# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/Lists and Tables/11th Congress

Acts of the Eleventh Congress of the United States.
STATUTE Ⅰ.—1809.
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| Foreign Vessels allowed to take on Board Cargoes of Domestic or Foreign Produce during the Non-intercourse with Great Britain and France. An act respecting the ships or vessels owned by citizens or subjects of foreign nations with which commercial intercourse is permitted. (Obsolete.)May 30, 1809. | 547 |
| Fortifications of the Ports and Harbours of the United States. An act making further appropriations to complete the fortifications commenced for the security of the ports and harbours of the United States, and to erect such fortifications as may be necessary for the protection of the northern and western frontiers of the United States. (Obsolete.)June 14, 1809. | 547 |
| Agent for Land-office at Kaskaskia, and Compensation of the Commissioners and Clerk. An act authorizing the appointment of an agent for the land-office at Kaskaskia, and allowing compensation to the commissioners and clerk. (Obsolete.)June 15, 1809. | 548 |
| Appropriations for carrying into Effect the Treaty with the Chickasaw Indians, and to establish a Land-office in the Mississippi Territory. An act supplementary to an act entitled “An act making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw tribe of Indians; and to establish a land-office in the Mississippi territory.” (Obsolete.)June 15, 1809. | 548 |
| Assent of Congress to an Act of South Carolina. An act to continue in force “An act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain act of the State of South Carolina,” passed the twenty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and four. (Expired.)June 15, 1809. | 549 |
| Fixing the next Meeting of Congress. An act to fix the time for the next meeting of Congress.June 24, 1809. | 549 |
| Remission of Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by bringing Slaves from St. Domingo, by Persons forcibly expelled from thence. An act for the remission of certain penalties and forfeitures, and for other purposes.June 28, 1809. | 549 |
| Commercial Intercourse with Great Britain and France. An act to amend and continue in force certain parts of the act entitled “An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes.” (Repealed.)June 28, 1809. | 550 |
| Public Debt. An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt.”June 28, 1809. | 551 |
| Appropriation to finish and furnish the Senate Chamber, &c. An act making appropriation to finish and furnish the Senate chamber, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.)June 28, 1809. | 552 |
| Recruiting Service suspended. An act to suspend for a limited time the recruiting service. (Obsolete.)June 28, 1809. | 552 |
| Franking Privilege to Thomas Jefferson. An act freeing from postage all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson. (Obsolete.)June 28, 1809. | 552 |
| Contingent Expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives. An act making appropriations for defraying the expense of stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives, during the present session of Congress. (Obsolete.)June 28, 1809. | 552 |
| Allowances paid to Owners and Crews of Fishing Vessels. An act authorizing the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to give credit to certain collectors of the customs for allowances paid by them to the owners and crews of fishing vessels.June 28, 1809. | 552 |
| Naval Establishment. An act concerning the naval establishment. (Obsolete.)June 28, 1809. | 553 |
STATUTE ⅠⅠ.—1809, 1810.
