# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/Lists and Tables/28th Congress

Acts of the Twenty-Eighth Congress of the United States.
STATUTE Ⅰ.—1844.
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| Supply of a Deficiency of Appropriations for the Protection of American Seamen. An act to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, for the relief and protection of American seamen.Jan. 22, 1844. | 651 |
| Fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson refunded. An act to refund the fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson.Feb. 16, 1844. | 651 |
| Transfers of Appropriations in the Naval Service. An act to authorize the President of the United States to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service under certain circumstances.Feb. 23, 1844. | 652 |
| District Courts at Clarksburg and Wheeling, in the Western District of Virginia, and the Circuit Court in Arkansas. An act changing the time of holding the Courts at Clarksburg and at wheeling, in the western district of Virginia, and the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Arkansas.March 4, 1844. | 652 |
| Circuit and District Courts in Ohio. An act to repeal the act entitled “An act to amend the act of the tenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, entitled ‘An act to change the time of holding the Circuit and District Courts in the district of Ohio.’”March 26, 1844. | 652 |
| Oath of Persons employed in the Branch Mints, how taken. An act to amend the act entitled “An act to establish the branches of the Mint of the United States.”April 2, 1844. | 652 |
| Disposition of unclaimed Merchandise seized for illegal Importation. An act directing the disposition of certain unclaimed goods, wares or merchandise, seized for being illegally imported into the United States.April 2, 1844. | 653 |
| One of the Judges of the Circuit court of the District of Columbia required to reside in Alexandria. An act requiring one of the Judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia hereafter to reside in Alexandria.April 4, 1844. | 654 |
| Repeal of part of the Act requiring the Second Regiment of Dragoons to be converted into Riflemen. An act to repeal so much of the act approved the twenty-third of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as requires the second regiment of dragoons to be converted into a regiment of riflemen after the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.April 4, 1844. | 654 |
| District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. An act to change the time of holding the spring term of the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, and of the Circuit Court of Alabama.April 12, 1844. | 655 |
| Appropriations for the Military Academy. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five. (Obsolete.)April 12, 1844. | 655 |
| Appropriations for the increase of the Navy. An act making an appropriation of certain moneys in the Treasury for the naval service. (Obsolete.)April 22, 1844. | 656 |
| Appropriations for the Payment of Pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. (Obsolete.)April 30, 1844. | 656 |
| Assent to the holding of an Extra Session of the Legislature of Iowa. An act giving the assent of Congress to the holding of an extra session of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Iowa. (Obsolete.)April 30, 1844. | 657 |
| Occupation of the Public Lands as a Town Site. Disposition of the Lands. An act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States, under certain circumstances.May 23, 1844. | 657 |
| Transfer of Names of Pensioners in Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio. An act to authorize the transfer of the names of pensioners from the agencies in the State of Kentucky to the agency in Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio.May 23, 1844. | 657 |
| Passamaquoddy to be a Port of Entry for Cargoes of Vessels from the Cape of Good Hope and beyond. An act relating to the port of entry in the district of Passamaquoddy, in the State of Maine.May 31, 1844. | 658 |
| Appeal from the Circuit Court to the Supreme Court in any Case arising under the Revenue Laws. An act to ament the judiciary act passed the twenty-fourth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.May 31, 1844. | 658 |
| Appropriations for Fortifications. An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.May 31, 1844. | 658 |
| Disposition of the Maps and Charts of the Survey of the Coast. An act directing a disposition of the maps and charts of the survey of the coast.June 3, 1844. | 660 |
| District Court of New Jersey. An act to alter the places of holding the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey.June 4, 1844. | 660 |
| Custom House Officers to give the requisite Bond before they enter on the Duties of Office. An act relating to bonds to be given by custom house officers.June 4, 1844. | 660 |
| Appropriations for the Improvement of Harbors and Rivers. An act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers.June 11, 1844. | 661 |
| Office of Solicitor of the General Land Office abolished. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to re-organize the General Land Office.”June 12, 1844. | 662 |
| La Fayette, in Louisiana, made a Port of Entry. An act to establish a port of delivery at the city of La Fayette in the State of Louisiana.June 12, 1844. | 662 |
| Unlading Foreign Merchandise on the Right Bank of the Mississippi, opposite New Orleans. An act relating to the unlading of foreign merchandise on the right bank of the river Mississippi, opposite New Orleans.June 12, 1844. | 663 |
| Repairing the Roof of the Court-House in Alexandria. An act for repairing the roof of the Court-House in Alexandria.June 15, 1844. | 663 |
| Improvement of Grant River, in Wisconsin. An act granting a section of land for the improvement of Grant River, at the town of Potosi, in Wisconsin Territory.June 15, 1844. | 663 |
| Collection Districts abolished. Shieldsborough and Pearlington Districts established. District of New Orleans. An act relating to certain collection districts, and for other purposes.June 15, 1844. | 664 |
| Establishment of a Navy-Yard and Depôt at Memphis, Tennessee. An act to establish a navy-yard and depôt at or adjacent to the city of Memphis, on the Mississippi river, in the State of Tennessee.June 15, 1844. | 665 |
