Ships and Vessels.

II. 818

III. 351

Treasury to provide new certificates
of registry,
Appropriation for defraying the expense
of registering ships and vessels, III. 235
The proportion of citizen seamen re-
quired to be on board vessels of the
United States,
Extra tonnage duty to be paid on ships
and vessels entering from foreign ports,
two-thirds of the officers and crew of
which are not citizens of the United
States; proviso,
An act regulating passenger ships and
vessels,
Forfeiture for carrying a number of pas.
sengers beyond two for every five tons
custom-house measurement,
Wilful destruction of ships and vessels.
-See Crimes-Piracy.

III. 352

III. 488

III. 488

VIII. 442

Slave-Trade

Prohibited,

The commissioners of the sinking fund
to purchase, during the year 1824, the
seven per cent. stock to the amount of
$8,610,000, under certain restrictions,
(obsolete,) -

See Debt of the United States.

Sioune Indians.

IV. 4

III. 548

I. 347.

I. 347

Notes of decisions of the courts of the
United States on the acts prohibiting
and punishing the slave-trade,

An act in addition to the act entitled
"An act to prohibit the carrying on
the slave-trade from the United States
to any foreign place,"
II. 70
Penalty on citizens having an interest
in vessels employed in the slave-trade,

VII. 252

Sioux Indians.

Treaty with the Sioux of the Lakes.
July 19, 1815,

VII. 126

Treaty with the Sioux of the River St.
Peter's. July 19, 1815, -
Treaty with the Sioux. June 1, 1816,

VII. 127

VII. 143

Treaty with the Hunkpapas band of the
Sioux. July 16, 1825,
VII. 259
Treaty with the Sioux and Chippewas,
Sacs and Foxes, Menomonies, Iowas,
Sioux, Winnebagoes, and a portion of
the Ottawas, Chippewas, and Potta-
watimies. August 19, 1825, - VII. 272
Treaty with the Sacs and Foxes, the
Medawakanton, Wahpacoota, Wah-
peton, and Susseton bands of Sioux,
Omahas, Ottoes, and Missourias. July
15, 1830,
Convention with the Sioux of Wa-ha-
shaws tribe. September 10, 1836,

Notes of the acts of Congress on the sub-
ject of the importation of slaves, II. 205
Importation of slaves into the United
States after the first of January, 1808,
prohibited,
II. 426
Penalties and forfeitures for being en-
gaged in importing slaves from Africa,

III. 533

Division of the proceeds of captured
vessels,
III. 533
Bounty of twenty-five dollars for every
negro found on board vessels of the
United States engaged in the slave-
trade,
Agents on the coast of Africa to be ap-
pointed to receive negroes on board
vessels captured, when engaged in the
slave-trade,
III. 533
Negroes on board of captured vessels to
be sent to Africa,
III. 533
Vessels captured to be sent into the state
or territory where they belong, III. 534
Bounty to informers against violations
of the laws prohibiting the slave-
trade,

III. 534

III. 600

IV. 302

An act to continue in force "An act to
protect the commerce of the United
States and punish the crime of pi-
racy," and also to make further pro-
vision for punishing the crime of
piracy,
Appropriation for the suppression of the
slave-trade,
Reappropriation of a sum heretofore ap-
propriated for the suppression of the
slave-trade,
Indemnity by the British government
for the loss of slaves on board the
Comet and the Encomium,
V. 601
Edmund Brooke authorized to remove
two slaves into the District of Colum-
bia, -

IV. 425

VI. 600

Appointed; his salary and duties,
Office abolished,

Solicitor of the Treasury.

His appointment and duties,

II. 54

V. 111

V. 662

IV. 414

Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and
Navigation between the United States
of America and the King of Spain.
October 27, 1795, -
VIII. 138
Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and Limits
between the United States of America
and his Catholic Majesty. February
22, 1819. October 29, 1820, VIII. 252

Convention for the Settlement of Claims
between the United States and his
Catholic Majesty. February 17, 1834,
VIII. 460
A Convention between his Catholic Ma-
jesty and the United States of America
for Indemnifications for Losses. Au-
gust 11, 1802,
VIII. 198
Spanish Grant of Land.

