.)March 19, 1792. | 243 |
| Pensions. Settlement of Claims of Widows and Orphans barred by Limitations, &c.An act to provide for the settlement of the claims of widows and orphans barred by the limitations heretofore established, and to regulate the claims to invalid pensions.(Obsolete.)March 19, 1792. | 243 |
| Settlement of Claims on the United States under particular Circumstances barred by Limitations.An act providing for the settlement of claims of persons under particular circumstances, barred by the limitations heretofore established.(Expired.)March 27, 1792. | 245 |
| Protection of the Frontiers of the United States, additional Brigadiers-General.An act supplemental to the act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States.(Obsolete.)March 28, 1792. | 246 |
| Light-houses.An act for finishing the light-house on Baldhead, at the mouth of Cape Fear river, in the State of North Carolina.(Obsolete.)April 2, 1792. | 246 |
| Mint of the United States and regulating the Coins of the United States.An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States.April 2, 1792. | 246 |
| Light-houses, Beacons, Buoys, &c.An act supplementary to the act for the establishment and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers.April 12, 1792. | 251 |
| Light-house on Montok Point.An act to erect a light-house on Montok Point, in the State of New York.April 12, 1792. | 251 |
| Doorkeeper of the Senate and House of Representatives.An act for fixing the compensation of the doorkeepers of the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress.April 12, 1792. | 252 ​ |
| Circuit Courts of the United States in certain Districts, &c.An act for altering the times of holding the Circuit Courts in certain districts of the United States, and for other purposes.(Obsolete.)April 17, 1792. | 252 |
| Apportionment of Representatives according to the First Census among the Several States.An act for apportioning representatives among the several States according to the first enumeration.(Obsolete.)April 14, 1792. | 253 |
| Consuls and Vice-Consuls.An act concerning consuls and vice-consuls.April 14, 1792. | 254 |
| Public Lands in Ohio.An act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to the Ohio Company of Associates.April 21, 1792. | 257 |
| Duties on Merchandise.An act for raising a further sum of money for the protection of the frontiers, and for other purposes therein mentioned.(Obsolete.)May 2, 1792. | 259 |
| Militia of the United States.An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the law of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions.(Repealed and Supplied.)May 2, 1792. | 264 |
| Imprisonment for Debt.An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt.(Expired and Supplied.)May 5, 1792. | 265 |
| Public Lands granted to John Cleves Symmes and his Associates.An act authorizing the grant and conveyance of certain lands to John Cleves Symmes and his Associates.May 5, 1792. | 266 |
| Meeting of Congress.An act to alter the time for the next annual meeting of Congress.(Obsolete.)May 5, 1792. | 267 |
| Duties on Spirits distilled within the United States.An act concerning the duties on spirits distilled within the United States.(Repealed.)Dec. 27, 1792. | 267 |
| Militia of the United States.An act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States.May 8, 1792. | 271 |
| Compensation of Officers employed in the Collection of Duties of Impost and Tonnage.An act relative to the compensation to certain officers employed in the collection of duties of impost and tonnage.(Obsolete.)May 8, 1792. | 274 |
| Mitigating Fines and Forfeitures under the Revenue Laws, making further Provisions for Payment of Pensions to Invalids.An act to continue in force the act entitled “An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the penalties and forfeitures accruing under the revenue laws in certain cases,” and to make further provision for the payment of pensions to invalids.(Obsolete.)May 8, 1792. | 275 |
| Process in the Courts of the United States, and Compensation of Officers of the Courts, Jurors, and Witnesses.An act for regulating processes in the Courts of the United States, and providing compensation for the officers of the said Courts, and for jurors and witnesses.May 8, 1792. | 275 |
| Alterations in the Treasury and War Departments.An act making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments.May 8, 1792. | 279 |
| Debt of the United States.Loan of Domestic Debt of the United States.An act supplementary to the act making provision for the debt of the United States.(Obsolete.)May 8, 1792. | 281 |
| Copper Coinage.An act to provide for a copper coinage.May 8, 1792. | 283 |
| Commissioners of Loans, Compensation for Extraordinary Expenses.An act for making compensations to the Commissioners of Loans for extraordinary expenses.(Obsolete.)May 8, 1792. | 284 |
| Appropriations for certain Purposes.An act making certain appropriations therein specified.(Obsolete.)May 8, 1792. | 284 |
| Government of the Territories north-west and south of the river Ohio.An act respecting the government of the Territories of the United States north-west and south of the river Ohio.May 8, 1792. | 285 |
STATUTE Ⅱ.—1792, 1793.
