# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress

The Fifteenth 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 the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1817, to March 4, 1819, during the first two years of James Monroe's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December, 1817, and ended on the twentieth day of April, 1818.
James Monroe, President of the United States; Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; John Gaillard, President of the Senate pro tempore, from December 1, 1817, to March 9, 1818, and from April 3, to April 20, 1818; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to abolish the internal duties. | Dec. 23, 1817 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 14, 1818 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 14, 1818 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act further to prolong the continuance of the Mint at Philadelphia. | Jan. 14, 1818 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act allowing compensation to the members of the Senate, members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to the delegates of the territories, and repealing all other laws on that subject. | Jan. 14, 1818 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 22, 1818 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 22, 1818 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act making further provision for repairing public buildings. | Jan. 27, 1818 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act to allow the benefit of drawback on merchandise transported by land conveyance from Bristol to Boston, and from Boston to Bristol, in like manner as if the same were transported coastwise. | Feb. 6, 1818 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of arrearages which have been incurred for the support of the military establishment, previous to the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. | Feb. 16, 1818 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 16, 1818 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act making provision for the establishment of additional land offices in the territory of Missouri. | Feb. 17, 1818 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. | Feb. 19, 1818 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act concerning the district of Brunswick, in the state of Georgia. | March 9, 1818 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 9, 1818 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act further extending the time for issuing and locating military land warrants, and for other purposes.[”] | March 9, 1818 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 9, 1818 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act providing for the sale of certain lands in the district of Marietta, and for location of claims and sale of certain lands in the district of Vincennes. | March 18, 1818 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War. | March 18, 1818 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 18, 1818 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. | March 18, 1818 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act for altering the time for holding the district court for the district of Virginia. | March 19, 1818 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act extending the time for obtaining military land warrants in certain cases. | March 27, 1818 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | An Act in addition to “An act making appropriation for repairing certain roads therein described.” | March 27, 1818 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1818 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act allowing additional salary and clerk hire to the surveyor for the Illinois and Missouri territories, and for other purposes. | April 3, 1818 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1818 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1818 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United [S]tates within the state of Mississippi. | April 3, 1818 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act altering the time for holding a session of the district court in the district of Maine. | April 3, 1818 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1818 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act respecting the courts of the United States within the state of New York. | April 3, 1818 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act to provide for the creation of a court-house, jail, and public offices, within the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. See also Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1818 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act to establish the flag of the United States. | April 4, 1818 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to authorize the state of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unappropriated land within the same,” passed the eighteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and six. | April 4, 1818 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act declaring the consent of Congress to an act of the state of North Carolina for the relief of sick and disabled American Seamen. | April 4, 1818 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act concerning the bounty or allowance to fishing vessels in certain cases. | April 4, 1818 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 4, 1818 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 4, 1818 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act to regulate the fees of public notaries in the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. | April 4, 1818 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 9, 1818 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act limiting the time for claims being produced for lands authorized to be granted to the inhabitants of New Madrid. | April 9, 1818 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act concerning the territory of Alabama. | April 9, 1818 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 9, 1818 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act making appropriation for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. | April 9, 1818 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 9, 1818 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office; and for designating the western boundary line of the Virginia military tract. | April 11, 1818 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 11, 1818 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act to provide for paying to the