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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/2nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 12

Chap. XII.—An Act providing for the settlement of the Claims of Persons under particular circumstances barred by the limitations heretofore established.
Limitations of claims by certain resolutions, suspended for two years;Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the operation of the resolutions of the late Congress of the United States, passed on the second day of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and the twenty-third day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, so far as they have barred, or may be construed to bar the claims of any officer, soldier, artificer, sailor or marine of the late army or navy of the United States, for personal services rendered to the United States, in the military or naval department, shall from and after the passing of this act, be suspended, for and during the term of two years. And that every such officer, soldier, artificer, sailor and marine having claims for services rendered to the United States, in the military or naval departments, who shall exhibit the same, for liquidation, at the treasury of the United States, at any time during the said term of two years, shall be entitled to an adjustment, and allowance thereof on the same principles, as if the same had been exhibited, within the term prescribed by the aforesaid resolutions of Congress: not to extend to claims for rations, &c.Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to extend to claims for rations or subsistence money.
Balances to be registered in name of original claimant, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no balances hereafter to be certified, as due from the United States, shall be registered in any other name, than that of the original claimant, or of his heirs, executors or administrators; and such balances shall be transferable only at the treasury, by virtue of powers actually executed after such registry, expressing the sum to be transferred, and in pursuance of such general rules, as have been, or shall be prescribed for that purpose.
Approved, March 27, 1792.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/2nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 1

Chapter I.—An Act granting farther Time for making Return of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants in the District of South Carolina.
Time for making return extended to 1st March 1792.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the marshal of the district of South Carolina to complete and make return of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the said district, to the President of the United States, in the form and manner prescribed by the act, Act of March 1, 1790, ch. 2.intituled “An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,” at any time on or before the first day of March next, any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, March 3, 1791.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/2nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 14

Chap. XIV.—An Act supplemental to the act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States.
1795, ch. 44, sec. 18. President of the U. S. may appoint not more than four B. Generals.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint such number of brigadier generals as may be conducive to the good of the public service. Provided the whole number appointed or to be appointed, shall not exceed four.
Approved, March 28, 1792.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/2nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 17

Chap. XVII.—An Act supplementary to the act for the establishment and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers.
Expenses of beacons, &c. to be borne till July 1793.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all expenses which shall accrue from the first day of July next, inclusively, for the necessary support, maintenance, and repairs of all lighthouses, beacons, buoys, the stakeage of channels, on the sea-coast, and public piers, shall continue to be defrayed by the United States, until the first day of July, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three,1793, ch. 27. notwithstanding such lighthouses, beacons, or public piers, with the lands and tenements thereunto belonging, and the jurisdiction of the same, shall not in the mean time be ceded to, or vested in the United States, by the state or states respectively, in which the same may be, and that the said time be further allowed, to the states respectively to make such cession.
Floating beacons to be placed at Charleston harbor and Chesapeak bay.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treasury be authorized to cause to be provided, erected, and placed, a floating beacon, and as many buoys, as may be necessary for the security of navigation, at and near the entrance of the harbor of Charleston, in the state of South Carolina. And also to have affixed three floating beacons in the bay of Chesapeak; one at the north end of Willoughby’s Spit, another at the tail of the Horse Shoe; and the third on the shoalest place of the middle ground.
Approved, April 12, 1792.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/1st Congress/3rd Session/Resolution 5

Marshal to hire temporary jails in states that have not complied with the former resolution of Congress.V.Whereas Congress did, by a resolution of the twenty-third day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, recommend to the several states to pass laws making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their jails to receive and safe keep therein all prisoners committed under the authority of the United States; in order therefore to insure the administration of justice,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case any state shall not have complied with the said recommendation, the marshal in such state, under the direction of the judge of the district, be authorized to hire a convenient place to serve as a temporary jail, and to make the necessary provision for the safe keeping of prisoners committed under the authority of the United States, until permanent provision shall be made by law for that purpose; and the said marshal shall be allowed his reasonable expenses incurred for the above purposes, to be paid out of the treasury of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1791.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/2nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 10

Chap. X.—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 far as the same respects the States of Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Act of May 12, 1796, ch. 26. Consent of Congress to operation of a certain act of Maryland; andSection 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby granted and declared to the operation of an act of the general assembly of Maryland, made and passed at a session begun and held at the city of Annapolis, on the first Monday in November last, intituled “An act empowering the wardens of the port of Baltimore to levy and collect the duty therein mentioned.”
assent to certain acts, Maryland &c. continued as to Georgia and R. Island. 1790, ch. 43.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act, intituled “An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the states of Maryland, Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,” shall be continued, and is hereby declared to be in full force, so far as the same respects the states of Georgia, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Limitation.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and continue in force for the term of three years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer.
Approved, March 19, 1792.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/2nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 15

