# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 13/38th Congress

The 38th 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, 1863, to March 4, 1865, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House of Representatives had a Republican plurality.Warning: template has been deprecated.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH 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 seventh day of December, A. D. 1863, and ended on Monday, the fourth day of July, A. D. 1864.
Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President and President of the Senate. Daniel Clark was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the twenty-fifth day of April, and so acted until the end of the session. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act declaring the Assent of Congress to an Act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, therein named. | Jan. 16, 1864 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to authorize the President to appoint a Second Assistant Secretary of War. | Jan. 19, 1864 |
| 173 | Chapter CLXXIII. | An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes. | June 30, 1864 |
| 253 | Chapter CCLIII. | An Act to provide for the better Organization of the Quartermaster's Department. | July 4, 1864 |

## 2nd Session
### Public Laws

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES.
Passed at the second session, which was begun and holden at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fifth day of December, A. D. 1864, and ended Saturday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1865.
Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Daniel Clark was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the ninth day of February, and so acted until and including the nineteenth day of that month. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act in Addition to the "Act respecting Quarantines and Health Laws," approved February twenty-fifth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for the better Execution of the third Section thereof. | Dec. 15, 1864 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act authorizing the Holding of a special Session of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana. | Dec. 20, 1864 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act to authorize the Purchase or Construction of Revenue Cutters on the Lakes. | Dec. 20, 1864 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | An Act granting to the Michigan City Harbor Company the Use of Government Piers in said Harbor for the purpose of protecting said Harbor. | Feb. 28, 1865 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and additional Appropriations for the current fiscal Year. | March 2, 1865 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide Internal Revenue to support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for other Purposes," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. | March 3, 1865 |
| 127 | Chapter CXXVII. | An Act making Appropriations for the current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with various Indian Tribes for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other Purposes. | March 3, 1865 |