state of Indiana three per cent. of the net proceeds arising from the sales of the United States within the same. | April 11, 1818 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 11, 1818 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | An Act to change the name of the district of Erie, in the state of Ohio. | April 11, 1818 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 11, 1818 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 11, 1818 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 11, 1818 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 13, 1818 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act to authorize the payment of certain certificates. | April 13, 1818 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 13, 1818 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | An Act to repeal part of the act, entitled “An act to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States.” | April 14, 1818 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 14, 1818 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | An Act making further appropriations for the construction of the Cumberland road. | April 14, 1818 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | An Act regulating the staff of the army. | April 14, 1818 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 16, 1818 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 16, 1818 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | An Act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers. | April 16, 1818 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act in addition to “An act giving pensions to the orphans and widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of the United States.” | April 16, 1818 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | An Act directing the manner of appointing Indian Agents, and continuing the “Act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.” | April 16, 1818 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | An Act to enable the people of the Illinois territory 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. | April 18, 1818 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | An Act to abolish the port of delivery established at the mouth of Slade’s creek, in the state of North Carolina. | April 18, 1818 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | An Act fixing the compensations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives, of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian. | April 18, 1818 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | An Act concerning navigation. | April 18, 1818 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | An Act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress. | April 18, 1818 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 18, 1818 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 18, 1818 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 18, 1818 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act to suspend for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereon. | April 18, 1818 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | An Act to establish a port of entry and delivery at Cape Vincent, at the fork of lake Ontario, and the head of the river St. Lawrence. | April 18, 1818 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 18, 1818 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 18, 1818 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,” passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. | April 20, 1818 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | An Act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States and for other purposes. | April 20, 1818 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | An Act to provide for erecting additional buildings for the accommodation of the several Executive Departments. | April 20, 1818 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act supplementary to the several acts relative to direct taxes and internal duties. | April 20, 1818 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | An Act to defray the expenses of the militia when marching to places of rendezvous. | April 20, 1818 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | An Act for the relief of volunteer mounted cavalry. | April 20, 1818 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | An Act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices. | April 20, 1818 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act in addition to the “Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,” and to repeal the acts therein mentioned. | April 20, 1818 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 90 | Chapter XC. | An Act to continue in force an act entitled “An act relating to settlers on lands of the United States.” | April 20, 1818 |
| 91 | Chapter XCI. | An Act in addition to “An act to prohibit the introduction (importation) of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight,” and to repeal certain parts of the same. | April 20, 1818 |
| 92 | Chapter XCII. | An Act to establish and alter certain post roads. | April 20, 1818 |
| 93 | Chapter XCIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 94 | Chapter XCIV. | An Act to increase the salaries of the judges of the circuit court for the District of Columbia. | April 20, 1818 |
| 95 | Chapter XCV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 96 | Chapter XCVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 97 | Chapter XCVII. | An Act making appropriations for the public buildings, and for furnishing the Capitol and President’s house. | April 20, 1818 |
| 98 | Chapter XCVIII. | An Act to increase the duties on certain manufactured articles imported into the United States. | April 20, 1818 |
| 99 | Chapter XCIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 100 | Chapter C. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 101 | Chapter CI. | An Act to increase the pay of the militia while in actual service, and for other purposes. | April 20, 1818 |
| 102 | Chapter CII. | An Act respecting the organization of the army, and for other purposes. | April 20, 1818 |
| 103 | Chapter CIII. | An Act to increase the duties on iron in bars and bolts, iron in pigs, castings, nails, and alum. | April 20, 1818 |
| 104 | Chapter CIV. | An Act fixing the compensation of Indian agents and factors. | April 20, 1818 |