| Registering and Recording of Vessels.An act concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels.Dec. 31, 1792. | 287 |
| Copper Coins of the United States.An act to amend an act entitled “An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States,” so far as respects the coinage of copper.Jan. 14, 1793. | 299 |
| Intercourse with Foreign Nations.An act to continue in force for a limited time and to amend the act entitled “An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations.”Feb. 9, 1793. | 299 ​ |
| Regulation of the Value of Foreign Coins, &c.An act regulating foreign coins, and for other purposes.Feb. 9, 1793. | 300 |
| Claims on the United States not barred by any Act of Limitation.An act relative to claims against the United States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which have not been already adjusted.(Obsolete.)Feb. 12, 1793. | 301 |
| Fugitives from Justice—Fugitives from Labour.An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters.Feb. 12, 1793. | 302 |
| Enrolling and Licensing Vessels in the Coasting Trade and Fisheries.An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and regulating the same.Feb. 18, 1793. | 305 |
| Compensation of the President and Vice-President of the United States.An act providing compensation to the President and Vice-President of the United States.Feb. 18, 1793. | 318 |
| Repeal of a Resolution of Congress relative to the Inhabitants of Port Saint Vincents.An act to repeal part of a resolution of Congress of the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, respecting the inhabitants of Port Saint Vincents.(Obsolete.)Feb. 21, 1793. | 318 |
| Patents for Useful Inventions.An act to promote the useful arts; and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose.(Repealed.)Feb. 21, 1793. | 318 |
| Repeal of Duties on Beasts imported for Breed.An act for repealing the several import laws of the United States, so far as they may be deemed to impose a duty on useful beasts imported for breed.Feb. 27, 1793. | 324 |
| Accounts of the United States with the Individual States.An act in addition to, and alteration of, the act entitled “An act to extend the time limited for settling the accounts of the United States with the individual States.”Feb. 27, 1793. | 324 |
| Invalid Pensions.An act to regulate the claims to invalid pensions.Feb. 28, 1793. | 324 |
| Appropriations for the Support of Government.An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.(Obsolete.)Feb. 28, 1793. | 325 |
| Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes regulated.An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes.(Repealed.)March 1, 1793. | 329 |
| Fees in Admiralty Proceedings in the District Courts of the United States.An act to ascertain the fees in Admiralty proceedings in the District Courts of the United States, and for other purposes.(Expired.)March 1, 1793. | 332 |
| Treaty with the Indians north-west of the Ohio.An act making an appropriation to defray the expense of a treaty with the Indians north-west of the Ohio.(Obsolete.)March 2, 1793. | 333 |
| Courts of the United States.An act in addition to the act entitled “An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.”(Obsolete.)March 2, 1793. | 333 |
| Circuit Courts in North Carolina, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.An act to alter the times and places of holding the Circuit Courts in the Eastern District of North Carolina, and for other purposes.(Obsolete.)March 2, 1793. | 335 |
| Collection of Duties on Merchandise and Tonnage.An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels.”(Repealed and Supplied.)March 21, 1793. | 336 |
| Debt of the United States to the Bank of the United States.An act providing for the payment of the first instalment due on a loan made by the Bank of the United States.(0bsolete.)March 2, 1793. | 338 |
| Domestic Debt of the United States.An act for extending the time for receiving on loan that part of the domestic debt of the United States, which may not be subscribed, prior to the first day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.(Expired.)March 2, 1793. | 338 |
| Light-houses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers.An act supplementary to the act for the establishment and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys and public piers.March 2, 1793. | 339 |
| Appropriations for the Mint, &c.An act making certain appropriations therein mentioned.(Obsolete.)March 2, 1793. | 339 |
| Compensation to certain Public Officers.An act making addition to the compensation of certain public officers.March 2, 1793. | 340 |