# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/7th Congress

The Seventh 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, 1801 to March 3, 1803, during the first two years of Thomas Jefferson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the First Census of the United States in 1790. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority, except during the Special session of the Senate, when there was a Federalist majority in the Senate.Warning: template has been deprecated.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE SEVENTH 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, 1801, and ended on the third day of May, 1802.
Thomas Jefferson, President; Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Abraham Baldwin, President of the Senate pro tempore, on the 14th of January, 1802, and from the 21st of April, 1802; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act for the apportionment of Representatives among the several States, according to the second enumeration. | Jan. 14, 1802 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act concerning the Library for the use of both Houses of Congress. | Jan. 26, 1802 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 3, 1802 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act for the protection of the Commerce and Seamen of the United States, against the Tripolitan Cruisers. | Feb. 6, 1802 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act extending the privilege of franking and receiving letters, free of postage, to any person admitted, or to be admitted to take a seat in Congress, as a delegate; and providing compensation for such delegate. | Feb. 18, 1802 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act making certain partial Appropriations for the year one thousand eight hundred and two. | Feb. 23, 1802 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | March 6, 1802 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act to repeal certain acts respecting the organization of the Courts of the United States; and for other purposes. | March 8, 1802 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States. | March 16, 1802 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | March 16, 1802 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | An Act for the accommodation of persons concerned in certain Fisheries therein named. | March 16, 1802 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act to amend an act, intituled “An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States.” | March 16, 1802 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. | March 30, 1802 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | March 30, 1802 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act making a partial appropriation for the support of government, during the year one thousand eight hundred and two. | April 2, 1802 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act making appropriation for defraying the expense of negotiation with the British government, to ascertain the boundary line between the United States and Upper Canada. | April 3, 1802 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act making an appropriation for defraying the expenses which may arise from carrying into effect the convention made between the United States and the French Republic. | April 3, 1802 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1802 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act to repeal the Internal Taxes. | April 6, 1802 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act authorizing the erection of certain Lighthouses; and for other purposes. | April 6, 1802 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act for the relief of the Marshals of certain districts therein named. | April 6, 1802 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act to authorize an advance of money to Samuel Dexter. | April 14, 1802 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia therein mentioned. | April 14, 1802 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | April 14, 1802 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act to revive, and continue in force, an act, intituled “An act to augment the salaries of the officers therein mentioned,” passed the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. | April 14, 1802 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act to amend an act, intituled “An act to retain a further sum on drawbacks, for the expenses incident to the allowance and payment thereof, and in lieu of stamp duties on debentures.” | April 14, 1802 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | April 14, 1802 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject. | April 14, 1802 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | April 21, 1802 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act in addition to an act, intituled “An act, in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the society of the United Brethren, for propagating the gospel among the Heathen.” | April 26, 1802 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States. | April 29, 1802 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the Public Debt of the United States. | April 29, 1802 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of certain persons who have died in the naval service of the United States. | April 29, 1802 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | April 29, 1802 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act to regulate and fix the compensations of the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives. | April 29, 1802 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act supplementary to an act, intituled “An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned,” and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical or other prints. | April 29, 1802 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act to amend “An act to establish the compensations of the officers employed in the collection of the duties on imports and tonnage; and for other purposes.” | April 30, 1802 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act to suspend, in part, the act intituled “An act regulating foreign coins; and for other purposes.” | April 30, 1802 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act to revive and continue in force, an act intituled “An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.” | April 30, 1802 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes. | April 30, 1802 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners in the City of Washington; and for other purposes. | May 1, 1802 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | May 1, 1802 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act making an appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and two. | May 1, 1802 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act to extend and continue in force the provisions of an act intituled “An act giving a right of pre-emption to certain persons who have contracted with John Cleves Symmes or his associates, for lands lying between the Miami rivers, in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and for other purposes.” | May 1, 1802 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act to provide for the establishment of certain districts, and therein to amend an act intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage;” and for other purposes. | May 1, 1802 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act making appropriations for the Military Establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and two. | May 1, 1802 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and two. | May 1, 1802 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; and for the more secure carriage of the Mail of the United States. | May 3, 1802 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act making an appropriation for carrying into effect the Convention between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty. | May 3, 1802 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | May 3, 1802 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | An Act to amend an act intituled “An act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen,” and for other purposes. | May 3, 1802 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act additional to, and amendatory of, an act, intituled “An act concerning the District of Columbia.” | May 3, 1802 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | An Act to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia. | May 3, 1802 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution 1. | Jan. 21, 1802 |
| Resolution 2. | Feb. 3, 1802 |

## 2nd Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE SEVENTH 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 sixth day of December 1802, and ended on the third day of March, 1803.
