# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress

The Twentieth 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, 1827, to March 4, 1829, during the third and fourth years of John Quincy Adams's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fourth Census of the United States in 1820. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.Warning: template has been deprecated.
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## 1st Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE TWENTIETH 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 third day of December, 1827, and ended on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1828.
John Quincy Adams, President; J. C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Nathaniel Macon, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act making partial appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. | Jan. 3, 1828 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the government, and for other purposes. | Jan. 25, 1828 |
| 3 | Chapter III. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 25, 1828 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States. | Feb. 12, 1828 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 12, 1828 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. | Feb. 12, 1828 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 21, 1828 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 21, 1828 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 10, 1828 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 10, 1828 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 10, 1828 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 10, 1828 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 10, 1828 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 10, 1828 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act to revive and continue in force “An act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain act of Maryland.” | March 10, 1828 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | An Act to alter the time of holding district courts of the United States of North Carolina. | March 10, 1828 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. | March 19, 1828 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. | March 19, 1828 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act granting the right of preference in the purchase of public lands, to certain settlers in the St. Helena land district, in the state of Louisiana. | March 19, 1828 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 19, 1828 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. | March 21, 1828 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | An Act to revive and continue in force the several acts making provision for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of the public lands. | March 21, 1828 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | An Act authorizing a subscription for the statistical tables prepared by George Watterston and Nicholas B. Van Zandt. | April 3, 1828 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1828 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1828 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1828 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 3, 1828 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act to confirm certain claims to lands in the territory of Michigan. | April 17, 1828 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act providing for the appointment of an additional judge of the superior court for the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. | April 17, 1828 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act authorizing the President of the United States to appoint certain agents therein mentioned. | April 17, 1828 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act explanatory of “An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Ohio for the purpose of making a road from Columbus to Sandusky.” | April 17, 1828 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 17, 1828 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 17, 1828 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 17, 1828 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 28, 1828 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 28, 1828 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 28, 1828 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | April 28, 1828 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act to extend the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes in certain cases. | April 28, 1828 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act extending the limits of certain land offices in Indiana, and for other purposes. | April 28, 1828 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act to provide for the sale of lands, conveyed to the United States, in certain cases, and for other purposes,” passed the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. | April 28, 1828 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act authorizing the legislative council of Florida to meet in October instead of December; and repealing the proviso in the sixth section of the act, entitled “An act to amend an act, for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida, and for other purposes,” approved March the third, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. | April 28, 1828 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 2, 1828 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | An Act making a supplementary appropriation for the military service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. | May 2, 1828 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | An Act making appropriations for the public buildings, and for other purposes. | May 2, 1828 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | An Act to authorize the purchase and distribution of the seventh volume of the Laws of the United States. | May 9, 1828 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | An Act making appropriations for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. | May 9, 1828 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | An Act to authorize a railroad within the District of Columbia. | May 9, 1828 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | An Act regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe. | May 9, 1828 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 9, 1828 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 9, 1828 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act supplementary to “An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among such claimants, of the sum paid, and to be paid by the Government of Great Britain, under a convention between the United States and his Britannic Majesty, concluded at London, on the thirteenth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six,” passed on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. | May 15, 1828 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution. | May 15, 1828 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 15, 1828 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | An Act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports. | May 19, 1828 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbours, the completion of the Cumberland road to Zanesville, the securing the lighthouse on Brandywine Shoal, and the making of surveys. | May 19, 1828 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | An Act for the punishment of contraventions of the fifth article of the treaty between the United States and Russia. | May 19, 1828 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to run and mark a line, dividing the territory of Arkansas from the state of Louisiana. | May 19, 1828 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | An Act concerning the orphans’ court of Alexandria county, in the District of Columbia. | May 19, 1828 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | An Act to reduce the duty on Greek and Latin books, printed previous to the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. | May 19, 1828 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1828 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1828 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1828 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1828 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1828 |
| 66 | Chapter LXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1828 |
| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | An Act to continue the mint at the city of Philadelphia, and for other purposes. | May 19, 1828 |
| 68 | Chapter LXVIII. | An Act further to regulate the processes in the courts of the United States. | May 19, 1828 |
| 69 | Chapter LXIX. | An Act to authorize the building of lighthouses, and for other purposes. | May 23, 1828 |
| 70 | Chapter LXX. | An Act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and configuration of private land claims in Florida. | May 23, 1828 |
| 71 | Chapter LXXI. | An Act for the relief of purchasers of the public lands that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money. | May 23, 1828 |
| 72 | Chapter LXXII. | An Act to provide for extending the term of certain pensions, chargeable on the navy and privateer pension fund. | May 23, 1828 |
| 73 | Chapter LXXIII. | An Act to authorize the improving of certain harbours, the building of piers, and for other purposes. | May 23, 1828 |
| 74 | Chapter LXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | 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, Cahawba, and Black Warrior rivers. | May 23, 1828 |
| 76 | Chapter LXXVI. | An Act making an appropriation for the erection of a breakwater near the mouth of Delaware bay. | May 23, 1828 |
| 77 | Chapter LXXVII. | An Act to establish a southern judicial district in the territory of Florida. | May 23, 1828 |
| 78 | Chapter LXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 79 | Chapter LXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 80 | Chapter LXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 82 | Chapter LXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 83 | Chapter LXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 84 | Chapter LXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 23, 1828 |
| 85 | Chapter LXXXV. | An Act to amend and explain an act, entitled “An act confirming an act of the legislature of Virginia, incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and an act of the state of Maryland, for the same purpose.” | May 23, 1828 |
| 86 | Chapter LXXXVI. | An Act authorizing a subscription to the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. | May 23, 1828 |
| 87 | Chapter LXXXVII. | An Act to enlarge the powers of the several corporations of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. | May 23, 1828 |
| 88 | Chapter LXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 89 | Chapter LXXXIX. | An Act making appropriations for custom-houses and warehouses. | May 24, 1828 |
| 90 | Chapter XC. | An Act to continue in force for a limited time, and to amend an act, entitled “An act to enable claimants to lands within the limits of the state of Missouri and territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims.” | May 24, 1828 |
| 91 | Chapter XCI. | An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Indiana to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in that state. | May 24, 1828 |
| 92 | Chapter XCII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 93 | Chapter XCIII. | An Act supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims in the state of Mississippi. | May 24, 1828 |
| 94 | Chapter XCIV. | An Act making appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. | May 24, 1828 |
| 95 | Chapter XCV. | An Act making appropriations for the purchase of books, and for other purposes. | May 24, 1828 |
| 96 | Chapter XCVI. | An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “An Act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of lands at the land offices,” passed March third, eighteen hundred and nineteen. | May 24, 1828 |
| 97 | Chapter XCVII. | An Act to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawattimas, Winnebagoes, Fox and Sacs nations of Indians. | May 24, 1828 |
| 98 | Chapter XCVIII. | An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade. | May 24, 1828 |
| 99 | Chapter XCIX. | An Act to authorize the Postmaster General to erect an additional building, and employ five additional clerks. | May 24, 1828 |
| 100 | Chapter C. | An Act allowing compensation to the members of the legislature of the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. | May 24, 1828 |
| 101 | Chapter CI. | An Act to provide for opening and making a military road in the state of Maine. | May 24, 1828 |
| 102 | Chapter CII. | An Act making an appropriation for the navy hospital fund. | May 24, 1828 |
| 103 | Chapter CIII. | An Act to repeal part of the act, entitled “An act supplementary to, and to amend an act, entitled ‘An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,’” passed the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes. | May 24, 1828 |
| 104 | Chapter CIV. | An Act to increase the pay of lieutenants in the navy. | May 24, 1828 |
| 105 | Chapter CV. | An Act authorizing the establishment of an arsenal on the waters of Mobile or Pensacola Bays. | May 24, 1828 |
| 106 | Chapter CVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 107 | Chapter CVII. | An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Illinois to sell and convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said state for the use of the Ohio Saline. | May 24, 1828 |
| 108 | Chapter CVIII. | An Act to aid the state of Ohio in extending the Miami canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said state to aid in the construction of the canals authorized by law; and for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas territory. | May 24, 1828 |
| 109 | Chapter CIX. | An Act to revive and continue in force an act, entitled “An Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary war.” | May 24, 1828 |
| 110 | Chapter CX. | An Act declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the state of Alabama. | May 24, 1828 |