Spirits.

64

Staff of the Army.

V.
Investment of the funds arising from the
Smithsonian legacy,
V. 267, 465

Duties on snuff. I. 384, 426, 495, 509
Repeal of the act laying duties on mills

See Army.

Stage-Drivers,

II. 109

II. 153

Mode of obtaining a stamp on an in-
strument not stamped,
Amendment of act relating to stamp
duties on debentures,
An act laying duties on the notes of
banks, bankers, and certain compa-
nies, and obligations discounted by
banks, bankers, and certain compa-
nies, and on bills of exchange of cer-
tain descriptions,
III. 77
Penalties for violating the law, III. 78
All instruments in writing required to
be stamped, not evidence unless stamp-
ed,
III. 79
Stamps may be put on papers not stamp-
ed on payment of an additional sum,

The Secretary of the Treasury may
make a composition with private
bankers in lieu of stamp duty,
Composition with banks,

III. 79

III. 148
III. 148

Duties on bank notes continued, (obso-
lete,)

III. 253

Deeds not stamped by the act of April
23, 1800, chap. 31, on payment of ten
dollars, to be rendered valid as if
stamped,

Standard of Coins.

See Mint of the United States.

Standard of Weights and Measures.

Statements of Appropriations, New Offices, &c.
The Secretary of the Senate, and the
Clerk of the House of Representatives
to furnish statements of all appropria-
tions made during the session, of new
offices created, their salaries, and a
statement of the offices the salaries of
which have been increased, . V. 117
State of Louisiana, and Territory of Missouri.
An act for the final adjustment of land
titles in the state of Louisiana and ter-
ritory of Missouri,
III. 121
Actual settlers entitled to pre-emption,
III. 122

State Papers.

III. 779

Statistical Statements.

I. 92

I.

92

Stealing or Falsifying Records.-See Crimes.

Health laws of the States.-See Quaran-

tine.

I. 85

I. 253

Justices of the Supreme Court to deter-
mine the circuits they are respectively
to attend,
The attendance of one of the justices of
the Supreme Court at the Circuit
Courts is sufficient, but the court may
in special cases assign two justices to
the Court, (obsolete,)
I. 333
Special sessions for the trial of criminal
cases may be directed, (obsolete,) I. 334
Justices of the Supreme Court may issue
writs of ne exeat and mandamus, I.
333, 334
Power to take surety of good behaviour,
I. 609
Adjournments of Supreme Court, I. 76, 621
The Supreme Court to consist of seven
judges,
II. 421
Resolution granting the use of the library
of Congress to the judges of the Su-
preme Court,

II. 786

The session of the Supreme Court to
commence on the second Monday in
January, annually,

IV. 160

Notes of the act of June 17, 1844, chap.
96,

IV. 160

The Supreme Court to consist of a chief
justice and eight associate justices, V. 176
The justices of the Supreme Court au-
thorized to grant writs of habeas cor-
pus when subjects of foreign states are

See Canals- Internal Improvements ·
Roads.

Surveys made by Naval Officers.

Appropriations for the payment for sur-
veys made by naval officers, IV. 569
Susseton and Upper Medawakanton Tribes of
Sioux Indians.

Convention with the Wahpacoota, Susse-
ton, and Upper Medawakanton tribes
of Sioux. November 30, 1836, VII. 527

Sweden.

Acts imposing discriminating duties re-
pealed as to vessels of Sweden, IV. 206
See Discriminating Duties.

Sweden, Treaties with.

Treaty of amity and commerce, con-
cluded between his Majesty the King
of Sweden and the United States of
North America. April 3, 1783, VIII. 60
Separate articles,
VIII. 76
Treaty with Sweden. September 4, 1816,
VIII. 232
Treaty with Sweden and Norway. July
4, 1827,
VIII. 346
Sword and Camp-Chest of Washington and
Staff of Franklin.

Resolution accepting the sword of Wash-
ington and the staff of Franklin, V. 716
Resolution of respect for the memory of
the owner of the sword of Washington
and the staff of Franklin, - V. 716
Resolution accepting the camp-chest of
Washington,

V. 716