Certain claims for Indian depredations
to be settled,

IV. 428

V.

IV. 118, 777

Pleadings under indictments, I. 119;
See Judiciary.

Informers.

Informers on penal statutes discontinu-

ing suits or prosecutions, or nonsuited,
unless an officer of the United States,
liable for costs,
I. 626
See Post-Office-Duties, Collection of—
Judiciary.

6

V. 8

V. 17

Injunctions may be granted by the judges
of the District Courts,

II. 418

V. 33

Appropriations for suppressing hostilities
with the Seminole Indians, January
14 and January 29, 1836,
Part of appropriations to be transferred
to the credit of subsistence, March 19,
1836,
V.
Appropriations for suppressing hostilities
with the Indians in Florida, April 1,
1836,
Further appropriations for suppressing
Indian hostilities in Florida, April 29,
1836,
Appropriations for the suppression of hos-
tilities by the Creek Indians, May 23,
1836,
Appropriations for the suppression of In-
dian hostilities in Florida, July 2,
1836,
Appropriations for the suppression of In-
dian hostilities, January 9, 1837, V. 135
An additional appropriation for the sup-
pression of Indian hostilities, March
2, 1837,
Additional appropriations for the sup-
pression of Indian hostilities in 1837,
October 16, 1837,
Appropriations for the suppression of In-
dian hostilities, January 30, 1838, V. 209
Appropriations for suppressing Indian

V. 65

Injuries to Property.-Destruction of property
during the war by Indians, &c.

See Index to the Private Laws.
Injuring or impairing Coin.

See Coins.

Insolvents.

An act for the relief of persons imprison-
ed for debt,
I. 265
The act continued in force for two years,
I. 370

The priority of the United States to ex-
tend to cases in which property shall
be assigned for the benefit of creditors,
and to cases in which the property of
a concealed, absconding, or absent
debtor shall be attached,
I. 263, 676
An act for the relief of certain insolvent
debtors in the District of Columbia,

III. 682
Relief of persons imprisoned for debt to
the United States, I. 593, 676; II. 4;
III. 399; IV. 1, 19, 467, 595, 676
An act to amend the laws regulating im-
prisonment for debt within the Dis-
trict of Columbia,
Inspection Laws of States.

toms to pay due regard to the inspec-
tion laws of the several states, I. 106, 699
Insurance against Fire.

A Fire Insurance Company in the town
of Alexandria, in the district of Co-
lumbia, incorporated, February 17,
1836,
V. 2
Notes of decisions of the courts of the
United States on insurances against
fire,

V. 2

III. 526
IV. 31

Duty on selling wines at retail,
Duties on property sold at auction,

Duties on carriages,

Duties on stamps,

I. 376
I. 397

I. 373, 478
I. 527, 536, 545

Duties on distilled spirits, I. 180, 199,

267, 376, 504, 547
Duties on snuff and refined sugar, I.
384, 426, 495, 509, 608
An act to repeal the internal taxes, April
6, 1802,
II. 148
Taxes on stills and domestic distilled
spirits, on refined sugar, licenses to
retailers, sales at auction, on carriages,
stamped vellum, parchment, or paper,
discontinued after June 13, 1802, II. 148
Provisions of the law relative to out-
standing duties, &c., - II. 148, 149
An act for the assessment of direct taxes
and internal duties, July 22, 1813, III. 22
Duties on refined sugar,

III. 35

Duties laid on carriages of persons,

February 24, 1813, -

III. 39

Appropriations for internal improve-
ments for the year 1832, July 3, 1832,

IV. 551

Acts passed by the legislatures of Penn-
sylvania and Maryland for the pre-
servation of the Cumberland road, IV. 553
See Roads and Canals.

Intrusion on the Lands of the United States.
Acts relating to intrusion on the lands

of the United States, II. 445; III. 260
These acts continued in force, III. 393, 450
Invalid Pensions.
See Pensions.
Inventions, Patents for.

An act to promote the progress of the
useful arts. April 10, 1790, (repealed,)
I. 109
An act to promote the progress of the
useful arts, and to repeal the act here-
tofore made for that purpose. Febru
ary 21, 1793, (repealed,)
I. 318
Privilege of obtaining patents for useful
inventions extended to aliens having
resided two years within the United
States,

II. 37

Salaries of officers in the territory of
Iowa,

V. 266

Proceedings to obtain patents,

Patents to be signed by the Secretary of
State and the Commissioner of Patents,

Patents invalid from defective exemplifi-
cations. Additions to patent,
Suits for violations of patents,
Actions cognizable in the Circuit Courts,

V. 122

V. 191

V. 330

V. 331

A grant of land to Iowa territory for the
erection of public buildings, March 3,
1839,
Compensation to the judges of the Su-
preme Court in Iowa, March 3, 1839,
Eastern boundary line of the territory of
Iowa to be defined and established,
March 3, 1839,
V. 357
The Legislative Council of Iowa autho-
rized to provide by law for the election
of sheriffs, and of a delegate to Con-
gress, March 3, 1839,
Assent of Congress to an extra session
of the Legislature of Iowa, April 30,
1844,

