Chapter XLVII. *concerning an act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying cast of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes, and the declaration accompanying the same.*(*a*)(*
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Chap. XLVII.— An Act *concerning an act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying cast of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes, and the declaration accompanying the same.*(*a*)(*a*) The act here referred to will be found in Vol. III. p. 471.March 3, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*This act, and the act referred to, not to be published until the end of the next session of Congress, unless, &c.
That this act, and the act passed during the present session of Congress, entitled “An act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido, and south of the state of Georgia and the Mississippi territory, and for other purposes,” and the declaration accompanying the same, be not printed or published, until the end of the next session of Congress, unless directed by the President of the United States, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, March 3, 1811. Resolution Resolution relative to the occupation of the Floridas by the United States of America. 2 Stat. 666 1811-01-15 1 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 11 3 public Resolution *relative to the occupation of the Floridas by the United States of America.*Jan. 15, 1811. Taking into view the peculiar situation of Spain, and of her American provinces; and considering the influence which the destiny of the territory adjoining the southern border of the United States may have upon their security, tranquillity, and commerce:
Therefore, *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatThe United States cannot, without inquietude, see the Floridas pass into the hands of a foreign power, &c. the United States, under the peculiar circumstances of the existing crisis, cannot, without serious inquietude, see any part of the said territory pass into the hands of any foreign power; and that a due regard to their own safety compels them to provide, under certain contingencies, for the temporary occupation of the said territory; they, at the same time, declare that the said territory shall, in their hands, remain subject to future negotiation.
Approved, January 15, 1811. 12 12 1 1811 1812 ACTS OF THE TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, *Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of November,* 1811, *and ended on the sixth day of July,* 1812. James Madison, President; George Clinton, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; William H. Crawford, President of the Senate pro tempore, from the 26th of March, 1812;
Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives. STATUTE I. Chapter I: to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage. 2 Stat. 667 1811-11-18 Chapter I 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 12 1 public Chapter I.— An Act *to authorize the transportation of certain documents free of postage.* Nov. 18, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Documents maybe sent free of postage.
That the members of Congress, the secretary of the Senate, and the clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby respectively authorized to transmit, free of postage, the several messages of the President of the United States of the fifth and seventh days of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and the documents accompanying the same, printed by order of the Senate and by order of the House of Representatives, to any post-office within the United States and territories thereof, to which they may direct, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, November 18, 1811. Chapter II: to alter the time of holding one of the terms of the District Court in the district of Maine. 2 Stat. 667 1811-11-28 Chapter II 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 12 1 public
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- Chapter XLVI*providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands, and for the sale of the public lands in the territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the act passed for the same purpose, and approved February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.*March 3, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Se
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- *to alter the time of holding one of the terms of the District Court in the district of Maine.* Nov. 28, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *District court to be held at Wiscasset, on the second Tuesday of SeptemberChapter II
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