# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/12th Congress

The Twelfth 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, 1811 to March 4, 1813, during the third and fourth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.

## 1st Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TWELFTH 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, fourth day of November, 1811, and ended on the sixth day of July, 1812.
James Madison, President; George Clinton, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Wm. H. Crawford, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the 26th day of March; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter V. | An Act for the relief of Abraham Whipple, late a Captain in the Navy of the United States. | Dec. 12, 1811 |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of Josiah H. Webb. | Dec. 12, 1811 |
| Chapter XIII. | An Act for the relief of John Burnham. | Jan. 10, 1812 |
| Chapter XIX. | An Act to empower the Secretary of the Treasury to decide on the case of the ship Eliza Ann, belonging to Ezekiel Hubbel, and the case of the ship Mary and Frances, belonging to Nathaniel Goddard. | Jan. 31, 1812 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the relief of Captain Selah Benton. | Feb. 21, 1812 |
| Chapter XXXII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas O’Bannon. | Feb. 24, 1812 |
| Chapter XXXVI. | An Act for the relief of the Board of Commissioners west of Pearl River. | March 10, 1812 |
| Chapter XLIV. | An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Georgetown Lancaster School Society. | March 19, 1812 |
| Chapter LI. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Orr. | April 8, 1812 |
| Chapter LII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas Wilson. | April 8, 1812 |
| Chapter LX. | An Act for the relief of William Hubbell. | April 23, 1812 |
| Chapter LXI. | An Act to authorize the Secretary for the Department of War to exchange Lands, with the Ursuline Nuns, of the City of New Orleans. | April 23, 1812 |
| Chapter LXV. | An Act for the relief of Aaron Greeley. | April 24, 1812 |
| Chapter LXXIII. | An Act granting to the governor of the state of Louisiana, for the time being, and his successors in office, a lot of ground, and the buildings thereon, in the city of New Orleans. | April 29, 1812 |
| Chapter LXXIV. | An Act for the relief of Charles Minifie. | May 1, 1812 |
| Chapter LXXXI. | An Act for the relief of John Thompson. | May 11, 1812 |
| Chapter LXXXII. | An Act for the relief of Thomas F. Reddick. | May 14, 1812 |
| Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act for the relief of John N. Stout. | May 20, 1812 |
| Chapter XCI. | An Act for the relief of Thomas and William Streshly. | May 22, 1812 |
| Chapter XCIV. | An Act for the relief of Ninian Pinkney. | May 28, 1812 |
| Chapter XCVI. | An Act for the relief of William Garrard. | June 10, 1812 |
| Chapter CIII. | An Act for the relief of Clement B. Penrose. | June 20, 1812 |
| Chapter CIV. | An Act authorizing the discharge of William Peck from his imprisonment. | June 24, 1812 |
| Chapter CV. | An Act for the relief of Lieutenant-Colonel William D. Beall. | June 24, 1812 |
| Chapter CXIV. | An Act for the relief of James Wilkinson. | July 1, 1812 |
| Chapter CXVI. | An Act for the relief of Anna Young, heiress and representative of Colonel John Durkee, deceased. | July 1, 1812 |
| Chapter CXXII. | An Act concerning Invalid Pensioners. | July 5, 1812 |

## 2nd Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TWELFTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of November, 1812, and ended on the third day of March, 1813.
James Madison, President; Wm. H. Crawford, President of the Senate, pro tempore; H. Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter XV. | An Act for the relief of John Binnion. | Jan. 27, 1813 |
| Chapter XVII. | An Act for the relief of the Bible Society of Philadelphia. | Feb. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter XIX. | An Act for the relief of Jared Shattuck. | Feb. 2, 1813 |
| Chapter XXV. | An Act for the relief of Reuben Attwater. | Feb. 24, 1813 |
| Chapter XXVI. | An Act for the relief of John Redfield, Junior. | Feb. 24, 1813 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the relief of John Dixon and John Murray. | Feb. 25, 1813 |
| Chapter XXIX. | An Act for the relief of Royal Converse. | Feb. 25, 1813 |
| Chapter XLI. | An Act authorizing the discharge of Daniel Updike from his imprisonment. | March 3, 1813 |
| Chapter XLVI. | An Act for the relief of Washington Lee. | March 3, 1813 |
| Chapter XLIX. | An Act for the relief of Lewis Chacherie. | March 3, 1813 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act for the relief of Susannah Wiley. | March 3, 1813 |
| Chapter LXII. | An Act for the relief of Nathaniel G. Ingraham, Alexander Phœnix, and William Nexsen, junior. | March 3, 1813 |
| Chapter LXIII. | An Act for the relief of the representatives of Samuel Lapsley, deceased. | March 3, 1813 |