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LIST OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF CONGRESS.
Acts of the Fourteenth Congress of the United States.
STATUTE Ⅰ.—1815, 1816.
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Lease of new building on Capitol Hill for the accomodation of Congress. An act to authorize the President of the United States to lease, for the time therein mentioned, the new building on Capitol Hill, which the appurtenances, for the better accomodation of Congress. (Obsolete.)Dec. 8, 1815.
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Appropriation Act. An act making additional appropriations to defray the expenses of the army and militia, during the late war with Great Britain. Dec. 21, 1815.
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Direct Taxes. An act to enlarge the time for ascertaining the annual transfers and changes of property subject to the direct tax, and for other purposes. (Repealed.)Jan. 17, 1816.
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Repeal of additional Duties on Postage. An act to repeal so much of an act; passed on the twenty-third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, as imposes additional duties on postage. Feb. 1, 1816
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Duties on Bank Notes and refined Sugar. An act continuing in force certain acts, laying duties on bank notes, refined sugars, and for other purposes. (Repealed.)Feb. 1, 1816.
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Duties on imported Merchandise. An act to continue in force an act entitled "An act imposing additional duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise, imported from any foreign port or place, and for other purposes." (Repealed.)Feb. 5, 1816.
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Fisheries of the United States. An act to continue in force an act entitled "An act laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries." Feb. 9, 1816.
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Courts in the State of New York. An act concerning certain courts of the United States in the State of New York. Feb. 16, 1816.
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Repeal of Duties on certain Articles of Domestic Manufacture. An act to repeal the duties on certain articles manufactured within the United States. (Obsolete.)Feb. 22, 1816.
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Rewards to the Officers and Crew of the Sloop of War Hornet. An act rewarding the officers and crew of the sloop of war Hornet, for the capture and destruction of the British sloop of war Penguin. Feb. 28, 1816.
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Duties on Tonnage or Impost on British Vessels and Articles imported therein. An act conerning the convention to regulate the commerce between the territories of the United States and his Britannic majesty. (Obsolete.)March 1, 1816.
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Direct Taxes. An act to reduce the amount of direct tax upon the United States and the District of Columbia, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen; and to repeal in part the act entitled "An act to provide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for the assessing and collecting the same;" and also the act entitled "An act to provide additional revenue for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the District of Columbia." (Repealed.)March 5, 1816.
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Canadian Volunteers. An act granting bounties in land and extra pay to certain Canadian volunteers. March 5, 1816.
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Approprations for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores. An act making approprations for ordnance and ordnance stores, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. (Obsolete.)March 18, 1816.
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Compensation to the Members of Congress. An act to change the mode of compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the delegates from the territories. March 19, 1816.
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Circuit and District Courts in Vermont. An act to alter the times of holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the district of Vermont. March 22, 1816.
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Naturalization. An act relative to evidence in cases of naturalization. March 22, 1816.
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Public Documents. An act authorizing a subscription for the printing of the second edition of the public documents. (Obsolete.)March 25, 1816.
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