| 105 | Chapter CV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 106 | Chapter CVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 107 | Chapter CVII. | An Act to continue in force, from and after the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, until the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, the fourth paragraph of the first section of the act, entitled “An act to regulate duties on imports and tonnage.” | April 20, 1818 |
| 108 | Chapter CVIII. | An Act to divide the state of Pennsylvania into two judicial districts. | April 20, 1818 |
| 109 | Chapter CIX. | An Act supplementary to the several acts making appropriations for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. | April 20, 1818 |
| 110 | Chapter CX. | An Act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties, in certain cases. | April 20, 1818 |
| 111 | Chapter CXI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 112 | Chapter CXII. | An Act authorizing a subscription for the Statistical Annals of Adam Seybert, and the purchase of Pitkin’s Commercial Statistics. | April 20, 1818 |
| 113 | Chapter CXIII. | An Act making the port of Bath, in Massachusetts, a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the same; and for establishing a collection district, whereof Belfast shall be the port of entry. | April 20, 1818 |
| 114 | Chapter CXIV. | An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to repay or remit certain alien duties therein described. | April 20, 1818 |
| 115 | Chapter CXV. | An Act authorizing the disposal of certain lots of public ground in the city of New Orleans and town of Mobile. | April 20, 1818 |
| 116 | Chapter CXVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 117 | Chapter CXVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 118 | Chapter CXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 119 | Chapter CXIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 120 | Chapter CXX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 121 | Chapter CXXI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 122 | Chapter CXXII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 123 | Chapter CXXIII. | An Act for changing the compensation of receivers and registers of the land offices. | April 20, 1818 |
| 124 | Chapter CXXIV. | An Act for transferring the claims in the office of the commissioner to the third auditor of the Treasury Department. | April 20, 1818 |
| 125 | Chapter CXXV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |
| 126 | Chapter CXXVI. | An Act respecting the surveying and sale of the public lands in the Alabama territory. | April 20, 1818 |
| 127 | Chapter CXXVII. | An Act to alter and amend an act, approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, entitled “An act to establish a separate territorial government for the eastern part of the Mississippi territory.” | April 20, 1818 |
| 128 | Chapter CXXVIII. | An Act to adjust the claims to lots in the town of Vincennes, and for sale of the land appropriated as a common for the use of the inhabitants of the said town. | April 20, 1818 |
| 129 | Chapter CXXIX. | An Act providing for the deposit of wines and distilled spirits in public warehouses, and for other purposes. | April 20, 1818 |
| 130 | Chapter CXXX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | April 20, 1818 |

### Resolution and Acts Relative to the Occupation of the Floridas by the United States of America

The following resolution and acts, passed in 1811 and 1812, were not promulgated until their publication in “the sessions acts” of the Fifteenth Congress, ending April 20, 1818. They are altogether omitted in Mr. Justice Story’s edition of the laws of the United States, and they are also omitted in Davis’ and Force’s edition of the laws from 1816 to 1827, published under the authority of Congress, in 1822 and 1827. They were passed in secret sessions of the Eleventh and Twelfth Congress.
The editor has not considered it proper to insert these laws in this edition, before their promulgation under the authority of the Secretary of State; under whose direction the laws of each session of Congress are published. Act of 1818, ch. 75.
| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution taking into view the peculiar situation of Spain, and of her American provinces; and considering the influence which the destiny of the territory adjoining the southern border of the United States may have upon their security, tranquility, and commerce: | Jan. 15, 1811 |
| An Act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes. | Jan. 15, 1811 |
| An Act concerning an act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes, and the declaration accompanying the same. | March 3, 1811 |
| An Act authorizing the President of the United States to take possession of a tract of country lying south of the Mississippi territory and west of the river Perdido. | March 3, 1811 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution I for the admission of the State of Mississippi into the Union. | Dec. 10, 1817 |
| Resolution II authorizing the distribution of certain public documents. | Dec. 23, 1817 |
| Resolution III directing a distribution of certain laws among the members and delegates of territories of the fifteenth Congress. | Dec. 23, 1817 |
| Resolution IV directing the procurement of certain laws. | Jan. 22, 1818 |
| Resolution V relative to the distribution of the late edition of the land laws. | March 9, 1818 |
| Resolution VI directing the judges of the Supreme Court to be furnished with Wait’s state papers. | March 18, 1818 |
| Resolution VII authorizing the transportation of certain documents free of postage. | March 18, 1818 |
| Resolution VIII directing the publication and distribution of the journal and proceedings of the convention which formed the present constitution of the United States. | March 27, 1818 |
| Resolution IX directing the distribution of the laws of the fourteenth Congress among the members of the fifteenth Congress. | March 27, 1818 |
| Resolution X directing the Secretary for the Department of State to prepare an index to the acts and resolutions of Congress, after the close of every session. | April 3, 1818 |
| Resolution XI requesting the President of the United States to present a sword to Colonel Richard M. Johnson. | April 4, 1818 |
| Resolution XII directing medals to be struck, and, together with the thanks of Congress, presented to Major General Harrison, and Governor Shelby; and for other purposes. | April 4, 1818 |
| Resolution XIII directing the completion of the survey of the waters of the Chesapeake bay, and for other purposes. | April 4, 1818 |

## 2nd Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE FIFTEENTH 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 sixteenth day of November, 1818, and ended on the third day of March, 1819.
