# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress

The 24th 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, 1835, to March 4, 1837, during the seventh and eighth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

THE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH 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, 1835, and ended July 4, 1836.
Andrew Jackson, President; Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act making appropriations for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians. | Jan. 14, 1836 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 19, 1836 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act making an additional appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians. | Jan. 29, 1836 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 9, 1836 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act to extend the charters of certain Banks, in the District of Columbia, to the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | Feb. 9, 1836 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 9, 1836 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | An Act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | Feb. 11, 1836 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to incorporate a fire insurance company, in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. See also Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 17, 1836 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act to extend the charters of the Bank of Columbia in Georgetown, and the Bank of Alexandria in the city of Alexandria. | Feb. 25, 1836 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act authorizing a special term of the Court of Appeals, for the Territory of Florida, and for other purposes. | Feb. 25, 1836 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act for the relief of the sufferers by the fire in the city of New York. | March 19, 1836 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to transfer a part of the appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida, to the credit of subsistence. | March 19, 1836 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act to provide for the payment of volunteers and militia corps, in the service of the United States. | March 19, 1836 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 22, 1836 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act making a further appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida. | April 1, 1836 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act amendatory of “the act for the relief of the sufferers by fire in the city of New York,” passed March 19th, 1836. | April 5, 1836 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act to suspend the operation of the second proviso, third section of “An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.” | April 9, 1836 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | April 9, 1836 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | An Act to repeal so much of the act entitled “An act transferring the duties of Commissioner of Loans to the Bank of the United States, and abolishing the office of Commissioner of Loans,” as requires the Bank of the United States to perform the duties of Commissioner of Loans for the several States. | April 11, 1836 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | April 11, 1836 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | April 14, 1836 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | An Act to carry into effect the treaties concluded by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians on the twentieth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and the twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. | April 20, 1836 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | An Act establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin. | April 20, 1836 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | An Act in addition to the act of the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled “An act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be employed in the mackerel fishery.” | April 20, 1836 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act to prescribe the mode of paying pensions heretofore granted by the United States. | April 20, 1836 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | An Act making a further appropriation for suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida. | April 29, 1836 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | An Act to authorize the construction of a rail-road, through lands of the United States in Springfield, Massachusetts. | April 29, 1836 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | May 9, 1836 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | An Act providing for the salaries of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes. | May 9, 1836 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | An Act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | May 14, 1836 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | May 14, 1836 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 14, 1836 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | An Act to give effect to patents for public lands issues in the names of deceased persons. | May 20, 1836 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | An Act explanatory of the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes.” | May 20, 1836 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 20, 1836 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | An Act for the relief of the several corporate cities of the District of Columbia. | May 20, 1836 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | An Act authorizing the President of the United States to accept the service of volunteers, and to raise an additional regiment of dragoons or mounted riflemen. | May 23, 1836 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | An Act making appropriation for the suppression of hostilities by the Creek Indians. | May 23, 1836 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | An Act to provide for the payment of expenses incurred and supplies furnished on account of the militia or volunteers received into the service of the United States for the defence of Florida. | May 28, 1836 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | May 28, 1836 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 7, 1836 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | An Act to provide for the payment of certain pensioners in the States of Virginia and Ohio. | June 7, 1836 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | An Act to extend the western boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri river. | June 7, 1836 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | An Act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and Spain. | June 7, 1836 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | An Act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, for Indian annuities, and other similar objects, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | June 14, 1836 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act to establish an arsenal of construction in the State of North Carolina. | June 14, 1836 |
