Part of the Historic Indiana Law Project.
Laws of the State of Indiana, Passed and Published at the Twelfth Session of the General Assembly. Indianapolis : Smith and Bolton, 1828. Viewed at Allen County (Indiana) Public Library. Digital copies of specific laws available by request.
APPRENTICES.
Chap. 1 – An act to amend an act entitled an act respecting apprentices.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Chap. 2 – An act making an appropriation for the completion of the House for the Executive of state, and for other purposes.
Chap. 3 – An act making specific appropriations for the year 1828.
Chap. 4 – An act making specific appropriations for the year 1828.
ATTORNEYS, &c.
Chap. 5 – An act supplemental to an act, entitled an act regulating the admission and practice of Attorneys and Counsellors at law.
Chap. 6 – An act to amend the act concerning the Auditor of Public Accounts and Treasurer of State.
CANAL.
Chap. 7 – An act to establish a Canal to connect the navigable waters of the Wabash river, with the navigable waters of the Miami of Lake Erie.
COUNTY BOUNDARIES.
Chap. 8 – An act to attach a portion of vacant territory, lying adjoining to the county of Floyd, to said county.
Chap. 9 – An act establishing the boundary line of Decatur county.
Chap. 10 – An act to attach certain territory to the counties therein named.
Chap. 11 – An act to attach certain territory to the counties therein named.
Chap. 12 – An act to provide for the relocation of the seat of justice of Martin county, and extending the boundaries thereof.
COUNTY BUSINESS.
Chap. 13 – An act supplemental to an act, entitled an act changing the mode of doing county business in certain counties therein named, approved, January 26, 1827.
COUNTIES NEW.
Chap. 14 – An act supplemental to an act to provide for carrying the laws into effect in new counties.
Chap. 15 – An act to organize the county of Hancock.
Chap. 16 – An act for the formation of the county of Carroll.
CONVENTION.
Chap. 17 – An act to authorize the qualified voters of this state to vote for or against a convention for a revision of the constitution of this state.
COURTS CIRCUIT.
Chap. 18 – An act to amend the several acts regulating the judicial circuits, and fixing the times of holding courts therein.
DIVORCES.
Chap. 19 – An act to divorce Sarah Pettingell from her husband James Pettingell.
Chap. 20 – An act to divorce Nancy Maddox from her husband David T. Maddox.
Chap. 21 – An act to dissolve the banns of matrimony between John C. Brown and Polly Brown his wife.
Chap. 22 – An act to divorce Elizabeth and Reuben Stout.
Chap. 23 – An act to divorce certain persons therein named.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT, &c.
Chap. 24 – An act to amend an act, entitled an act to provide for the election of electors, of President and Vice President of the United States.
Chap. 25 – An act supplemental to an act, entitled an act, to amend an act, entitled an act to provide for the election of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, approved, January 27, 1828.
ESTRAYS, &c.
Chap. 26 – An act to extend an act, entitled an act to provide for recording brands, ear marks, and for posting estrays, in the counties therein named, and for other purposes; approved, January 24, 1827.
HABEAS CORPUS.
Chap. 27 – An act respecting the mode of suing out and prosecuting writs of habeus corpus.
INCORPORATION.
Chap. 28 – An act to incorporate the town of Corydon, in Harrison county.
Chap. 29 – An act to incorporate the Franklin Cotton Manufacturing Company, and the White Water Manufacturing Company.
Chap. 30 – An act to amend the act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Charlestown, in the county of Clark.
Chap. 31 – An act to incorporate the Montezuma Agricultural and Domestic Manufacturing Association.
Chap. 32 – An act to incorporate the Indianapolis Steam Mill Company.
Chap. 33 – An act to amend the act entitled an act providing for the incorporation of towns; approved, January 30, 1824.
Chap. 34 – An act authorizing the inhabitants of Congressional township numbered eleven, north range numbered nine, west, to incorporate themselves according to the provisions of the act of 1824.
Chap. 35 – An act supplementary to an act entitled an act providing for the incorporation of towns, approved, January 30, 1824, in aid of the trustees and corporation of the town of New Albany.
Chap. 36 – An act to incorporate the Indianapolis and White Water Turnpike Company.
LEGALIZING PROVISION.
Chap. 37 – An act legalizing the proceedings of the board of county commissioners of Shelby county.
LIBRARIES.
Chap. 38 – An act to dissolve the Connersville Library Association.
Chap. 39 – An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a state Library, approved, February 11, 1825.
MILITIA.
Chap. 40 – An act to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the Militia of the state of Indiana, approved, January 20, 1824.
MILLS AND MILLERS.
Chap. 41 – An act to amend the law regulating grist mills and millers.
NAVIGATION.
Chap. 42 – An act supplemental to an act declaring Blue river a public highway.
Chap. 43 – An act to improve the navigation of certain rivers in this state.
PARTITION.
Chap. 44 – An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the partition of real estate, approved, January 2, 1824.
PARTNERSHIP.
Chap. 45 – An act relative to limited partnerships.
POOR.
Chap. 46 – An act amendatory for the act for the relief of the poor, approved, January 30, 1824.
Chap. 47 – An act relative to the Knox county Poor House.
PROBATE.
Chap. 48 – An act to amend an act entitled an act amendatory of the law, and for the better advancement of justice, approved January 20, 1826.
PRINTING.
Chap. 49 – An act to provide for printing and distributing the laws and journals of the present session.
Chap. 50 – An act to provide for the purchase of stationary for the use of the General Assembly, and for the public printing.
RELIEF.
Chap. 51 – An act for the benefit of Peter Charley, Elijah Hurst and John Watkins, late trustees for congressional township numbered three, south, and range numbered four, east, in the Jeffersonville district.