James Monroe, President; Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to provide for the removal of the library of Congress to the north wing of the Capitol. | Dec. 3, 1818 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to increase the number of clerks in the Department of War. | Dec. 5, 1818 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act making a partial appropriation for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and to make good a deficit in the appropriation for holding treaties with the Indians. | Dec. 16, 1818 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act concerning the western district court of Pennsylvania. | Dec. 16, 1818 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Dec. 28, 1818 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Dec. 28, 1818 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Dec. 28, 1818 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 8, 1819 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 8, 1819 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 19, 1819 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 19, 1819 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act to establish a judicial district in Virginia, west of the Alleghany Mountain. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act to authorize the payment, in certain cases, on account of treasury notes which have been lost or destroyed. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act authorizing the distribution of a sum of money among the representatives of Commodore Edward Preble, and the officers and crew of the Brig Syren. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 4, 1819 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States for the year eighteen hundred and nineteen. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States to cases arising under the law relating to patents. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act to authorize the President and Managers of the Rockville and Washington turnpike road company, of the state of Maryland, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from the boundary of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, through the said district, to the line thereof. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act authorizing the election of a delegate from the Michigan territory to the Congress of the United States, and extending the right of suffrage to the citizens of said territory. | Feb. 16, 1819 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 16, 1819 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. | Feb. 16, 1819 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 16, 1819 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | An Act to increase the salaries of certain officers of government. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act authorizing the President of the United States to purchase the lands reserved by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, to certain chiefs, warriors, and other Indians, of the Creek nation. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act providing for a grant of land for the seat of government in the state of Mississippi, and for the support of a seminary of learning within the said state. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act supplemental to the act, entitled “An act further to amend the charter of the City of Washington.” | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act providing additional penalties for false entries for the benefit of drawback, or bounty on exportation. | Feb. 20, 1819 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act allowing further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts.” | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1819 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act to regulate the pay of the army when employed on fatigue duty. | March 2, 1819 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act regulating passenger ships and vessels. | March 2, 1819 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act to enable the people of the Alabama territory 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. | March 2, 1819 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act supplementary to the acts concerning the coasting trade. | March 2, 1819 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act establishing a separate territorial government in the southern part of the territory of Missouri. | March 2, 1819 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1819 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1819 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to contract, as in other cases, for carrying the mail in steamboats, between New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, and Louisville, in the state of Kentucky. | March 2, 1819 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1819 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. | March 3, 1819 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | An Act extending the term of half-pay pensions to the widows and children of certain officers, seamen, and marines, who died in the public service. | March 3, 1819 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Illinois. | March 3, 1819 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | An Act supplementary to the act, entitled “An act to authorize and empower the president and managers of the Washington Turnpike Company of the state of Maryland, when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, through the said district, to the line thereof.” | March 3, 1819 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. | March 3, 1819 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | An Act to enforce those provisions of the act, entitled “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States,” which relate to the right of voting for