| Persons formerly in the United States and now in Texas permitted to remove within the United States. An act for the relief of persons residing within the reported limits of the States of Arkansas or Louisiana, and beyond the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas, as established by the commissioners appointed to ascertain the same.June 15, 1844. | 674 |
| Alexandria Canal. An act to amend the act entitled “An act to incorporate the Alexandria Canal Company,” approved on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty.June 17, 1844. | 674 |
| Land Claims in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. An act to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Mississippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers.June 17, 1844. | 676 |
| Supreme and Circuit Courts of the United States. An act concerning the Supreme Court of the United States.June 17, 1844. | 676 |
| Northern Boundary of the State of Missouri. An act respecting the northern boundary of the State of Missouri.June 17, 1844. | 677 |
| Charters of the Banks in the District of Columbia. An act to extend the charters of the District Banks.June 17, 1844. | 677 |
| Balances of Appropriation for the Suppression of Indian Hostilities. An act to enable the War Department to supply certain balances of appropriation, and for other purposes.June 17, 1844. | 678 |
| Arrests on mesne Process in the District of Columbia. An act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and forty-two.June 17, 1844. | 678 |
| Conveyances of Places of Worship in the District of Columbia. An act concerning conveyances or devises of places of worship in the District of Columbia.June 17, 1844. | 679 |
| Pensions to certain Widows extended. An act to continue the pensions of certain widows.June 17, 1844. | 680 |
| Jurisdiction of the Courts of Arkansas over the Indian Country. An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers,” passed thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.June 17, 1844. | 680 |
| Explanation of the Treaty with the Chippewa Indians. An act explanatory of the treaty made with the Chippewa Indians at Saganaw, the twenty-third of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.June 17, 1844. | 680 |
| Appropriations for the Expenses of Government. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and for other purposes.June 17, 1844. | 681 |
| Appropriations for the Support of the Army. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.June 17, 1844. | 696 |
| Appropriations for the Naval Service. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.June 17, 1844. | 699 |
| Appropriations for the Expenses of the Indian Department and Indian Treaties. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-four, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.June 17, 1844. | 704 |
| Entry of Lands occupied by Branch Pilots of the Port of New Orleans. An act to authorize the entry of certain lands, occupied by the branch pilots of the port of New Orleans, and others, in the State of Louisiana.June 17, 1844. | 715 |
RESOLUTIONS.
| No. 1. Acceptation of the Sword of Washinton and the Staff of Franklin. A joint resolution accepting the sword of Washington and staff of Franklin.March 4, 1844. | 716 |
| No. 2. Respect for the Memory of the Donor of the Camp Chest of General Washington. Joint resolution of respect for the memory of the donor of the camp chest of General Washington.April 30, 1844. | 716 |
| No. 3. Acceptation of the Camp Chest of General Washington. Joint resolution accepting the camp chest of General Washington.April 30, 1844. | 716 |
| No. 4. Settlement for Supplies furnished the Militia in the Service of the United States. Joint resolution respecting the application of certain appropriations heretofore made.April 30, 1844. | 716 |
| No. 5. Printing and Distribution of Copies of the Journals and Public Documents. Joint resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents.April 30, 1844. | 717 |
| No. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury to have charge of the Property of the United States at Bath, Maine. Joint resolution in relation to certain property purchased for the use of the United States, at the port of Bath, in the State of Maine.May 23, 1844. | 717 |
| No. 9. The Corporation of Baltimore authorized to use a certain Building. Resolution authorizing the corporation of Baltimore to use a building of the United States at Lazaretto Point.June 3, 1844. | 717 |
| No. 10. Receipts issued by the Treasurer to be received in Payment for Public Land. A resolution respecting receipts issued by the Treasurer of the United States, in payment for public land.June 12, 1844. | 718 |
| No. 11. The Joint Resolution for Printing additional Copies of the Journals and Public Documents suspended. A resolution suspending the joint resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the journals and public documents.June 12, 1844. | 718 |
| No. 12. Clerks in the Business of Reservations and Grnats under Indian Treaties continued. A resolution to continue two clerks in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties.June 12, 1844. | 718 |
| No. 14. Transmission of the British Mail between Boston and Canada. A joint resolution in relation to the transmission of the British mail between Boston and Canada, and for other purposes.June 15, 1844. | 718 |
| No. 15. Claims under the Cherokee Treaty. A resolution for the relief of certain claimants under the Cherokee treaty of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.June 15, 1844. | 719 |
| No. 16. Clerks in the Treasury Department. A joint resolution authorizing the transfer of certain clerks in the Treasury Department.June 15, 1844. | 719 |
| No. 17. Public Lands at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry. A resolution relating to the public lands appertaining to the armories of Springfield and Harper’s Ferry.June 17, 1844. | 719 |
| No. 18. Thanks of Congress tendered to the British Authorities at Gibraltar, and others. Joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to the British authorities at Gibraltar, and the commander, officers and crew of her Britannic Majesty’s ship Malabar.June 17, 1844. | 720 |
STATUTE II.—1845.
| Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. An act to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union.Jan. 23, 1845. | 721 |
| Correction of clerical Error in the Act to regulate Arrests on Mesne Process in the District of Columbia. An act to correct a clerical error in the act supplementary to an act to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia, and to amend the title thereof.Feb. 4, 1845. | 721 |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. An act confirming and assenting to an act of the Legislature of Virginia, entitled “An act further to amend the act incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.”Feb. 7, 1845. | 722 |
| District Court in Louisiana. An act to repeal “An act for the better organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes.Feb. 13, 1845. | 722 |
| History of Oregon, California, &c. An act for the purchase of certain copies of the History of Oregon, California, and the other Territories on the north-west coast of America.Feb. 20, 1845. | 722 |
| Pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.Feb. 20, 1845. | 723 |
| Pensions. An act restricting the grant of pensions in certain cases.Feb. 20, 1845. | 724 |
| Lands at Perrysburg and Croghansville, Ohio. An act to quiet the title to certain lots of land in the towns of Perrysburg and Croghansville, in the State of Ohio.Feb. 20, 1845. | 724 |
| Detention of Seamen until Arrival in the United States, &c. An act to amend the act entitled “An act to provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of enlistment of seamen.”Feb. 20, 1845. | 725 |
| Land District in Arkansas. An act to organize a new land district in the southern part of the State of Arkansas.Feb. 20, 1845. | 725 |
| District Court in Louisiana. An act supplementary to “An act to repeal an act for the better organization of the District Court of the United States within the State of Louisiana,” and for other purposes, approved February thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.Feb. 26, 1845. | 726 |
| Admiralty jurisdiction vested in the District of Columbia in certain Cases on the Lakes, &c. An act extending the jurisdiction of the District Courts to certain cases, upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting the same.Feb. 26, 1845. | 726 |
| Appropriation Act for 1839 explained. An act explanatory of an act entitled “An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.Feb. 26, 1845. | 727 |
| Importation of certain Iron Pipes and Machinery free of Duty. An act to authorize the South Carolina Railroad Company to import certain pipes and machinery free of duty.Feb. 26, 1845. | 727 |
| Compacts of Alabama and Mississippi relative to the Five Per Cent. Fund, &c. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to carry into effect, in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing compacts with those States with regard to the five per cent. fund and the school reservations.Feb. 26, 1845. | 727 |
| Appropriation for the Naval Service for the Year 1845. An act to amend the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.” Feb. 26, 1845. | 729 |
| Lands Granted to General La Fayette. An act to authorize a re-location of land-warrants number three, four, and five, granted by Congress to General La Fayette.Feb. 26, 1845. | 729 |
| Circuit and Criminal Courts in the County of Washington. An act to change the time for holding the Circuit and Criminal Courts in the county of Washington.March 1, 1845. | 729 |
| Port of Delivery at the City of La Fayette. An act in alteration of an act entitled “An act to establish a port of delivery at the city of La Fayette, in the State of Louisiana.”March 1, 1845. | 730 |
| Navy Pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.March 1, 1845. | 730 |
| Sale of Arabian Horses presented by the Imaum of Muscat. An act to authorize the sale of two Arabian horses, received as a present by the Consul of the United States at Zanzibar, from the Imaum of Muscat.March 1, 1845. | 730 |
| Courts in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. An act to change the time of holding the Federal Courts in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.March 1, 1845. | 730 |
| Naval Pensions. An act renewing certain naval pensions for the term of five years.March 3, 1845. | 731 |
| Wabash and Erie Canal. An act to grant certain lands to the State of Indiana, the better to enable the said State to extend and complete the Wabash and Erie Canal from Terre Haute to the Ohio River.March 3, 1845. | 731 |
| Reduction of Postage, &c. An act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post-Office Department.March 3, 1845. | 732 |
| Appropriations for the Post-Office Department for 1846. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department, for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.March 3, 1845. | 739 |
| Value of the Florin of Austria at the Custom-Houses. An act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to fix the value of certain foreign moneys of account in computations at the custom-houses.”March 3, 1845. | 740 |
| Land Claims in the State of Mississippi. An act to confirm the survey and location of claims for lands in the State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl river, and south of thirty-first degree of north latitude.March 3, 1845. | 740 |
