Laws of the 30th Congress

9 Stat. 209 · January 4, 1848 · H.R. 6 An Act making an Appropriation to supply, in Part, a Deficiency in the Appropriations for Subsistence in Kind of the Army and Volunteers during the Year ending the 30th June, 1848. 9 Stat. 209 · January 26, 1848 · H.R. 91 An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to reorganize the General Land Office," approved July fourth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. 9 Stat. 209 · January 26, 1848 · S. 5 An Act concerning certain Collection Districts, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 210 · January 26, 1848 · S. 38 An Act to provide Clothing for Volunteers in the Service of the United States. 9 Stat. 210 · January 31, 1848 · S. 54 An Act exempting Vessels employed by the American Colonization Society in transporting Colored Emigrants from the United States to the Coast of Africa, from the Provisions of the Acts of the 22d February and 2d of March… 9 Stat. 210 · February 2, 1848 · H.R. 18 An Act making further Provisions for surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution. 9 Stat. 211 · February 15, 1848 · H.R. 142 An Act to confirm the Boundary Line between Missouri and Arkansas. 9 Stat. 211 · February 22, 1848 · S. 27 An Act supplementary to the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the Exercise of the Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in certain Cases, and for other Purposes." 9 Stat. 212 · February 22, 1848 · S. 105 An Act to provide additional Quarters near to New Orleans, for United States Soldiers and Volunteers, returned from or going to the Seat of War in Mexico. 9 Stat. 213 · March 9, 1848 · S. 12 An Act authorizing Persons, to whom Reservations of Land have been made under certain Indian Treaties, to alienate the same in Fee. 9 Stat. 213 · March 9, 1848 · H.R. 231 An Act granting the Franking Privilege to Louisa Catharine Adams. 9 Stat. 213 · March 9, 1848 · H.R. 182 An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act in Amendment of the Acts respecting the Judicial System of the United States." 9 Stat. 213 · March 14, 1848 · S. 89 An Act to make Attachments which are made under Process issuing from the courts of the United States conform to the Laws regulating such attachments in the courts of the States. 9 Stat. 214 · March 14, 1848 · S. 144 An Act concerning the Courts of the United States in and for the District of Michigan. 9 Stat. 214 · March 21, 1848 · S. 1 An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of John Paul Jones. 9 Stat. 215 · March 27, 1848 · H.R. 135 An Act further to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. 9 Stat. 217 · March 29, 1848 · S. 159 An Act to remit the Duties on Books, Maps, and Charts imported for the Use of the Library of Congress. 9 Stat. 217 · March 31, 1848 · H.R. 104 An Act to authorize a Loan not to exceed the Sum of Sixteen Millions of Dollars. 9 Stat. 219 · April 8, 1848 · H.R. 175 An Act to change the Location of certain Lighthouses and Buoys. 9 Stat. 219 · April 14, 1848 · H.R. 8 An Act relating to the Collection District of New Orleans, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 219 · May 9, 1848 · H.R. 146 An Act authorizing a Term of the United States Circuit and District Courts at Chicago, Illinois. 9 Stat. 219 · May 9, 1848 · H.R. 418 An Act in addition to an Act therein mentioned. 9 Stat. 220 · May 9, 1848 · H.R. 390 An Act to make Ship Island, in the Collection District of Pearl River, a Port of Delivery, and to authorize the Appointment of a Deputy Collector for said Port. 9 Stat. 220 · May 17, 1848 · H.R. 292 An Act to provide for the Ventilation of Passenger Vessels, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 223 · May 17, 1848 · H.R. 422 An Act to continue, alter and amend the Charter of the City of Washington. 9 Stat. 230 · May 17, 1848 · S. 119 An Act in Amendment of an Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to reduce the Rates of Postage, to limit the Use and correct the Abuse of the Franking Privilege, and for the Prevention of Fraud on the R… 9 Stat. 231 · May 17, 1848 · S. 100 An Act to require the Holders of Military Land Warrants to compensate the Land Officers of the United States for Services in Relation to the Location of those Warrants. 9 Stat. 231 · May 27, 1848 · S. 39 An Act to provide additional Examiners in the Patent Office, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 232 · May 27, 1848 · S. 228 An Act extending Privileges to American Vessels engaged in a certain mentioned Trade, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 232 · May 27, 1848 · S. 188 An Act explanatory of the Act entitled "An Act to raise, for a limited Time, an additional Military Force, and for other Purposes," approved eleventh February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. 9 Stat. 233 · May 29, 1848 · H.R. 397 An Act for the Admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union. 9 Stat. 235 · May 31, 1848 · S. 31 An Act to provide for the Purchase of the Manuscript Papers of the late James Madison, former President of the United States. 9 Stat. 235 · May 31, 1848 · H.R. 107 An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 9 Stat. 236 · May 31, 1848 · S. 270 An Act concerning Spanish Steam-vessels. 9 Stat. 236 · June 2, 1848 · H.R. 430 An Act to refund Money for Expenses incurred, Subsistence or Transportation furnished, for the Use of Volunteers during the present War, before being mustered into the Service of the United States. 