# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 6/8th Congress

The Eighth 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, 1803 to March 3, 1805, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.

## 1st Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE 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 seventeenth day of October, 1803, and ended on the twenty-seventh day of March, 1804.
Thomas Jefferson, President; , Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; John Brown, President of the Senate pro tempore from the 31st day of October to the 19th day of December, and from the 26th day of January to the 25th day of February, 1804; Jesse Franklin, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 14th day of March; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter VII. | An Act for the relief of John Coles. | Jan. 14, 1804 |
| Chapter VIII. | An Act for the relief of Paul Coulon. | Jan. 26, 1804 |
| Chapter X. | An Act to incorporate the Directors of the Columbian Library Company. | Jan. 31, 1804 |
| Chapter XVI. | An Act for the relief of Samuel Corp. | Feb. 25, 1804 |
| Chapter XXVIII. | An Act for the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Norfolk. | March 19, 1804 |
| Chapter XXX. | An Act for the relief of the captors of the Moorish armed ships Meshouda and Mirboha. | March 19, 1804 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | An Act authorizing the payment of two thousand eight hundred dollars to Philip Sloan. | March 26, 1804 |
| Chapter XLI. | An Act for the relief of the heirs of John Habersham. | March 26, 1804 |
| Chapter XLII. | An Act for the relief of the legal representatives of David Valenzin, deceased; and for other purposes. | March 26, 1804 |
| Chapter XLV. | An Act for the relief of Moses Young. | March 26, 1804 |

## 2nd Session

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE EIGHTH 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 fifth day of November, 1804, and ended the third day of March, 1805.
Thomas Jefferson, President; Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Joseph Anderson, President of the Senate, pro tempore, from the 19th to the 31st day of January, 1805, inclusive, and on the 1st and 3d day of March; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date |
| Chapter VIII. | An Act for the relief of Charlotte Hazen, widow and relict of the late Brigadier-General Moses Hazen. | Jan. 23, 1805 |
| Chapter XII. | An Act for the relief of Alexander Murray. | Jan. 31, 1805 |
| Chapter XIII. | An Act for the relief of John Steele. | Jan. 31, 1805 |
| Chapter XXII. | An Act authorizing the discharge of John York from his imprisonment. | March 2, 1805 |
| Chapter XXV. | An Act for the relief of the widow and orphan children of Robert Elliott. | March 2, 1805 |
| Chapter XXXVII. | An Act making provision for the widow and orphan children of Thomas Flinn. | March 3, 1805 |
| Chapter XXXIX. | An Act for the relief of George Scoone and Alexander Cameron. | March 3, 1805 |
| Chapter XLV. | An Act for the relief of Richard Taylor. | March 3, 1805 |
| Chapter XLVI. | An Act for the relief of Robert Patton, and others. | March 3, 1805 |