| 111 | Chapter CXI. | An Act in addition to an act, entitled “An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost,” and to equalize the duties on Prussian vessels and their cargoes. | May 24, 1828 |
| 112 | Chapter CXII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 113 | Chapter CXIII. | An Act altering the duties on wines imported into the United States. | May 24, 1828 |
| 114 | Chapter CXIV. | An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | May 24, 1828 |
| 115 | Chapter CXV. | An Act in relation to the banks in the District of Columbia. | May 24, 1828 |
| 116 | Chapter CXVI. | An Act to amend the acts concerning naturalization. | May 24, 1828 |
| 117 | Chapter CXVII. | An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | May 24, 1828 |
| 118 | Chapter CXVIII. | An Act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | May 24, 1828 |
| 119 | Chapter CXIX. | An Act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be employed in the mackerel fishery. | May 24, 1828 |
| 120 | Chapter CXX. | An Act in addition to “An act making an appropriation for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.” | May 24, 1828 |
| 121 | Chapter CXXI. | An Act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy of the United States. | May 24, 1828 |
| 122 | Chapter CXXII. | An Act authorizing the legislative council of the territory of Michigan to take charge of school lands in said territory. | May 24, 1828 |
| 123 | Chapter CXXIII. | An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | May 24, 1828 |
| 124 | Chapter CXXIV. | An Act making appropriations to enable the President of the United States to defray the expenses of delegations of the Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Chickasaw, and other tribes of Indians, to explore the country west of the Mississippi. | May 24, 1828 |
| 125 | Chapter CXXV. | An Act to establish sundry post-roads and to discontinue others. | May 24, 1828 |
| 126 | Chapter CXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 127 | Chapter CXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 128 | Chapter CXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 129 | Chapter CXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 130 | Chapter CXXX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 131 | Chapter CXXXI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 132 | Chapter CXXXII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 133 | Chapter CXXXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 134 | Chapter CXXXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 135 | Chapter CXXXV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 136 | Chapter CXXXVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 137 | Chapter CXXXVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 138 | Chapter CXXXVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 139 | Chapter CXXXIX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 140 | Chapter CXL. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 141 | Chapter CXLI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 142 | Chapter CXLII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 143 | Chapter CXLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 144 | Chapter CXLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 145 | Chapter CXLV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 146 | Chapter CXLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 147 | Chapter CXLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 148 | Chapter CXLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 149 | Chapter CXLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 150 | Chapter CL. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 151 | Chapter CLI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 152 | Chapter CLII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 153 | Chapter CLIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 154 | Chapter CLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 155 | Chapter CLV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 156 | Chapter CLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 157 | Chapter CLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 158 | Chapter CLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 159 | Chapter CLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 160 | Chapter CLX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |
| 161 | Chapter CLXI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 24, 1828 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution I authorizing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to frank letters and packages. | April 3, 1828 |
| See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | May 19, 1828 |
| Resolution III in relation to Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. | May 23, 1828 |
| Resolution IV providing for the distribution of certain public documents, and the removal of certain books from the library. | May 24, 1828 |
| Resolution V in relation to the manner of executing the printing ordered by either House of Congress. | May 24, 1828 |
| Resolution VI in relation to the mail-route between the cities of New Orleans and Mobile. | May 24, 1828 |
| Resolution VII to authorize the President to loan the barracks at Sackett’s Harbour to the trustees of a scientific and military school to be established there. | May 24, 1828 |

## 2nd Session
### Public Laws

ACTS OF THE TWENTIETH 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 first day of December, 1828, and ended on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1829.
John Quincy Adams, President; J. C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Samuel Smith, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| | Chapter | Title | Date |
| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | Jan. 6, 1829 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act restricting the location of certain land claims in the territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. | Jan. 6, 1829 |
| 3 | Chapter II. | An Act to preserve from injury and waste the school lands in the territory of Arkansas. | Jan. 6, 1829 |
| 4 | Chapter IV. | An Act extending the term within which merchandise may be exported with the benefit of drawback. | Jan. 6, 1829 |
| 5 | Chapter V. | An Act to allow a salary to the marshal of the district of Connecticut. | Jan. 6, 1829 |
| 6 | Chapter VI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Jan. 6, 1829 |
| 7 | Chapter VII. | An Act to amend an act, entitled “An act for the better organization of the medical department of the navy,” approved twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. | Jan. 21, 1829 |
| 8 | Chapter VIII. | An Act for altering the times for holding the sessions of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Georgia, at the places provided by law. | Jan. 21, 1829 |
| 9 | Chapter IX. | An Act to allow a salary to the marshal of the eastern district of Virginia. | Jan. 21, 1829 |
| 10 | Chapter X. | An Act to establish a port of entry at Magnolia, in Florida. | Jan. 21, 1829 |
| 11 | Chapter XI. | An Act allowing an additional drawback on sugar refined in the United States, and exported therefrom. | Jan. 21, 1829 |
