The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-03-13
LIST or ACTS
Washington, March 3, 1851.
Passed at the ID Session Of the Stat Congress.

LIST OF ACTS
Passed ut the ID Session OF the 3ist Congress.
ACTS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE.
An act to grant the right Of presumption to GER
tain purchasers and settlers on the Maison
Rouge Grant, in the event of the final adjudi-
cation of the title in favor Of the United States.
An act for the relief of Gamaliel Taylor Gate
marshal Of the district Of lndians) and his
suretes
An act to limit the liability of ship owners, and
! for other purposes.
An act for the relief of Charlotte Lynch.
An~act to ascertain and settle the private land
claims in the State Of California
An act to authorize the exchange of lot on the
military site of Fort Hamilton for an equal guam
tity Of ground adjoining said site.
An act for the relief Of the legal representatives
Of the late General Walker X. Armistead, of the
army Of the United States.
| An act to settle and adjust the expenses Of the
| people of Oregon in defending themselves from
the attacks of the Cayuse Indians in the years
| lS47 and 1915
An act to create additional collection districts
in the Territory Of Oregon and for other pur-
| poses
An act to amend an act entitled An act al
lowing compensation to the members of the Sen
ate, members of the House of Representatives Of
the United States and to the Delegates of the
Territories" and repeating all other laws on that
subject
An act to change the terms of the circuit courts
for the eastern and western districts Of Pennsyl-
vania.
An act to amend the act TO change the time for
holding the circuit and district courts of the Uni
| ted States for the district of Ohio.
An act to divide the district Of Arkansas into
two judicial districts.
An act authorizing the payment of interest
upon the advances made by the State of Maine
for the use of the United States Government In
the protection Of the Northeastern frontier
An act to authorize the Secretary of War to
allow the payment of interest to the State of
Georgia, for advances made for the use of the Uni
ted States in the suppression Of the hcstilites of
the Greek, Seminole, and Cherokee Indians, in
the years 1886, 1887, and 1898
An act to found military asylum for the relief
aud support Of invalid and disabled soldiers of
the army Of the United States.
An act to amend the acts regulating the ap-
praisement of imported merchandise, and for
other purposes.
An act for the relief Of the American Coloniza-
ton Society
An act for the relief of the administrator of
Major Frederick d. Mills, deceased.
An act for the relief Of Hubert H. Booley
An act for the settlement of certain classes of
private land claims "withn the limits of the
Baron de Bastrop grant," and for allowing pre-
emptions to certain actual settlers in the event of
the final adjudication Of the title of the said de
Bastrop grant in favor of the United States
An act for the relief of William Hardin.
An act for the relief of H J. McClntock, Har-
rison Gill, and Mansfield Carter
An act to grant to the New Haven and New
r H. Dn,lx al = l.
through the custom-house lot in New London
An act for the relief of Cincinnatus Trousdale
and John G. Connolly of Arkansas.
An act providing for an additional term of the
United States circuit and district courts at Chi
cago, in the district of Illinois
JOINT RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE
SENATE
A resolution providing for auditing and settling
the accounts of the public printers during the re-
cess of Congress.
A resolution in relation to the accounts of ohm
De Neufville & Son.
A resolution changing the mode Of appointing
the clerks Of the tressurers Of the mints Of the
United States.
A resolution for the relief of Louis Kossuth
and his associates, exles from Hungary
A resolution for the appointment Of Regents
Of the Smithsonian Institution.
A resolution directing the distribution of the
works Of Alexander Hamilton ond for the other
purposes.
ACTS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRE-
sRNTArIvEs.
An act for the relief of Sayles J. Bower.
An act making appropriations for the current
aud COZ 'ingent expenses Of the Indian Depart
ment, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with
the various Indian tribes for the year ending June
80, 1852.
An act for the relief Of the widow of the late
Lieutenant Colonel William Gray Of Arkansas
An act making appropriations for the payment
of navy pensions for the year ending June 30,
1852
An act to amend an act entitled An act for
the relief of Frederick Durrive," approved Au-
gust Ia, 1913.
An act for the relief of Dunning r. McNsir
An act for the relief of the legal representa-
tives of Robert S. BurrOugh and of Stephen
Hopkins.
An act to prescribe the mode of obtaining evil
dence in cases of contested elections
| An act to amend an act entitled An act to es-
tabsh the Territorial Government of Oregon,
| and an act to establish the Territorial Govern
ment of Minnesota"
| An act to authorize the Legislative Assemblies
Of the Territories of Oregon and Minnesota to
take charge of the school lands in said Territories
| ana Tor Other purposes
An act to supply deficiencies in the appropria-
tions for the service Of the fiscal year ending 3Oth
| June, 1851.
An act making appropriations for the support
Of the Military Academy for the year ending the
| 30th June, 1859.
An act making appropriations for the payment
Of revolutionary and other pensioners of the
United States for the year ending the 3Oth June,
| 1852
An act for the relief of Jose D. Ward and Isaac
| Watts Griffith.
An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post Office Department during the year
ending the 30th June, 1852
An act to reduce and modify the rates of post.
age in the United States and for other purposes
An act making appropriations for the civil and
| diplomatic expenses Of Government for the year
ending Both June, 1852, and for other purposes.
An act making appropriations for. the support
of the army for the year ending the 3oth June,
| 1852
An act making appropriations for the naval
service for the year ending the 30th June, 1882
! An act to establish certain post routes In the
United States and the Territories thereof
An act making appropriations for light houses
| light-boats, buoys, &c, and providing for the
erection and establishment Of the same, and for
| other purposes.
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
A joint resolution explaining the acts Of the 18th
July 1888, March 8, 1913, and January II, ls44.
A joint resolution providing for an adjustment
of the accounts of John d. Colmesnil, President
Of the Ohio and Mississippi Mail Line Company
The following appropriations for the city Of
Washington we select from the General Appro-
priation bill, in advance Of its entire publication,
as information interesting to our citizens.-Na-
tion0l Lttelligencer
For improving the public grounds north, south,