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THE

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.




of the

UNITED STATES,

Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the seventh day of December, 1835, and ended July 4, 1836.

Andrew Jackson, President; Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

STATUTE Ⅰ.

Jan. 14, 1836.
[Obsolete.]

Chapter I.An Act making appropriations for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars be and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses attending the suppression of hostilities with the Seminole Indians in Florida, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War,1832, ch. 64. conformably to the provisions of the act of April fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, making appropriations for the support of the army.

Approved, January 14, 1836.

Statute Ⅰ.



Jan. 29, 1836.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. III.An Act making an additional appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Five hundred thousand dollars, in addition to former appropriations. That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in addition to a former appropriation, to defray the expenses attending the suppression of hostilities with the Seminole Indians in Florida; to be expended in the manner provided for in the act approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled1836, ch. 1.An Act making an appropriation for repressing hostilities commenced by the Seminole Indians.”

Approved, January 29, 1836.

Statute Ⅰ.



Feb. 9, 1836.
[Expired.]

Chap. V.An Act to extend the charters of certain Banks, in the District of Columbia, to the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

Act of July 2, 1836, ch. 260.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the acts incorporating certain banks in the District of Columbia, that is to say, the Bank of Potomac, and the Farmers Bank of Alexandria, in the city of Alexandria; the Union Bank, and the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Georgetown,