| Appropriations for the Military Academy. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.March 3, 1845. | 742 |
| Admission of Iowa and Florida into the Union. An act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union.March 3, 1845. | 742 |
| Appropriations for Fortifications for 1846. An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.March 3, 1845. | 743 |
| Military Services in Florida. An act providing for payment for certain military services in Florida.March 3, 1845. | 745 |
| Appropriations for the Support of the Army for 1846. An act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.March 3, 1845. | 745 |
| Commercial Intercourse with Miquelon and St. Pierre. An act regulating commercial intercourse with the Island of Miquelon and St. Pierre.March 3, 1845. | 748 |
| Construction and Improvement of Roads in Wisconsin. An act for the construction and improvement of certain roads in the territory of Wisconsin.March 3, 1845. | 748 |
| Construction and Improvement of Roads in Wisconsin. An act for the construction and improvement of certain roads in the territory of Wisconsin.March 3, 1845. | 748 |
| Transportation of Mail between the United States and Foreign Countries. An act to provide for the transportation of mail between the United States and foreign countries, and for other purposes.March 3, 1845. | 748 |
| Drawback on certain Exports of Merchandise. An act allowing drawback upon foreign merchandise exported in the original packages to Chihuahua and Santa Fe, in Mexico, and to the British North American provinces adjoining the United States.March 3, 1845. | 750 |
| Appropriations for the Support of Government for 1846. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and for other purposes.March 3, 1845. | 752 |
| Appropriations for the Indian Department and for Indian Treaties. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfiling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-five, ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.March 3, 1845. | 766 |
| Improvements in the Territory of Iowa. An act making appropriations for certain improvements in the territory of Iowa.March 3, 1845. | 778 |
| Post-Roads. An act to establish certain post-routes.March 3, 1845. | 778 |
| Admission of Iowa and Florida into the Union. Acts supplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union.March 3, 1845. | 788 |
| Appropriations for the Naval Service for the Year 1846. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.March 3, 1845. | 790 |
| Revenue Cutters and Steamers. An act relating to revenue cutters and steamers.March 3, 1845. | 795 |
RESOLUTIONS.
| No. 1. Explanation of an Act for the Payment of Revolutionary Pensions. A resolution explanatory of an act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensions of the United States, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.Jan. 23, 1845. | 796 |
| No. 3. Suspension of part of the Third Section of the Joint Resolution of 1841, as it affects the Depôt at Memphis. A resolution to suspend a part of the third section of the joint resolution of the eleventh of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, relating to armories.Feb. 13, 1845. | 796 |
| No. 4. Contracts with Railroad Companies for Carrying the Mail. Joint resolution authorizing the Postmaster General of the United States to contract with railroad companies, in certain cases, without advertising for proposals therefor.Feb. 20, 1845. | 796 |
| No. 5. Distribution of the Work on the Exploring Expedition. A resolution for distributing the work on the Exploring Expedition.Feb. 20, 1845. | 797 |
| No. 7. Payment of Supplies, &c. for the Defence of the Inhabitants of Florida. A resolution amendatory of the resolution passed April thirty, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, “respecting the application of certain appropriations heretofore made.”March 1, 1845. | 797 |
| No. 8. Annexation of Texas to the United States. Joint resolution for annexing Texas to the United States.March 1, 1845. | 797 |
| No. 9. Putnam’s Ploughing and Dredging Machine. A resolution directing an examination of Putnam’s ploughing and dredging machine.March 3, 1845. | 798 |
| No. 10. Edition of the Laws of the United States. A resolution to authorize the Attorney General to contract for copies of a proposed edition of the laws and treaties of the United States.March 3, 1845. | 798 |
| No. 11. Shawnee Indians. A joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to pay any balance that may be due the Shawnee Indians who served in the Florida war.March 3, 1845. | 800 |
| No. 13. Reduction of Poastage, &c. Joint resolution to fix the time when the act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post-Office Department, passed at this session, shall go into effect.March 3, 1845. | 800 |
| No. 14. Defaults by States in the Payment of Interest of Principal of Investments on Bonds, held by the United States. A joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever any State shall have been or may be in default for the payment of interest or principal on investments in its stocks or bonds held by the United States in trust, to retain certain moneys to which such State is entitled for the purposes therein named.March 3, 1845. | 801 |
| No. 15. Additional Inspectors at the Port of New Orleans. A resolution authorizing the employment of additional Inspectors of the Customs at the port of New Orleans.March 3, 1845. | 801 |