| 90 | Chapter XC. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 14, 1836 |
| 91 | Chapter XCI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 14, 1836 |
| 92 | Chapter XCII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 14, 1836 |
| 93 | Chapter XCIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 14, 1836 |
| 94 | Chapter XCIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 14, 1836 |
| 95 | Chapter XCV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 14, 1836 |
| 96 | Chapter XCVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 14, 1836 |
| 97 | Chapter XCVII. | An Act repealing the fourteenth section of the “An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States,” approved, April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixteen. | June 15, 1836 |
| 98 | Chapter XCVIII. | An Act to divide the Green Bay land district in Michigan, and for other purposes. | June 15, 1836 |
| 99 | Chapter XCIX. | An Act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed. | June 15, 1836 |
| 100 | Chapter C. | An Act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the same, and for other purposes. | June 15, 1836 |
| 101 | Chapter CI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 102 | Chapter CII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 103 | Chapter CIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 104 | Chapter CIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 105 | Chapter CV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 106 | Chapter CVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 107 | Chapter CVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 108 | Chapter CVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 109 | Chapter CIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 110 | Chapter CX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 111 | Chapter CXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 112 | Chapter CXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 113 | Chapter CXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 114 | Chapter CXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 15, 1836 |
| 115 | Chapter CXV. | An Act to regulate the deposites of the public money. | June 23, 1836 |
| 116 | Chapter CXVI. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to act as the agent of the United States in all matters relating to their stock in the Bank of the United States. | June 23, 1836 |
| 117 | Chapter CXVII. | An Act to settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio. | June 23, 1836 |
| 118 | Chapter CXVIII. | An Act to remove the Land Office from Clinton to Jackson, in the State of Mississippi. | June 23, 1836 |
| 119 | Chapter CXIX. | An Act to amend an act to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba and Black Warrior river. | June 23, 1836 |
| 120 | Chapter CXX. | An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes.” | June 23, 1836 |
| 121 | Chapter CXXI. | An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union on certain conditions.” | June 23, 1836 |
| 122 | Chapter CXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 123 | Chapter CXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 124 | Chapter CXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 125 | Chapter CXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 126 | Chapter CXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 127 | Chapter CXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 128 | Chapter CXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 129 | Chapter CXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 130 | Chapter CXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 131 | Chapter CXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 132 | Chapter CXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 133 | Chapter CXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 134 | Chapter CXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 135 | Chapter CXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 136 | Chapter CXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 137 | Chapter CXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 138 | Chapter CXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 139 | Chapter CXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 140 | Chapter CXL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 23, 1836 |
| 141 | Chapter CXLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 142 | Chapter CXLII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 143 | Chapter CXLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 144 | Chapter CXLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 145 | Chapter CXLV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 146 | Chapter CXLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 147 | Chapter CXLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 148 | Chapter CXLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 149 | Chapter CXLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 150 | Chapter CL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 151 | Chapter CLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 152 | Chapter CLII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 153 | Chapter CLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 154 | Chapter CLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 155 | Chapter CLV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 156 | Chapter CLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 157 | Chapter CLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 158 | Chapter CLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 159 | Chapter CLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 160 | Chapter CLX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 161 | Chapter CLXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 162 | Chapter CLXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 163 | Chapter CLXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 