Chap. XV.—An Act for finishing the Lighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of Cape Fear river in the State of North Carolina.
Secretary of Treasury to finish the lighthouse on Baldhead in North Carolina.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, be authorized, as soon as may be, to cause to be finished in such manner as shall appear advisable, the lighthouse heretofore begun under the authority of the state of North Carolina, on Baldhead at the mouth of Cape Fear river in the said state: And that a sum, not exceeding four thousand dollars, be appropriated for the same, out of any monies heretofore appropriated, which may remain unexpended, after satisfying the purposes for which they were appropriated, or out of any other monies, which may be in the treasury, not subject to any prior appropriation.
Approved, April 2, 1792.
# United States v. Goelet

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United States Supreme Court
232 U.S. 293
United States v. Goelet
Argued: January 6 and 7, 1914. --- Decided: February 24, 1914
Death of Harriet Goelet suggested, and appearance of Robert Walton Goelet, as executor under the last will and testament of Harriet Goelet, filed and entered January 7, 1914, as a party herein.
Assistant Attorney General Adkins and Mr. Karl W. Kirchwey for the United States.
Mr. William D. Guthrie for Harriet Goelet.
Mr. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion of the court:

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# United States v. Gleeson

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United States Supreme Court
124 U.S. 255
United States v. Gleeson
[Statement of Case from pages 255-257 intentionally omitted]
Atty. Gen. Garland, Asst. Atty. Gen. Howard, and F. P. Dewees, for appellant.
Robert C. Schenck, for appellee.
Mr. Justice GRAY, after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

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# United States v. Goldback

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United States Supreme Court
102 U.S. 623
United States v. Goldback
ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
The Solicitor-General for the plaintiff in error.
No counsel appeared for the defendant in error.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

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# United States v. Gleason

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United States Supreme Court
175 U.S. 588
United States v. Gleason
Argued: October 23, 24, 1899. --- Decided: for reargument November 6, 1899

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# United States v. Glenn L. Martin Company

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United States Supreme Court
308 U.S. 62
United States v. Glenn L. Martin Company
Argued: Oct. 19, 20, 1939. --- Decided: Nov 6, 1939
Mr. Frank Murphy, Atty. Gen., and Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.
Mr. John T. Koehler, of Baltimore, Md., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 21

Chap. XXI.—An Act making an appropriation to defray the expense of a delegation of the Seminole Indians west of the Mississippi to Florida, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of a delegation of the Seminole Indians west of the Mississippi; and other agents ​engaged in an attempt to effect a pacification with the hostile portion of that tribe in Florida.
Approved, March 2, 1841.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 24

Chap. XXIV.—An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriations. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, for the preservation, repairs, construction, and incidental and contingent expenses of certain fortifications, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, viz.:
Fort Independence.For repairs of Fort Independence and sea-wall of Castle island, thirty-five thousand dollars;
Fort Warren.For Fort Warren, forty-five thousand dollars;
Fort Adams.For Fort Adams, thirty-five thousand dollars;
New London harbor.For fortifications at New London harbor, fifteen thousand dollars;
Fort Schuyler.For Fort Schuyler, thirty thousand dollars;
Ft. Columbus. Castle William and South battery.For permanent wharves for Fort Columbus, Castle William, and South battery, Governor’s island, ten thousand dollars;
Castle William.For repairs of sea-wall of Castle William, and other parts of Governor’s island, ten thousand dollars;
Fort Gibson.For repairs of Fort Gibson, New York harbor, five thousand dollars;
Fort Washington.For repairs of Fort Washington, fifteen thousand dollars;
Fort Monroe.Fort Fort Monroe, thirty-five thousand dollars;
Fort Calhoun.For Fort Calhoun, ten thousand dollars;
Fort Macon.For repairs of Fort Macon, fifteen thousand dollars;
For the preservation of the site of Fort Macon, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars;
Fort Sumter.For Fort Sumter, sixty thousand dollars;
Castle Pinckney.For repairs of Castle Pinckney, two thousand dollars;
Fort Pulaski.For Fort Pulaski, fifteen thousand dollars;
Fort Pickens.For Fort Pickens, ten thousand dollars;
Fort Barancas.For Fort Barancas, thirty thousand dollars;
Ft. Livingston.For Fort Livingston, thirty thousand dollars;
Fort Mifflin.For the repairs of Fort Mifflin, five thousand dollars;
Contingencies.For contingencies of fortifications, five thousand dollars;
Incidental expenses.For incidental expenses attending repairs of fortifications, ten thousand dollars;
Deer island.For repairs of sea-wall on Deer island, Boston harbor, one thousand five hundred dollars;
Rainsford isl.For repairs of sea-wall on Rainsford island, Boston harbor, one thousand dollars;
St. Augustine.For continuing sea-wall at St. Augustine, fifteen thousand dollars;
Fort Johnson.For the preservation of the site of Fort Johnson, sixteen thousand dollars;
Approved, March 2, 1841.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 26

