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"Be it further enacted, That whenever it may be necessary to form heavy embankments, piers, or moles, at the mouths of creeks, or along the river shore, for basins and other purposes, and the president and directors may deem it expedient to give a greater strength to the same, by widening them, and constructing be sold, &c. them of the most solid materials, the ground so formed for such useful purpose may by them, when so improved, be sold out, or let for terms of years, as they may deem most expedient for the company, on such conditions as may direct the application of the proceeds thereof to useful purposes, and at the same time repay the necessary expense of the formation of such embankments, piers, or moles: Provided, That this power shall in no case be exercised so as to injure the navigation of the canal.

“This act shall be in force, so far as relates to the eastern section of the canal, on its receiving the assent of the Legislature of Maryland, and of the Congress of the United States; and shall be valid as relates to both sections, on its receiving the further assent of the Legislature of Pennsylvania.

"APPROVED, March 3, 1837."

Proviso.

This act to be

in force when,

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The circuit court at Huntsville abolished,
February 22, 1838,
Jurisdiction of the circuit court to be exer-
cised by the district court,
210
Appeals from the district court to the circuit
court at Mobile,
210
District courts in Alabama, February 6, 1839,

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Appeals shall lie from the district court of the
northern district of Alabama at Huntsville
to the Supreme Court, August 4, 1842,
Payment for expenses of militia called into
service and not mustered in 1837, during
the Creek and Seminole hostilities, August
16, 1842,
506
The state of Alabama to be paid for moneys
advanced and paid for subsistence, &c., of
troops called into service during the Creek
and Seminole hostilities in 1837, and not
mustered, August 16, 1842,
Bills of the Bank of Alabama to be received
from actual settlers, for lands to the amount
of the two per cent. fund for lands sold in
Alabama, March 1, 1843,
- 606
The state of Alabama shall receive the notes
in payment of the two per cent. fund, 606

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Alabama.

The terms of the circuit courts in Alabama
shall commence on the third Monday in
April and the fourth Monday in December,

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655
Time of holding the circuit court in Alaba-
655
Compact between Alabama and Mississippi
with regard to the five per cent. fund, &c.,
act of July 4, 1836, amended February 26,
1845,
727
Alabama and Mississippi.

Compact between Alabama and Mississippi
relating to five per cent. fund and the school
reservations,
- 116

Alleghany Bank of Pennsylvania.

Repeal of the proviso which prohibits a com-
promise with the Alleghany Bank of Penn-
sylvania, February 16, 1839, - 317

Alexandria.

The charter of the town of Alexandria amend-
599
ed, February 15, 1843,
Apportionment of Representatives in Congress.
The House of Representatives to be composed
of a representative for every 70,680 persons
in a state, and an additional representative
for every state having a fraction greater
than one moiety of that ratio, June 25,
1842,
491
When a state is entitled to more than one
representative, the election shall be by dis-
tricts, composed of contiguous territory,
equal in number to the number of repre-
sentatives to which the state may be en-
titled, no one district to elect more than
one representative, -
- 491

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Appropriations.

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216

312

339

367

371

410

421

Appropriations for the support of government
for the year 1838, April 6, 1838,
Appropriations for various objects, 266, 267
An act making appropriations, in part, for
the support of government for the year
1839, December 22, 1838,
Appropriations for the support of government
for the year 1839, March 3, 1839,
Appropriations, in part, for the support of
government for the year 1840, January 8,
1840,
Appropriations for the support of government
for the year 1840, May 8, 1840,
Appropriations, in part, for the support of
government, December 18, 1840,
An act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses of the government
for the year 1841, March 3, 1841,
Appropriations, in part, for the support of go-
vernment in 1842, January 31, 1842, 469
Appropriations for the support of government
475
in 1842, May 18, 1842,
An act legalizing and making appropriations
for such necessary objects as have been
usually included in the general appropria-
tion bills, without authority of law, and to
provide for certain incidental expenses of
the departments and officers of the govern-
ment, and for other purposes, August 26,
1842,
Appropriations for the support of government
December 24, 1842,
586
Appropriations for contingencies may be ap-
plied to supply deficiencies,
Appropriations for the support of government
for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1844,
March 3, 1843,
630
Appropriations for the support of government
for the year ending June 30, 1846, March
3, 1845,
For appropriations for the army, see Army.
Appropriations for the Indian department,
see Indian Department.
Appropriations for Indian hostilities, see In-
dian Hostilities.

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Appropriations for Indian treaties, see Indian
Treaties.

Appropriations for fortifications, see Fortifi

cations.

Appropriations for the navy, see Navy.

Arkansas.

