City of New-York.

An Ordinance organizing the Department of the Municipal Government of the City, and prescribing their power and duties, 8vo. New-York, 1849. (Presented.)

City of Brooklyn.

The Ordinances of the City, collected and indexed by Howard C. Cady. Published pursuant to a resolution of the Common Council. 8vo. Brooklyn, 1850. 1 vol. (Presented.) North-Carolina.

Laws of the State of North-Carolina. Published according to Act of Assembly. By James Iredell. From 1715 to 1790, (inc.) Edenton, 1791. With Laws in continuation to 1798, inclusive. Bound in 1 vol. folio.

Laws of the State of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1850-51. Raleigh, 1851. 1 vol. (Presented.)

Ohio.

Acts of a general nature passed by the 49th General Assembly, 1850–51, vol. XLIX. Columbus, 1851. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Ohio.)

Pennsylvania.

Laws of the General Assembly, passed at the session of 1851. Harrisburg, 1851. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Pennsylvania.)

Rhode Island.

Acts of the General Assembly, passed at the October session, 1850. May and June sessions, 1851. Providence, 1850-51. 3 vols. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Rhode Island.)

Public laws passed at the session of the General Assembly from Oct. 1848 to Jan. 1851, inclusive. Providence, 1851. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Rhode Island.)

Acts relating to the public schools, with forms &c. Revised June 1851. Providence, 1851. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Rhode Island.)

South Carolina.

Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly, passed in December 1801. Columbia, 1802. 1 vol. 8vo.

Acts of the General Assembly, passed in December 1850, and forming a part of vol. 12 of the Statutes at large. Columbia, 1851. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of South Carolina.)

Texas.

Laws of the 3d Legislature. vol. 3, parts 1, 2, 3, 4. Austin, 1850. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Texas.)

Vermont.

Acts and resolves passed by the Legislature at the October session, 1850. Montpelier, 1850. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Vermont.)

Wisconsin.

Acts and resolves passed by the Legislature in the year 1851. Kenosha, 1851. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented by the State of Wisconsin.)

American Charters.

Railroad laws and charters of the United States, collated and arranged in chronological order by W. P. Gregg & Benj. Pond. Vol. 1, containing the laws and charters of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Vol. 2, containing the laws and charters of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Boston, 1851. 2 vols. 8vo.) Charters of the old English Colonies in America, with an introduction, &c, by Sam'l Lucas. London, 1850. 1 vol.

American Colonies.

English acts of Parliament relating to the trade &c., of the American Colonies:

1. An act for the more effectual suppression of piracy. William 3d, 1698. London, 1700. (Black Letter.)

2. An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa. Geo. 3d, 1747. London, 1750.

3. An act granting certain duties in the British Colonies and plantations &c. Geo. 3d, 1761. New-York. Reprinted by Hugh Gaine. Bound in 1 vol. folio. (From the office of the Sec'y of State.)

Great Britain

BRITISH.

Statutes at large of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with notes &c., by N. Simons. Vol. XIX containing the Acts 11 and 12 Vict. (1847-48,) and 12 and 13 Vict. (1849) 4to, London, 1849. 1 vol.

British Acts of Trade and standing orders.

1. Standing Orders of the House of Lords as to bringing in and proceeding on Private Bills. 1849. 4to.

2. Specimens of a Model Bill.

3. Act for paving, lighting &c., the town of Huddersfield, passed August 14, 1848.

4. Act for taking lands in undertakings of a public nature. Passed May 8, 1845.

5. Act for consolidating the provisions for regulating the Police of towns. Passed July 22, 1847.

6. Act for building a Suspension Bridge, near Chelsea Hospital, &c. Passed August 3, 1846.

7. Act for consolidating the provisions relative to paving, draining, cleaning, lighting and improving towns. Passed June 21, 1847.

8. Act to authorise the foundation of a Royal Park, in Battersea Fields. Passed August 3d. 1846.

9. Act to construct a new street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch. Passed July 27, 1846.

Bound in 1 volume folio. [From the office of the Secretary of State.]

