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G.W. Perpall. Report of the Secretary of War, on the petition of Gabriel W. Perpall. December 10, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs list of reports to be made to the House of Representatives, at the first session of the Twentieth Congress, by the executive departments. Prepared by the Clerk, in obedience to a standing order of the House of Representatives. December 3, 1827. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twentieth Congress. December 4, 1827. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Unsettled balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year; an abstract of the moneys advanced prior to the 3d of March, 1809, not accounted for; and a statement of accounts on the books of the Third Auditor which have been due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1827. December 5, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Surviving Revolutionary officers. A memorial of Aaron Ogden and Alden Bradford, a committee in behalf of the surviving officers of the Revolutionary Army. December 4, 1827. Referred to a select committee. December 6, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. State of the finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report on the state of the finances. December 10, 1827. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contingent expenses H. Representatives. Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the U. States, of the names of clerks, messengers, &c. in the service of that House, and of the expenditures of the contingent fund of 1827. December 10, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Unsettled balances 2d Auditor's Office. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled, and upon which balances appear to have been due more than three years, prior to the 30th September last, on the books of the Second Auditor of the Treasury. December 10, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Unsettled balances, book Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of accounts which appear to have been due and unsettled on the books of the Register of the Treasury more than three years prior to 30th September last. December 12, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Ratio of representation under fifth census. Documents submitted by Mr. Peter Little, of the House of Representatives. December 12, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Vermont. Memorial of Samuel C. Crafts and others, citizens of the State of Vermont, praying for further protection to domestic industry. January 2, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. New York. Memorial of agriculturists and manufacturers of the State of New York, friendly to the encouragement and protection of American industry. January 3, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. List of select committees. A list of the select committees of the House of Representatives, first session, Twentieth Congress. January 3, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate of appropriations for 1828. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1828. January 4, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Lead mines. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d inst. in relation to the lead mines of the United States. January 7, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Change of stations of troops U.S. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of change of stations of the troops of the United States during the year 1827. January 7, 1827 [i.e., 1828]. Read, and laid on the table. Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting lists of the clerks employed in his office, and in the office of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1827. January 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Corporation of Baltimore. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the memorial of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, for pay and allowance for money advanced and supplies furnished during the late war. January 2, 1828. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Annual report -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings. January 4, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Navigation of the St. Lawrence. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, and the correspondence with the government of Great Britain, relative to the free navigation of the River St. Lawrence. January 7, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Emigrating Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information of the inadequacy of the fund for defraying the expenses attending the emigration of the Creek Indians. January 7, 1828. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. District tonnage of the United States, Dec. 31, 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the district tonnage of the United States on the 31st December, 1826, &c. &c. January 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- military establishment, 1827. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the expenditure of the money appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment of the United States for the year 1827. January 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the expenditures of the appropriations for the contingent expenses of the Navy, from 1st October, 1826, to 30th September, 1827. January 7, 1828. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Corporation of Washington. Memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, of the City of Washington. January 7, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. South Carolina. Memorial of the citizens of Orangeburg, S.C., against any increase of duties on woollen goods of foreign manufacture. December 24, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Elvington Roberts. Memorial of Elvington Roberts, to be permitted to surrender his patent and obtain a new one, for the land he intended to purchase. January 11, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Richard H. Wilde. Petition of Richard H. Wilde. December 17, 1827. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 20, 1827. Bill reported, No. 17. January 14, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Banks of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the returns of the incorporated banks within the District of Columbia. January 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Nett amount of postage for 1827. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the nett amount of postage accruing at each office, in each state and territory of the U. States, for the year ending 31st March, 1827. January 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey harbor of Black Rock. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the harbor of Black Rock, in the State of Connecticut. January 10, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Public lands. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Hon. Mr. Haile, of the House of Representatives. January 10, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Repair Cumberland Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Superintendent of the Cumberland Road, relative to the mode of repairing the same. January 14, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Canal--Baltimore to contemplated Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo, a report and plans of the survey of a route for a canal from the City of Baltimore to the contemplated Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. January 14, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Thaddeus Laughlin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the opinion of the Attorney General, in the case of Thaddeus Laughlin. December 14, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from Henry M. Shreve to the Hon. C.A. Wickliffe, upon the subject of the navigation of the Mississippi River. December 14, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Resolutions and remonstrance of the Agricultural Society of St. Andrew's Parish, S.C., against any further increase of the duties on imports, &c. December 14, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Resolutions and remonstrance of the Agricultural Society of St. John's, Colleton, S.C., against any further increase of the duties on imports, &c. December 14, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina. Memorial of the inhabitants of Fairfield District, S. Carolina, praying a revision of the tariff, &c. December 14, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina. Memorial of the citizens of Columbia, S.C., praying a revision of the tariff, &c. December 18, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Francis Henderson, &c. Memorial and petition of Francis Henderson and Francis Henderson, Jun., on behalf of themselves and family, heirs and representatives of John Laurens, deceased. December 19, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, in behalf of the inhabitants who suffered by the destruction of property during the late war. December 20, 1827. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Cadwallader Wallace. Memorial of Cadwallader Wallace. December 24, 1827. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. South Carolina. Memorial of the inhabitants of Barnwell District, in S.C., remonstrating against any additional duties on imported woollen goods. December 24, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. American water rotted hemp. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 2d March, 1827, in relation to experiments on American water rotted hemp. December 24, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina -- Abbeville District. Memorial of the citizens of Abbeville District, S.C., against an increase of duties on imported goods. December 27, 1827. Read, and laid on the table. South Carolina -- Edgefield District. Memorial of the citizens of Edgefield, against the woollens bill. December 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September last. Together with a list of officers who have failed to render their accounts according to law. December 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Louisiana. Memorial of the Mayor, aldermen, and inhabitants of New Orleans. December 31, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. New Jersey. Petition of the manufacturers of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey. December 31, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Massachusetts -- wool growers of Berkshire. Memorial of the wool growers and manufacturers of Berkshire, State of Massachusetts. December 31, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Treasury clerks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department, during the year 1827, and the compensation of each. January 10, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Light vessel -- Brandywine Shoal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information in relation to the removal of the light vessel from Brandywine Shoal to Tuckanuck Shoal. January 2, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Patents -- 1827. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of the persons to whom patents have been granted for the invention of any new or useful art, or machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon, from January 1st, 1827, to December 31, 1827. January 2, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania praying further protection of the national industry. January 3, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks employed in the Department during the year 1827, and the salary of each. January 3, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Comptroller General South Carolina. Memorial of the Comptroller General of S. Carolina, praying that certain balances due for military works and the purchase of arms during the late war may be paid, with interest, to the State of South Carolina. January 3, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. New York. Memorial of inhabitants of the City of Albany, in the State of New York, praying further protection to agricultural and manufacturing interests. December 31, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. January 3, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Virginia -- Mecklenburg County. Memorial of inhabitants of Mecklenburg County, in the State of Virginia, against an increase of duty on imported goods. January 2, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina. Remonstrance of the citizens of Beaufort District, S.C., against any further increase of the duties on imports. December 31, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. |
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Ohio. Memorial of inhabitants of Montgomery County, in the State of Ohio, upon the subject of free people of color. January 21, 1828. Read, and laid on the table Georgia. Report adopted by the Legislature of Georgia on African colonization. February 8, 1828. Referred to the Select Committee appointed, on the 28th ultimo, on the memorial of the American Colonization Society Rhode Island. Resolution of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in favor of further protection to domestic manufactures. January 28, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Land district -- south of Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, in relation to the survey of the public lands south of Tennessee. February 2, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Contracts by Navy Commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy, during the year 1827. February 8, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. National Road -- Washington to New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, accompanied by a report upon the reconnoissance of a route, across the Cumberland Mountain, of the National Road contemplated from Washington to New Orleans, and a map of the country between those two cities. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. February 7, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 44) to regulate the laying out and making a National Road from the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana. Survey -- swash in Pamlico Sound. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, a report and plan of the survey of the swash in Pamlico Sound. January 18, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pennsylvania. Memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the enactment of a law, that all colored children, born in the Dis't. of Columbia, after a certain day, shall be free. January 21, 1828. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia Negotiation for Cherokee lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to negotiate with the Cherokee Indians, for a certain portion of their country. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts. Memorial of the citizens of Duxbury, in the State of Massachusetts. January 14, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 29, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. William A. Tennille. Petition of Colonel William A. Tennille. February 4, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Legislature of the State of Alabama. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States. February 4, 1828. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Rhode Island. Petition of inhabitants of Newport, R. Island, distillers of rum and importers of molasses, against an increase of duty on molasses. February 4, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Maryland. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Baltimore, upon the subject of protested bills of exchange. February 4, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. United States and Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Charge d'Affaires from Brazil, on the subjects of the discussions between that government and the government of the United States. (Rendered in obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 2d inst.) January 30, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reduction of duty on tea. Memorial of merchants of Philadelphia, respecting a reduction of duty on teas. January 21, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 30, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Officers on the pension list. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of officers on the pension roll of the U.S. designating the states to which the officers severally belong. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan of the survey of Cape Fear River, below the town of Wilmington. February 8, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department, 1827. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the War Department for 1827; the expenditures of the same, and ahe [i.e., the] balance in the Treasury on the 31st December last. February 8, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina. Memorial of citizens of Chesterfield, Marlborough, and Darlington, assembled at Cheraw, in South Carolina, against a further increase of duties on imported articles. February 4, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. New York. Petition of the wool growers and manufacturers of Madison County, praying further protection to the growers of wool and manufacturers of woollen goods. February 4, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. New York Chamber of Commerce. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, against an increase of duty on woollens, &c. January 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Massachusetts. Petition of sundry farmers and landholders, of the Town of Westborough, County of Wooster, Commonwealth of Massachusetts against a further increase of duties of imported manufactures. January 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Pennsylvania. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of further protection to domestic manufactures. January 28, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Colonization Society. Memorial of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. January 28, 1828. Read, and referred to a select committee, to wit: Mr. Mercer, Mr. Gorham, Mr. Shepperd, Mr. Weems, Mr. Johns, Mr. Vinton, and Mr. Fort. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Memorial of the Central Committee of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention to the Congress of the United States. January 28, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill to explain an act, entitled "An Act Confirming an Act of the Legislature of Virginia, Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company," and an act of the State of Maryland for the same purpose. Georgia lands occupied by the Cherokee Indians. Report of a committee, and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in relation to certain lands occupied by the Cherokee Indians, belonging to the said state. January 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Georgia and Florida. Resolutions and documents relating to the boundary line between the State of Georgia and the Territory of Florida. January 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Maine. Memorial of merchants and others, of Portland, in the State of Maine, against an increase of duty on imported hemp, iron, molasses, and woollen goods. January 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. John Culbertson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 113.) Memorial of John Culbertson. January 14, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 28, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Pennsylvania. Memorial and resolutions of citizens of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, against a further increase of duties on imported manufactures, &c. &c. January 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Gov. Cass and Col. McKenney, on the subject of the complaints of the Winnebago Indians, &c. February 5, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 103) to enable the President of the United States to hold a treaty with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pattawatimas, Winnebagoes, Fox, and Sacs Nations of Indians. Stationery -- Custom house Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 22d instant, in relation to supplying the Custom-house at Philadelphia with stationery, &c. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Old continental money. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 10th instant, in relation to the amount of continental money issued during the Revolutionary War, and the depreciation of the same, &c. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature of Georgia on tariff and internal improvement. Letter from the Governor of Georgia, transmitting a report of a Committee of the General Assembly of said state, on the subject of the powers of the general government, for the purposes of encouraging domestic manufactures, and effecting a system of internal improvement. February 6, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 132) in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Report -- Commissioners Sinking Fund. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 6, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Bank of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 3d instant) the monthly statements of the affairs of the Bank of the United States, for the year 1827. March 6, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. North Carolina. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, against an increase of duties on imports. January 14, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. New York. Memorial of the Ontario Agricultural Society of the State of New York, praying further protecting duties on certain domestic manufactures. January 14, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Rhode Island. Memorial of the farmers and manufacturers of the County of Kent, in the State of Rhode Island, praying for further protection to domestic manufactures. January 14, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, remonstrating against the passing of laws by Congress, increasing the duties upon importations, for the encouragement of domestic manufactures; against the exercise of the General Power to construct roads and canals, either with or without the consent of the states; and against the appropriation of moneys by Congress, for the Colonization Society, or in any manner promoting its objects, as being unauthorized by, and contrary to, the Constitution of the United States. January 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph G. Nancrede. Memorial of Joseph G. Nancrede, vaccine physician, Philadelphia. January 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Fugitives from United States to Mexico, &c. &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 2d instant, respecting the recovery of debts, &c. in the Mexican states, from persons absconding from the United States; also, respecting the boundary line between the United States and the province of Texas. January 15, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Coasting trade through Delaware Bay. Mr. Sergeant submitted the following estimate of the annual coasting trade, to and from ports within the limits of the United States, passing in and out of the Delaware Bay, &c. January 15, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. American water-rotted hemp, &c. &c. Reports from the Navy Department, in relation to experiments on American water-rotted hemp, when made into canvass, cables, and cordage. January 18, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Operations of the Mint. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, and a statement of the operations of that institution during the year 1827. January 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands granted to Indiana. Documents to accompany Bill H.R. No. 99, to authorize the Legislature of the State of Indiana to sell and convey certain tracts of land granted to said state. January 21, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Survey of Sandusky Bay, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan of the the (sic) survey of Sandusky Bay, in the State of Ohio. January 21, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Road through the Wyandot Reservation, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th inst. in relation to a road through the Wyandot Reservation, between Cincinnati and Portland, in the State of Ohio, &c. &c. January 21, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Creeks removed west of the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 15th inst. in relation to the number of Creek Indians which have removed west of the Mississippi, and the expense attending the same. January 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Death of officers on the Gulf frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 14th inst., in relation to the death of officers of the Army, on the Gulf frontier, &c. &c. January 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Vacant land in Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of 14th instant, in relation to the quantity and quality of the vacant and unappropriated public lands in the State of Tennessee, south and west of the Congressional reservation line. January 22, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of the island of Nantucket. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan of the survey of the island of Nantucket. January 22, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Superintendent armory -- Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 14th instant, in relation to coal and gunstocks, purchased since 1st January, 1820, for the use of said armory. January 22, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. New Hampshire. Memorial of citizens of New Hampshire in favor of further protection to domestic manufactures. January 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. New Hampshire. Petition of farmers in New Hampshire, praying protection for the interests of agriculture and manufactures. January 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Baltimore Chamber of Commerce. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Baltimore. January 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Bezaleel Wells. Petition for increased protection to woollen manufactures. January 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Massachusetts. Memorial of citizens of Boston &c. in favor of further protection to manufactures. January 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina. Memorial of the citizens of Laurens District, South Carolina, against any increase of the tariff, &c. January 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. Explore the southern polar regions. Letter from J.N. Reynolds to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, upon the subject of an Antarctic expedition, accompanied with petitions from inhabitants of several states, praying the aid of government in carrying the same into effect. January 22, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reservations under the Cherokee Treaty. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of persons entitled to reservations, under the Treaty with the Cherokees, of the 27th February, 1819, &c. January 23, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Dividing line -- Florida and Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of communications from the Governor of Georgia, relating to the line dividing that state from the Territory of Florida. January 23, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Navy of the United States. Memorial of the lieutenants of the Navy of the United States. December 14, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. January 25, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Treaty with Sweden. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. February 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New York, upon the subject of an increase of duties upon certain articles imported into the United States. February 7, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 132) in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Louisiana. Memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana, praying for the final adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana, and particularly for the settlement of the land claims in said state, known by the names of the De Bastrop and Maison Rouge grants. Also, praying for the grant of lands, in certain cases, to aid the internal improvement of said state, and for other purposes. January 7, 1828. Referred, part to the Committee on the Public Lands; the residue to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Pennsylvania. Petition of inhabitants of Northampton County, State of Pennsylvania, praying for an additional and specific duty on imported roofing and ciphering slate. February 4, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duty [i.e., Duties] on Imports. State of Alabama. A remonstrance of the General Assembly of Alabama, on the subject of protecting duties. February 4, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. |
