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Acts of the Twenty-Sixth Congress of the United States.
STATUTE Ⅰ.—1840.
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Appropriations for the support of Government. An act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty. (Obsolete.)Jan. 8, 1840.
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Pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and forty.Feb. 22, 1840.
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Census. An act to amend the act “to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.Feb. 26, 1840.
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Commissioner of Pensions. An act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions, and to transfer the pension business heretofore transacted in the Navy Department, to that office.March 4, 1840.
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Treasury Notes. An act additional to the act on the subject of Treasury Notes.March 31, 1840.
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Vessels employed in the Whale Fishery. An act to cancel the bonds given to secure duties upon vessels and their cargoes employed in the whale fishery, and to make registers lawful papers for such vessels.April 4, 1840.
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Appropriations for Civil and Diplomatic Expenses. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty.May 8, 1840.
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District Court of the United States in the Western District of Pennsylvania. An act for altering the time for holding the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Williamsport.May 8, 1840.
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Soldiers in the late War authorized to surrender Bounty Lands. An act to revive an act authorizing soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes.May 27, 1840.
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Insolvent Debtors of the United States. An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States. (Expired.)May 27, 1840.
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Sippican and Mattapoisett Districts. An act authorizing Sippican and Mattapoisett, within the township of Rochester, in the State of Massachusetts, to be known hereafter as ports under those names.May 27, 1840.
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Pre-emption Rights to Settlers on the Public Lands. An act supplemental to the act entitled “An act to grant pre-emption rights to the settlers on the public lands,” approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.June 1, 1840.
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Convention between the United States and Mexico. An act to carry into effect a Convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic. (Obsolete.)June 12, 1840.
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Registers and Receivers of Public Lands to administer Oaths. An act to authorize registers and receivers to administer oaths required to be taken by purchasers of public land.June 12, 1840.
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Discontinuance of the Office of Surveyor General in certain Districts. An act for the discontinuance of the office of Surveyor General in the several districts, so soon as the surveys therein can be completed, for abolishing land offices under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.June 12, 1840.
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Prisoners of the United States in Rhode Island. An act concerning prisoners of the United States committed to the gaol in the County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island.June 12, 1840.
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Pensions. An act making provision for the payment of pensions to the executors or administrators of deceased pensioners in certain cases.June 19, 1840.
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Collection and safe-keeping of the Revenue. An act to provide for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer and disbursement of the public revenue.July 4, 1840.
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District Court of Tennessee. An act to amend an act approved the eighteenth of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to require the Judge of the District of East and West Tennessee to hold a Court at Jackson in the said State,’ approved June the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight,” and for other purposes.July 4, 1840.
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Adjournment of the Circuit Courts, &c. An act in addition to the acts respecting the judicial system of the United States.July 4, 1840.
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Land Office at Grenada. An act to remove the land office from Chocchuma to Grenada, in the State of Mississippi.July 4, 1840.
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Jurors in the Courts of the United States. An act to amend the act, approved May thirteenth, eighteen hundred, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.’”July 20, 1840.
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Seamen of the Merchant Service, &c. An act in addition to the several acts regulating the shipment and discharge of seamen, and the duties of Consuls.July 20, 1840.
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Coosa Land District. An act to annex a certain tract of land to the Coosa Land District, and for other purposes.July 20, 1840.
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Appropriation for the Military Academy at West Point. An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy for the year eighteen hundred and forty. (Obsolete.)July 20, 1840.
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Appropriations for the Navy. An act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. (Obsolete.)July 20, 1840.
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Exploration and Survey of the North-Eastern Boundary. An act to provide for the expenses of making an exploration and survey of that part of the north-eastern boundary line of the United States which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British Provinces. (Obsolete.)July 20, 1840.
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Appropriations for the Indian Department. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty.July 20, 1840.
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Appropriations for the Support of the Army. An act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. (Obsolete.)July 20, 1840.
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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 forty.July 21, 1840.
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RESOLUTIONS.
No. 1. Clerks in the Office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to continue certain clerks employed in the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.May 2, 1840.
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No. 3. Statue of Washington. A resolution concerning the Statue of Washington by Greenough.May 27, 1840.
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No. 4. Presents from the Imaum of Muscat. A resolution to authorize the President to dispose of certain presents from the Imaum of Muscat and the Emperor of Morocco.July 20, 1840.
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No. 5. Exchange of Books, &c. Joint resolution for the exchange of books and public documents for foreign publications.July 20, 1840.
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STATUTE Ⅱ.—1840, 1841.
Appropriations for the support of Government. An act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. (Obsolete.)Dec. 18, 1840.
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Imprisonment for Debt abolished in certain Cases. An act supplementary to an act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases.Jan. 14, 1841.
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Sixth Census. An act to amend the act entitled “An act to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.Jan. 14, 1841.
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Treasury Notes. An act to authorize the issuing of Treasury Notes. (Obsolete.)Feb. 15, 1841.
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Pensions. An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.)Feb. 18, 1841.
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Public Lands in Tennessee. An act to amend an act entitled “An act to authorize the State of Tennessee to issue grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unappropriated lands within the same,” passed the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and six.Feb. 18, 1841.
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Survey of the North-Eastern Boundary. An act to make further provision for the expenses of an exploration and survey of that part of the north-eastern boundary line of the United States which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British Provinces.Feb. 27, 1841.
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Wabash and Erie Canal. An act to confirm to the State of Indiana the land selected by her for that portion of the Wabash and Erie Canal which lies between the mouth of the Tippecanoe river and Terre Haute, and for other purposes.Feb. 27, 1841.
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Payment for Horses, &c., lost in the Military Service. An act further to continue in force the act for the payment of horses and other property lost in the military service of the United States. (Expired.)Feb. 27, 1841.
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Appropriation for a Delegation of the Seminole Indians, &c. An act making appropriation to defray the expenses of a delegation of the Seminole Indians west of the Mississippi to Florida, and for other purposes. (Obsolete.)March 2, 1841.
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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 forty-one. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1841.
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Military Academy at West Point. An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1841.
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Patents for Lands. An act to confirm land patents.March 3, 1841.
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Appropriations for the Indian Department. An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1841.
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Appropriations for the Navy of the United States. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1841.
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Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses. An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses for the Government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1841.
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Appropriations for the Army for 1841. An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. (Obsolete.)March 3, 1841.
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Support and Removal of Indians. An act making an appropriation for the temporary support of certain destitute Kickapoo Indians, and to defray the expense of removing and subsisting the Swan Creek and Black River Indians of Michigan.March 3, 1841.
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The Provisions of the Act of July 20, 1840, relating to Juries, not to apply to Pennsylvania. An act to amend the act entitled “An act to amend the act approved May thirteenth, eighteen hundred, entitled ‘An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States.’” (Expired.)March 3, 1841.
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Collection District of Currituck Inlet. An act to abolish the port of delivery and the office of Surveyor of the Customs at Currituck Inlet, in North Carolina.March 3, 1841.
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RESOLUTION.
Catalogue of the Library of Congress to be presented to Colleges, &c. Joint Resolution to present incorporated universities, colleges, &c., with copies of the Catalogue of the Library of Congress.Jan. 14, 1841.
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