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berland Road, p. 917. Ports and Harbors,
p. 944.

for the public buildings. See Public Build-
ings.

for lighthouses, beacons, &c. See Light-
houses.

general and special civil and diplomatic
appropriation bills; Vol. i. in 1789, 95;
1790, 104, 185; 1791, 190, 214; 1792,
226, 284; 1793, 325, 339; 1794, 342, 394;
1795, 405, 438; 1796, 445, 459, 492, 493;
1797, 498, 516, 534, 551; 1798, 542, 609,
611; 1799, 717, 723.

Vol. ii.; in 1800, 62, 83; 1801, 117, 131,
147; 1802, 148, 184, 192; 1803, 202, 210;
1804, 264, 273, 307; 1805, 307,316; 1806,
384, 389; 1807, 432; 1808, 462, 468, 491;
1809,520, 552; 1810, 557, 569; 1811,614,
643; 1812, 686, 734; 1813, 791, 823.
Vol. iii.; in 1813, 81; 1814, 93, 106,
139, 152; 1815, 206, 235; 1816, 277, 340;
1817, 352, 393; 1818, 418; 1819, 496;
1820, 555, 601; 1821, 628; 1822, 668;
1823, 721, 757.

Vol. iv.; in 1824, 3, 11, 79; 1825, 79,
85, 102, 124, 137; 1826, 137, 142, 154, 158,
162; 1827, 208; 1828, 246, 247, 207, 302;
1829, 323, 336; 1830, 377, 427; 1831, 435,
452; 1832, 506, 580, 599, 609; 1833, 609,
619; 1834, 672, 689; 1835, 760.

Vol. v.; in 1836, 2, 62, 112; 1837, 163,
207; 1838, 216, 264, 312; 1839, 312, 318,
339; 1840, 367, 371, 410; 1841, 410, 421,
437, 451, 461, 469; 1842, 469, 470, 475,
498, 528, 537, 545, 546, 579, 585, 586;
1843, 598, 601, 630; 1844, 651, 663, 668,
669, 681; 1845, 739, 752.
unexpended appropriations to be carried to
the surplus fund, i. 437; iii. 568.
transfer of, ii. 535; iii. 568; v. 223, 380,
533, 597, 645, 678.

money not to be paid to any one in arrears,
iii. 763; iv. 246.

for mission to Panama, iv. 158.

in what currency to be paid, iv. 699, 771.
estimates for, iii. 568; v. 80, 525, 526, 537,
693.

title of appropriation bills, v. 537.
fiscal year changed, v. 537.

$150,000.00 to be appropriated annually for
surveys, v. 454.

Arbitrators,

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statute of, affirmed, iv. 262.
qualification of voters, iv. 526..
(2.) State of,

received into the Union, v. 50, 58.
provisions for the execution of the laws of
the U. S. therein, v. 51.

propositions offered to, in relation to lands,
salt springs, &c., v. 51, 58.
jurisdiction of district court extended, v.
147.

note of acts respecting, iii. 493.

authorized to sell school lands, v. 600.
jurisdiction of crimes in the Indian Terri-
tory, v. 680.

representatives in Congress. See Appor-
tionment.
Armories. See Arsenals.
Arms,

lost in service of U. S., payment for.
Property,

See

right of the people to keep and bear, i. 21.
Arms and Ammunition,

temporary non-exportation of, i. 369, 444,
520, 549.

supply to militia, i. 576; ii. 490; iii. 320.
appropriation for, ii. 473, 490; iii. 320.
Armed Merchant Ships,

regulations of, ii. 342; iii. 450.
captures by, iii. 513.

Army,

former establishment recognized and adapt-
ed to the constitution, i. 95.

obsolete general acts, i. 119, 222, 241, 246,
279, 366, 390, 430, 483, 507, 552, 557, 567,
725, 749; ii. 7, 38, 85, 206, 290, 669, 696,
735, 742, 764, 788, 791, 794, 801, 804, 819;
iii. 3, 34, 39, 74, 96, 113, 128, 146.
provisional and temporary, i. 558, 569; ii.
419, 481, 670, 671, 695, 704, 784.

acts for regulation of, i. 279, 749; ii. 132,
536, 735, 816; iii. 113, 203, 460, 568, 615,
721; v. 256, 308.

peace establishment, (present,) ii. 132, 290,
481; iii. 113, 297, 426, 427, 460, 614, 686;
v. 256, 308, 512, 654.

rules and articles for government of, ii. 359;
iv. 417.

