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LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS.
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Pre-emption Rights. An act to grant pre-emption rights to the settlers on the public lands.June 22, 1838.
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Boilers of Steam-engines. An act authorizing the appointment of persons to test the usefulness of inventions to improve and render safe the boilers of steam-engines against explosions.June 28, 1838.
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Orphans’ Court of Alexandria. An act relating to the Orphans’ Court of Alexandria County, in the District of Columbia.June 28, 1838.
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Confirmation of an Act of the Legislature of Florida. An act to confirm the act of the Legislative Council of Florida, incorporating the “Florida Peninsula Railroad and Steamboat Company,” and granting the right of way to said Company through the public lands, and for other purposes.June 28, 1838.
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Pensions. An act to provide for paying certain pensions at Tuscaloosa, in the State of Alabama.June 28, 1838.
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Charter of the Bank of Alexandria. An act to extend the charter of the Bank of Alexandria, in the city of Alexandria.July 5, 1838.
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Land granted for a Seat of Justice in Alabama. An act to grant Cherokee County, Alabama, the tract of land on which the seat of justice of said County has been located.July 5, 1838.
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Deposite Act. An act to modify the last clause of the fifth section of the deposite act of the twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.July 5, 1838.
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Pensions. An act to amend “An act authorizing the Secretary of War to establish a pension agency in the town of Decatur, in the State of Alabama, and to provide for the payment of certain pensioners in the said town of Decatur.”July 5, 1838.
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Vessels prevented entering the Ports of Mexico by the Blockade. An act to authorize vessels bound for the ports of Mexico, and prevented from completing the voyages in consequence of the existing blockade of those ports, to enter and store their cargoes in the ports of the United States.July 5, 1838.
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Patents for Lands in the Creek Reservation. An act to authorize the issuing of patents to the last bona fide transferee of reservation under the treaty between the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians, which was concluded on the twenty-fourth of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.July 5, 1838.
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Army of the United States. An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes.July 5, 1838.
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Test of Inventions for the Improvement of Steam-Boilers. An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act authorizing the appointment of persons to test the usefulness of inventions to improve and render safe the boilers of steam-engines against explosions,” approved twenty-eighth day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.July 7, 1838.
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Appropriations for Roads in Florida. An act making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Florida. (Obsolete.)July 7, 1838.
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Sale of Lands near the Wabash and Erie Canal. An act to authorize the sale of certain public lands of the United States near the Wabash and Erie Canal, in the State of Ohio.July 7, 1838.
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Virginia Military Land Warrants. An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants and returning surveys thereon to the General Land Office.July 7, 1838.
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Erection of a Court-House in Alexandria. An act for the erection of a Court-House in Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.July 7, 1838.
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Government of Florida. An act to re-organize the Legislative Council of Florida, and for other purposes.July 7, 1838.
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Military Academy at West Point. An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.)July 7, 1838.
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Claims of New York for the Services of Militia. An act to provide for the settlement of the claim of the State of New York for the services of her militia.July 7, 1838.
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Improvement of Harbors and Rivers. An act to provide for certain harbors, and for the removal of obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. (Obsolete.)July 7, 1838.
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Post-Roads. An act to establish certain post-roads and to discontinue others.July 7, 1838.
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Appropriations for Fortifications. An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. (Obsolete.)July 7, 1838.
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