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ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWELFTH CONGRESS.

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An act to authorise the transportation of certain
documents free of postage
An act further to prolong the continuance of the
mint at Philadelphia
An act making an appropriation to defray ex-
penses incurred, or to be incurred, under an
act, entitled "An act to authorise a detach-
ment from the militia of the United States:"
and the act, entitled "An act for calling forth
the militia to execute the laws of the Union,
suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and
to repeal the act now in force for those pur-
poses," passed the twenty-eighth day of Fe-
bruary, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-five

An act increasing the pay of non-commissioned
officers, musicians, privates, and others of the
army, and for other purposes

An act concerning the district and territorial judges of the United States

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An act to increase the navy of the United States, 340

An act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
remit fines, forfeitures, and penalties, in cer-
tain cases
An act approving the report of the commissioners
appointed by the Secretary at War to ascertain
and settle the exterior line of the public land
at West Point in the state of New York -
An act authorising the President of the United
States to establish post routes in certain cases
An act providing navy pensions in certain cases
An act making certain partial appropriations for
the year one thousand eight hundred and thir-

teen

An act supplementary to the act, entitled " An
act for the more perfect organization of the
army of the United States"
An act in addition to the act concerning letters
of marque, prizes, and prize goods
An act authorising the admission, under certain
circumstances, of vessels owned by citizens of
the United States of America, with their car-
goes, from British ports beyond the Cape of
Good Hope

An act in addition to the act, entitled "An act
to raise an additional military force," and for
other purposes

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An act for the relief of John Binnion
An act for the relief of the Bible Society of Phi-
ladelphia

An act supplementary to an act, entitled "An
act to provide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and
repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in
force for those purposes," and to increase the
pay of volunteer and militia corps
An act for the relief of Jared Shattuck

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An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchase of lands to certain settlers in the Illinois territory

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An act authorising a loan for a sum not exceeding sixteen millions of dollars

An act regulating pensions to persons on board private armed ships

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An act confirming certain claims to lands in the district of Vincennes

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An act making provision for an additional number of general officers

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An act for the relief of Reuben Attwater
An act for the relief of John Redfield, junior
An act authorising the issuing of Treasury notes
for the service of the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirteen

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An act for the relief of John Dixon and John
Murray

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An act for the relief of Royal Converce
An act to impose a duty on the importation of
iron wire
An act to raise ten additional companies of rangers 386
An act to alter the time for the next meeting of
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An act directing the Secretary of the Treasury to remit certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures therein mentioned

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An act in addition to an act regulating the postoffice establishment

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An act authorising the appointment of additional officers in the respective territories of the United States

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An act to establish certain post roads in the state of Louisiana

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An act to encourage vaccination

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An act giving further time for registering claims to lands in the eastern and western districts of

the territory of Orleans, now state of Louisi

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An act to authorise and empower the president and managers of the Washington Turnpike Company of the state of Maryland, when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from Georgetown in the District of Columbia, through the said district to the line thereof

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An act to continue in force, for a limited time, the first section of the act, entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary powers"

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An act authorising the discharge of Daniel Updike from his imprisonment An act for the regulation of seamen on board the public and private vessels of the United States 401 An act giving further time to purchasers of public lands to complete their payments An act allowing further time for delivering the evidence in support of claims to land in the territory of Missouri, and for regulating the donation grants therein

An act to alter the times of holding the district court in the respective districts of New York and Massachusetts

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An act for the relief of Washington Lee

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An act to encourage the destruction of the armed vessels of war of the enemy

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An act the better to provide for the supplies of the
army of the United States, and for the accoun-
tability of persons entrusted with the same
An act for the relief of Lewis Chacherie
An act to authorise the Secretary of the Treasury
to provide new certificates of registry
An act rewarding the officers and crew of the

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frigate Constitution, and the officers and crew of the Wasp

An act for the better organization of the general staff of the army of the United States

An act to revive and continue in force" An act
declaring the consent of Congress to an act of
the state of Georgia, passed the twelfth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and
four, establishing the fees of the harbor mas-
ter and health officer of the ports of Savannah
and St. Marys

An act supplementary to the act for increasing
the navy
An act making appropriations for the support of
the navy of the United States, for the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirteen
An act making an appropriation for alterations
and repairs in the Capitol

An act making appropriations for the support of
the military establishment and of the volunteer
militia in the actual service of the United
States, for the year one thousand eight hun-
dred and thirteen

An act making appropriation for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen

An act for the relief of Susannah Wiley

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An act altering the time for holding the district court in the district of Maine

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An act vesting in the President of the United
States the power of retaliation

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An act for the relief of Nathaniel G. Ingraham,
Alexander Phoenix, and William Nexsen, ju-

nior

An act for the relief of the representatives of Sa mael Lapsley, deceased

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