Columbia, District of.

A company incorporated to make certain
roads in the District of Columbia.
April 20, 1810, -
II. 570
Amendment of "An act to establish a
turnpike company in the county of
Alexandria, in the District of Colum-
bia,"
II. 577
A canal from the river Potomac around
the west end of the dam or causeway
from Mason's Island authorized, II. 752
An act to amend the laws within the
District of Columbia. June 24, 1812,

II. 755

Certain powers conferred on the Levy
Court of the District of Columbia, re-
lating to penitentiaries, roads, laying
taxes, bridges,
II. 771
An act to authorize the president and
managers of the Washington Turn-
pike Company of the state of Mary-
land, when organized, to extend and
måke their turnpike road to or from
Georgetown, in the District of Colum-
bia, to the district line,
II. 808
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the
District of Columbia to the Supreme
Court allowed, if the matter in dispute
is of the value of 1000 dollars. April 2,
1816,
III. 261
Appeals in important cases allowed,
when the matter in dispute is 100 dol-
lars, on petition to a judge of the Su-
preme Court,
III. 261
The writ of error, in cases where an
appeal has been allowed on petition, to
be a supersedeas,
III. 261

The company incorporated for making
certain turnpike roads in the District
of Columbia may extend the road from
the Eastern Branch bridge,

III. 284

A code of laws for the District of Co-
lumbia to be prepared, (obsolete,) III. 323
The Columbia Turnpike Road Company

III. 417

authorized to extend the road, III. 391
Fees to notaries in the county of Wash-
ington,
Increase of the salaries of the judges of
the Circuit Court for the District of
Columbia. April 20, 1818,
Increase of allowance to the judges of
the Orphans' Court,
III. 570

III. 457

Alteration of the terms of the sessions
of the Circuit and District Court in
the District of Columbia. May 11,
1820,
III. 576
An act to amend the act, entitled "An
act to alter the times of the session of
the Circuit and District Court in the
District of Columbia." December 29,
1820,
III. 611
The Circuit and District Courts in the
county of Washington to be accom-
modated in the City Hall, and the ap-
propriation for fitting up rooms for the
accommodation of the court, &c., to
be under the direction of the superin-
tendent of the public buildings, III. 785
An act to amend an act entitled "An act
for the establishment of a turnpike
company in the county of Alexandria,

-

IV. 520

The time of holding the courts in the
District of Columbia changed. May
31, 1832, -
IV. 525
Contracts for the building of the Potomac
bridge to be advertised for, and an ap
propriation made. March 2, 1833, IV. 646
An act to secure to mechanics and others
payment for labour done, and materials
furnished in the erection of buildings
in the District of Columbia. March 2,
1833,
IV. 659
Notes of a less denomination than ten
dollars not to be issued after March 1,
1839,
IV. 742
Prohibition on neglect of this act, IV. 743
Construction of the lateral branch of the
the railroad within the District of
Columbia. March 3, 1835, IV. 757
Decisions of the Supreme Court on the
construction of the act of the state of
Maryland, directing a subscription to
be made by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, (3 Howard, 334,)
IV. 757
Privileges granted for the construction
of the road,
IV. 758
The debt contracted in Holland assumed
by the United States. May 20, 1836, V. 31
The corporation of the district to deposit
the stock held by them in the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal with the Trea-
surer of the United States, -

| Columbia, District of.

An act to amend the act for quieting
possessions and enrolling conveyances
and securing estates of purchasers in
the District of Columbia. April 6,
1828,-
V. 226
An additional judge appointed for the
Orphans' Court of the county of
Washington. After the death of the
present judge, the court to consist of
one judge. January 25, 1838, - V. 229
A court-house to be erected in the town
of Alexandria, District of Columbia.
July 7, 1838,
V. 262
An act to establish a Criminal Court in
the District of Columbia. July 7, 1838,

V. 306
The circulation of notes under five dol
lars, as currency, after April 10, 1838,
prohibited. July 7, 1838, -

V. 309
An act restraining the circulation of
small notes as currency in the District
of Columbia. July 7, 1838, - V. 309
Prohibition and punishment of chal-
lenges to fight a duel in the District
of Columbia. July 20, 1839, - V. 318
An act to provide for the erection of a
new jail in the city of Washington,
District of Columbia. March 3, 1839,
V. 364
Appropriation for a new jail in the county
of Washington. March 3, 1839, V. 364
An act to extend the jurisdiction of the
corporation of the city of Washington
over the Potomac bridge. March 3,
1839,
V. 364
Titles to vacant land in the District of
Columbia to be completed according
to the laws of Maryland relative to
titles to vacant lands; a patent to be
granted by the Commissioners of the
General Land Office. February 16,
1839,
V. 365
Appropriation for repairing the Potomac
bridge. September 11, 1841, V. 462
Manner of making the repairs and con-
tracts,
V. 462
Appropriation for lighting Pennsylvania
avenue, July 27, 1842,
V. 498