Chap. XXVI.—An Act to confirm land patents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Certain patents confirmed. That all patents for public lands, which have been issued from the General Land Office since the passing of the act, entitled “An act for the establishment of a General Land Office in the department of the Treasury,” passed on the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve,Act of April 25, 1812, ch. 68. in the name of the President of the United States, instead of being “in the name of the United States,” as prescribed in the eighth section of said act: and all patents for public lands, which have been issued from the said General Land Office since the passing of the act entitled “An act to reorganize the General Land Office,”Act of July 4, 1836, ch. 352. passed the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and which have been countersigned by the recorder of the General Land Office, or other person acting in his stead, instead of being countersigned by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, as prescribed in the act of the twenty-fifth ​day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve; and all patents which have been issued from said General Land Office since the passing of the act entitled “An act prescribing the mode by which patents for public lands shall be signed and executed,”Act of March 2, 1833, ch. 91. passed the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and which have been subscribed by a secretary duly appointed, pursuant to the provisions of said act, with the printed or written name of the President affixed to the personal signature of such secretary, in the execution of such patents, notwithstanding the name of the President may not have been written personally by the secretary, shall be deemed, taken, and held, good and valid patents in law, and shall have all the force and effect to pass from the United States to the patentee or patentees named in such patents, respectively, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, the lands described therein, as though, in each and all the respects before enumerated, the patents, in their form and manner of execution, had conformed to the requirements of law.
Patents, how to be countersigned.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall be the duty of the recorder of the General Land Office, in addition to the duties now required of him by law, to countersign all patents issued from said office, instead of the same being countersigned by the Commissioner, as required by the eighth section of the act entitled “An act for the establishment of a General Land Office in the department of the Treasury,” passed the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Approved, March 3, 1841.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 2

Chap. II.—An Act supplementary to an act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Construction to be given to the act of 28th Feb. 1839, ch. 35. That the act entitled “An act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases,” approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, shall be so construed as to abolish imprisonment for debt, on process issuing out of any court in the United States, in all cases whatever, where, by the laws of the State in which the said court shall be held, imprisonment for debt has been, or shall hereafter be, abolished.
Approved, January 14, 1841.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 12

Chap. XII.—An Act to confirm to the State of Indiana the land selected by her for that portion of the Wabash and Erie canal which lies between the mouth of the Tippecanoe river and Terre Haute, and for other purposes.
1848, ch. 36. The land selected by Indiana under act of 2d March 1827, ch. 56, confirmed to her.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and there hereby is, confirmed to the State of Indiana, the land selected by her, under the provisions of the act of second of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitled “An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding the State in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash with those of Lake Erie,” for that portion of the canal between the mouth of the Tippecanoe river and Terre Haute, as returned by said State to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Indiana authorized to select other lands in lieu of those subject to pre-emption, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That should any of said lands, at the time of their selection and location by the State, have been subject to any right of pre-emption, or other legal incumbrance, the State of Indiana shall be, and she hereby is, authorized to select, of any lands subject to private entry in said State, other lands in lieu of so much thereof as may be so incumbered, and, upon return of a description of the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, the same shall be, and herby is, confirmed to the State:Proviso. Provided, That no more land shall be selected, or hereby confirmed, than a quantity equal to one half of five sections in width on each side of said canal, from the mouth of the Tippecanoe river to Terre Haute.
Approved, February 27, 1841.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 11

Chap. XI.—An Act to make further provision for the expenses of an exploration and survey of that part of the northeastern boundary line of the United States which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British provinces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriation for exploration and survey. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, in addition to the sum heretofore provided, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President of the United States to cause to be made and completed an exploration and survey of that part of the northeastern boundary line of the United States and ​the adjacent country, which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British provinces.
Approved, February 27, 1841.