Jamaica.

Acts of Assembly, passed in the Island of Jamaica; from 1681to 1737 inclusive, London. Printed by John Baskett, 1738, 1 vol. folio. including an abridgement of Acts from 1681 to 1737. Printed in 1739. (116.)

Canada.

Ordonnances faites et passées par le Gouverneur et le Conseil

Legislatif de la Province de Quebec. Actuellement

force dans la Province du Bas Canada. 1 vol. 4to. Quebec. 1795.

A collection of the Acts passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, and of other public Acts relative to Canada. Quebec 1800. 1 vol. 4to.

The Provincial Statutes of Lower Canada, 14 vols. 4to. Que: bec. 1795 to 1832. Bound in 11 vols. vol. 10 wanting. (The above statutes commence with those enacted during the 1st Session of the Provincial Parliament. Guy Lord Dorchester, Governor, Dec. 1792, and in continuous series, with the above exception to the end of the 1st Session of the 14th Parliament 1832.)

'FRENCH.

Recueil des Lois de Finances et autres Lois D'Interet General, Session de 1840, 1 vol. 12 mo. (Presented.)

United States.

STATE PAPERS-AMERICAN.

Journal of the House of Representatives; 1st and 2d Sessions of the 31st Congress, 1849 and 1850. Washington, 1849-50. 2 vols. 8vo.

Journal of the Senate; 1st Session of the 31st Congress, 1849–50. Washington, 1850. 1 vol. 8vo.

Documents of the Senate; 1st Session of the 31st Congress, 1849 and '50 Nos. 1-82 inclusive. (14 vols. 8vo, vols. 11 and 12, Doc. 39 wanting.) 12 vols. 8vo. Washington, 1850. Documents of the House of Representatives; 1st Session 31st Congress, 1849-50; Nos. 1-90 inclusive. 11 vols. 8vo, bound in 14. Washington, 1850.

Reports of Committees of the Senate; 1st Session 31st Congress,

(1849-50) Nos. 1-216 inclusive.

1 vol. 8vo.

Washing

Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives; 1st Session, 31st Congress, (1849-50) Nos. 1--399 inclusive. 3

vols. 8vo. Washington, 1850.

Miscellaneous Documents printed by the Senate; 1st Session 31st Congress, (1849-50) Nos. 1-120 inclusive. 2 vols. 8vo. Washington, 1850.

Miscellaneous Documents printed by the House of Representatives; 1st session 31st Congress, Nos. 1-57 inclusive. 2 vols. 8vo. Washington, 1850. Senate Documents of the 2d Session, 28th Congress; Supplement to vols. 4, 5, 6, being the Plates illustrating the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations at Girard College. Washington, 1845. 1 vol. 8vo. (All the above presented by the United States Government.)

Treasurer's Accounts, from January to December, 1795. 1 vol.

8vo.

Report on Finances for 1849-50. 1 vol. 8vo. (Presented.) President's Message and Documents; 2d Session 10th Congress. 1 vol. 8vo. 1805.

President's Message and Documents; 2d Session 11th Congress. 1 vol. 8vo. 1807.

President's Message and Documents; 2d Session 19th Congress. 1 vol. 8vo. 1826.

President's Message and Documents: 2d Session 24th Congress. 1 vol. 8vo. 1836.

President's Message and Documents; 1st Session 29th Congress. 1 vol. 8vo. 1845.

President's Message and Documents; 2d Session 29th Congress. 1 vol. 8vo. 1846.

President's Message and Documents; 2d Session 30th Congress. 1 vol. 8vo. 1848. (Presented.)

President's Message and Documents; 2d Session 31st Congress.

1 vol. 8vo. 1850. (Presented.)

Annals of the Congress of the United States: The Debates and Proceedings in Congress, with an Appendix containing important State Papers, Public Documents, Laws, &c., compiled from authentic materials, by Joseph Gales, senior, fom March 3d, 1789, to March 3d, 1799, being for the 1st 2d, 3d