directors, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1819 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | An Act further to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereon. | March 3, 1819 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act in addition to “An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases.” | March 3, 1819 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | An Act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy. | March 3, 1819 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | An Act to continue in force, for a further term, the act entitled “An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes,” and for other purposes. | March 3, 1819 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | An Act regulating the payments to invalid pensioners. | March 3, 1819 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | An Act to regulate the duties on certain wines. | March 3, 1819 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | An Act respecting the location of certain sections of lands to be granted for the seat of government in the state of Indiana. | March 3, 1819 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | An Act making appropriations for the public buildings, for the purchase of a lot of land, and furnishing a supply of water for the use of certain public buildings. | March 3, 1819 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | An Act making provision for the civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier settlements. | March 3, 1819 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | An Act explanatory of the act entitled “An act for the final adjustment of land titles in the state of Louisiana and territory of Missouri.” | March 3, 1819 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | An Act making appropriations to carry into effect treaties concluded with several Indian tribes therein mentioned. | March 3, 1819 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act authorizing the sale of certain military sites. | March 3, 1819 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act in addition to, and alteration of an act, entitled “An act laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries.” | March 3, 1819 |
| 90 | Chapter XC. | An Act to authorize the Secretary of War to convey a lot of parcel of land, belonging to the United States, lying in Jefferson county, in the state of Virginia. | March 3, 1819 |
| 91 | Chapter XCI. | An Act to authorize the Secretary at War to appoint an additional agent for paying pensioners of the United States, in the state of Tennessee. | March 3, 1819 |
| 92 | Chapter XCII. | An Act to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish land offices for the disposal of the public lands not heretofore offered for sale in the states of Ohio and Indiana. | March 3, 1819 |
| 93 | Chapter XCIII. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Florida, and establish a temporary government therein. | March 3, 1819 |
| 94 | Chapter XCIV. | An Act concerning the allowance of pensions upon a relinquishment of bounty lands. | March 3, 1819 |
| 95 | Chapter XCV. | An Act granting a donation of land to the state of Illinois, for the seat of government of said state. | March 3, 1819 |
| 96 | Chapter XCVI. | An Act authorizing the purchase of fire engines and for building houses for the same keeping of the same. | March 3, 1819 |
| 97 | Chapter XCVII. | An Act to continue in force an act regulating the currency, within the United States, of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the crowns of France, and five franc pieces. | March 3, 1819 |
| 98 | Chapter XCVII. | An Act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of land at the land offices. | March 3, 1819 |
| 99 | Chapter XCIX. | An Act concerning invalid pensions. See also Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 100 | Chapter C. | An Act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Orleans. | March 3, 1819 |
| 101 | Chapter CI. | An Act in addition to the Acts prohibiting the slave trade. | March 3, 1819 |
| 102 | Chapter CII. | An Act to authorize the building, erecting, and placing, lighthouses, beacons, and buoys, on places designated in Boston, Buzzard and Chesapeake, Bays, Lakes Ontario and Erie, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1819 |
| 103 | Chapter CIII. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 104 | Chapter CIV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 105 | Chapter CV. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 106 | Chapter CVI. | See Private Acts of the Fifteenth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1819 |
| 107 | Chapter CVII. | An Act to repeal part of an act passed on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, entitled “An act in addition to ‘An act regulating the Post-office establishment.’” | March 3, 1819 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution 1 declaring the admission of the state of Illinois into the Union. | Dec. 3, 1818 |
| Resolution II authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage. | Dec. 5, 1818 |
| Resolution III directing a survey of certain parts of the coast of North Carolina. | Jan. 19, 1819 |
| Resolution IV for the distribution of Seybert’s Statistical Annals; and directing Pitkin’s Commercial Statistics to be deposited in the library. | Jan. 23, 1819 |
| Resolution V authorizing the transmission of the documents accompanying the report of the committee to examine into the proceedings of the Bank of the United [States] free of postage. | Feb. 15, 1819 |
| Resolution VI directing the manner in which the printing of Congress shall be executed, fixing the prices thereof, and providing for the appointment of a printer or printers. | March 3, 1819 |
| Resolution VII declaring the manner in which the vessels composing the navy of the United States shall be named. | March 3, 1819 |