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LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS.
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District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. An act to amend “An act for altering the time of holding the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Williamsport,” approved May eighth, eighteen hundred and forty.July 27, 1842.
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Bounty Lands. An act to provide for satisfying claims for bounty lands for military services in the late war with Great Britain, and for other purposes.July 27, 1842.
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Corporation of Georgetown. An act to extend the jurisdiction of the corporation of Georgetown.July 27, 1842.
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Lighting Pennsylvania Avenue. An act to provide for erecting and lighting lamps on Pennsylvania Avenue.July 27, 1842.
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Marriages in the District of Columbia. An act in relation to marriages within the District of Columbia.July 27, 1842.
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Clerks in the Post-Office Department. An act to provide for the permanent employment in the Post-Office Department of certain clerks heretofore for several years temporarily employed in that Department.July 27, 1842.
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Arrests on Mesne Process in the District of Columbia. An act to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia.Aug. 1, 1842.
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Process Act applicable to States since admitted into the Union. An act to extend the provisions of an act entitled “An act to regulate processes in the Courts of the United States,” passed the nineteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.Aug. 1, 1842.
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Collection District. An act to constitute the ports of Stonington, Mystic River, and Pawcatuck River, a collection district.Aug. 3, 1842.
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Appropriations for the Naval Service for 1842. An act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. (Obsolete.)Aug. 4, 1842.
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Armed Occupation and Settlement of Florida. An act to provide for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of East Florida.Aug. 4, 1842.
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District Court of the Northern District of Alabama. An act to regulate appeals and writs of error from the District Court of the Northern District of Alabama.Aug. 4, 1842.
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Collection District of Tiverton, Rhode Island. An act to annex a part of the town of Tiverton, in the State of Rhode Island, to the collection district of Fall River, in the State of Massachusetts.Aug. 9, 1842.
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Claims of the State of Georgia. An act to provide for the settlement of the claims of the State of Georgia for the services of her militia.Aug. 11, 1842.
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Land Titles in Arkansas. An act to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas.Aug. 11, 1842.
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Services of the Judges of Iowa. An act regulating the services of the several Judges in the Territory of Iowa.Aug. 11, 1842.
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District Court for the Northern District of New York. An act in relation to the District Court for the Northern District of New York.Aug. 11, 1842.
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Collection Districts of Stonington, Mystic River, and Pawcatuck River. An act explanatory of an act entitled “An act to constitute the ports of Stonington, Mystic River, and Pawcatuck River a collection district.”Aug. 16, 1842.
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Claims of the State of Alabama. An act authorizing the settlement and payment of certain claims of the State of Alabama.Aug. 16, 1842.
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Name of Portland changed to Sandusky, on Lake Erie. An act to change the name of the port of entry on Lake Erie, known as Portland, to that of Sandusky.Aug. 16, 1842.
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Circuit and District Courts―Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits. An act to amend the act entitled “An act supplementary to the act entitled ‘An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.’”Aug. 16, 1842.
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Changes in the Commercial Systems of Other Nations to be laid before Congress. An act requiring foreign regulations of commerce to be laid annually before Congress.Aug. 16, 1842.
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Dubuque Claim, Iowa Territory. An act to grant pre-emption rights to the settlers on the “Dubuque Claim” so called, in the territory of Iowa.Aug. 16, 1842.
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Appropriations for the Support of the Army, &c. for 1842. An act making appropriations for the support of the army, and the military academy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. (Obsolete.)Aug. 23, 1842.
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Auxiliary Watch in the City of Washington. An act to establish an auxiliary watch for the protection of public and private property in the City of Washington.Aug. 23, 1842.
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