INDEX.
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Army.
Surgeon-general entitled to additional ra-tions, ------ 308
Appropriations for the support of the armyfor the year 1839, March 3, 1839, - 359Appropriations for the support of the armyfor the year 1840, July 20, 1840, - 404
Appropriations for the support of the army in1841, March 3, 1841, - - - 433
An act making appropriations for the sup-port of the army and military academy forthe year 1342, August 23, 1841, - 508
Appropriations for the army in the year 1842,August 23, 1842, - 508
Reorganization of the army, August 27,1842,
512
Dragoons reduced—second regiment of dra-goons converted into riflemen—suspensionof enlistments—office of superintendent ofarmory at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry abolished ----- 512Appropriations for the army in 1844, March
1, 1843,. 604
Balance of appropriations under acts of 1835,chap. 97, and 1839, chap. 92, remaining inthe treasury, may be applied by the orderof the President to any arrearages charge-able to the general head of suppression ofIndian hostilities, June 17, 1844, - 678
Balances under acts of 1836, chap. 59, 1838,chap. 97, 1839, chap. 92, re-appropriated,
678
Appropriations for the support of the armyfor the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1845,June 17, 1844, - - - - 696
An act making appropriations for the sup-port of the army for the year ending June30, 1846, March 3, 1845, - - 745
Arrests on mesne process in the District of Colum-bia .
An act to regulate arrests on mesne processin the district of Columbia, August 1,1842,
498
Persons not to be held to bail in civil suitsexcept on affidavit in certain cases, - 499Affidavit to be filed previous to issuing thewrit, ------ 499
No person to be held to bail or imprisonedin a civil action when the debt is less thanfifty dollars, June 17, 1844, - - 678
Correction of an error in the act of June 17,1844, ------ 721
Title of the act amended, - - - 721
Arsenals.
Appropriation for the purchase of a site foran arsenal near Fayette in North Carolina ,June 14, 1836, - 47
The arsenal at Charleston, South Carolina , tobe extended and repaired, July 2, 1836,
(obsolete,).66
Assent of Congress to acts of the Legislatures ofStates.
Assent of Congress to the act of Maryland ,relative to tonnage on vessels, continuedto March 3, 1843, March 19, 1838, 215
The act of Maryland not to be authorized todemand a duty on vessels propelled bysteam, .... - 215
Assent of Congress to acts of the Legislatures ofStates.
Assent to an act of the Legislature of Virgi-nia, relating to the Chesapeake and OhioCanal , February 7, 1845, - - 722
Auxiliary Watch in the city of Washington .
An auxiliary watch established in the cityof Washington —officers to be appointed bythe mayor — regulation of the watch, Au-.gust 23, 1842, - 511
Babbitt's anti-attrition metal.
The Secretary of the Navy authorized to pur-chase from the proprietor the right to useBabbitt’s anti-attrition metal in the con-struction of machinery and other work,
547
Act of March 17, 1801, so far as respects theport of Baltimore , revived and continuedto June 1, 1850, - 602
Bank of Alexandria.
The charter of the Bank of Alexandria ex-tended to July 4, 1841, July 5,1838, 254
Bank of Columbia.
Abatement of suits in the Bank of Columbiaat Georgetown, by reason of the expirationof the charter, prevented, February 28,1839,. 321
The provisions of the act of March 3, 1817,transferring the duties of Commissioner ofLoans to the Bank of the United States ,repealed, April 16, 1836, 8
The Bank of the United States, and itsagents, required to pay all moneys in theirhands for the payment of the public debt,into the treasury of the United States within three months, 9
Repeal of the 14th section of the act to in-corporate the Bank of the United States which makes the notes of the Bank re-ceivable for debts due to the United States ,June 15, 1836, - - - - 48
The Secretary of the Treasury to act as theagent for the United States in all mattersrelating to the stock held by the UnitedStates in the Bank , June 23, 1836, - 56
To receive from the Bank all moneys of theUnited States , and deposit the same in the
treasury,.56
The terms of settlement for the stock of theUnited States, in the Bank of the UnitedStates , to be accepted, and the Secretaryof the Treasury authorized to receive pay-ment for the same. Resolution, March 3,
1837,. 200
No suit in which the Bank of the UnitedStates is a party , to abate by reason of theexpiration of the charter of the Bank ,March 2, 1838, - - - - 211
The sale of the bonds of the Bank of theUnited States, chartered by Pennsylvania ,authorized, July 7, 1838, - - 296
The circulation of bills or notes of corpora-tions, the charters of which have expired,prohibited, July 7, 1838, . - 297