Thomas Jefferson, President; Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Stephen R. Bradley, President of the Senate pro tempore, on the 14th of January, 1803, and from the 3rd of March, 1803; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act making a partial appropriation for the Naval Service, during the year one thousand eight hundred and three. | Jan. 14, 1803 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 14, 1803 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 10, 1803 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act authorizing the sale of a piece of land, parcel of the Navy Yard belonging to the United States, in Charlestown, in the state of Massachusetts, to the proprietors of the Salem turnpike road and Chelsea bridge corporation. | Feb. 10, 1803 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act to provide for the granting of Clearances to ships or vessels owned by citizens of the United States, lying in the river Mississippi, south of the southern boundary of the United States, and therein to amend an act, intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imposts and tonnage,” and for other purposes. | Feb. 19, 1803 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act for the relief of sufferers by fire, in the town of Portsmouth. | Feb. 19, 1803 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Ohio. | Feb. 19, 1803 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations. | Feb. 26, 1803 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act supplementary to the “act concerning Consuls and Vice-Consuls, and for the further protection of American Seamen.” | Feb. 28, 1803 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act to prevent the importation of certain persons into certain states, where, by the laws thereof, their admission is prohibited. | Feb. 28, 1803 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | An Act to provide an additional armament for the protection of the seamen and commerce of the United States. | Feb. 28, 1803 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act for extending the external commerce of the United States. | Feb. 28, 1803 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act in addition to an act, entituled “An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States.” | Feb. 28, 1803 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act for continuing in force a law, intituled “An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.” | Feb. 28, 1803 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act in addition to an act, intituled “An act more effectually to provide for the National defence, by establishing an uniform Militia throughout the United States.” | March 2, 1803 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act supplementary to the act intituled “An act providing passports for the ships and vessels of the United States.” | March 2, 1803 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act making an appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and three. | March 2, 1803 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act in addition to the act, intituled “An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels of the United States,” and to the act, intituled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.” | March 2, 1803 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and three. | March 2, 1803 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act more effectually to provide for the organization of the Militia of the District of Columbia. | March 3, 1803 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act in addition to, and in modification of, the propositions contained in the act intituled “An act to enable the people of the Eastern division of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, to form a Constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes.” | March 3, 1803 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1803 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act concerning the insurance of buildings, goods and furniture, in the county of Alexandria, in the territory of Columbia. | March 3, 1803 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | An Act making appropriations for the Military establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and three. | March 3, 1803 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act for erecting a Lighthouse at the entrance of Penobscot Bay, or any other place in its vicinity, that may be deemed preferable by the Secretary of the Treasury. | March 3, 1803 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act to make Beaufort and Passamaquoddy, ports of entry and delivery; to make Easton and Tiverton, ports of delivery; and to authorize the establishment of a new collection district on Lake Ontario. | March 3, 1803 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | An Act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee. | March 3, 1803 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act concerning the Salt Springs on the waters of the Wabash river. | March 3, 1803 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act concerning the City of Washington. | March 3, 1803 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act to revise and continue in force, an act in addition to an act intituled “An act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for Military Services and for the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen,” and for other purposes. | March 3, 1803 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors within the District of Columbia. | March 3, 1803 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act directing a detachment from the Militia of the United States, and for erecting certain Arsenals. | March 3, 1803 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act to alter the time of holding the court of the United States in Kentucky district. | March 2, 1803 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congress. | March 3, 1803 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act in addition to the act intituled “An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia.” | March 3, 1803 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act to prolong the continuance of the Mint at Philadelphia. | March 3, 1803 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War. | March 3, 1803 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Seventh Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1803 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act authorizing the transfer of the duties of Supervisor to any other office. | March 3, 1803 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act in addition to an act intituled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.” | March 3, 1803 |