Scott's general regulation for, iii. 616, 686.
act of 1838 to increase the military establish-
ment, v. 256.

act of 1842 to reduce the military establish-
ment, v: 512, 654.

additional paymasters may be appointed, v.
117, 259.

office of commissary-general of purchases
abolished, v. 513.

who may be enlisted, ii. 135, 792, 795; iii.
146; iv. 647; v. 260.

bounty to recruits, ii. 135, 788, 792; iii. 3.
mileage on discharge, ii. 135.
flogging abolished, ii. 735.
equivalent for forage, iii. 34.
supplies for, iii. 427; iv. 780.

may be employed to enforce the neutrality
acts, v. 214.

officers not to be employed in civil works
of internal improvements, v. 260.
pay and rations, i. 96, 119, 222, 241, 366,
300, 721; ii. 132, 481, 671, 718, 735, 781,
819; iii. 112, 128, 297, 423, 459, 488; iv
227, 647; v. 256, 308, 513.

pay of brevet officers, iii. 427; v. 352.
assignment of pay in, void, i. 230

exemptions from arrest for debts, i. 751; ii.
136, 137, 674, 788.

forage of officers, iii. 34, 299.
pay on fatigue duty, iii. 488.
staff in, i. 721; ii. 819; iii. 297, 426.
engineers' and artillerists' department--
(obsolete acts,) i. 366, 552; ii. 206; iii.
342; iv. 607;-(acts in force,) ii. 133,
137, 720; iii. 614; v. 256, 308.
ordnance department in, ii. 732; iii. 115,
203, 299, 615; iv. 504; v. 258, 513.
quartermaster's department-

obsolete regulations, ii. 674 ; iii. 297.
regulations in force, iii. 426, 615; iv. 173,
v. 257.

commissary department, iii. 299, 427, 582,
615; iv. 360, 780.

medical department, i. 721; ii. 132; iii.
570, 615; iv. 550, 714.

pensions to invalids and widows. See
Pensions.

to suppress insurrections, and enforce laws,
i. 384; ii. 443; iii. 200, 449; iv. 634.
adjustment of arrears of pay, iii. 460.
mode of supply, iv. 360, 780.

deserters in time of peace, how punished,
iv. 418, 648.

number and pay of surgeons and assistant
surgeons increased, iv. 550, 714; v. 117,
260, 513.

term of enlistment and pay, iv. 647.
defence of frontiers provided for, iv. 652,
v. 258.

pay of volunteer and militia corps in the
service, v. 259.

president may accept service of volunteers
and raise additional regiment of mounted
dragoons, v. 32.

additional paymasters to be appointed, v.
117.

president may appoint assistant adjutant-
general, v. 257.

commissariat of subsistence, v. 258.

chaplain and schoolmaster at posts, v. 259.
professor of chemistry, &c., v. 259.
reward for reënlistment, v. 260.
organization of companies, v. 512.
appropriations for the military service;

Vol. i. in 1789, 95; 1790, 104, 185; 1791,
224, 228; 1793, 328; 1794, 346, 404;
1795, 438; 1796, 450, 493; 1797, 508;
1798, 563, 575, 609; 1799, 741.

Vol. ii. in 1800, 66; 1801, 108; 1802,
131, 183; 1803, 227; 1804, 249; 1805, |
315; 1806, 408; 1807, 412; 1808, 470,
473, 497; 1809, 545; 1810, 563; 1811,
615; 1812, 674, 678, 682, 683, 781, 787;
1813, 822.

Vol. iii. in 1814, 104, 152; 1815, 222,
251; 1816, 257, 330; 1817, 345, 378;
1818, 405, 407, 463, 478; 1819, 480;
1820, 539, 562; 1821, 612, 633; 1822, |
652, 686; 1823, 748, 749.

Vol. iv. in 1824, 8, 36; 1825, 82; 1826,
150; 1827, 214; 1828, 257, 314; 1829,
348, 355; 1830, 374, 397, 424; 1831, 465;
1832, 501, 532, 594; 1833, 641, 642;
1834, 673; 1835, 746, 747.

Vol. v. in 1836, 1, 6, 8, 17, 29, 33, 65;
1837, 135, 148, 152, 205; 1838, 209, 224,
241; 1839, 351, 356, 357, 359; 1840, 404;
1841, 433, 458; 1842, 508, 522; 1843,
604; 1844, 678, 696; 1845, 745, 800.

