The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-10-10
LIST OF ACTS PASSED BY THE THIRTY FIRST
CONGRESS-.
Public acts mhieh originated IN tie Senate

Public acts mhich originated IN the Senate
An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other
States to reclaim the swamp lands" within their
limits
An act granting the right of way and making
grant Of land TO the States of Illinois, Misss-
siPPj, and Alabama, in aid of the construction Of
a railroad from Chicago to Mobile
An act to amend and supplementary to The act
entitled In act respecting fagitives from justice
and persons escaping from service of their mas
tiers ~ approved February 18th, 1893
An act to reduce the minimum price of the min
eral lands in the Lake Superior district in Mich
igan and in the Chippewa district in Wisconsin.
An act to authorize notares public to take and
certify oaths, afrmations, and Acknowledgements
in certain cases
An act to amend an act entitled An act for
the better organization of the District Court of the
United States within the State of Louisiana ap-
proved the sd of March, lsi9
An act providing for the taking Of the seventh
and subsequent censuses Of the United States, and
to fl the number of the members of the House of
Representatives and to provide for their future
apportionment among the several States
An act to carry into effect the Convention be-
tween the United States and the Emperor of Bra
I'll of the 9th day of January, lS49.
An act authorizing the negotiation of treaties
with the Indian tribes in the Territory of Ore
gon, for the extinguishment of their claims to
lands lying west Of the Cascade mountains, and
for other purposes
An act to increase the rank and file of the army
and to encourage enistments.
An act to increase the commissariat of the
United States army
An act to reduce and define the boundaries of
the military reserve at St Peters river, in the
Territory of Minnesota, and to secure the rights
of the actual settlers thereon.
An act for the admission of the State of Cali
fOrnia into the Union.
An act TO amend an act entitled An act to reg
ulate the collection of duties on imports and ton
nagep approved March I'd, 1899
An act giving the assent of the United States
to an act of the General assembly of Maryland
passed at the December session, 1914, chap
ter 2S7.
An act giving the assent of Congress to the
leasing OF portion of the margin of the Black
Warrior river for the purposes therein mentioned
An act to provide for the printing Of the An
nual Report upon Commerce and Navigation
An act to provide for holding the Courts Of the
United States in case of the sickness or other
disability Of the Judges of the District Courts.
An act to establish a Territorial Government
for Utah
An act to suppress the slave trade in the Dis
trct of Columbia.
An act to regulate the terms of the Circuit and
District Courts Of the United States for the Dis
trct of Ohio.
An act supplementary to the act entitled {" An
act providing for the taking Of the seventh and
subsequent censuses of the United States. and to
fix the number Of the members of the House of
Representatives, and to provide for their future
apportionment among the several States
An act TO amend the act entitled (" An act TO
amend, in the cases therein mentioned, the act
to regulate the duties on imports and tonage'p
An act proposing to the State of Texas the
establishment Of her northern and western boun-
daries, the REIMBURSEMENT by the said State of all
territory claimed by her exterior to said bounda-
ries, and of all her claims upon the United States
and to establish a Territorial Government for
New Mexico.
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treas
ury to permit vessels from the British North
American Provinces to lsde and unlade at such
places in any collection district Of the United
States as he may designate
An act to create additional collection districts
in the State of California, and to change the ex-
listing district therein, and to modify the existing
collection districts in the United States, and for
other purposes
An act to provide for extending the laws and the
judicial system Of the United States to the State
of California.
An act to authorize the appointment OF Indian
agents in California
An act making appropriations for lighthouses,
lightboats, buoys &c, and providing for the cree
ton and establishment of the same, and for other
purposes
An act to extend the port Of New Orleans
An act TO repeal so much Of the act approved
nth Of August, 1913, as extends the provisions
thereof to Macao.
Joint resolution limiting the expense Of col
Letting the revenue from customs for the present
fiscal year.
Joint resolution authorizing the purchase of the
manuscript Of the Farewell Address of George
Washington.
Joint resolution for binding the public docu-
ments.
Joint resolution for restoring the settlement of
the three months extra payo claims TO the ac-
counting officers of the Treasury.
Joint resolution relative to the payment of dv-
dends or interest on war bounty scrip
Joint resolution expressing the coincidence Of
Congress for Mrs. Margaret s, Taylor.
Joint resolution to amend aresolution approved
on the 10th Of August, 1850, relative to the pay
ment Of dividends or interest on war bounty scrip
Joint resolution relating TO the publication Of
the laws Of the United States.
Joint resolution relative to The public printing
Pirate Aas mhieh originated IN ME Senate
An act in relation TO donations Of land to Ger.
tain persons in the State of Arkansas