-

II. 356
II. 537

The corporation of Georgetown author-
ized to make a causeway from Mason's
Island to the western shore of the river
Potomac,
II. 310
An act to amend the charter of George-
town,
II. 332
Trustees of the Presbyterian congre-
gation of Georgetown incorporated,
Charter of Georgetown amended, March
3, 1809,
The Georgetown Potomac Bridge Com-
pany authorized to borrow money, II. 648
An act concerning Georgetown, III.
An act to extend the limits of George-
town, in the District of Columbia,
March 3, 1826,
IV. 140
Charter of Georgetown, in the District
of Columbia, amended, May 20, 1826,

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II. 128

II. 471

II. 669

Representatives in Congress according
to the third census,

Payment of claims of Georgia for com-
promise of Yazoo lands, III. 116, 192
A sum to be paid to Georgia, equal to
the amount of Mississippi stock_re-
ceived for lands,
III. 359
Representatives according to the fourth

census,

-

III. 651

III. 688

Appropriation to indemnify Georgia for
Creek depredations, -
Appropriations for negotiating treaties
for all lands claimed by the Indians,
and lying within the State of Georgia,
III. 561, 688; IV. 36, 94
The line between Florida and Georgia
to be run and marked, May 4, 1826,

IV. 157
The session of the Circuit Court of
Georgia to commence on the fourth
Monday in November, annually, IV. 160
Additional appropriations for indemnify-
ing citizens of Georgia for Creek
depredations,
IV. 36, 93, 187
The Circuit Court for Georgia to be held
at Milledgeville in November, and at
Savannah in May, January 21, 1829,

IV. 331
Representatives in Congress according
to the fifth census,
IV. 516
Re-appropriation for the payment of the
Georgia militia, June 19, 1834, IV. 680
An act to carry into full effect the fourth
article of the treaty of January 8, 1821,
with the Creek nation of Indians, so
far as relates to the claims of citizens
of Georgia against the Indians, prior
to 1802, June 30, 1834,
IV. 721
Representatives in Congress according
to the sixth census,
Appropriation to indemnify the state of
Georgia for the services of her militia,
called out to suppress Indian hostili-
ties, August 11, 1842,
V. 504
Payment of the militia of Georgia, Au-
gust 11, 1842,
V. 504

II. 83

See Courts.

I. 16, 22

Amendments of the Constitution of the

Elections of President and Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States,
An act relative to the election of a Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United
States, and declaring the officer who
shall act as President in case of vacan-
cies in the offices as President or Vice-
President,
I. 239
An act to make further provision for the
removal and accommodation of the go-
vernment of the United States, April
24, 1800,
II. 55
Offices to be removed to Washington, II. 55
Furniture for the President's house, II. 55
Furniture for the capitol,
II. 55
II. 55

Footways in Washington,

Purchase of books for the library of Con-

See Index to the Private Laws.

Great Britain.

I. 459

Provisions for carrying into effect the
treaty of November 19, 1794,
Agents appointed to protect the interests
of the United States, under the treaty
of November 19, 1794,
İ. 523
Prohibition suspended till July 1, 1807,
and authority given to the President to
suspend the prohibition for a further
time,
. II. 411
Importation of certain articles from Great
Britain prohibited,
II. 379, 469

Public armed vessels of Great Britain
forbidden to enter the ports of the
United States, and all intercourse for-
bidden,
- II. 605
Provision for the admission of vessels of
Great Britain, and for intercourse, on
the repeal of edicts against the trade
of the United States,
II. 605
Resolution of Congress, declaring their
approval of the conduct of the Presi
dent, in refusing to hold further inter-
course with Francis J. Jackson, British
minister,
II. 612
Ships and cargoes of the United States,
owned by citizens of the United States,
having left British ports prior to Feb-
ruary 2, 1811, not liable to seizure, II. 651
War declared against Great Britain, II. 755
Penalties for trading under British li-
. II. 778; III. 84
All acts prohibiting the importation of
British goods repealed,
III. 123

censes,

Non-Importation.

Great Britain, Treaties with.

Provisional articles between the United
States of America and his Britannic
Majesty. November 30, 1782, VIII. 54
Armistice, declaring a cessation of hos-
tilities between the United States and
Great Britain. January 30, 1783, VIII. 58
Definitive treaty of peace between the
United States of America and his Bri-
tannic Majesty. September 3, 1783,
VIII. 80

Habeas Corpus.

corpus, when necessary to the exercise
of their respective jurisdictions, and
agreeably to the principles of law,
Power of issuing writs of habeas corpus
given to the justices of the Supreme
Court, and judges of the District Court,

cases,

I. 81, 82

I. 81, 82

I. 132

Writ not to issue for persons committed
for trial under the laws of the United
States,
I. 81, 82
Seamen shall not be discharged by habeas
corpus, who shall not proceed to sea,
until payment of costs and the wages
which have been advanced, -
The justices of the Supreme Court, or
the judge of any District Court, may
issue writs of habeas corpus in certain
IV. 634
The justices of the Supreme Court em-
powered to grant writs of habeas corpus
when subjects of foreign states are in
custody under process of the courts of
the United States, or any court of a
state, -
V. 539
If a prisoner be entitled to his discharge,
he shall be discharged forthwith, V. 539
Proceedings against the prisoner in state
courts to be stayed until final judg
ment, -

VIII. 231

VIII. 248

Hague.

July 12,

V. 540

A house and lot belonging to the United
States at the Hague, in Holland, to be
sold, -
IV. 169

Decision of the commissioners under the
sixth article of the treaty
June 18, 1822,

Treaty with Great Britain.

1822,

Convention between the United

America and Great Britain.
ber 13, 1827,

Convention with Great Britain. August

6, 1827,
Convention between the United States
and Great Britain. September 29, 1827,

Gun-boats to be built,

II. 330
II. 402

Appropriation for providing an additional
number of gun-boats, Dec. 18, 1807,

II. 451

IV. 174

The improvement of certain harbours,
the building of piers, &c., authorized,
March 2, 1827,
IV. 228
Additional appropriations for completing
and repairing piers, and for the im
provement of certain harbours, and of
the navigation of certain rivers, March
3, 1829,
IV. 363
Additional appropriations for improving
certain harbours, and removing ob-
structions at the mouths of certain
rivers, April 23, 1830, (obsolete,) IV. 394
Appropriations for the improvement of
certain harbours, and removing ob-
structions in the mouths of certain
rivers, March 2, 1831,
IV. 459
Supplement to the act of May 23, 1828,
chap. 75, granting certain lands in
Alabama for the improvement of the
Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Black
Warrior, July 14, 1831,
Plan for the improvement of the Tennes-
see river may be altered by the State
of Alabama,

An act to provide for certain harbours,
and for the removal of obstructions in
and at the mouths of certain rivers,
and for other purposes, during the year
1837, March 3, 1837, -
- V. 187
An act to provide for certain harbours,
and for the removal of obstructions in
and at the mouths of certain rivers,
and for other purposes, for the year
1838, July 7, 1838,
Examination and survey with a view to
the establishment of a naval depôt at
Memphis, March 3, 1843,
Appropriations for the improvement of
certain harbours and rivers, June 11,
1844,
Improvement of Grant river, Wisconsin,

V. 268

V. 626

V. 661

V. 663

IV. 604

Hard Labour.

IV. 605

Appropriations for the improvement of
certain rivers in Florida and Michi-
gan, March 2, 1833,

IV. 645

IV. 648

IV. 702

An act making appropriations for carry-
ing on certain works heretofore com-
menced for the improvement of har-
bours and rivers, and also for continu-
ing and repairing the Cumberland
road and certain territorial roads,
March 2, 1833,
Appropriations for the improvement of
harbours and rivers in 1834, June 28,
1834,
Appropriations for the improvement of
the Hudson river, June 30, 1834, IV. 724
Appropriations for roads and harbours in
Florida, June 30, 1834,
IV. 728
Appropriations for the Delaware break-
water, and for the improvement of
certain harbours and rivers, March 3,
1835,
IV. 753
The State of Alabama may impose tolls
on the canal around the Muscle or Col-
bert's shoals,
V. 57
Repeal of the second section of the act
of May 23, 1828, preventing the State
of Alabama selling at a price less than
the minimum price of public lands, the
residue of the lands granted for the

III. 104