| 12 | Chapter XII. | An Act in addition to the act, entitled “An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.” | Jan. 21, 1829 |
| 13 | Chapter XIII. | An Act to authorize the citizens of the territories of Arkansas and Florida, to elect their officers, and for other purposes. | Jan. 21, 1829 |
| 14 | Chapter XIV. | An Act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants. | Feb. 5, 1829 |
| 15 | Chapter XV. | An Act authorizing the laying off a town on Bean river, in the state of Illinois, and for other purposes. | Feb. 5, 1829 |
| 16 | Chapter XVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 5, 1829 |
| 17 | Chapter XVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 5, 1829 |
| 18 | Chapter XVIII. | An Act to provide for the purchase and distribution of certain copies of the Digest of the Laws of the United States, by Thomas F. Gordon. | Feb. 24, 1829 |
| 19 | Chapter XIX. | An Act to alter the time for holding the sixth circuit court of the United States for the district of South Carolina. | Feb. 24, 1829 |
| 20 | Chapter XX. | An Act to authorize the appointment of a surveyor for the Virginia military district, within the state of Ohio. | Feb. 24, 1829 |
| 21 | Chapter XXI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1829 |
| 22 | Chapter XXII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1829 |
| 23 | Chapter XXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | Feb. 24, 1829 |
| 24 | Chapter XXIV. | An Act making additional appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | March 2, 1829 |
| 25 | Chapter XXV. | An Act making appropriations for building lighthouses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbours and directing surveys. | March 2, 1829 |
| 26 | Chapter XXVI. | An Act making additional appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | March 2, 1829 |
| 27 | Chapter XXVII. | An Act authorizing the subscription of stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. | March 2, 1829 |
| 28 | Chapter XXVIII. | An Act making provision for the payment of pensions to the widow or children of pensioners, in certain cases, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1829 |
| 29 | Chapter XXIX. | An Act making appropriations for completing certain roads, and for making examinations and surveys. | March 2, 1829 |
| 30 | Chapter XXX. | An Act for the construction of the Cumberland road, westwardly of Zanesville. | March 2, 1829 |
| 31 | Chapter XXXI. | An Act for the continuation of the Cumberland road. | March 2, 1829 |
| 32 | Chapter XXXII. | An Act making appropriations for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | March 2, 1829 |
| 33 | Chapter XXXIII. | An Act to authorize a subscription for stock on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. | March 2, 1829 |
| 34 | Chapter XXXIV. | An Act making additional appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | March 2, 1829 |
| 35 | Chapter XXXV. | An Act making additional appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | March 2, 1829 |
| 36 | Chapter XXXVI. | An Act making appropriations for the erection and completion of certain barracks and quarters, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1829 |
| 37 | Chapter XXXVII. | An Act making additional appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. | March 2, 1829 |
| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act providing for the printing and binding sixty thousand copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics, including manœuvres of light infantry and riflemen, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1829 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act to authorize the establishment of a town, on land reserved for the use of schools, and to direct the manner of disposing of certain reserved quarter sections of land for the seat of government in Florida. | March 2, 1829 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act confirming the reports of the register and receiver of the land office for the district of St. Stephens, in the state of Alabama, and for other purposes. | March 2, 1829 |
| 41 | Chapter XLI. | An Act to provide for the apprehension and delivery of deserters from certain foreign vessels in the ports of the United States. | March 2, 1829 |
| 42 | Chapter XLII. | An Act to continue the present mode of supplying the army of the United States. | March 2, 1829 |
| 43 | Chapter XLIII. | An Act for the relief of the navy hospital fund. | March 2, 1829 |
| 44 | Chapter XLIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1829 |
| 45 | Chapter XLV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1829 |
| 46 | Chapter XLVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1829 |
| 47 | Chapter XLVII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1829 |
| 48 | Chapter XLVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1829 |
| 49 | Chapter XLIX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 2, 1829 |
| 50 | Chapter L. | An Act making appropriations for carrying into effect certain treaties with the Indian tribes, and for holding a treaty with the Pattawatimas. | March 2, 1829 |
| 51 | Chapter LI. | An Act making appropriations for the public buildings, and other purposes. | March 3, 1829 |
| 52 | Chapter LII. | An Act making additional appropriations for completing and repairing piers, for the improvement of certain harbours, and for the navigation of certain rivers. | March 3, 1829 |
| 53 | Chapter LIII. | An Act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road. | March 3, 1829 |
| 54 | Chapter LIV. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved salt springs, in the state of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale. | March 3, 1829 |
| 55 | Chapter LV. | An Act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved lead mines, in the state of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale, and for other purposes. | March 3, 1829 |
| 56 | Chapter LVI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 57 | Chapter LVII. | An Act providing for ceding to the state of South Carolina the jurisdiction over, and the title to, a certain tract of land, called Mount Dearborn, in the said state. | March 3, 1829 |
| 58 | Chapter LVIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 59 | Chapter LIX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 60 | Chapter LX. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 61 | Chapter LXI. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 62 | Chapter LXII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 63 | Chapter LXIII. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 64 | Chapter LXIV. | See Private Acts of the Twentieth Congress in Volume 6. | March 3, 1829 |
| 65 | Chapter LXV. | An Act concerning the government and discipline of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia. | March 3, 1829 |

### Public Resolutions

| Resolution | Date |
| Resolution I amendatory of a joint resolution passed third March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. | Feb. 5, 1829 |
| Resolution II in relation to the survey and laying out a military road, in the state of Maine. | March 2, 1829 |