United States Statutes at Large/Volume 12/37th Congress
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1st Session
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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session[1] which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Thursday, the fourth day of July, A. D. 1861, and ended on Tuesday, the sixth day of August, A. D. 1861.
Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Solomon Foote was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the eighteenth day of July, and continued so to act until the close of the session. Galusha A. Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date | |
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| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to refund and remit the Duties on Arms imported by States. | July 10, 1861 |
| 2 | Chapter II. | An Act to provide for the Payment of the Militia and Volunteers called into the Service of the United States from the Time they were called into Service to the thirtieth Day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. | July 13, 1861 |
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| 67 | Chapter LXVII. | An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to pay the Volunteers, who, under the Command of Charles W. White, and by Order of Brigadier-General T. A. Morris, enlisted to protect the Railroad Bridges and other Property, in the Vicinity of Oakland, Alleghany County, Maryland. | August 6, 1861 |
- ↑ This session was called by Proclamation of the President, dated April 15th, 1861. See Appendix, Proclamation, No. 3, post, p. 1258.
2nd Session
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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the second day of December, A. D. 1861, and ended on Thursday, the seventeenth day of July, A. D. 1862.
Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Solomon Foote was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the thirty-first day of March, and so acted until the twenty-first day of May inclusive; he was again elected on the twentieth day of June, and continued so to act until the end of the session. Galusha A. Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date | |
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| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act to further promote the Efficiency of the Navy. | Dec. 21, 1861 |
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| 38 | Chapter XXXVIII. | An Act requiring an Oath of Allegiance and to support the Constitution of the United States to be administered to Masters of American Vessels clearing for foreign or other Ports during the present Rebellion. | March 6, 1862 |
| 39 | Chapter XXXIX. | An Act to fulfil Treaty Stipulations with Hanover. | March 13, 1862 |
| 40 | Chapter XL. | An Act to make an additional Article of War. | March 13, 1862 |
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| 201 | Chapter CCI. | An Act to amend the Act calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions, approved February twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and for other Purposes. | July 17, 1862 |
| 202 | Chapter CCII. | An Act to allow and pay to the State of Missouri the Amount of Money expended by said State in the arming and paying of Troops employed in the Suppression of Insurrection against the Laws of the United States. | July 17, 1862 |
| 203 | Chapter CCIII. | An Act to suspend temporarily the Operation of an Act entitled "An Act to prevent and punish Fraud on the Part of Officers intrusted with making of Contracts for the Government," approved June two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. | July 17, 1862 |
| 204 | Chapter CCIV. | An Act for the better Government of the Navy of the United States. | July 17, 1862 |
| 205 | Chapter CCV. | An Act requiring the Commanders of American Vessels sailing to foreign Ports and Persons prosecuting Claims, to take the Oath of Allegiance. | July 17, 1862 |
3rd Session
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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the third session which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December, A. D. 1862, and ended on Wednesday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1863.
Abraham Lincoln, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President, and President of the Senate. Solomon Foote was elected President of the Senate, pro tempore, on the eighteenth day of February, and so acted until the end of the session. Galusha A. Grow, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
| Chapter | Title | Date | |
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| 1 | Chapter I. | An Act authorizing the Holding of a special Session of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana. | Dec. 15, 1862 |
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| 56 | Chapter LVI. | An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Arizona, and for other Purposes. | Feb. 24, 1863 |
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| 75 | Chapter LXXV. | An Act for enrolling and calling out the national Forces, and for other Purposes. | March 3, 1863 |
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| 81 | Chapter LXXXI. | An Act relating to Habeas Corpus, and regulating Judicial Proceedings in Certain Cases. | March 3, 1863 |
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| 108 | Chapter CVIII. | An Act to regulate the Duties of the Clerk of the House of Representatives in preparing for the Organization of the House. | March 3, 1863 |
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| 120 | Chapter CXX. | An Act to provide for the Collection of abandoned Property and for the Prevention of Frauds in insurrectionary Districts within the United States. | March 3, 1863 |