164 | Chapter CLXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 165 | Chapter CLXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 166 | Chapter CLXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 167 | Chapter CLXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 168 | Chapter CLXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 169 | Chapter CLXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 170 | Chapter CLXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 171 | Chapter CLXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 172 | Chapter CLXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 173 | Chapter CLXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 174 | Chapter CLXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 175 | Chapter CLXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 176 | Chapter CLXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 177 | Chapter CLXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 178 | Chapter CLXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 179 | Chapter CLXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 180 | Chapter CLXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 181 | Chapter CLXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 182 | Chapter CLXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 183 | Chapter CLXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 184 | Chapter CLXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 185 | Chapter CLXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 186 | Chapter CLXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 187 | Chapter CLXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 188 | Chapter CLXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 189 | Chapter CLXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 190 | Chapter CXC. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 191 | Chapter CXCI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 192 | Chapter CXCII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 193 | Chapter CXCIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 194 | Chapter CXCIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 195 | Chapter CXCV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 196 | Chapter CXCVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 197 | Chapter CXCVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 198 | Chapter CXCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 199 | Chapter CXCIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 200 | Chapter CC. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 201 | Chapter CCI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 202 | Chapter CCII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 203 | Chapter CCIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 204 | Chapter CCIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 205 | Chapter CCV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 206 | Chapter CCVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 207 | Chapter CCVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 208 | Chapter CCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 209 | Chapter CCIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 210 | Chapter CCX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 211 | Chapter CCXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 212 | Chapter CCXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 213 | Chapter CCXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 214 | Chapter CCXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 215 | Chapter CCXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 216 | Chapter CCXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 217 | Chapter CCXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 218 | Chapter CCXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 219 | Chapter CCXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 220 | Chapter CCXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 221 | Chapter CCXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 222 | Chapter CCXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 223 | Chapter CCXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 224 | Chapter CCXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 225 | Chapter CCXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 226 | Chapter CCXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 227 | Chapter CCXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 228 | Chapter CCXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 229 | Chapter CCXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | June 28, 1836 |
| 230 | Chapter CCXXX. | An Act to provide for the paying of certain pensioners of the United States, at Pulaski, in the State of Tennessee. | June 28, 1836 |
| 231 | Chapter CCXXXI. | An Act to disapprove and annul certain acts of the Territorial Legislature of Florida, and for other purposes. | July 1, 1836 |
| 232 | Chapter CCXXXII. | An Act to change the time of holding the district court of the United States for the western district of Virginia, holden at Clarksburg. | July 1, 1836 |
| 233 | Chapter CCXXXIII. | An Act explanatory of an act entitled “An act to release from duty, iron prepared for, and actually laid on, railways and inclined planes.” | July 1, 1836 |
| 234 | Chapter CCXXXIV. | An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Michigan. | July 1, 1836 |
| 235 | Chapter CCXXXV. | An Act making appropriation for the payment of charges incurred for the support of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and for the support of said Penitentiary for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | July 1, 1836 |
| 236 | Chapter CCXXXVI. | An Act to authorize the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, to sell the lands heretofore reserved for the benefit of the general seminary of learning in said Territory. | July 1, 1836 |
| 237 | Chapter CCXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 238 | Chapter CCXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 239 | Chapter CCXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 240 | Chapter CCXL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 241 | Chapter CCXLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 242 | Chapter CCXLII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 243 | Chapter CCXLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 244 | Chapter CCXLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 245 | Chapter CCXLV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 246 | Chapter CCXLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 247 | Chapter CCXLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 248 | Chapter CCXLVIII. | An Act authorizing the Winnisimmet Company to lay out and make a way on lands of the United States, in Chelsea, in the State of Massachusetts. | July 1, 1836 |