| Transportation of certain Documents free of Postage. An act to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage. (Obsolete.)Dec. 9, 1809. | 554 |
| Extension of the Right of Suffrage in the Indiana Territory. An act supplemental to an act entitled “An act extending the right of suffrage in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes.”Dec. 15, 1809. | 554 |
| Military Land Warrants. An act extending the time for issuing and locating military land warrants. (Obsolete.)Dec. 19, 1809. | 555 |
| Duties on Merchandise. An act to revive and continue in force, for a further time, the first section of the act entitled “An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against Barbary powers.” (Obsolete.)Jan. 12, 1810. | 555 |
| Cumberland Road. An act in addition to the “Act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio.”Feb. 14, 1810. | 555 |
| Public Lands. An act to prescribe the mode in which application shall be made for the purchase of land at the several land-offices, and for the relief of Joab Garret. (Obsolete.)Feb. 24, 1810. | 556 |
| Refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia. An act further to provide for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, and for other purposes.Feb. 24, 1810. | 556 |
| Appropriations for the Support of Government in 1810. An act making appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. (Obsolete.)(Feb. 26, 1810. | 557 |
| Appropriations for the Support of the Navy in 1810. An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. (Obsolete.)March 2, 1810. | 562 |
| Appropriations for the Support of the Military Establishment in 1810. An act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. (Obsolete.)March 2, 1810. | 563 |
| Additional Judge in the Mississippi Territory, and Right of Suffrage there. An act for the appointment of an additional judge, and extending the right of suffrage to the citizens of Madison county, in the Mississippi territory. (Obsolete.)March 2, 1810. | 563 |
| Third Census of the Inhabitants of the United States. An act providing for the third Census or enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States. (Obsolete.)March 26, 1810. | 564 |
| District Court in Ohio. An act for altering the time for holding the District Court in Ohio.March 26, 1810. | 568 |
| Sea Letters. An act to prevent the issuing of sea letters except to certain vessels.March 26, 1810. | 568 |
| Torpedo or Submarine Explosion. An act making an appropriation for the purpose of trying the practical use of the torpedo or submarine explosion. (Obsolete.)March 30, 1810. | 569 |
| Public Road in the District of Columbia. An act to make a public road in Washington county, in the District of Columbia.March 30, 1810. | 569 |
| Third Census of the Inhabitants of the United States. An act to alter and amend an act entitled “An act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,” passed the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten.April 12, 1810. | 570 |
| Turnpike Roads in the District of Columbia. An act to incorporate a company for making certain turnpike roads in the District of Columbia.April 20, 1810. | 570 |
| Turnpike Company in the County of Alexandria, District of Columbia. An act to amend an act entitled “An act for the establishment of a turnpike company in the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.”April 25, 1810. | 577 |
| Drawback on Goods from Newport to Boston and Boston to Newport. An act to allow the benefit of drawback on merchandise transported by land conveyance from Newport to Boston, and from Boston to Newport, in like manner as if the same were transported coastwise.April 25, 1810. | 578 |
| Post Roads. An act to establish post roads.April 28, 1810. | 579 |
| Virginia Military Land Warrants. An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and for returning the surveys thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War. (Obsolete.)March 16, 1810. | 589 |
| Printing and distributing the Laws relating to the Public Lands. An act providing for the printing and distributing of such laws of the United States as respect the public lands. (Obsolete.)April 27, 1810. | 589 |
| Accommodation of the General Post-office and the Patent-office. An act providing for the better accommodation of the General Post-office and Patent-office, and for other purposes.April 28, 1810. | 589 |
| Sale of certain Lands in the Indiana Territory. An act providing for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes.April 30, 1810. | 590 |
| Extending the Time of making Payment for the Public Lands in certain Cases. An act to extend the time for making payment for the public lands of the United States in certain cases. (Obsolete.)April 30, 1810. | 591 |
| Post-office. An act regulating the post-office establishment. (Repealed.)April 30, 1810. | 592 |
| Third Census of the Inhabitants of the United States. An act further to alter and amend “An act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.” (Obsolete.)May 1, 1810. | 605 |
| Commercial Intercourse with Great Britain and France. An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes.May 1, 1810. | 605 |
| Confirmation of the Decisions of the Commissioners in Favour of Claimants to Public Lands in Kaskaskia. An act confirming the decisions of the commissioners in favour of the claimants of land in the district of Kaskaskia. (Obsolete.)May 1, 1810. | 607 |
| Appropriations for completing the Capitol, &c. An act making further appropriations for completing the capitol, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.)May 1, 1810. | 607 |
| Appropriations for carrying into Effect certain Indian Treaties. An act making appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties. (Obsolete.)May 1, 1810. | 607 |
| Compensation to Public Ministers and Consuls on the Coast of Barbary, &c. An act fixing the compensation of public ministers, and of consuls residing on the coast of Barbary, and for other purposes.May 1, 1810. | 608 |
| Authorizing a Loan. An act authorizing a loan of money, for a sum not exceeding the amount of the principal of the public debt, reimbursable during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. (Obsolete.)May 1, 1810. | 610 |
| Lighthouse, Beacon, Buoys, &c. An act to erect a lighthouse at the entrance of Scituate harbour, a stone column on a spit of sand at the entrance into Boston harbour, and a beacon on Beach Point, near Plymouth harbour, in the state of Massachusetts; a light at the entrance of Bayou St. John into Lake Ponchartrain, and two lights on Lake Erie, and for beacons and buoys near the entrance of Beverly harbour.May 1, 1810. | 611 |
| Library. An act in addition to an act entitled “An act concerning the library for the use of both houses of Congress.”May 1, 1810. | 612 |
RESOLUTIONS.