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public service, i. 596.

exemption of artificers in public service
from, ii. 62.

in District of Columbia. See District of
Columbia.

Arsenals and Armories,

establishment and regulation of, i. 352, 555;
ii. 61, 490; iii. 204, 205; v. 260, 512, 513.
on western waters, ii. 241; iii. 788.
in Georgia, iv. 178.

at St. Louis, (Missouri,) iv. 179.
at Augusta, (Maine,) iv. 241.

on Mobile or Pensacola Bay, iv. 304.

at Springfield, (Mass.,) iv. 424; v. 17, 260,
512,719.

near Fayetteville, (N. C.,) v. 47.

at Charleston, (S. C.,) v. 66.

office of superintendent abolished, v. 512.
at Harper's Ferry, iv. 680; v. 260, 512, 720

Arson,

in forts, navy-yards, &c., iv. 115.
in the District of Columbia, iv. 448.
Artificers,

corps of, established, (obsolete,) ii. 710.
in public service, offences of, ii. 61, 62.
enticement of, ii. 61, 62.
Artillerists. See Army.
Assaults,

felonious, iv. 121, 122.
on ambassadors, i. 118.

on mail carriers, iv. 108.

in District of Columbia, iv. 448.

Assays,

annual, of foreign coins, iii. 779; iv. 681,
700. See Mint.

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Bank of Potomac, (D. C.) ii. 633; iii. 570, 620 ;
v. 1, 69, 232, 449.

Bank of the United States,

first bank, i. 191, 196, 573; ii. 274, 423, 695.
second bank, charter of, iii. 269, 508; v. 48.
frauds on, punished, iii. 275, 276, 508.
loan office, duties by, iii. 361; v. 8, 9.
bribery of president and directors, iii. 508.
frauds in elections punished, iii. 508.
forgery of notes of, iii. 275.

false plates of bills of, ini. 276.

laws authorizing the U. S. Bank to pay
pensions repealed, v. 16.

notes of, receivable by U. S. iii. 274. Re-
pealed, v. 48.

secretary of the treasury to act as agent
of the U. S. in regard to property in the
bank, v. 56.

directors of the bank to furnish statements
to him, v. 56.

secretary of the treasury authorized to
settle for U. S. stock in, v. 200.

suits by, not to abate on expiration of
charter, v. 211.

sale of two bonds of, authorized, v. 296.
Bank of Washington, ii. 625; iii. 570, 618; v. 1,
69, 232, 449.

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by commissioners, i. 334; ii. 679; iii. 350. | Barbary Powers,

by judges, i. 91, 334.

for good behavior, i. 609; v. 214.

excessive, not to be required, i. 21.

discharged in cases removed from state
courts, i. 79.

under neutrality acts, v. 214.

in District of Columbia.

920.

Bainbridge, Captain,

consuls to, i. 256.

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See that title, p. Beacons. See Buoys.

rewards to, for captures, ii. 818, 831.
Baltimore,

port duty, ii. 103, 316; iii. 125, 665;
602.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,

Beer, Porter, and Åle,

importation of, regulated, i. 701
Bell, Wm. H.,

purchase of his patents, v. 126.

v. Benefit of clergy,

branch to Washington authorized, iv. 268,
476, 672, 757.

Bank Bills and Notes.

No bank notes under ten dollars, and after
3d March, 1837, none under twenty dol-
lars, to be paid by the U. States, v. 9.
Repealed, v. 440.

issue of by dead corporations forbidden, v.
297.

Bank of Alexandria, (D. C.) ii. 621; iii. 570,
618; v. 4, 254.

Bank of Columbia, (D. C.) iii. 570, 618, 619; v.
4, 321.

Bank of the Metropolis, (D. C.) iii. 387, 570,

618; v. 1, 69, 232, 449.

Bank of Milwaukie, (Wisc.) v. 198.
Bank of Mineral Point, (Wisc.) v. 198.

not allowed, i. 119.

Biddle, Captain James,

reward and medal for capture of the Pen-
guin, iii. 254, 341.

Bill of Rights, i. 21.
Bills of Banks,

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of clerk of house of representatives, iii. 212. Bullion,
of consuls, 1. H.

of clerks of courts, i. 76.

of marshals, i. 57 ; μ. 372.

of officers of mint, 1. 341.

of pursers in navy, ii. 536; iii. 350.

of surveyor-general, iii. 637.
of postmasters, iv. 13; v. 82.
of public officers increased, ui. 582.
Boundaries,

between U. S. and Mexico, iv. 558.
western boundary of Arkansas, iv. 40.
between Arkansas and Louisiana, iv. 276.
between U. S. and British provinces, v.
402, 413.

running the line fixed by treaty of 1842,
with Great Britain, v. 623.

Bounty. See Military Bounty Lands.
on fisheries-

obsolete acts, i. 27, 229, 260, 533, 692;
ii. 36, 436.

acts in force, iii. 49, 254, 314, 351, 417,
520; iv. 38.

See Collection of Duties.

for destroying enemy ships, (obsolete,) ii.
816.

for prisoners of war, (obsolete,) iii. 81, 105.
to Canadian volunteers, iii. 256, 301, 393,
641.

on enlistment in army, ii. 135; iv. 647; v.
260.

to militia, i. 408, 414.

in navy, ii. 53.

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trade regulated and interdicted with, iii. 432.
ports of U. S. closed against British vessels
coming from, iii. 602.

no merchandise to be imported therefrom,
unless wholly of the growth of, &c., iii.
602.

ports of U. S. to be open to British vessels,
directly from, iii. 740.

president, on the adoption of certain meas-

ures by the British government, to open
ports of the U. S. on reciprocal terms,
iv. 419.
proclamations respecting trade with, vols.
iii. & iv. Appendix.

at mint, i. 249; v. 158.

expense of test to be deducted from bullion,
IV. 278.

gold and silver to be separated at the ex-
pense of party, iv. 275.

bullion not intended for coinage may be
assayed, iv. 27-.

deduction of one half per cent, iv. 700.
bullion at mint, v. 138.

to be assayed, v. 139.

charges to which depositor is subjected, v.
133.

payment for, when and how to be made,
v. 140.

copper bullion to be bought, v. 141.

Buoys, Beacons, Columns, Monuments, Piers,
and Spindles,

establishment and support of, i. 53, 137,
251, 393, 426; and see Lighthouses, p.
933.

Adam's Fall, iii. 599.

Allen's Rocks, iv. 289.
Annapolis, iv. 490.
Annisquam Harbor, iv. 345.
Appalachicola Bay, iv. 491, 760.
Auld's Rock, iv. 345.
Bantam Ledge, v. 259.

Barnstable Harbor, ii. 828.

Bass River, iv. 229, 343, 381, 720; v.
289.

Beach Point, ii. 647; iii. 110.

Beaufort, iv. 90.

Bergen Point, v. 290.

Beverly Harbor, ii. 612, 659, 828; in.
110, 316, 357.

Billop's Point Shoal, v. 290.

Bishop Rock, iv. 345.

Black Rock Harbor, iv. 347.

Bluff Shoal, iii. 698.

Boon Island, i. 730.

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Buoys, Beacons, &c. (continued.)
Chesapeake Bay, i. 251; iii. 534.
Chester, iv. 231.

Chickama-comica Channel, v. 291.
Chincoteague Inlet, iv. 759.
Cockney's Island, iii. 534.
Cohasset Rocks, iv. 345, 489.
Collins's Ledge, iv. 228.
Conner's Hook Island, iv. 282.
Constitution Point, iv. 284.
Corner Stake, v. 290.
Cornfield Point, iv. 61.
Craney Island Bar, iv. 172.
Damariscotta River, iv. 759.
Darien Harbor, ii. 476.
Deer-Island Point, iv. 720.

Delaware River, ii. 152, 176, 320.
Dobay Bar, ii. 647; iii. 110.
Dog River Bar, iv. 176.
Dorchester Flats, iv. 171.
Drummer's Ledge, v. 289.

Dunkirk Harbor, iv. 228, 275, 363.
Dyer's Rock, iv. 345.

East Greenwich Harbor, iv. 172, 228.
Edgartown, ii. 659; iii. 110, 357; iv.
282.

Erie Harbor, iv. 490.

Fairweather Island, ii. 414.

Federal Point New Inlet, iv. 172.
Frying-pan Shoals, iii. 672.

Fulcher's Point, iv. 134.
Georges River, iv. 720, 758.

Georgetown Harbor, iii. 316, 698; iv.

90, 147, 172, 346, 490, 760.
Gloucester Harbor, iv. 172, 345.
Goat Island, i. 540.

Grand River, iv. 133.

Grass Island, iv. 171.

Great Beds, v. 290.
Great Brewster, ii. 611.

Great Egg Harbor, ii. 476.

Great Hill Shoals, v. 290.
Hadrell's Point, iii. 780.
Half-tide Ledge, v. 289.
Half-way Rock, iii. 534; iv. 489.
Harbor Island, iii. 698; iv. 490.
Haverstraw Bay, iv. 282.
Hospital Island, iv. 489.
Hudson River, iv. 346, 512.
Inn Recf, iv. 172.

Ipswich, ii. 476.

James's Ledge, iii. 644.

James River, v. 290.

Kennebeck Bay and River, iv. 284.

Kennebunk Harbor and River, iii. 598;

iv. 759.

Kettle Bottoms, iv. 172.

Key West, iv. 284.

Kilpond Bar, iv. 284.

La Paisance Bay, iv. 229, 363, 397.
Little Egg Harbor, iv. 172.

Little Mark Island, iv. 230.

Long Island Sound, ii. 151, 320, 388;
iv. 172, 489, 759.

Long Shoal, iii. 698.
Lookout, iv. 283.

Lower Cedar Point, iv. 172.

Lynn Harbor, iv. 759.

Marcus Hook, iv. 347.
Martin's Industry, iv. 346.
Matapungo Inlet, iv. 759.
Maumee Bay, iv. 760.
Miami, iv. 760.

Buoys, Beacons, &c. (continued.)
Middle Shoal, iv. 172.

Middle Ground Shoal, iii. 698.
Milford Harbor, v. 200.

Mill River Harbor, iv. 134.

Minot's Ledge, iv. 345, 489, 759.

Mispillion Creek, iv. 490.

Mississippi River, iii. 535; iv. 173, 343.

Mobile Bay, iv. 230, 491, 760.
Mobile Point, iv. 173.

Mt. Desert, v. 289.

Mystic River, v. 290.
Nanjemoy Reach, iv. 172.

Nanticoke River, iv. 759.

Nantucket, i. 540; ii. 476; iv. 759.

Narragansett, ii. 125.

Neenah River, v. 330.

Newark Bay, v. 290.
New Bedford, iv. 759.
Newburyport, iii. 317.
Newcastle, iv. 176.

New Inlet, i. 607; ii. 659; iii. 110.
357; iv. 343, 346.

New Haven Harbor, iii. 110; iv. 489.
New London, i. 353.
Newport Harbor, iv 345.
New York Harbor, ii. 435.
Nix's Mate, iv. 720.
Norwalk Island, iii. 534.

Norwalk Harbor, iv. 228.

Ocracoke Inlet, iv. 133, 231; iii. 672.

Old Gay Rock, iii. 649.

Old Orchard Shoal, v. 290.
Onancock Creek, v. 290.

Oswego Harbor, iv. 228, 275, 363, 648

v. 188.

Pamptico Point, iv. 282, 287.

Pamptico Sound, ii. 406; iv. 231, 347

Pass Christian, iv. 348.

Pass Marianne, iv. 348.

Passaniaquoddy Bay, iv. 758.
Patapsco River, iii. 534.
Paucatuck River, v. 289.
Pawtuxet, iv. 282.

Pea Patch, iv. 283, 346.
Penobscot River, v. 289.
Pensacola, iv. 134.

Pine Point Shoal, iii. 698.
Plymouth, ii. 476.

Pocomoke River, iv. 759.
Point of Marsh Shoals, iii. 698.
Point Gammon, iv. 228.

Pool's Island, iv. 283; v. 290.
Portland Harbor, iv. 759; v. 289.
Portsmouth Harbor, iv. 345.
Port Tobacco Shoals, iv. 172.
Port Clinton, iv. 760.
Potomac River, iv. 490.
Providence, i. 353; v. 289.
Prudence Island, iv. 345.
Punham Rock, iv. 282.
Roanoke Marshes, iv. 282.
Rose Island, iv. 345.

Round Shoals, iv. 172.
Sackett's Harbor, iv. 489.

Saco Harbor, iv. 229.

Saco River, iv. 61.

Salem Harbor, ii. 414, 466, 524 ; iii.

599; v. 289.

Sand Island, iv. 173, 282, 284.

Sandusky Bay, iv. 346, 760.

Sandy Hook, i, 540 ; ii. 294; iv. 172.
Saybrook Bar, iv. 489.

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