9 Stat. 237 · June 13, 1848 · H.R. 179 An Act in Explanation of an Act entitled "An Act to appropriate the Proceeds of the Public Lands, and to grant Preëmption Rights." 9 Stat. 237 · June 16, 1848 · H.R. 490 An Act to amend the Act entitled "An Act to appropriate the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands, and to grant Preemption Rights," &c., approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one. 9 Stat. 237 · June 16, 1848 · H.R. 370 An Act to attach a Portion of the North-western Land District of Louisiana to the District north of Red River, Louisiana. 9 Stat. 237 · June 26, 1848 · H.R. 524 An Act to prevent the Importation of adulterated and spurious Drugs and Medicines. 9 Stat. 239 · June 26, 1848 · H.R. 108 An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Revolutionary and other Pensions of the United States for the Year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 9 Stat. 240 · June 26, 1848 · S. 7 An Act to amend the Act entitled "An Act for the Regulation of Seamen on board the public and private Vessels of the United States," passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirteen. 9 Stat. 240 · June 26, 1848 · H.R. 469 An Act to regulate the Exchange of certain Documents and other Publications of Congress. 9 Stat. 240 · June 26, 1848 · H.R. 50 An Act giving further Time for satisfying Claims for Bounty Lands, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 241 · June 27, 1848 · H.R. 180 An Act to amend the Act to provide for the Transportation of the Mail between the United States and foreign Countries, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 242 · June 28, 1848 · H.R. 546 An Act concerning the taking of official Oaths in the District of Columbia. 9 Stat. 242 · June 28, 1848 · S. 216 An Act respecting certain Surveys in the State of Florida. 9 Stat. 243 · July 1, 1848 · S. 202 An Act for the Relief of the bona fide Settlers under the Acts for the armed Occupation and Settlement of a Part of the Territory of Florida. 9 Stat. 244 · July 5, 1848 · S. 84 An Act supplemental to the Act passed on the ninth Day of July, in the Year eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled "An Act to retrocede the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia." 9 Stat. 244 · July 5, 1848 · H.R. 81 An Act further to extend the Time for locating Virginia Military Land Warrants, and returning Surveys thereon to the General Land Office. 9 Stat. 245 · July 5, 1848 · H.R. 491 An Act giving the Consent of the Government of the United States to the State of Texas to extend her eastern Boundary, so as to include within her Limits one half of Sabine Pass, Sabine Lake, and Sabine River, as far no… 9 Stat. 245 · July 10, 1848 · H.R. 394 An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. 9 Stat. 246 · July 10, 1848 · S. 124 An Act to extend the Provisions of existing Pension Laws to enlisted Men of the Ordnance Corps of the United States Army. 9 Stat. 246 · July 10, 1848 · H.R. 114 An Act to reestablish the Collection District of Brunswick, in the State of Georgia. 9 Stat. 246 · July 17, 1848 · S. 305 An Act to extend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the Adjustment of all suspended Preemption Land Claims in the several States and Territories," approved third August, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 9 Stat. 247 · July 17, 1848 · H.R. 257 An Act to amend an Act approved the twenty-fourth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An Act supplementary to an Act approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled,… 9 Stat. 247 · July 19, 1848 · H.R. 429 An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act supplemental to an Act entitled 'An Act providing for the Prosecution of the existing War between the United States and the Republic of Mexico,'" and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 248 · July 20, 1848 · H.R. 154 An Act making Appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 9 Stat. 249 · July 21, 1848 · S. 62 An Act amending the Act entitled "An Act granting Half Pay to Widows or Orphans, where their Husbands and Fathers have died of Wounds received in the Military Service of the United States," in Case of deceased Officers … 9 Stat. 250 · July 25, 1848 · S. 141 An Act to authorize the Sale of a Part of Public Reservation numbered Thirteen, in the City of Washington, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 251 · July 25, 1848 · S. 300 An Act to make Bangor a Port of Entry for Ships or Vessels coming from and beyond the Cape of Good Hope 9 Stat. 251 · July 25, 1848 · S. 281 An Act to revive an Act authorizing certain Soldiers in the late War [with Great Britain] to surrender the Bounty Lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof 9 Stat. 252 · July 29, 1848 · H.R. 136 An Act making Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with the various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred … 9 Stat. 265 · July 29, 1848 · S. 315 An Act for the Payment of liquidated Claims against Mexico. 9 Stat. 265 · July 29, 1848 · H.R. 612 An Act for the Relief of certain surviving Widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. 9 Stat. 266 · August 3, 1848 · H.R. 219 An Act making Appropriations for the Naval Service, for the Year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 9 Stat. 273 · August 5, 1848 · H.R. 350 An Act supplemental to an Act to confirm the Survey and Location of Claims for Lands in the State of Mississippi, east of the Pearl River, and south of the thirty-first Degree of North Latitude, approved March three, ei… 9 Stat. 274 · August 7, 1848 · H.R. 178 An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to license Yachts, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 274 · August 7, 1848 · H.R. 352 An Act to change the Place of holding the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 275 · August 7, 1848 · H.R. 482 An Act to annex the Town of Essex, in the State of Massachusetts, to the Collection District of Gloucester. 9 Stat. 275 · August 7, 1848 · H.R. 592 An Act to annex that Part of the State of Indiana bordering on Lake Michigan to the Chicago Collection District. 9 Stat. 275 · August 7, 1848 · H.R. 398 An Act for the Relief of those Preemption Claimants upon the Miami Lands in Indiana, who, by their Services in the Mexican War, are entitled to Bounty Land. 9 Stat. 276 · August 11, 1848 · S. 128 An Act to carry into Effect certain Provisions in the Treaties between the United States and China and the Ottoman Porte, giving certain judicial powers to Ministers and Consuls of the United States in those Countries. 9 Stat. 280 · August 11, 1848 · H.R. 152 An Act for dividing the State of Georgia into two Judicial Districts, and organizing and establishing an additional District Court of the United States, with Circuit Court Powers and Jurisdiction. 9 Stat. 281 · August 11, 1848 · H.R. 634 An Act to authorize the State of Alabama to apply certain Lands heretofore granted to that State for internal Improvements, for the Use of Schools in the valueless sixteenth Sections in said State. 9 Stat. 282 · August 11, 1848 · S. 320 An Act to change the Time of holding the Circuit and District Courts in the State of Kentucky. 9 Stat. 282 · August 11, 1848 · S. 36 An Act to change the Time of holding the Terms of the Circuit Court of the United States in the District of Maine. 9 Stat. 282 · August 11, 1848 · S. 246 An Act renewing certain Naval Pensions, and extending the Benefits of existing Laws, respecting Naval Pensions, to Engineers, Firemen, and Coal-heavers in the Navy, and to their Widows. 9 Stat. 283 · August 11, 1848 · H.R. 581 An Act to surrender to the State of Indiana the Cumberland Road in said State. 9 Stat. 284 · August 12, 1848 · H.R. 298 An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and for other Purposes. 9 Stat. 302 · August 12, 1848 · S. 136 An Act for giving Effect to certain Treaty Stipulations between this and foreign Governments, for the Apprehension and delivering up of certain Offenders. 9 Stat. 303 · August 12, 1848 · S. 308 An Act concerning the Pay Department of the Army. 9 Stat. 303 · August 12, 1848 · S. 203 An Act in Relation to the Terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States in and for the District of New Jersey. 9 Stat. 304 · August 14, 1848 · H.R. 618 An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 9 Stat. 306 · August 14, 1848 · H.R. 599 An Act to establish certain Post Routes. 9 Stat. 321 · August 14, 1848 · S. 294 An Act making Appropriations for Lighthouses, Light-boats, Buoys, &c., and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same. 9 Stat. 323 · August 14, 1848 · H.R. 201 An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Oregon. 9 Stat. 331 · August 14, 1848 · S. 190 An Act for the Payment of the Fourth Regiment in the Second Brigade of the Third Division of the Vermont Militia, for Services at the Battle of Plattsburg. 9 Stat. 331 · August 14, 1848 · S. 110 An Act for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the Brig-of-War Somers. 9 Stat. 332 · August 14, 1848 · H.R. 419 An Act in Relation to Military Land Warrants. 9 Stat. 341 · January 10, 1849 · H.R. 405 An Act to extend certain Privileges to the Town of Whitehall, in the State of New York. 9 Stat. 341 · January 19, 1849 · H.R. 196 An Act supplemental to the Act approved the sixth Day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled" An Act confirming certain Land Claims in Louisiana." 9 Stat. 341 · January 19, 1849 · S. 373 An Act to continue the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions. 9 Stat. 342 · January 26, 1849 · H.R. 665 An Act to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. 9 Stat. 344 · January 26, 1849 · S. 351 An Act authorizing the Payment of Interest upon the Advances made by the State of Alabama for the Use of the United States Government, in the Suppression of the Creek Indian Hostilities of eighteen hundred and thirty-si… 9 Stat. 344 · February 1, 1849 · S. 81 An Act for the Relief of the forward Officers of the late Exploring Expedition. 9 Stat. 345 · February 19, 1849 · H.R. 696 An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 9 Stat. 345 · February 19, 1849 · H.R. 697 An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of revolutionary and other Pensions of the United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 9 Stat. 346 · February 19, 1849 · S. 163 An Act to relinquish the reversionary Interest of the United States in a certain Indian Reservation in the State of Alabama. 9 Stat. 346 · February 22, 1849 · S. 20 An Act for authenticating certain Records. 9 Stat. 347 · February 22, 1849 · H.R. 765 An Act granting five Years' Half Pay to certain Widows and Orphans of Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates, both Regulars and Volunteers.