| 1. Censure of the conduct of F. J. Jackson, minister plenipotentiary from Great Britain. | 612 |
| 2. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | 613 |
STATUTE ⅠⅠⅠ.—1810, 1811.
| Transportation of certain Documents free of Postage. An act to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage. (Obsolete.)Dec. 17, 1810. | 614 |
| Appropriation for the Relief and Protection of distressed American Seamen. An act making an additional appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the relief and protection of distressed American seamen, during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. (Obsolete.)Jan. 7, 1811. | 614 |
| Duties on Merchandise. An act to continue in force, for a further time, the first section of the act entitled “An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers.” (Expired.)Jan. 7, 1811. | 614 |
| Compensation of the Assistant Postmaster-General. An act to fix the compensation of the additional assistant postmaster-general.Jan. 17, 1811. | 615 |
| Adjustment of the exterior Line of the Public Land at West Point. An act to authorize the Secretary at War to ascertain and settle, by the appointment of commissioners, the exterior line of the public land at West Point, with the adjoining proprietor. (Obsolete.)Jan. 22, 1811. | 615 |
| Appropriations for the Military Establishment for 1811. An act making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven. (Obsolete.)Feb. 6, 1811. | 615 |
| Appropriations for the Support of the Navy for 1811. An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven. (Obsolete.)Feb. 27, 1811. | 616 |
| Compensation to the Consul, John Eugene Leitensdorfer, for Services in the War with Tripoli. An act making compensation to John Eugene Leitensdorfer, for services rendered the United States in the war with Tripoli. (Obsolete.)Feb. 18, 1811. | 617 |
| Land Claims and Sale of Public Lands in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana. An act providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands and for the sale of the public lands in the territories of Orleans and Louisiana. (Repealed.)Feb. 15, 1811. | 617 |
| Bank of Alexandria. An act concerning the Bank of Alexandria. (Expired.)Feb. 15, 1811. | 621 |
| Bank of Washington. An act to incorporate the Bank of Washington. (Expired.)Feb. 15, 1811. | 625 |
| Farmers’ Bank of Alexandria. An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Farmers’ Bank of Alexandria.Feb. 16, 1811. | 629 |
| Bank of Potomac. An act to incorporate the Bank of Potomac.Feb. 16, 1811. | 633 |
| Union Bank of Georgetown. An act to incorporate the Union Bank of Georgetown.Feb. 18, 1811. | 636 |
| Distribution of such Laws of the United States as respect the Public Lands. An act making a further distribution of such laws of the United States as respect the public lands.Feb. 18, 1811. | 641 |
| The People of the Territory of Orleans authorized to form a State Government, and admitted into the Union. An act to enable the people of the territory of Orleans to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes.Feb. 20, 1811. | 641 |
| Appropriations for the Support of Government for 1811. An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven. (Obsolete.)Feb. 20, 1811. | 643 |
| Georgetown and Potomac Bridge Company. An act to enable the Georgetown and Potomac Bridge Company to levy money for the object of its incorporation.Feb. 22, 1811. | 648 |
| Sale of Land in the State of Tennessee, and in the Indiana Territory. An act providing for the sale of a tract of land lying in the State of Tennessee, and a tract in the Indiana territory. (Obsolete.)Feb. 25, 1811. | 649 |
| Land-offices at Nashville and Canton, and Sale of Public Lands east of Pearl River. An act providing for the removal of the land-office established at Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, and Canton in the State of Ohio; and to authorize the register and receiver of public moneys to superintend the public sales of land in the district east of Pearl river. (Obsolete.)Feb. 25, 1811. | 649 |
| Navy Hospitals. An act establishing navy hospitals.Feb. 26, 1811. | 650 |