| 249 | Chapter CCXLIX. | An Act to authorize the Shenandoah Bridge Company, at Harper’s Ferry, to erect a bridge on the lands of the United States, at or near the town of Harper’s Ferry. | July 1, 1836 |
| 250 | Chapter CCL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 251 | Chapter CCLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 1, 1836 |
| 252 | Chapter CCLII. | An Act to authorize and enable the President to assert and prosecute with effect, the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by James Smithson, late of London, deceased, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. | July 1, 1836 |
| 253 | Chapter CCLIII. | An Act to regulate the compensation of certain officers of revenue cutters. | July 2, 1836 |
| 254 | Chapter CCLIV. | An Act making appropriations for the suppression of Indian hostilities and for other purposes. | July 2, 1836 |
| 255 | Chapter CCLV. | An Act to grant to the New Orleans and Nashville Rail-road Company, the right of way through the public lands of the United States. | July 2, 1836 |
| 256 | Chapter CCLVI. | An Act to renew the gold medal struck and presented to General Morgan, by order of Congress, in honor of the battle of the Cowpens. | July 2, 1836 |
| 257 | Chapter CCLVII. | An Act to repair and extend the United States Arsenal at Charleston, South Carolina. | July 2, 1836 |
| 258 | Chapter CCLVIII. | An Act to provide for the better protection of the western frontier. | July 2, 1836 |
| 259 | Chapter CCLIX. | An Act making additional appropriations for the Delaware breakwater, and for certain harbors, and removing obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. | July 2, 1836 |
| 260 | Chapter CCLX. | An Act to extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | July 2, 1836 |
| 261 | Chapter CCLXI. | An Act regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other purposes. | July 2, 1836 |
| 262 | Chapter CCLXII. | An Act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. | July 2, 1836 |
| 263 | Chapter CCLXIII. | An Act for the payment of certain companies of the militia of Missouri and Indiana, for services rendered against the Indians in eighteen hundred and thirty-two. | July 2, 1836 |
| 264 | Chapter CCLXIV. | An act for the continuation of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. | July 2, 1836 |
| 265 | Chapter CCLXV. | An Act making appropriations for the Military Academy of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six. | July 2, 1836 |
| 266 | Chapter CCLXVI. | An Act to confirm the sales of public lands in certain cases. | July 2, 1836 |
| 267 | Chapter CCLXVII. | An Act making further appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties. | July 2, 1836 |
| 268 | Chapter CCLXVIII. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes. | July 2, 1836 |
| 269 | Chapter CCLXIX. | An Act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the laying off a town on Bean river, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes,” approved fifth February, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. | July 2, 1836 |
| 270 | Chapter CCLXX. | An Act to change the organization of the Post Office Department, and to provide more effectually for the settlement of the accounts thereof. | July 2, 1836 |
| 271 | Chapter CCLXXI. | An Act to establish certain post roads, and to alter and discontinue others, and for other purposes. | July 2, 1836 |
| 272 | Chapter CCLXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 273 | Chapter CCLXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 274 | Chapter CCLXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 275 | Chapter CCLXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 276 | Chapter CCLXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 277 | Chapter CCLXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 278 | Chapter CCLXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 279 | Chapter CCLXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 280 | Chapter CCLXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 281 | Chapter CCLXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 282 | Chapter CCLXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 283 | Chapter CCLXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 284 | Chapter CCLXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 285 | Chapter CCLXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 286 | Chapter CCLXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 287 | Chapter CCLXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 288 | Chapter CCLXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 289 | Chapter CCLXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 290 | Chapter CCXC. | An Act to extend the privilege of franking letters and packages to Dolly P. Madison. | July 2, 1836 |
| 291 | Chapter CCXCI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 292 | Chapter CCXCII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 293 | Chapter CCXCIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 294 | Chapter CCXCIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 295 | Chapter CCXCV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 296 | Chapter CCXCVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 297 | Chapter CCXCVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 298 | Chapter CCXCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 299 | Chapter CCXCIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 300 | Chapter CCC. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 301 | Chapter CCCI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 302 | Chapter CCCII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 303 | Chapter CCCIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 304 | Chapter CCCIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 305 | Chapter CCCV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 306 | Chapter CCCVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 307 | Chapter CCCVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 308 | Chapter CCCVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 309 | Chapter CCCIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 310 | Chapter CCCX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 311 | Chapter CCCXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 312 | Chapter CCCXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 313 | Chapter CCCXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 314 | Chapter CCCXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 315 | Chapter CCCXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 316 | Chapter CCCXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 317 | Chapter CCCXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 318 | Chapter CCCXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 319 | Chapter CCCXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 320 | Chapter CCCXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 321 | Chapter CCCXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 322 | Chapter CCCXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 323 | Chapter CCCXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 324 | Chapter CCCXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 325 | Chapter CCCXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 326 | Chapter CCCXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 327 | Chapter CCCXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 328 | Chapter CCCXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 329 | Chapter CCCXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 330 | Chapter CCCXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 331 | Chapter CCCXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 332 | Chapter CCCXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 333 | Chapter CCCXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 334 | Chapter CCCXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 335 | Chapter CCCXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 336 | Chapter CCCXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 337 | Chapter CCCXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 338 | Chapter CCCXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 339 | Chapter CCCXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 340 | Chapter CCCXL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 341 | Chapter CCCXLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 342 | Chapter CCCXLII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 343 | Chapter CCCXLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 344 | Chapter CCCXLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 345 | Chapter CCCXLV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 346 | Chapter CCCXLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 347 | Chapter CCCXLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 348 | Chapter CCCXLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 349 | Chapter CCCXLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 350 | Chapter CCCL. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 351 | Chapter CCCLI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 2, 1836 |
| 352 | Chapter CCCLII. | An Act to reorganize the General Land Office. | July 4, 1836 |
| 353 | Chapter CCCLIII. | An Act in addition to the act entitled “An act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes. | July 4, 1836 |
| 354 | Chapter CCCLIV. | An Act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to regulate the deposites of the public money,” passed twenty-third [of] June eighteen hundred and thirty-six. | July 4, 1836 |
| 355 | Chapter CCCLV. | An Act to carry into effect, in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States in regard to the five per cent. fund, and the school reservations. | July 4, 1836 |
| 356 | Chapter CCCLVI. | An Act to authorize the appointment of additional Paymasters, and for other purposes. | July 4, 1836 |
| 357 | Chapter CCCLVII. | An Act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose. | July 4, 1836 |
| 358 | Chapter CCCLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 4, 1836 |
| 359 | Chapter CCCLIX. | An Act to suspend the discriminating duties upon goods imported in vessels of Portugal, and to reduce the duties on wines. | July 4, 1836 |
| 360 | Chapter CCCLX. | An act for the purchase of certain rights or inventions of William H. Bell, of North Carolina. | July 4, 1836 |
| 361 | Chapter CCCLXI. | An Act confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. | July 4, 1836 |
| 362 | Chapter CCCLXII. | An Act granting half pay to widows or orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes. | July 4, 1836 |
| 363 | Chapter CCCLXIII. | An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and for other purposes. | July 4, 1836 |
| 364 | Chapter CCCLXIV. | An Act to repeal so much of the act of March second, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, as respects the issuing of certificates on the importation of wines. | July 4, 1836 |
| 365 | Chapter CCCLXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 4, 1836 |
| 366 | Chapter CCCLXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 4, 1836 |
| 367 | Chapter CCCLXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | July 4, 1836 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| No. 1. Resolution authorizing the President to furnish rations to certain inhabitants of Florida. | Feb. 1, 1836 |
| No. 2. Resolution to establish certain post roads in Missouri and Arkansas. | Mar. 19, 1836 |
| No. 3. Resolution to suspend the sale of a part of the public lands acquired by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek. | May 9, 1836 |
| No. 4. A Resolution to change the time of making contracts for the transportation of the mail. | May 14, 1836 |
| No. 5. A Resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to receive additional evidence in support of the claims of Massachusetts and other States of the United States, for disbursements, services, &c. during the late war. | May 14, 1836 |
| No. 6. A Resolution authorizing the repair of the bridge across the river Potomac, at Washington. | June 7, 1836 |
| No. 7. A Resolution providing for the distribution of weights and measures. | June 14, 1836 |
| No. 8. A Resolution to furnish the Rotundo with paintings. | June 14, 1836 |
| No. 9. A Resolution referring the petition and papers of the heirs of Robert Fulton, deceased, to the Secretary of the Navy, to report thereon to Congress. | June 23, 1836 |
| No. 10. A resolution to apply the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Potomac bridge to the improvement of Maryland avenue leading thereto, and for other purposes. | July 1, 1836 |

## 2nd Session
### Public Laws

THE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
ACTS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH 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 5th day of December, 1836, and ended the 3d day of March, 1837.
