# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/10th Congress

The Tenth 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, 1807 to March 4, 1809, during the seventh and eighth years of Thomas Jefferson'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 an overwhelming Democratic-Republican majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.

## 1st Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TENTH 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 twenty-sixth day of October, 1807, and ended the twenty-fifth day of April, 1808.
Thomas Jefferson, President; George Clinton, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Samuel Smith, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the eighteenth day of April; J. B. Varnum, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter VI. | An Act to extend certain privileges as therein mentioned to Anthony Boucherie. | Jan. 7, 1808 |
| Chapter XII. | An Act to provide for the payment of certain expenses incurred in the impeachment of Samuel Chase. | Jan. 21, 1808 |
| Chapter XIII. | An Act for the relief of Oliver Evans. | Jan. 21, 1808 |
| Chapter XXIII. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Whiting. | Feb. 25, 1808 |
| Chapter XXXII. | An Act for the relief of Edward Weld, Samuel Beebee, and John Davidson. | March 11, 1808 |
| Chapter XXXVI. | An Act granting William Wells the right of pre-emption. | March 18, 1808 |
| Chapter XLV. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas Barclay, deceased. | April 18, 1808 |
| Chapter XLIX. | An Act for the relief of Matthew Smith and Darius Gates, jointly, and Darius Gates, separately. | April 21, 1808 |
| Chapter LIV. | An Act for the relief of Philip Turner. | April 22, 1808 |
| Chapter LVIII. | An Act concerning invalid pensioners. | April 25, 1808 |
| Chapter LIX. | An Act for the relief of George Hunter. | April 25, 1808 |
| Chapter LXIV. | An Act for the relief of Joseph Chase, Jared Gardner, and others. | April 25, 1808 |

## 2nd Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE TENTH 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 seventh day of November, 1808, and ended the third day of March, 1809.
Thomas Jefferson, President; George Clinton, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Stephen R. Bradley, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the 4th to the 7th day of Januaray; John Milledge, President, pro tempore, of the Senate, from the 30th day of January; J. B. Varnum, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter II. | An Act for the relief of Andrew Joseph Villard. | Jan. 4, 1809 |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of Augustin Serry. | Jan. 12, 1809 |
| Chapter XII. | An Act for the relief of Edmund Beamont. | Feb. 1, 1809 |
| Chapter XXI. | An Act for the relief of Daniel Cotton. | Feb. 28, 1809 |
| Chapter XXXII. | An Act for the relief of Jacob Barnitz. | March 3, 1809 |
| Chapter XXXV. | An Act to extend to Amos Whittemore and William Whittemore, junior, the patent right to a machine for manufacturing cotton and wool cards. | March 3, 1809 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | An Act concerning invalid pensioners. | March 3, 1809 |