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FIRST CONGRESS. S ~ s s . 111. CH. 7, 8, 9, 10. 1791. 191 STATUTE 111. CHAP. VI1.-An Act for the admission of the State of Ferment into tHis Feb. 18,1,91. Uniim. -- THE state of Vermont having petitioned the Congress to be admitted shte of ver. a member of the United States, B e it enacted by the Senate and House mont to be ad- of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem- g;:, 2; the bled, and it is hereby enacted an& declared, That on the fourth day of March, 1791. March, oue thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, the said state, by the name and style of " The State of Vermont," shall be received and admitted into this Union, as a new and entire member of the United States of America. APPROVED, February 18, 1791. CHAP. VI11.-&n dct to continue in orce, for a limited time, an act passed at Peb. 18,1791. of t11.e. United States."(a) d the $rat Session of Congress, intitule (*dn act lo regulate processes in the Owcrls -- [Repealed.J B e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 179% ch. 36. States of America in Coligress assembled, That an act passed on the Former act twenty-ninth day of September, In the year one thousand seven hun- dn""fz,dt$r, dred and eighty-nine, intituled, " An act to regulate processes in the end of next aes- courts of the United States," shall be, and the same hereby is continued eion of Con- in force, until the end of the next session of Congress, and no longer. gre:%gy ch, 21. APPROVED, February 18, 1791. STATUTE 111. CHAP. 1X.-An Act regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the Feb. 25, 1791. States of Kenttcckg and Vwmont. - [Ohaolete.] Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Kentuckpand States of America in Congress assembled, That until the Representa- :;;y:w~i& tives in Congress shall be apportioned according to an actual enurnera- pre,en~tives. tion of the inhabitants of the United States, the states of Kentucky and ~ c t of April Vermont shall each be entitled to choose two Representatives. 14,1792, ch. 23. APPROVED, February 25, 1791. - STATUTE 111. CHAP. X . 4 n dcf to incorporate t?e subscribers 20 the Bank of the United Feb. 25,1791. Staies.(b) WHEREAS it is conceived that the establishment of a bank for the tExpired.3 United States, upon a foundation sufficiently extensive to answer the Preamble. purposes intended thereby, and at the same time upon the principles which afford adequate security for an upright and prudent administra- tion thereof, will be very conducive to the successful conducting of the national finances; will tend to give facility to the obtaining of loans, for the use of the government, in sudden emergencies ; and will be pro- ductive of considerable advantages to trade and industry in general: - Therefore, SECTION I . B e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o ~ of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a bank u, states, and of the United States shall be established; the capital stock whereof shall amount nnd di. not exceed ten millions of dollars, divided into twenty-five thousand ::$ asf shares. each share being four hundred dollars ; and that subscriptions, of subscribing. - ---- (a) Act of September 29, 1789; act of May 8, 1792, chap. 3, sec. 8: (b) The acts relabug to a Bank of the Unlted States In addltlon to thls act, have been : Act of March 2, 1791, chap. 11 ; act of June 27, 1798; act of March 23, 1804. Authorizing the establishing of oflicee of dirrcount and deposlt in any of the territories of the United States : Act of March 23, 1804. See acts, 1812, chap. 43 ; act of April 10, 1816 ; act of March 3, 1817; act of Morch 3, 1819; act of April 11, 1836; act of April 20, 1936; act of June 15, 1836 ; act of June 23, 1836; resolution March 3, 1837.