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The state of Arkansas admitted into the
Union, June 15, 1836,
50
Organization of the courts of the United States
in Michigan, -
51
The public lands reserved to the U.States, 51
A supplement to the act of June 15, 1836, to
provide for the admission of Arkansas into
the Union, June 23, 1836,
58
Sales of public lands, per centage on lands
sold, and donation of lands for schools, 58
Regulations of sales of public lands and pub-
lic buildings in Arkansas,
The district court of Arkansas to have the
same jurisdiction as other district courts
of the United States, March 1, 1837, 147
Official acts of John Pope as governor of Ar-

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The courts of Arkansas to have jurisdiction
over certain Indian courts, June 17, 1844,
680

See Public Lands - Pre-emption Rights —
Roads.

Arkansas Land Claims.

The owners of certain Spanish and French
land claims authorized to enter the same,
August 11, 1842,
505

Armed occupation of Florida.

An act to provide for the armed occupation
and settlement of the unsettled part of the
peninsula of Florida, August 4, 1842, 502
Certain persons entitled to a quarter section
of land on conditions of five years' resi
dence, erection of a house, and cultivation
of at least five acres of land,
- 502
Provisions as to settlements, and for the
widow of a settler, -

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An act to authorize the appointment of addi.
tional paymasters in the army of the Uni-
ted States, July 4, 1836, -
Three additional paymasters authorized, 117
An additional number of surgeons and as-
sistant surgeons authorized,
In the absence of the quartermaster-general
or the chief of any other bureau in the war
department, the President may empower
others to perform their duties, - - 117
Appropriations for the support of the army of
the United States for 1837, March 1, 1837,

148
Appropriations for the support of the army
for the year 1838, April 6, 1838, - 224
An act to increase the present military esta
blishment of the United States, July 5, 1838,

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Army.

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359

Surgeon-general entitled to additional ra-
tions,
Appropriations for the support of the army
for the year 1839, March 3, 1839,
Appropriations for the support of the army
for the year 1840, July 20, 1840, 404
Appropriations for the support of the army in
1841, March 3, 1841,
433

An act making appropriations for the sup-
port of the army and military academy for
the year 1842, August 23, 1841, 508
Appropriations for the army in the year 1842,
August 23, 1842,
508
Reorganization of the army, August 27, 1842,

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Babbitt's anti-attrition metal.

The Secretary of the Navy authorized to pur-
chase from the proprietor the right to use
Babbitt's anti-attrition metal in the con-
struction of machinery and other work,
547

Baltimore.

Act of March 17, 1801, so far as respects the
port of Baltimore, revived and continued
to June 1, 1850,
602

Bank of Alexandria,

Dragoons reduced-second regiment of dra-
goons converted into riflemen-suspension
of enlistments-office of superintendent of
armory at Springfield and Harper's Ferry
abolished
512
Appropriations for the army in 1844, March
1, 1843,
604
Balance of appropriations under acts of 1835,
chap. 97, and 1839, chap. 92, remaining in
the treasury, may be applied by the order
of the President to any arrearages charge-
able to the general head of suppression of
Indian hostilities, June 17, 1844, 678
Balances under acts of 1836, chap. 59, 1838,
chap. 97, 1839, chap. 92, re-appropriated, Bank

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678

745

Appropriations for the support of the army
for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1845,
June 17, 1844,
696
An act making appropriations for the sup-
port of the army for the year ending June
30, 1846, March 3, 1845,
Arrests on mesne process in the District of Colum-
bia.
An act to regulate arrests on mesne process
in the district of Columbia, August 1, 1842,
498
Persons not to be held to bail in civil suits
except on affidavit in certain cases, 499
Affidavit to be filed previous to issuing the
writ,
499
No person to be held to bail or imprisoned
in a civil action when the debt is less than
678
fifty dollars, June 17, 1844,
Correction of an error in the act of June 17,
1844,
721

Title of the act amended,

Arsenals.

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Bank

The charter of the Bank of Alexandria ex-
tended to July 4, 1841, July 5, 1838, 254
of Columbia.

Abatement of suits in the Bank of Columbia
at Georgetown, by reason of the expiration
of the charter, prevented, February 28,
1839,
321

of the United States.

The provisions of the act of March 3, 1817,
transferring the duties of Commissioner of
Loans to the Bank of the United States,
repealed, April 16, 1836,

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The Bank of the United States, and its
agents, required to pay all moneys in their
hands for the payment of the public debt,
into the treasury of the United States
within three months,
9

Repeal of the 14th section of the act to in-
corporate the Bank of the United States
which makes the notes of the Bank re-
ceivable for debts due to the United States,
June 15, 1836,

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The Secretary of the Treasury to act as the
agent for the United States in all matters
relating to the stock held by the United
States in the Bank, June 23, 1836, -
To receive from the Bank all moneys of the
United States, and deposit the same in the
treasury,
56
The terms of settlement for the stock of the
United States, in the Bank of the United
States, to be accepted, and the Secretary
of the Treasury authorized to receive pay-
ment for the same. Resolution, March 3,
1837,
200
No suit in which the Bank of the United
States is a party, to abate by reason of the
expiration of the charter of the Bank,
March 2, 1838,

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