Chap. 52 – An act for the benefit of Henry Markle.
Chap. 53 – An act for the relief of Caleb Harrison.
Chap. 54 – An act for the relief of Joseph Campbell.
Chap. 55 – An act for the relief of Robert Martin.
Chap. 56 – An act for the relief of Thomas Wyatt.
Chap. 57 – An act for the relief of William Williams and Jesse Gifford.
Chap. 58 – An act for the relief of purchasers of lots in the town of Indianapolis, which have become forfeited to the state.
Chap. 59 – An act for the relief of John Spencer, collector of Dearborn county, and for other purposes.
Chap. 60 – An act for the benefit of the devisees of Thomas Watts deceased.
Chap. 61 – An act to revive an act, entitled an act for the relief of such persons as have suffered, or may hereafter suffer by the destruction of the records of the county of Knox, which were consumed by fire at Vincennes, in the year 1814, passed 7th September, 1814.
Chap. 62 – An act to amend an act, entitled an act for the benefit of persons who have, or are likely to suffer by the destruction of records of Dearborn county, which were consumed by fire in the court house at Lawrenceburgh, on the morning of the 6th of March, 1826; approved, January 11, 1827.
RETAILING.
Chap. 63 – An act to authorize persons to retail spirituous liquors without the requisitions of a tavern keeper.
REVENUE.
Chap. 64 – An act to amend the several acts now in force in this state relative to assessing and collecting the revenue.
Chap. 65 – An act respecting the state and county revenue of the county of Clay, for the year 1826.
Chap. 66 – An act providing for the repayment of certain moneys to the county of Delaware.
ROADS.
Chap. 67. An act to establish a state road from Carlisle, in Sullivan county, to Spencer, on Owen county.
Chap. 68. An act to establish a state road from Shelbyville, to intersect the Madison state road in the county of Jennings.
Chap. 69. An act to establish a state road from New Castle in Henry county, to Lafayette in Tippecanoe county.
Chap. 70. An act to provide for surveying and marking a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis.
Chap. 71. An act to establish a state road from Levenworth, via Bono, to Indianapolis, and for other purposes.
Chap. 72. An act to amend an act, entitled an act to establish a state road from Terre Haute to Fort Wayne.
Chap. 73. An act for locating and opening a state road from the Ohio river, opposite the Yellow Banks, in Kentucky to Princeton.
Chap. 74. An act to establish a state road from Indianapolis, via Danville and Rockville to Montezuma.
Chap. 75. An act to establish a levee, to preserve the road leading from Vincennes, through the lower prairie, near to the Wabash river.
Chap. 76. An act to locate and open a state road from Crawfordsville, in Montgomery county, to Indianapolis.
Chap. 77. An act for opening and repairing public roads and highways.
SALINES.
Chap. 78. An act authorizing the leasing of Royce’s Lick and Rock Lick reserves, in the county of Washington.
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL SECTIONS.
Chap. 79. An act supplemental to the act entitled an act, to establish a Board of Trustees for the promotion of schools in Clark’s grant.
Chap. 80. An act to enable the inhabitants of the Congressional townships in the several counties in this state, to express their assent or dissent to the sale of the sixteenth section in their respective townships.
Chap. 81. An act to authorize the leasing of section sixteen, in township numbered 15, North of Range numbered 7 East, in Hancock county, and for other purposes.
SEMINARIES AND SEMINARY FUNDS.
Chap. 82. An act to establish a College in the State of Indiana.
Chap. 83. An act for the benefit of the Gibson county Seminary.
Chap. 84. An act to provide for the government of the Seminary of Knox county.
Chap. 85. An act making further provision for the sale of the Seminary townships of land in the counties of Gibson and Monroe, and for other purposes.
Chap. 86. An act respecting a county Seminary, and the Seminary funds of the county of Switzerland.
Chap. 87. An act to authorize the loaning of the Seminary funds.
Chap. 88. An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish county seminaries in the several counties therein named, approved, January 26, 1827.
SURVEYORS.
Chap. 89. An act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the appointment of county Surveyors and their deputies.
TOWNS.
Chap. 90. An act vacating the town of Greenfield, in the county of Vigo.
Chap. 91. An act to authorize the board of justices of Wayne county, to sell a part of the public square in the town of Centreville.
JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
Chap. 92. A joint resolution requiring certain duties to be performed by the Agent of state for the town of Indianapolis.
Chap. 93. A joint resolution respecting certain lots in the town of Indianapolis.
Chap. 94. A joint resolution of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, authorizing the Treasurer of state to purchase a book, and make certain records therein.
Chap. 95. A joint resolution to provide the Wabash and Miami canal commissioners with a copy of Strickland’s reports.
Chap. 96. A joint resolution of the General Assembly, relative to the western mail route, from Louisville in Kentucky, to St. Louis in Missouri.
Chap. 97. A joint resolution relative to the northern boundary of the state of Indiana.
Chap. 98. A joint resolution and communication of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, to the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, on the subject of connecting the waters of the Wabash river, with those of Lake Erie.
Chap. 99. A joint resolution of the General Assembly, (requiring part of the Potawatamie treaty, and certain acts of Congress to be printed.)
Chap. 100. A joint resolution respecting the office of the Clerk of the district court of the United States, for the district of Indiana.
Chap. 101. A joint resolution of the General Assembly, relative to purchasers of public lands.
Chap. 102. A joint resolution relative to the procuring of a complete set of the journals of Congress, and other public documents.
Chap. 103. A joint resolution of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, on the subject of internal improvement and domestic manufactures.
Chap. 104. A joint resolution relative to the navigation of the Wabash river.
Chap. 105. A memorial and joint resolution on the subject of the National Road.