vessy

NUMBER

71. Act for a National Bank. April 10, 1816

72. Treaty with Spain for the Floridas. Feb. 22, 1819

Missouri Compromise. 1820-21

March 1, 1820.

79. Resolution for the Admission of Missouri. March 2, 1821

80. Monroe's Message enunciating the Monroe Doctrine. Dec. 2, 1823

81. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's First Annual Message. Dec. 8,

1829.

82. The Bank Controversy: Jackson's Second Annual Message.

Dec. 7, 1830

83. The Bank C

1831

84. Jackson's Bank Veto. July 10, 18

85. South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification. Nov. 24, 1832

86. Jackson's Proclamation to the People of South Carolina. Dec. 10,

317

318

88. Jackson's Paper read to the Cabinet. Sept. 18, 1833

344

89. Taney's Instructions to the Collector at Philadelphia. Sept. 26, 1833 349

90. Taney to the Girard Bank. Sept. 26, 1833.

350

91. Taney to the Bank of the United States. Sept. 26, 1833

351

92. Contract between the Girard Bank and the United States. Sept. 28,

93. Constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Dec. 4, 1833

94. Act to Regulate the Deposits. June 23, 1836

95. Specie Circular. July 11, 1836

96. Treaty with Great Britain. Aug. 9, 1842

97. Joint Resolution for the Annexation of Texas.

98. Act for the Prosecution of the Mexican War.

99. Treaty with Great Britain. June 15, 1846

100. Independent Treasury Act. Aug. 6, 1846

101. Treaty with Mexico. Feb. 2, 1848

Compromise of 1850

102. Clay's Resolutions. Jan. 29, 1850

March 1, 1845

May 13, 1846

384

103. Extract from the Report of the Committee of Thirteen. May 8, 1850 386

104. Extract from the Utah Act. Sept. 9, 1850 .

387

NUMBER

105. Extract from the Texas and New Mexico Act. Sept. 9, 1850

106. Fugitive Slave Act. Sept. 18, 1850

107. Act abolishing the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia.

III. Sumner's Proposed Amendment. Jan. 17, 1854

112. Extract from the Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska

15. South Carolina Ordinance of Secession. Dec. 20, 1860

403

424

433

Feb. 25, 1862

1862

446

448

116. Constitution of the Confederate States of America. March 11,

1861

117. Call for 75,000 Volunteers. April 15, 1861

118. Proclamation declaring a Blockade of Southern Ports. April 19,

119. Act for a National Loan. July 17, 1861

120. Act authorizing the Employment of Volunteers. July 22, 1861

121. Resolution on the Nature and Object of the War. July 22, 1861

122. Act for calling out the Militia. July 29, 1861

123. Act to define and punish certain Conspiracies. July 31, 1861

124. Confiscation Act. Aug. 6, 1861

125. Act authorizing the Seizure of Railroad and Telegraph Lines.

126. Act authorizing the Issue of Legal Tender Notes.

127. Act for an Additional Article of War. March 13,

128. Joint Resolution on Compensated Emancipation. April 10, 1862.

129. Act abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia. April 16, 1862

130. Abolition of Slavery in the Territories. June 19, 1862 .

131. Oath of Office. July 2, 1862.

132. Confiscation Act. July 17, 1862

135. Act relating to Habeas Corpus. March 3, 1863

136. Resolution against Foreign Mediation. March 3, 1863

137. Proclamation of Amnesty. Dec. 8, 1863

138. National Bank Act. June 3, 1864

139. Proclamation regarding Reconstruction. July 8, 1864

140. Electoral Count. Feb. 8, 1865

491

499

500

500

504

.

507

508

NUMBER

141. Freedmen's Bureau. March 3, 1865

142. Freedom for Soldiers' Families. March 3, 1865

143. Proclamation appointing a Governor for North Carolina. May 29,

1865.

147. Franchise in the District of Columbia. Jan. 8, 1867

148. Elective Franchise in the Territories. Jan. 31, 1867

149. First Reconstruction Act. March 2, 1867

150. Tenure of Office Act. March 2, 1867

151. Command of the Army.

152. Second Reconstruction Act. March 23, 1867

153. Treaty with Russia for the

154. Third Reconstruction Act.

155. Articles of Impeachment.

156. Fourth Reconstruction Act.

157. Act admitting Arkansas to Representation in Congress. June 22,

1868.

Cession of Alaska. March 30, 1867

July 19, 1867

March 2/3, 1868

March 11, 1868

158. Act admitting North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia,

Alabama, and Florida to Representation in Congress. June 25,

1868.

160. Joint Resolution excluding Electoral Votes of the Late Rebellious

161. Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. July 28, 1868.

162. Provisional Governments of Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi.

163. Act to strengthen the Public Credit. March 18, 1869

164. Submission of the Constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas.

April 10, 1869

165. Reconstruction of Georgia. Dec. 22, 1869

166. Admission of Virginia to Representation in Congress. Jan. 26,

536

538

167. Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. March 30, 1870.

168. Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. May 31, 1870

169. Act for refunding the National Debt. July 14, 1870

170. Act for the Restoration of Georgia. July 15, 1870

171. Supplementary Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. Feb. 28,

172. Act to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment. April 20, 1871 .

173. Act removing Political Disabilities. May 22, 1872

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