Chapter LXX. *supplementary to the act establishing the Mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.* May 14, 1800. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Act of March 3, 1801, ch. 21
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Chap. LXX.— An Act *supplementary to the act establishing the Mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.* May 14, 1800. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Act of March 3, 1801, ch. 21.The Mint to remain in Philadelphia. That until the fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and one, the mint shall remain in the city of Philadelphia, and be carried on as heretofore under the laws now in force; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, May 14, 1800. RESOLUTIONS. Resolution I 2 Stat. 86 1799-12-24 Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 6 1 public I. Dec. 24, 1799.Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Relative to the death of General Washington. That a marble monument be erected by the United States, in the Capitol, at the city of Washington, and that the family of General Washington be requested to permit his body to be deposited under it; and that the monument be so designed as to commemorate the great events of his military and political life. *And be it further resolved,* That there be a funeral procession from Congress Hall to the German Lutheran Church, in honour of the memory of General George Washington, on Thursday the twenty-sixth instant, and that an oration be prepared at the request of Congress, to be delivered before both houses on that day; and that the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, be. desired to re-quest one of the members of Congress to prepare and deliver the same. *And be it further resolved,* That it be recommended to the people of the United States to wear crape on the left arm as mourning, for thirty days. *And be it further resolved,* That the President of the United States be requested to direct a copy of these resolutions to be transmitted to Mrs.
Washington, assuring her of the profound respect Congress will ever bear to her person and character; of their condolence on the late afflicting dispensation of Providence; and intreating her assent to the interment of the remains of General George Washington, in the manner expressed in the first resolution. *And be it further resolved,* That the President of the United States 87 SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Resolutions. 1800. be requested to issue a proclamation, notifying to the people throughout the United States the recommendation contained in the third resolution.
Approved, December 24, 1799. Resolution II 2 Stat. 87 1800-01-06 Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 6 1 public II. Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Jan. 6, 1800.Relative to the death of General Washington. That it be recommended to the people of the United States to assemble on the twenty-second day of February next, in such numbers and manner as may be convenient, publicly to testify their grief for the death of General George Washing-ton, by suitable eulogies, orations and discourses, or by public prayers. *And it is further resolved,* That the President be requested to issue a proclamation for the purpose of carrying the foregoing resolution into effect.
Approved, January 6, 1800. Resolution III 2 Stat. 87 1800-02-03 Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 6 1 public III. Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Feb. 3, 1800.Laws for North Carolina. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to procure and transmit to the governor of the state of North Carolina, a number of the copies of the laws of the United States, equal to the number which the Secretary was heretofore authorized to transmit to the governor of the said state by an act, intituled “An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States,” to be deposited and distributed agreeably to the provisions of the said act, for the use and information of the citizens of the United States within the said state.
Approved, February 3, 1800. Resolution IV 2 Stat. 87 1800-03-29 Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 6 1 public IV. Resolved *by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* March 29, 1800. In honour of Captain Truxton, &c. That the President of the United States be requested to present to Captain Thomas Truxton, a golden medal, emblematical of the late action between the United States frigate Constellation, of thirty-eight guns, and the French ship of war La Vengeance, of fifty-four; in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the above engagement, wherein an example was exhibited by the captain, officers, sailors, and marines, honourable to the American name, and instructive to its rising navy. *And it is further resolved,* That the conduct of James Jarvis, a midshipman in said frigate, who gloriously preferred certain death to an abandonment of his post, is deserving of the highest praise, and that the loss of so promising an officer is a subject of national regret.
Approved, March 29, 1800. Resolution V: respecting the Copper Mines on the south side of Lake Superior. Resolution V 2 Stat. 87 1800-04-16 Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 6 1 public V. Resolution *respecting the Copper Mines on the south side of Lake Superior.* April 16, 1800. Resolved *by the Senate and House, of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* Copper mines on Lake Superior.
That the President of the United States be authorized to employ an agent, who shall be instructed to collect all material information relative to the copper mines on the south side of Lake Superior, and to ascertain whether the Indian title to such lands as might be required for the use of the United States, in case they should deem it expedient to work the said mines, be yet subsisting, and if so, the terms on which the same can be extinguished. And that the said agent be instructed to make report to the President in such time, as the information he may collect may be laid before Congress at their next session.
Approved, April 16, 1860. 6 2 1801 ACTS OF THE SIXTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the seventeenth, day of November, 1800, and ended on the third day of March,* 1801. John Adams, President; Thomas Jefferson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; James Hillhouse, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 2d of March, 1801; Theodore Sedgwick, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Chapter LXX
*supplementary to the act establishing the Mint, and regulating the coins of the United States.* May 14, 1800. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Act of March 3, 1801, ch. 21
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