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The article presents the Act of March 3, 1819, chapter 44, incorporating subscribers to the Bank of the United States. As enacted by the United States Congress, the act establishes a bank of the United States of America, with a capital of thirty five million dollars. Seventy thousand shares amounting to seven million dollars shall be paid for by the U.S., and 280,000 shares amounting to the sum of twenty-eight million dollars shall be paid for by individuals, companies, and corporations. Section two establishes banks across the county including locations like Portland, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York; and New Orleans, Louisiana. It also says these subscriptions will be opened under the superintendence of five commissioners in Philadelphia and three at each of the other locations.

Presents the act passed by the US Congress in 1917 to further the national security and defense during World War I by establishing government controls on food and fuel. Encouragement of production; Conservation of supplies; Control of distribution; Sections in the Act; Provisions in the Act; Approval of the Act.

Presents the March 13, 1818 message of Congressman Henry Clay regarding the subject on internal improvement addressed the US House of Representatives.