| Consuls and Vice-consuls, and Protection of American Seamen. An act in addition to the act entitled “An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls,” and for the further protection of American seamen.Feb. 28, 1811. | 651 |
| Commercial Intercourse with Great Britain and France. An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes.” (Repealed.)March 2, 1811. | 651 |
| Trading Houses with the Indian Tribes. An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes. (Repealed.)March 2, 1811. | 652 |
| Collection Districts of Mumphreymagog, Oswegatchie, and White Mountains. An act to establish the districts of Mumphreymagog, of Oswegatchie, and of White Mountains.March 2, 1811. | 655 |
| Public Loans. An act authorizing a loan of money for a sum not exceeding five millions of dollars. (Obsolete.)March 2, 1811. | 656 |
| Collection Districts of New Jersey, Lewistown, Cape St. Vincent, Miami, and Mississippi. An act to annex a part of the State of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of collector of Niagara to Lewistown; to make Cape St. Vincent, in the district of Sacket’s Harbour, a port of deivery; and out of the districts of Miami and Mississippi to make two new districts, to be called the districts of Sandusky and Teche, and for other purposes.March 2, 1811. | 657 |
| Third Census of the Inhabitants of the United States. An act to extend the time for completing the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States. (Obsolete.)March 2, 1811. | 658 |
| Consent of Congress to an act of the State of Georgia, relative to Fees of Harbour and Health Officers at Savannah and St. Mary’s. An act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the state of Georgia, passed the twelfth of December, one thousand eight hundred and four “establishing the fees of the harbour master and health officer of the ports of Savannah and St. Mary’s.”March 2, 1811. | 658 |
| Light-house on Boon Island, Buoys off Cape Fear River, Beacon at New Inlet, Buoys at Edgartown, Column on Cape Elizabeth, Beacons and Buoys at Beverly Harbour. An act to erect a light-house on Boon island in the State of Massachusetts, to place buoys off Cape Fear river, and to erect a beacon at New Inlet, in the State of North Carolina, and to place buoys at the entrance of the harbour of Edgartown, and to erect a column of stone on Cape Elizabeth, and to complete the beacons and buoys at the entrance of Beverly harbour, in the State of Massachusetts.March 2, 1811. | 659 |
| Right of Suffrage extended in the Indiana Territory, &c. An act to extend the right of suffrage in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1811. | 659 |
| Salaries of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. An act to increase the salaries of the judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.March 3, 1811. | 660 |
| Appropriations to carry Indian Treaties into Effect. An act making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Great and Little Osage Nations of Indians, concluded at Fort Clarke, on the tenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1811. | 660 |
| Appropriations for Fortifications. An act making further appropriations to complete the fortifications commenced for the security of the ports and harbours of the United States. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1811. | 661 |
| Compensation to Persons who have taken an Account of the Manufacturing Establishments in the United States. An act for allowing a reasonable compensation to the persons who have taken an account of the several manufacturing establishments and manufactures within the United States.March 3, 1811. | 661 |
| Cumberland Road. An act in addition to the act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1811. | 661 |
| Adjustment of Claims to Lands, and Sale of Lands in the Territories of Orleans and Louisiana. An act providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands, and for the sale of the public lands in the territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the act passed for the same purpose and approved February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.March 3, 1811. | 662 |