Andrew Jackson, President; Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to regulate, in certain cases, the disposition of the proceeds of lands ceded by Indian tribes to the United States. | Jan. 9, 1837 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities. | Jan. 9, 1837 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.” | Jan. 18, 1837 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. | Jan. 18, 1837 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States. | Jan. 18, 1837 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act to admit the State of Michigan into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original States. | Jan. 26, 1837 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 31, 1837 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 31, 1837 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act to authorize certain rail-roads companies to construct rail-roads through the public lands in the Territory of Florida. | Jan. 31, 1837 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 3, 1837 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 9, 1837 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act to extend the limits of the Port of New Orleans. | Feb. 9, 1837 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act to change the name of the Collection District of Dighton, in the State of Massachusetts, to Fall River, and for other purposes. | Feb. 13, 1837 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act to establish branches of the mint of the United States,” passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. | Feb. 13, 1837 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act to suspend certain provisoes of “An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,” approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. | March 1, 1837 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States, for the district of Arkansas. | March 1, 1837 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and for other purposes. | March 1, 1837 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. | March 2, 1837 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act respecting discriminating duties upon Dutch and Belgian vessels and their cargoes. | March 2, 1837 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act making an additional appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. | March 2, 1837 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of the enlistment of seamen. | March 2, 1837 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act concerning Pilots. | March 2, 1837 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States. | March 2, 1837 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1837 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act to provide for the adjustment of title and final disposition of the four reserved sections in the tract of country allotted to the Tombecbee Association for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive. | March 2, 1837 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1837 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1837 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1837 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1837 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. | March 3, 1837 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. | March 3, 1837 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act to change the titles of certain officers in the navy. | March 3, 1837 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. | March 3, 1837 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.” | March 3, 1837 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act to authorize the proper officers of the Treasury Department to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of unavailable funds standing to his debit on the books of the Treasury, to transfer the amount of the debit of banks and individuals indebted for the same, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise and settle said claims. | March 3, 1837 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, and Mineral Point, in the county of Iowa, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes,” approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. | March 3, 1837 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act to continue in force for a limited time the act entitled “An act to carry into effect a convention between the United States and Spain.” | March 3, 1837 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act for the more equitable administration of the Navy Pension Fund.” | March 3, 1837 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the fourteenth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty with the Choctaw Indians. | March 3, 1837 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and dolphins, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. | March 3, 1837 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act to authorize and sanction the sales of reserved, provided for Creek Indians in the treaty of March twenty-four, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, in certain cases, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1837 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act explanatory of the act entitled An act granting half-pay to widows and orphans where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1837 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions. | March 3, 1837 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act to provide for certain harbors, and for the removal of obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. | March 3, 1837 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act in addition to the act to promote the progress of science and useful arts. | March 3, 1837 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to provide for continuing the construction, and for the repair of certain roads, and for other purposes, during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. | March 3, 1837 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act to grant the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company the right of way through the public lands of the United States. | March 3, 1837 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | An Act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. | March 3, 1837 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act to authorize the New Orleans and Carrolton Railroad Company to construct a railroad from Carrolton to the town of Bayou Sura, in the State of Louisiana. | March 3, 1837 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act to give the approval and confirmation of Congress to three several acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin incorporating banks. | March 3, 1837 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| No. 1. A Resolution to enable the Postmaster General more readily to change the commencement of the contract year in the Post Office Department. | March 2, 1837 |
| No. 2. A Resolution granting a pension to Susan Decatur, widow of the late Stephen Decatur. See also Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| No. 3. See Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| No. 4. Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to correct a clerical error in the award of the Commissioners under the treaty with France of eighteen hundred and thirty-one. See also Private Acts of the Twenty-Fourth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1837 |
| No. 5. A Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive from the Bank of the United States, under the Pennsylvania charter, payment for the stock of the United States, in the late Bank of the United States. | March 3, 1837 |