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South Carolina. Memorial of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, and of other citizens of South Carolina, against an increase of duty on woollens. December 11, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. February 22, 1828. Ordered to be printed by House of Representatives New York. Memorial of inhabitants of the City of Albany, and County of Sullivan; on the subject of affording further protecting duties, to domestic manufactures. February 11, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 132) in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Correspondence -- Secretary of War and General Jackson. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of all the letters and correspondence between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815. February 18, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. General Assembly of Ohio. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in reply to the resolutions of the General Assembly of South Carolina, respecting the constitutional powers of the general government. February 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Chipola Canal Company -- Act Council, Florida. Copy of an act to incorporate the Chipola Canal Company, with powers to construct a canal or rail-way between the Chipola River and the eastern arm of St. Andrew's Bay. February 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. February 29, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Internal improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th Dec., 1826, in relation to the works of internal improvement which have been undertaken or projected by the general government, from the year 1824 to the year 1826, inclusive, &c. March 4, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Breakwater -- Delaware Bay. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, on the construction of a breakwater in the Delaware Bay. February 11, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill of the House of Representatives (No. 131) for the accomplishment of that object. Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks in the State Department and the Patent Office, during the year 1827, and the compensation of each. February 12, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Duncan McArthur. Letter from Duncan McArthur, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives accompanied with documents, calculated to sustain his claim to lands between the lines of Ludlow & Roberts, &c. &c. February 12, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Licenses granted to trade with Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of all licenses granted by the superintendents and agents for Indian affairs, to trade with Indians, &c. February 12, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Citizens of Georgia -- claim of Creek Indians. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, on the subject of the claims of the citizens of that state, against the Creek Nation, under the Treaty of the Indian Springs, of 1821. February 12, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, of the 5th inst. on the same subject. Silk-worms. Letter from James Mease transmitting a treatise on the rearing of silk-worms, by Mr. De Hazzi, of Munich. With plates, &c. &c. February 2, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Rhode Island. Memorial of citizens of the Town of Warren in the State of Rhode Island, against an increase of duty on molasses imported, &c. February 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 8th ult. in relation to the nett revenue collected annually, from the year 1790 to 1826, inclusive, on ironware, wool, hemp, flax, sail-cloth, molasses, foreign distilled spirits, and cotton and woollen manufactures, &c. March 1, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary -- Georgia and Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to the boundary lines between Georgia and Florida. March 3, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Robert L. Livingston. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Robert L. Livingston, surviving executor of Walter Livingston, deceased. February 29, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. March 3, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Growth and manufacture of silk. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of May 11, 1826, in relation to the growth and manufacture of silk, adapted to the different parts of the Union. February 7, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Militia United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the general annual returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, by states and territories, from the latest returns. February 8, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Militia. Compensation of collectors, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the compensation received by each collector, naval officer, & surveyor of the Customs, for the years 1824, 1825, and 1826. February 12, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Wool-growers and farmers -- New York. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of wool-growers and farmers, convened, pursuant to public notice, in Columbia County, New York. February 13, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No.132) in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Duties on woollens. Statement, made by Mr. Cambreleng, of the duties, ad valorem, which would be charged on woollens of various descriptions, under the amendment proposed to be made by Mr. Mallary to the Bill No. 132, according to the 2d, 3d, and 4th provisions of that amendment. February 18, 1828. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Land claims in Mississippi. Documents accompanying the Bill (No. 169) supplementary to several acts, for the adjustment of land claims, in the State of Mississippi. February 18, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Surveyor's office -- Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th instant, in relation to the actual condition of the Office of the Surveyor of the Public Lands, in the States of Illinois and Missouri, and the Territory of Arkansas, &c. &c. February 18, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. New York. Memorial of inhabitants of Herkimer County, New York, for further protection to farmers and manufacturers, by additional duties on imports. February 18, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Whole House to which is referred the Bill (No. 132) in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Uriah Brown. Communication of Uriah Brown. February 18, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Selling spirits to Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, containing the regulations which have been adopted to give effect to the 22d section of an Act of Congress, passed in the year 1802, regulating trade amongst the Indian tribes, which 22d section gives the President power to prevent the introduction of ardent spirits amongst the Indians. February 19, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Continuation of Cumberland Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th instant,) a report of commissioners, appointed to locate the National Road, under the act of March 3, 1825. February 19, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. James M'Ilvain. Memorial of James M'Ilvain, praying that the aid of government may be extended to the growers of wool, and the manufacturers of woollen goods. February 20, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which is committed the Bill (No. 132) in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Cumberland Road. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the Cumberland Road. February 22, 1828. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill for the Preservation and Repair of the Cumberland Road. Harbor of Stonington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th December last, a report of a survey of the harbor of Stonington, with a view to the erection of a sea-wall, for the protection of said harbor. February 23, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Surveys of harbors -- Rhode Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys of Church's Cove Harbor; of the shores north end of Goat Island, and of the river and harbor of Warren, all in the State of Rhode Island. February 23, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. South Carolina. Memorial of inhabitants of Newberry District, in the State of South Carolina, against further protecting duties to domestic manufactures and that all laws heretofore passed for that purpose, may be repealed. February 25, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is referred the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Private land claims of Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report and decisions of the Register and Receiver of Public Moneys in the District of East Florida, upon private land claims in said district. January 30, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 7, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Connecticut. Statement of the Clerk of the District Court of Connecticut, showing the amount of fees received by the Marshal, in 1827. February 11, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Rhode Island. Memorial of a committee in behalf of cotton manufacturers, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island. February 11, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill (No. 132) in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Robert Campbell and George B. Cumming. Memorial of Robert Campbell and Geo. B. Cumming. February 11, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill (No. 17) to authorize the cancelling a certain bond therein mentioned Settlement on the Oregon River. Memorial of citizens of the United States, praying for a grant of land, and the aid of government in forming a colony on the northwest coast of the United States. February 11, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill (No. 12) to authorize the occupation of the Oregon River. Wines imported, and duties thereon. Statement submitted by Mr. Cambreleng, of wines imported, and the duties accruing on the same, from 1801 to 1826, also, a statement of the aggregate value of exports to Madeira, from 1st October, 1800, to 30th September, 1827. February 26, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 130) to alter the duties on wines imported into the United States. Ohio. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in relation to the right of the general government, to levy tonnage and impost duties, to protect domestic industry, &c. February 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Payments to jurors United States' Courts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of money paid by the United States to jurors for attendance at the District and Circuit courts of the United States, for the years 1824, 1825, and 1826, &c. February 28, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties on teas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement, shewing the duties actually received on teas, during the years 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827. February 28, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Cadets at West Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the cadets now at West Point; their names, the state and county from whence sent, &c. &c. February 29, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Connecticut. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the Counties of Windham and Tolland, State of Connecticut, praying for the aid of government in the cultivation of the mulberry tree and of silk. February 25, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. National Road. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, upon the subject of the Cumberland or Western National Road. February 25, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill for the Continuation of the Cumberland Road. |
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Creek Indian broke, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information, in part, required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of 21st inst. in relation to the breaking an individual, and depriving him of his authority among the Creeks; also, in relation to the appointment of an Indian chief in the Territory of Michigan, during the year 1827. March 28, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table District of Columbia. Memorial of inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. March 24, 1828. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia Pennsylvania. Resolutions and memorial, of inhabitants of the County of Washington, in the State of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of an increase of duty, on certain manufactured articles imported, and on unmanufactured wool. March 5, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures -- Military Academy at West Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 29th ultimo, in relation to the expenditures at the Military Academy at West Point, from its organization in 1802, to the present time. March 13, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania. Memorial of citizens of Alleghany County, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the amendment proposed by Mr. Mallary, to the tariff bill now before the House, may be adopted. March 20, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. New York. Memorial of the inhabitants of Dutchess County, in the State of New York, against an increase of duty on imported merchandise, &c. March 3, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting: 1. A statement of payments made during the year 1827, for the discharge of miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided for; 2. Of contracts and purchases by the collectors, for the Revenue Service, during the year 1826; 3. Of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen, during the year 1826; 4. Of contracts made relative to oil, light-houses, light-vessels, &c. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- War Department -- 1827. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by that Department, during the year 1827. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. To accompany Bill No. 158 -- appropriation public buildings. Estimates of appropriations necessary to complete the public buildings. February 11, 1828. Accompanying Bill (No. 158) making appropriations for the public buildings, and for other purposes. Surgeons of the Navy. Memorial of the surgeons of the Navy of the United States. January 14, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. February 12, 1828. Bill reported -- No. 162. Indemnity for damages by Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 3d instant, relative to the execution of an Act for the Relief of Samuel Menac [i.e., Moniac], passed 27th of April, 1816: also, of an Act for the Relief of Certain Creek Indians, passed 3d March, 1817, &c. &c. March 15, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Memorial of inhabitants of Otsego County, upon the subject of an increase of duties on certain imported manufactures, &c. &c. March 3, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Rhode Island. Representation of sundry citizens of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, upon the subject of an increased duty on certain imports. March 3, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts. Memorial of the proprietors of the Hingham Umbrella Manufactory. March 3, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Rhode Island -- Citizens of Bristol. Memorial of citizens of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, against an increase of duty on certain imported manufactures. March 3, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveys -- Kennebec River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the surveys of the Kennebec River, and of contemplated routes for canals, connected with the waters of the said rivers. February 22, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. March 4, 1828. Ordered to be printed. Unproductive post roads. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of post-roads which have been established more than two years, and do not produce one-third of the expense incurred by the Department for the transportation of the mail on the route. February 12, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Maryland. Memorial of farmers, mechanics, and others, of Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties, against an increase of duty on imported manufactures. March 10, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is referred the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Wool and woollens. Statement submitted by Mr. Wright, of Ohio, in relation to the effects to be produced by the bill reported to the House "In Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports" in reference to wool and woollens. March 10, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Slaves, &c. captured during the late war. Memorial of Aug. Neale, agent for claimants, before the commissioners to award indemnity for slaves, and other property, under the Treaty of Ghent. March 10, 1828. Read, and laid on the table Pennsylvania. Memorial from citizens of Adams County, Penn., praying for additional duties on woollen goods, &c. with a view to the protection of domestic industry. March 10, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of the cost of making a canal from Cumberland to Georgetown. March 10, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Massachusetts. Memorial of inhabitants of Nantucket, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that an expedition may be fitted out, under the sanction of the government, to survey and explore the islands and coasts of the Pacific. February 18, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Appropriations -- naval service, for 1827. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the naval service, for the year 1827, the amount expended, and the balance remaining on the 31st December, 1827. February 18, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts. Petition of citizens of New Bedford, praying that a naval expedition may be undertaken, for the exploration of the north and south Pacific Ocean, and other seas, visited by whale ships and others. March 17, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Pennsylvania. Memorial of manufacturers of hardware, smiths and iron-founders, of the City of Philadelphia. March 17, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Pennsylvania. Memorial of citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, upon the subject of a post route, between the cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore. March 17, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Protested bills of exchange. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, relative to protested bills of exchange. March 17, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Act -- State of Maryland. An act of the General Assembly of Maryland, entitled "A Further Supplement to the Act, Entitled an Act for the Promotion of Internal Improvement." March 17, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill Authorizing a Subscription of Stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Maryland. Memorial of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, praying to import iron and machinery, free of duty. March 17, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Road -- Zanesville, Ohio, to Florence, Alabama. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the reconnoissance of a route for a national road, from Zanesville, Ohio, to Florence, Alabama. March 18, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Northern and northwestern boundary line. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, pursuant to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 19th ultimo, a copy of the maps and report of Commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent, for ascertaining the northern and northwestern boundary between the U. States and Great Britain. March 18, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 3d instant, in relation to the formation of a new government by the Cherokee tribe of Indians, within the states of North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama, &c. March 22, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims under Eleventh Article of treaty with Spain. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of such claims as were rejected by the Board of Commissioners, under the Eleventh Article of the treaty between Spain and the United States, &c. March 24, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania. Petition from inhabitants of Beaver County, Pa. for an increased tariff. March 24, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Blairsville, upon the subject of an armory, &c. March 24, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. James River and Kenhawa Canal Route. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the James River and Kenhawa Canal Route. March 24, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary line -- U.S. and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 25th ultimo, requesting copies of instructions given by the government of the confederation to its ministers, in relation to the settlement of boundaries with Great Britain, &c. March 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Barrataria. Documents accompanying the amendment proposed by the Senate to the Bill [H.R. No. 96] making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year 1828. March 7, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Northern boundary of Indiana. Message from the President of the United States, with a plat of the survey of the northern boundary of the State of Indiana. December 12, 1827. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Clerks in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department, during the year 1827, and the salary of each. January 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Resolutions -- Legislature New Jersey -- tariff. Report of a committee, and resolutions of the General Assembly of New Jersey, upon the subject of the constitutional power of the general government to enact laws for the protection of manufactures, &c. &c. March 15, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Territory west of the Rocky Mountains. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence between this government and that of Great Britain, on the subject of the claims of the two governments to the territory west of the Rocky Mountains. March 15, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Recaptured Africans. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 5th instant, in relation to the present condition and probable annual expense, of the United States' Agency for Recaptured Africans on the coast of Africa, &c. &c. March 12, 1828. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. National debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 8th instant, in relation to the sum which will be required annually to discharge the whole of the national debt in the year 1835, &c. March 13, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Selection of commissioned and warrant officers -- Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 18th ultimo, in relation to the rule adopted by the Navy Department, in selecting from the list of candidates for commission or warrants, such as the service may require, &c. March 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual report in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. March 14, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. United States armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures at the armories and the arms, &c. made therein, during the year 1827. March 6, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Treaty with the Creek Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a treaty, concluded on the 15th day of November, 1827, between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians. March 22, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Land to Kentucky Asylum -- deaf and dumb. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 8th inst. upon the subject of a township of land granted to the Kentucky Asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb. March 20, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table |
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Africans at Key West. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the disposition of the Africans landed at Key West from a stranded Spanish vessel. April 30, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary D. Bouligny and J.E. Frost. Memorial of D. Bouligny & John E. Frost. April 12, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill from the Senate (No. 96) entitled "An Act Supplementary to an Act to Provide for the Adjustment of Claims of Persons Entitled to Indemnification under the First Article of the Treaty of Ghent, and for the Distribution, Among Such Claimants, of the Sum Paid by the Government of Great Britain, under a Convention Between the United States and His Britannic Majesty, Concluded at London, on the 13th of November, 1826," passed on the 2d day of March, 1827 Volunteer mounted gunmen. Documents in relation to the employment of volunteer mounted gunmen on the western frontier of the United States. April 1, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Supplementary appropriation (military) for 1828. Documents laid before the House of Representatives by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, to accompany the Bill (No. 267) making a supplementary appropriation for the military service of the year 1828. Balances on books of the revenue. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury transmitting a list of balances, standing on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by the collectors of the late internal taxes, more than three years prior to Sept. 30, 1827. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Public lands in market from five to twenty years. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of 18th of February last, in relation to the public land now unsold, which has been in market for five years and under; from five to ten years; from ten to fifteen years; and from fifteen to twenty years, and upwards &c. February 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments of officers of Customs, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a statement of the official emoluments of the officers of the Customs, for the year 1827. Also, abstracts of fees received in the the case of certificates to accompany distilled spirits, wines, &c. &c. March 18, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Pensions to widows, &c. of deceased seamen. Documents submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, to accompany the Bill [H.R. No. 270] to provide for extending the term of the pensions of certain persons. April 15, 1828. Charges against the Creek Agent since January 1, 1826. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 9th inst. in relation to charges preferred against the Agent of the United States for the Creek Tribe of Indians, since January 1, 1826. April 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboat tonnage United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the steamboat tonnage of the United States and the duty collected upon the same. April 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the operations of the Mint of the U.S. during the year 1827. April 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Assays of foreign coins -- Mint U. S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of assays of foreign coins at the Mint of the United States, during the past year. April 16, 1828. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal -- extension of. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, map, and estimate, of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. April 21, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States, during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1828 [1827]. April 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Compensate registers and receivers -- Arkansas. Documents to accompany the Bill [H.R. No. 265] allowing compensation to the registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys for extra services in the Territory of Arkansas. Commission under the Treaty of Ghent. Communication presented by Mr. Wickliffe, from the commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent. April 25, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Contracts -- Post Office Department, 1827. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Department, during the year 1827. April 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Trade -- United States and British Colonies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 9th instant, the correspondence between the U. States and G. Britain, upon the subject of the trade between the United States and the British colonial possessions in the West Indies and North America, &c. April 28, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Memorial of merchants, traders, &c. of the City of New York, praying that a duty of ten per cent may be imposed, by law, upon sales at auction. April 28, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Internal improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, (so far as is now practicable,) in relation to the amount deemed necessary in the execution and completion of each work of internal improvement specified in the report made on the 4th of March, 1828, &c. &c April 29, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Lovely's Purchase -- Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relative to settlement of Lovely's Purchase, in Territory of Arkansas. April 30, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Case of Francis Larche. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 37.) Mr. Livingston submitted the following depositions, relative to the claim of Francis Larche. April 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey the coasts of the United States. Documents submitted by Mr. Carter, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to accompany the Bill (No. 288) to amend the acts to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States. May 1, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Massachusetts. Memorial of inhabitants of Scituate, Pembroke, Hancock, &c. in the State of Massachusetts, praying for the improvement of North River Channel. May 5, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Payments to Major General Brown. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House, of 28th ultimo, in relation to the sums of money which have been received by Major General Brown; and, also, what sums have been received by his aids, in each year, since 1820, &c. May 9, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Petition of inhabitants of Red Hook, in the County of Dutchess, and State of New York, against a further increase of duties on imported manufactures, &c. March 31, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Martinique and Guadaloupe. Documents to accompany the bill from the Senate (No. 122) regulating the commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe. April 8, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimates of appropriations for the first quarter of the year 1829. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations, for the service of the first quarter of the year 1829. April 11, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. South Carolina. Memorial of the Canal and Rail Road Company. April 7, 1828. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. April 14, 1828. Bill reported -- No. 268. Delaware and Hudson Canal. Memorial of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. April 7, 1828. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. April 14, 1828. Bill reported, No. 268. Vacant lands in Tennessee. Documents submitted by Mr. Polk, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 27) to amend the act entitled "An Act To Authorize the State of Tennessee To Issue Grants and Perfect Titles to Certain Lands Therein Described, and To Settle the Claims to Vacant and Unappropriated Lands in the Same," passed on the 18th day of April, 1806. New York Slate Company. Petition of the New York Slate Company, and of inhabitants of Rhinebeck and Clinton, in Dutchess County, praying that a specific, instead of the present ad valorem duty, may be imposed upon imported slate. March 31, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. New York. Petition of sundry inhabitants of the County of Delaware, in the State of New York, praying for the passage of a law imposing additional duties on certain imported materials and fabrics therein mentioned. March 31, 1828. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Barracks at New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of 14th inst., in relation to the erection of barracks at New Orleans, and the sale of the old barracks at the same place, &c. March 31, 1828. Read and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill from the Senate to authorize the purchase of a site, and the erection of barracks in the vicinity of New Orleans. Lands in Alabama. Documents submitted by Mr. Owen, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 86) to authorize the persons who have relinquished lands, under the provisions of the several acts for the relief of purchasers of public lands, to purchase the same at private sale, at a fixed price. March 31, 1828. Indians removed to the west of the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 22d ultimo, in relation to the tribes and parts of tribes of Indians, that have removed to the west of the Mississippi River, their location, &c. April 1, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Examination -- land offices. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the persons employed to examine the land offices, for the years 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, and the compensation allowed to each. April 4, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Legislature of New Jersey -- election of President, &c. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, on the amendment proposed by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, to the Constitution of the United States, in relation to the election of President and Vice President. April 7, 1828. Read, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. National funds -- for internal improvements. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, in relation to the application of the national funds to internal improvements. April 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Abstract of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American seamen in the several districts of the United States, for the year 1827. April 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Creek treaty -- November 15, 1827. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 22d ultimo, in relation to the treaty with the Creek Nation of Indians, of the 15th of November last. April 8, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Memorial of inhabitants of Dutchess County, in the State of New York, upon the subject of the bill now before the House of Representatives, entitled A Bill in Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. April 8, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances -- collectors Customs and receivers for land sold. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the balances standing on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by the collectors of the Customs and others, more than three years prior to the 30th September last; and a similar list in the case of receivers of public moneys for the sales of the public lands. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Opinion -- Attorney General -- Treaty of Ghent. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General, upon the construction of the award of the Emperor of Russia, under the Treaty of Ghent, &c. &c. April 22, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Letter from Tho. M. Bayly. Letter from Thomas M. Bayly, to the speaker of the House of Representatives. May 19, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Correspondence with Brazilian Government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence with the government of Brazil in relation to an alleged blockade by the naval force of Brazil, the imprisonment of American citizens, and the demand made by the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. of his passports, and the cause thereof. May 23, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Discriminating duties -- Prussia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information of the abolition of discriminating duties by the government of Prussia, since the 15th April, 1826, so far as they affected the vessels of the U. States and their cargoes, &c. &c. April 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Payments to citizens of Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Reps. of the 3d April last, relating to payments made to the citizens of Georgia, under the 4th Article of the Treaty with the Creek Nation of 8th February, 1821, and the disallowance of certain claims exhibited under that treaty, &c. May 9, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Condition of the Cumberland Road. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, requiring information in relation to the present state and condition of the Cumberland Road. May 10, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reports -- Registers &c. St. Stephen's. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting two reports, made by the Register and Receiver of the Land Office for the District of St. Stephens, in the State of Alabama. March 28, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. May 10, 1828. Bill reported, No. 297, and printed by order of the House of Representatives. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Philadelphia, praying that the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company may not be permitted to import iron free of duty. May 12, 1828. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Custom-house bonds -- unpaid. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 18th ult. in relation to bonds taken to secure the payment of duties on imports, at the several Custom-houses, which have become due, and remain unpaid, &c. May 12, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Muscle Shoals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th January last, in relation to an examination of the Muscle Shoals in Tennessee River, with a view to removing the obstructions to the navigation thereof, and the construction of a canal around the same. May 14, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the same Bill from the Senate, [No. 46,] to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior Rivers. Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road -- Iron. Mr. Buchanan submitted the following letter, &c. upon the subject of obtaining a supply of iron for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. May 16, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Drawback on exports -- 1824, 1825, and 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount of drawback on exports in the years 1824, 1825, and 1826, compared with the amount of duties which accrued in the same, respectively. May 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties on merchandise, tonnage, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the details of duties on merchandise and tonnage, referred to in the annual report on the state of the finances, of eighth December last; also, a statement of the tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United States, for the year 1826. May 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Passengers in 1827. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the annual statement of the number and description of passengers arriving in the United States, on ship board, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1827. May 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company. Documents accompanying a memorial of the President and directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company. May 19, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Conventions with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of three conventions with Great Britain: 1st. For continuing in force the provisions of the Convention of 3d July, 1815. 2d. For continuing in force the provisions of the Third Article of the Convention of 20th October, 1818; and 3d. A Convention, concluded 29th September, 1827, for carrying into effect the provisions of the Fifth Article of the Treaty of Ghent, in relation to the northeastern boundary of the United States. May 19, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Note -- minister U.S. to Spain, of 20th Jan., 1826. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, a copy of the note of the minister of the United States to Spain, dated 20th January, 1826. May 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian tribes -- northwestern frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 12th inst. in relation to the hostile disposition of Indian tribes on the northwestern frontier. May 21, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Imprisonment of John Baker. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Minister of his Britannic Majesty, in relation to the arrest and imprisonment of John Baker. May 23, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty with Eel River Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a treaty concluded on the 11th of February last, with the Eel River or Thornton Party of Miami Indians. May 23, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- first session, Twentieth Congress. Statement of appropriations made during the first session of the Twentieth Congress of the United States of America, specifying the amount and object of each. May 30, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Suffering condition of the emigrant Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the suffering condition of the emigrant Indians. January 21, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. |
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John Heard, assignee of A. Davis. December 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table John Brest. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. December 19, 1827. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John Shirkey. January 2, 1828. Joseph Smith and John B. Dupuis. January 7, 1828. Asa Herring. January 3, 1828. John B. Lamaitre. December 20, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveyor for Virginia Military District in Ohio. January 4, 1828. Mary Ann Bond and Mary Loveless. January 4, 1828. Indians removing westward. January 7, 1828. J.F. Carmichael. Made January 4, 1828. January 7, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Jacob Clements' [i.e., Clement's] assignees. January 2, 1828. Land claims in Michigan. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, of the House of Representatives of the U. States, in relation to claims to lands in the Territory of Michigan. January 2, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Tax on domestic spirits of 1813. January 2, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. George Johnston and others. January 2, 1828. Lewis Rouse. January 2, 1827 [i.e., 1828]. Read, and laid upon the table. George and William Bangs. January 2, 1828. Road -- Washington to New Orleans. January 2, 1828. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. January 2, 1828. Representatives of John P. Cox. January 4, 1828. John Dorr. December 20, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard W. Meade. January 8, 1828. William and Hugh Shannon. January 9, 1828. James Riley et al. December 12th, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Catharine Stearns and George Blake. December 14, 1827. John Willard. December 14, 1827. William Cloyd. December 17, 1827. General Thomas Flournoy. December 17, 1827. William Thompson. December 17, 1827. Henry G. Rice. December 18, 1827. Madame Le Compte Piernes. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis B. Willis. December 18, 1827. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Robert Davis. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. William Bishop. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Marsh and Joseph Yaw. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Hunt, et al. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Asa Bulkley. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Jonathan Eastman -- widow of. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty with Spain of 22d February, 1819 -- 9th article. December 18, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands reverted. December 19, 1827. William Hull -- representatives of. December 19, 1827. John Rodriguez. December 19, 1827. Andrew Westbrook. December 19, 1827. John Jackson. December 20, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Turnbull's heirs. December 20, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. William and John Peirce. December 20, 1827. Cephas L. Rockwood. December 20, 1827. Marigny D'Anterive [i.e., D'Auterive]. December 21, 1827. Marinus W. Gilbert. December 21, 1827. John Stone. December 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Hampton L. Boon. December 24, 1827. Pre-emption to actual settlers. December 24, 1827. Tennessee to issue grants, &c. December 24, 1827. Orson Sparks and John Watson. December 21, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. December 24, 1827. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. James Miller, James Robertson, Wm. H. Ellis, and Joshua Prentiss. December 27, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Manuscripts and printed books in possession of Obadiah Rich, esq. December 27, 1827. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. John Slavan [i.e., Slavin]. December 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. December 27, 1827. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Drawback of duties. December 31, 1827. Ysabel Osorno de Valverde. January 3, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table Drawback on refined sugar. January 3, 1828. |
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Anna Dubord. January 14, 1828 Frances Felix. January 23, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Judiciary system United States. May 12, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. February 8, 1828. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Francis Valle, et al. January 16, 1828. Lands relinquished -- provision for repurchase of. January 17, 1828. Benjamin Simmons. January 28, 1828. Bannister [i.e., Banister] Stone. January 28, 1828. Graduate price of public lands. February 5, 1828. Richard G. Morriss. February 5, 1828. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill for the relief of Benjamin Simmons. Reduce duties on wines. January 30, 1828. Corporations -- Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria. January 30, 1828. Duties on imports. January 31, 1828. Expenditures of public departments. January 31, 1828. Read, and referred to the select committee appointed, on the 15th instant, to revue the rules, &c. John Moffit [i.e., Moffett]. February 1, 1828. Jane Mary Lawrence. February 1, 1828. Settlers on land -- Choctaw District -- Mississippi. January 28, 1828. Claim of the Marquis de Maison Rouge. February 4, 1828. Thomas F. Cornell. January 29, 1828. Judah Alden. January 29, 1828. Edmund Brooke. January 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. January 29, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Citizens of Georgia -- claims on Creek Indians. February 5, 1828. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel Dubose, administrator of E.D. Dick. February 6, 1828. Frederick Onstine. January 30, 1828. School lands -- Ohio. January 30, 1828. Peters and Pond. January 30, 1828. Joseph Young. January 30, 1828. Sale of lands -- lead mines Missouri. January 30, 1828. Seth Knowles. February 8, 1828. Nehemiah Parsons. February 8, 1828. Moritz Furst. February 8, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah Chitwood. January 31, 1828. Lands to Ohio -- for canals. February 11, 1828. H.P. Cathell. January 11, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table Navigation between St. Mary's and St. John's River, Florida. January 11, 1828. Thomas R. Williams. January 11, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. Robert Johnston's executors. January 11, 1828. Lands for schools and seat of government -- Florida. January 11, 1828. Alexander Garden. January 11, 1828. John Winton. January 11, 1828. Indian governments. January 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. School lands -- Union County, Indiana. January 14, 1828. Minor Thomas. January 8, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. John M'Donnell [i.e., McDonell]. January 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. School lands -- Michigan. January 14, 1828. 37th section of Act To Collect Duties on Imports. January 14, 1828. Edward Wood -- administrator of. December 24, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Freeland. January 14, 1828. Samuel Ward. January 14, 1828. John Good. January 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard H. Wilde -- January 14, 1828. