Compensation of clerks in the departments of
- 445
the government,
Additional clerks to be appointed in the offices
of the third auditor and second comptroller,
€ 540
January 14, 1820, (expired,)

See Compensation.

Clerks of the Circuit and District Courts.
Their compensation diminished, (repealed,) 133
Coast Survey.

Appropriation for the coast survey, April 27,
316
1816,

No one but persons belonging to the army or
navy to be employed in surveying the coasts
of the United States, April 14, 1818, 425
Instruments, surveys, and drafts to be deposited
as directed by the President,
An act to provide for the survey of the coast
of North Carolina, and for other purposes,
606
May 15, 1820,
Coasting Trade.

An act supplementary to the acts concerning
the coasting trade, March 2, 1819, - 492
Notes of the acts relating to the coasting
trade,
The sea-coast and navigable rivers of the
United States divided into two districts, 493
- 493
Regulations of the coasting trade,
Code of Jurisprudence for the District of Columbia.
A code of laws for the District of Columbia
- 323
to be prepared, (obsolete,)

Regulation as to the currency of foreign coins,
322
April 29, 1816, (expired,)
Assays of gold and silver coins to be made, 322
An act to continue in force an act regulating
the currency within the United States, of
the gold coins of Great Britain, France,
Portugal, and Spain, and the crowns of
France and five-franc pieces, March 3, 1819,
- 525
(expired,)
The act of April 29, 1816, chap. 139, regu-
lating the currency within the United States,
of the gold coins of Great Britain, France,
Portugal and Spain, as relating to crowns
and five-franc pieces, continued in force for
645
two years, March 3, 1821,

Collectors of Duties.

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737

196

306

Authority of collectors of duties,
Collectors may search for goods on board of
any vessel, to prevent unlawful importation,
March 3, 1815, (expired,)
232
May search dwelling-houses, and stop and ex-
amine any person on foot suspected of
being engaged in unlawful trade, 232
May employ additional inspectors, and com-
mand any person to aid and assist, 232
Forfeitures, penalties, suits for,
233
Note of the decision of the Circuit Court of
the district of Massachusetts, as to pay-
ments out of the treasury of the United
States by collectors,
An act further to establish the compensation
of officers of the collectors of the customs,
and to alter certain collection districts, and
for other purposes, May 7, 1822, 693
Notes of the acts relating to compensation of
collectors and other officers of the customs,
693, 695
An act further to amend an act entitled "An
act to regulate the entry of merchandise
imported into the United States from any
adjacent territory, March 3, 1823, 781
Regulation of the entry of goods from adja-
cent territories,
781, 782

Collectors of Internal Duties.

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Provisions for their compensation,

The collectors to give bond,

-

Commerce of the United States.

Regulation of trade with the British colonies,
432
The armed vessels of the United States to be
employed to protect the commerce of the
United States, -
Merchant vessels may defend against aggres-
sion, =

510

541

511
An act to provide for obtaining accurate state-
ments of the foreign commerce of the United
States, February 10, 1820,
The register of the treasury to prepare sta-
tistical accounts of the commerce of the
United States,
- 541
The President, on being satisfied that the ports
of the British West Indies have been
opened to the commerce of the United
States, may declare the ports of the United
States open to vessels of Great Britain em-
ployed in the trade between the United
States and the British islands, May 6, 1822,
(obsolete,)

The duties of commissioner of loans trans-
ferred to the Bank of the United States, 360
Commissioner of Public Buildings in Washington.
A commissioner to be appointed,
324
The duties of superintendents of the public
buildings to be performed by the.commis-
sioner,
324
An act fixing the compensation of the commis-
sioner of public buildings, May 7, 1822, 689
Commissioner of the Revenue.

of the army,

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128

An act to lessen the compensation of mar-
shals, clerks, and district attorneys, in cer-
tain cases, (repealed,)
133
Their compensation diminished, (repealed,)133
District attorneys of the United States, their
compensation diminished, (repealed,) 133
Salaries of clerks in the office of the Secretary
of the Senate, and clerk of the House of
Representatives increased, April 14, 1814,
(obsolete,)
137
Clerks in the office of the Secretary of the
Senate, and the clerk of the House of Re-
presentatives,
137
Compensation to members of Congress, March
19, 1816, (repealed,)
257
The members of the Senate and of the House
of Representatives to receive fifteen hun-
dred dollars a year,
- 257
The president of the Senate and the speaker
of the House of Representatives to receive
each three thousand dollars,
257
Increased compensation allowed to inspectors,
measurers, weighers, and gaugers employed
in the collection of the customs, April 26,
1816,
306
Increase of the compensation of collectors of
the customs,
306
Salaries of officers of the government con-
tinued, April 27, 1816, (expired,) - 309
Additional compensation to the district judge
of New York,
Compensation of the superintendents of
Springfield and Harper's ferry increased, 323
Compensation of commissioners, clerks, and
translator of the board for land-claims in
the eastern and western district of Orleans,
now the State of Louisiana,
324
Increase of the salary of the register of the
treasury,
- 332
Compensation to the secretary of the Senate,
and the clerk of the House of Representa-
tives,
· 334
Compensation to chaplain to Congress, 334
Repeal of the act entitled "An act to change
the mode of compensation to members of
Congress and delegates from the territories,"
February 6, 1817,
345
Salaries of the second comptroller and auditor,
March 3, 1817,
368
Additional allowance to the collectors at Ed-
gartown, Plymouth, and Middletown, 368

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Compensation.

The salaries of the judges of the Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia increased,
457
April 20, 1816,
An act fixing the compensation of Indian
agents and factors, April 20, 1818, - 461
Compensation to receivers and registers of
public moneys for lands of the United
States, April 20, 1818,
- 466
Salary and compensation of the district judge,
the district attorney, and marshal of the Dis-
trict Court of Western Virginia, February
4, 1818, -
- 478
Increase of the salaries of the Secretaries of
State, Treasury, War, and Navy, attorney-
general and postmaster-general, assistants
to the postmaster-general, and of the chief
justice and judges of the Supreme Court
of the United States, February 20, 1819,
484
Compensation of the Indian agent of upper
Missouri,

Congress to meet on the first Monday in De-
cember, 1813, -
48
The new building on Capitol hill to be leased
for the accommodation of Congress, (obso-
lete,)
- 251
The chairmen of the standing committees of
Congress authorized to administer oaths or
affirmations in any case before them, 345
Compensation of eight dollars per day to the
members of the Senate and 'House of Re-
presentatives, -
- 404
Allowance for mileage,
- 404
Notes of the acts of Congress relative to the
compensation of members of the Senate
and House of Representatives, - 404
Congress to meet on the first Monday in No-
vember, 1818, -
- 433

3x2

448

Appropriation of 100,000 dollars for laying out
and making the Cumberland road, February
14, 1815,

206

Further appropriations for the Cumberland
road, April 14, 1818,
- 426

Debt of the United States.

A loan of seven millions, five hundred thou-
sand dollars authorized,
75
A loan of twenty-five millions of dollars autho-
rized, March 24, 1814, (obsolete,) - 111
Banks in the District of Columbia authorized
to lend any part of the same,
112
A loan of three millions of dollars authorized,
March 15, 1814, (obsolete,)
- 144
Provisions relating to the payment of certain
lost certificates,
425
The certificates of the public debt issued to
creditors of states made transferable, - 651
An act to authorize the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to exchange a stock bearing an interest
of five per cent. for certain stocks bearing
interest of six and seven per cent., April
20, 1822, (obsolete,)

663

An act authorizing the payment of certain
certificates, May 7, 1822,-
Parts of the act of March 3, 1795, chap. 45,
and the act of June 12, 1798, suspended,
696

Defence of the United States.
The President authorized to exchange a lot
with the corporation of New York for a lot
to be employed for the safety and defence
of the city of New York,
- 116

21

Delaware.

Payment to be made for building the court-
house at Hamilton, Ohio, -

Court-house at New Orleans.

306

Representation in Congress according to the
fourth census,
- 651
Department of State.

The Secretary of State to employ additional
clerks,
607
Direct Taxes.

An act for the assessment of direct taxes and
internal duties, July 22, 1813,
22

94

An act to levy and collect a direct tax within
the United States, August 2, 1813,
53
When the legislature of a state shall not meet
before January 1, 1814, such state to be al-
lowed until February to make payment of
the state's quota of the direct tax,
An act to provide additional revenues, by lay-
ing a direct tax upon the United States, and
to provide for the assessment and collection
thereof, January 9, 1815, (repealed,) 164
Notes of acts relating to the assessment of
lands, &c., for direct taxes,
164