V. 357

V. 657

Certain lots granted to the town of Du-
buque, June 18, 1844,

V. 666

Appropriations for certain improvements
in the territory of Iowa,

V. 670

V. 191

Bridges on the military road from Du-
buque to Missouri,

V. 670

V. 123
V. 124
Library of the patent office. Models, V. 125
An act in addition to the act to promote
the progress of science and the useful
arts, March 3, 1837,
Patents issued, and assignments executed
and recorded prior to December 15,
1836, may be recorded anew, V. 191
Measures to be taken to obtain patents,
&c., to be recorded,
Certified copies of records to be evidence.
Renewal of new patents. Duplicates
of models. Patents returned for cor-
rection,
V. 192
When specification has been too broad,
or a mistake made in filing a declara-
tion, may make disclaimer, &c., V. 193
Clerks to be appointed,
V. 194
Annual statement of expenditures, &c.,
to be laid before Congress, -
V. 195
An act in addition to "An act to promote
the progress of the useful arts," March
3, 1839,
Distribution of the Digest of Patents,
September 1, 1841,
V. 466
An act in addition to an act to promote
the progress of the useful arts, and to
repeal all acts and parts of acts here-
tofore made for that purpose, August
29, 1842,
V. 543
Moneys paid as fees under mistake to be
paid back,
V. 543

VII. 272

Treaty with the Iowas. September 16,
1815,
Treaty with the Sioux and Chippewas,
Sacs and Foxes, Menomonies, Iowas,
Sioux, Winnebagoes, and a portion of
the Ottawas, Chippewas and Pottawa-
timies. August 19, 1825,
Treaty with the Sacs and Foxes, the
Medawah-Kanton, Wahpacoota, Wah-
peton, and Sissetong bands of Sioux,
Omahas, Iowas, Ottoes and Missou-
rias. July 15, 1830,
Treaty with the Iowas.

1837,

VII. 328
November 23,
VII. 547
October 19,
1838,
VII. 568
Treaty with the Iowas and Sacs and
Foxes. September 17, 1836, . VII. 571

Treaty with the Iowas.

Jackson, F. J.

-

I. 676

Judgments on proceedings under the act
of March 3, 1825, relating to the Post-
office,

Judgments released.

See Index to the Private Laws.

Judiciary.

IV. 113

3

Acts relating to the judiciary, I. 73, 93,
122, 123, 126, 128, 184, 191, 216, 252,
275, 332, 333, 335, 352, 369, 395, 404,
410, 419, 423, 450, 451, 463, 475, 497,
517, 609, 627, 727
Suits revived in the Circuit Court of
Pennsylvania, which were discon.
tinued by the failure to hold the Cir-
cuit Court in October, 1799,
II.
Jurors to be summoned to April term,
1800,
Time of holding the District Court in
North Carolina altered, (obsolete,) II. 18
Persons employed in public arsenals ex-
empted from serving on juries, II. 62
Mode of designating jurors to serve in
the courts of the United States, II. 82
An act to provide for the more conve-
nient organization of the courts of the
United States, February 13, 1800, (re-
pealed,)

II. 3

II. 89
An act to amend the judicial system of
the United States, April 29, 1802, II. 156
Supreme Court to be holden at Washing-
ton, its sessions,

Notes of acts to establish the judicial

courts of the United States,
Circuit Courts,

II. 156

II. 156

II. 157

Notes of the acts of Congress which re-
gulate the original jurisdiction of the
Circuit Courts, -

II. 157

Notes of decisions of courts of the United
States on the jurisdiction of the Circuit
Courts,
II. 157
Allotment of the circuits among the
judges of the Supreme Court, II. 158
Disagreement in opinion between the
judges of the Circuit Court, II. 159
Notes of decisions of the Supreme Court
on questions adjourned from the Cir.
cuit Court, as to the form of the certi-
ficate and the matters to be adjudi.
cated by the Supreme Court, II. 159
Organization of the Circuit Courts, II.
162, 163
Cognisance of proceedings under com-
missions of bankruptcy, and appoint-
ment of commissioners of bankrupts,

An act to amend the judicial system of
the United States, March 2, 1809, II. 534
Appointment of an additional judge in
the Mississippi territory, to reside in
Madison county, (obsolete,) - II. 563
Executions may be issued on judgments
or decrees in the General Court or
Court of Chancery of the territory of
Indiana, as if the territory had not
been divided,
The appointment of an additional judge
in the territory of Missouri directed,

II. 748

III. 95

By what rules judgments of the court
established by the act of January 27,
1814, may be reversed by the Supreme
Court,
III. 96
When a writ of error will operate as a
supersedeas,
III. 96
The time of holding the District Court
of the United States for the district of
Virginia altered,

III. 112

III. 457

Increase of the salaries of the judges of
the Circuit Court of the District of
Columbia, April 20, 1818,
Pennsylvania divided into two districts,
and the districts called the eastern and
western districts,

III. 462

Richard Peters to hold the courts of the
eastern district, and a district judge,
marshal, and district attorney to be
appointed for the western district, III. 462
Regulations of process and proceedings
in the districts,
III. 462
The judicial power of judges in Alaba-
ma extended to the counties in th
Mississippi territory, April 20, 1818,
(obsolete,)
III. 468
Original cognisance in equity and at law
given to the courts of the United
States in controversies respecting ter-
ritory and patents for useful inven-
tions, February 15, 1819,- . III. 481
An act to alter the terms of the court
for the western district of Virginia,
February 10, 1820, -

·

III. 540
An act establishing a Circuit Court with-
in and for the district of Maine, March
30, 1820,-
III. 554
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and Maine to form the
first circuit,
Organization of the Circuit Court of

Maine,

III. 554

A District Court in Alabama established,
April 21, 1820,

Organization of the court,