Consent of Maryland em Baltimore to assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and is hereby Congress to granted and declared to the operation of an act of the certain act of General Assembly of Maryland, made and passed at a ses- powering ward sion begun and held at the city of Annapolis, on the first ens of port of Monday of November, in the year one thousand seven levy and collect hundred and ninety-one, intituled [sic] "An act empower- mentioned. ing the wardens of the port of Baltimore to levy and collect the duty therein mentioned." duty therein declaring as acts of States SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act intituled Part of act [sic] "An act declaring the assent of Congress to certain sent of Conacts of the States of Maryland, Georgia and Rhode gress to certain Island and Providence Plantations," shall be continued, of Maryland, and is hereby declared to be in full force, so far as the Rhode Island same respects the states of Georgia and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be, and continue in force for the term of three years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer. Approved, May 12, 1796. continued in force. 1790, c. 43; 1800, c. 15. CHAP. 21.-An Act Declaring the consent of Congress to an Mar. 27, 1798. Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Vol. 1, p. 546. Consent of wealth of Kennebunk River, Me. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be and hereby is granted Congress to act and declared to the operation of an act of the legislature of Commonof the commonwealth of Massachusetts made and passed Massachusetts. the second day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, intituled [sic] "An act to incorporate Tobias Lord, Oliver Keating, Thatcher Godard and others for the purpose of keeping in repair a pier, at the mouth of Kennebunk river, and to grant them a duty for reimbursing the expense of erecting the same." Approved, March 27, 1798. CHAP. 15.-An Act Declaring the assent of Congress to certain Mar. 17, 1800. Acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia. Vol. 2, p. 18. Consent of Congress of State of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Expired.] resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and hereby is granted to the operation of an act of the General Assembly granted to act of the state of Maryland, passed on the twenty-sixth day Maryland menof December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, tioned; and to entitled "An act empowering the wardens of the port of of State of Baltimore to levy and collect the duty therein mentioned," Georgia, etc. and also to so much of an act of the state of Georgia, 1814, passed February the tenth, one thousand seven hundred and 1822, c. 29. 5979°-H. Doc. 1491, 62-3, vol 1—2 so much of act 1808, c. 47; C. 60; 1861, c. 11. Act Jan. 19, eighty-seven, entitled "An act for regulating the trade, laying duties on all goods, wares, liquors, merchandise and negroes imported into this state; and also an impost on the tonnage of shipping, and for other purposes therein mentioned," as authorizes a duty of three pence per ton on all shipping entering the port of Savannah, to be set apart as a fund for clearing the river Savannah. Limitation of act to Mar. 3, 1808. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be, and continue in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and no longer. Approved, March 17, 1800. Apr. 6, 1802. CHAP. 20.-An Act Authorizing the erection of certain lightVol. 2, p. 150. houses; and for other purposes. Sum appropriated for public piers in Delaware River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, to cause to be ex1805, c. 21. pended, in repairing and erecting public piers, in the river Delaware, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars; and that the same be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, that the jurisdiction of the site where any such piers may be erected, shall be first ceded to the United States, according to the conditions in such case by law provided. Approved, April 6, 1802. On what conditions. Mar. 16, 1804. CHAP. 22.-An Act Declaring the assent of Congress to an Act Vol. 2, p. 269. of the general assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned. Mar. 1, 1805. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given and declared to an act of the general assembly of Virginia, intituled [sic] "An act for improving the navigation of James River," which act was passed on the twenty-third day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four. Approved, March 16, 1804. CHAP. 21.-An Act Making appropriations for the support of Vol. 2, p. 316. Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That ** * the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated; that is to say: * Reviving un For reviving so much of unexpended balances of ap- expended bal propriations granted by an act passed the sixth of April, ances. one thousand eight hundred and two, and which have been carried to the surplus fund, to wit: aware River. 1802, c. 20. For erecting public piers in the river Delaware, five Plers in Delthousand eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars, and seventy-nine cents. * Approved, March 1, 1805. Assent of of Pennsylva CHAP. 12.-An Act Declaring the consent of Congress to an Feb. 28, 1806. Act of the State of Pennsylvania, intituled, [sic] "An Act to em- Vol. 2, p. 353. power the board of wardens, for the port of Philadelphia, to collect a certain duty on tonnage, for the purposes therein mentioned." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and it is hereby granted Congress to act and declared to the operation of an Act of the legislature of legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the first day of April, in the nia, laying duty year one thousand eight hundred and five, intituled [sic] on tonnage. "An act to empower the board of wardens, for the port of Philadelphia, to collect a certain duty on tonnage, for the purposes therein mentioned," so far as to enable the state of Pennsylvania to collect a duty of four cents per ton, on all vessels which shall clear out from the port of Philadelphia for any foreign port or place whatever, to be expended in building piers in, and otherwise improving the navigation of the river Delaware, agreeably to the intentions of the said act. Approved, February 28, 1806. CHAP. 33.-An Act Making appropriations for the support of Apr. 18, 1806. Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Vol. 2, p. 384. That for the expenditure of the civil list, in the present Objects of year, including the contingent expenses of the several de- appropriation. partments and officers; *** and for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims; the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say: Piers in Del For the payment of a commission of two and a half percent. to the commissioners who superintended the erection aware River. of public piers in the river Delaware, four hundred and forty-eight dollars and seventy-one cents. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appro- 1790, c. 34. priations hereinbefore made, shall be paid and discharged cut of the fund of six hundred thousand dollars, reserved by an act making provision for the debt of the United States, and out of monies [sic] in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 18, 1806. Apr. 20, 1808. Vol. 2, p. 484. [Expired.] 1800, c. 15, re CHAP. 47.-An Act To revive and continue in force "An Act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Act Mar. 17, That the act which passed the seventeenth day of March, vived and con- in the year one thousand eight hundred, intituled [sic] tinued in force "An act declaring the assent of Congress, to certain acts of the states of Maryland and Georgia," be, and the same 1814, C. 60. is hereby revived and continued in force until the third Act Jan. 19, day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. until Mar. 3, 1814. 1800, c. 15. 1861, c. 11. Approved, April 20, 1808. Feb. 10, 1809. CHAP. 15.-An Act Making appropriations to complete the forVol. 2, p. 516. tifications commenced for the security of the seaport towns and harbors of the United States, and to defray the expense of deepening and extending to the River Mississippi, the canal of Carondelet. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Canal of Carondelet, to direction of President. * SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be made under of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause the canal of Carondelet, leading from Lake Ponchartrain, by way of the Bayou St. John, to the city of New Orleans, to be extended to the river Mississippi, and made sufficiently deep throughout to admit an easy and safe passage to gunboats, if, upon survey thereof, he shall be convinced that the same is practicable, and will conduce to the more effectual defense of said city; and that for the purpose of defraying the expense thereof, there be, and Appropria- hereby is appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies [sic] in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. tion. Approved, February 10, 1809. Apr. 16, 1814. CHAP. 60.-An Act To revive and continue in force "An Act declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the States of Maryland and Georgia." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Act Mar. 17, That the act which passed the seventeenth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act Mar. 3, 1822. declaring the assent of Congress to certain acts of the 1822. c. 29. states of Maryland and Georgia," be, and the same is 1800, c. 15, continued in force until Act Jan. 19. 1861, c. 11. hereby revived and continued in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the demand of a duty on tonnage, on vessels propelled by steam, employed in the transportation of passengers. Approved, April 16, 1814. CHAP. 77.-An Act Declaring the assent of Congress to an Act Apr. 26, 1816. of the general assembly of the state of Virginia. Vol. 3, p. 301. Congress given Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress is hereby given and declared consent of to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled to act of general assembly "An act incorporating a company for the purpose of im-of Virginia, for proving the navigation of James river from Warwick improving navito Rockett's landing,' ," which act was passed on the James River. twenty-second day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Approved, April 26, 1816. gation of CHAP. 18.-An Act Making appropriations for the military Feb. 15, 1819. service of the United States for the year eighteen hundred and Vol. 3, p. 480. nineteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated: [Obsolete.] For making a survey of the water courses tributary to, water courses. and west of, the Mississippi; also those tributary to the same river, and northwest of the Ohio; six thousand five hundred dollars. Survey of Moneys to SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several ap- be pad out of propriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any Treasury. moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 15, 1819. CHAP. 47.-An Act To enable the people of the Alabama Ter- Mar. 2, 1819. Vol. 3, p. 489. ritory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the territory of Alabama be, and Inhabitants they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a con- authorized to stitution and state government, and to assume such name form constitu as they may deem proper; and that the said territory, government. of Alabama tion and State |