An act in relation to marriages in the
district of Columbia, July 27, 1842,
V. 499

An act to provide for the sale of the real
estate of infants within the district of
Columbia, March 3, 1843,
V. 621
In case of a vacancy of one of the pre
sent judges of the Circuit Court for
the District of Columbia, his successor
shall reside in Alexandria. April 4,
1844,
V. 654
Afterwards one of the judges shall al-
ways reside in the county of Alexan-
dria. The judges of the Circuit Court
may make any exchange of residence
between them to that end,
V. 654
Repairs of the court-house in Alexan-
dria,
V. 663

V. 32

All property for places of worship which
have been conveyed to trustees shall
be held for the purposes of the trust,
June 17, 1844,

V. 678

Power of Congress to regulate com-
merce. Constitution of the United
States,
An act for the protection of the com-
merce of the United States against the
Tripolitan cruisers, February 6, 1802,
(obsolete,)
II. 129
Appropriation for extending the com-
merce of the United States, February
28, 1803,

II. 206

Public armed vessels of the United States
authorized to capture vessels of the
Algerines,
II. 230
Private armed vessels may make re-
prisals,
II. 230
British vessels arriving from a British
colony closed against vessels of the
United States, not permitted to enter
the ports of the United States, (obso-
lete,)
II. 432
Regulation of trade with the British co-
lonies, (obsolete,)
II. 432
The armed vessels of the United States to
be employed to protect the commerce
of the United States, (obsolete,) II. 510
An act for the protection of the com-
merce and seamen of the United States
of March 25, 1804, revived and con-
tinued in force, -

II. 511

Merchant vessels may defend against
aggression, (obsolete,)
II. 511

-

II. 541

An act to provide for obtaining accurate
statements of the foreign commerce
of the United States, February 10,
1820, (obsolete,)
II. 541
The register of the treasury to prepare
statistical accounts of the commerce
of the United States, -
The President, on being satisfied that
the ports of the British West Indies
have been opened to the commerce of
the United States, may declare the
ports of the United States open to
vessels of Great Britain employed in
the trade between the United States
and the British islands, May 6, 1822,
(obsolete,)

II. 681

In the event of the signature of a treaty
with France, concerning the naviga
tion or commerce of the United States
with France, the President may sus-
pend certain acts of Congress laying
additional duties on French tonnage,
&c., (obsolete,) -

II. 681

Commerce on Lake Michigan.

Appropriations for improvement of har-
bours and location of a light-house on
Lake Michigan, March 3, 1843, VI. 619
Commercial Intercourse with certain British
Colonial Ports.

An act to regulate the commercial inter-
course between the United States and
certain British colonial ports, March 1,
1823, (obsolete,)
III. 740
The first, second, and third sections of
the act concerning navigation, of
April 18, 1818, chap. 65, and the act
of May 15, 1820, chap. 122, suspended
as to certain British colonial ports;
and the ports of the United States to
be opened as to British vessels from
such ports,

III. 740
III. 740

Proclamation of the President,
Notes of the decisions of the Circuit Court
of the first circuit, on the provision of
the act of May 15, 1820, chap. 122,

III. 740
Articles of the growth, &c. of British
colonies to be imported in British
vessels,
III. 741
Any British colonial port which may be
opened, to have the benefit of this act,

III. 742
Commercial Intercourse with Foreign Na-
tions.

Commercial intercourse between the
United States and France further sus-
pended. Act of February 7, 1800, II.
Sailing of commercial vessels regulated,
II.

7

68

9

Treatment of vessels violating the act, II.
The President may remit the prohibition
of intercourse, and may renew it, II. 9
Hispaniola to be considered as a depen-
dency of France,
II. 10
Regulations as to public armed vessels,

II. 10

Commercial intercourse with St. Do-
mingo suspended. Feb. 28, 1806, (ex-
pired,)
II. 351
See Non-Intercourse, Non-Importation.
The President, on the adoption of cer-
tain measures by the government of
Great Britain, authorized to open the
ports of the United States on recipro-
cal terms, May 29, 1830, -
IV. 420
Commissaries in the Army.
The President to appoint as many com-
missaries in the army as he may deem
necessary, and assistant commissaries,
not to exceed six,
Their pay and emoluments,
The purchasing department of the army
to consist of a commissary-general and
assistant,
III. 298

IV. 779

Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.

of the United States, appointed com-
missioners of the sinking fund, and to
make report of their proceedings to
Congress quarterly,
I. 186
Commissioners under the Florida Treaty.
The judges of the Superior Courts of
Florida to adjust all claims under the
ninth article of the Florida treaty, III. 768
Their decisions, and the evidence on
which they are founded, to be reported
to the Secretary of the Treasury, III. 768
Commissioners under the Treaty with Den-
mark.

Commissioners to be appointed; claims
to be decided within two years; pro-
ceedings; compensation,
IV. 446
Commissioners under the Treaty with France.
Three commissioners appointed to carry
into effect the convention with France,
IV. 574
Proceedings of the commissioners, IV. 667
Time allowed for executing their duties
extended,
. IV. 778
Commissioners under the Treaty with Naples.
Commissioners appointed; their duties,

V. 369

Office abolished, -

Office continued for two years,
A commissioner of pensions to be ap
pointed by the President, with a salary
of twenty-five hundred dollars per an-
num, and to have the privilege of
franking,
IV. 779
Office of Commissioner of Pensions con-
tinued, March 3, 1837,
V. 187
The office of Commissioner of Pensions
continued his duties-salary-March
4, 1840,
Pension business heretofore transacted
in the navy department transferred to
the Commissioner of Pensions, V. 370
The office of Commissioner of Pensions
continued, January 20, 1843 V. 597
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.

The President of the Senate, the Chief
Justice of the United States, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of the
Treasury, and the Attorney-General

Commissioner appointed; his duties, III. 39
Authorized to appoint a clerk, with au-
thority to sign licenses,

III. 146

III. 401

Commissions of Revenue Officers.
The commissions of all officers employ-
ed in levying and collecting revenue
shall be recorded at the Treasury De-
partment,
III. 582

Commissions of Public Officers.

District attorneys, collectors of the cus-
toms, naval officers and surveyors of

Commission to convene the hostile tribes,
and endeavour to arrange their diffi
culties,
IV. 596
To report relative to their emigration,
IV. 596

Compact between Kentucky and Tennessee.
Assent of Congress to the compact es-
tablishing the boundary line between
the two states, May 12, 1820, III. 609
Compact between Alabama and Mississippi.
An act to carry into effect, in the states
of Alabama and Mississippi, the com-
pacts between these states in regard to
the five per cent. fund, and the school
reservations, July 4, 1836, -
Terms of the compact,

Compensation.

V. 116

- V. 116

Compensation.

II. 121

II. 130

II. 152

Allowances to certain collectors of du.
ties on import and tonnage,
. II. 72
Commissions to certain collectors, II. 72
Foreign ministers and chargés des af
faires,
I. 128, 129; II. 78
Salaries of the district judges of Massa-
chusetts, New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Maryland augmented,
Compensation to delegates in Congress,
Act of March 2, 1799, augmenting the
salary of certain officers, revived and
continued in force for two years from
January 1, 1802,
Compensation to officers employed in
the collection of duties on imports and
tonnage,
II. 172
Additional compensation to the deputy
postmaster at Washington; act of
May 3, 1802, sect. 7, (obsolete,) II. 191
Compensation of witnesses for attending
the trial of the impeachment of Sam.
uel Chase,
II. 389
Compensation to certain clerks, II. 396
Additional compensation to the judges
of the Mississippi, Indiana, Michigan,
and Louisiana territories,
Compensation for extra services of the

II. 431

governor, judges, and secretary of the
Indiana territory,

II. 444

Additional compensation to the secreta-
ries of the Mississippi, Indiana, Lou-
isiana, and Michigan territories, II. 450
Act to continue in force an act continu-
ing the salaries of certain officers, II. 456
Compensation to John Eugene Leitens-
dorfer for services rendered in the war
with Tripoli,
. II. 617
Salaries of the judges of the Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia in-
creased, March 3, 1811,
- II. 660

An act continuing for a limited time
the salaries of the officers of the
government,
II. 713
To the paymaster of the army of the
United States,
III. 128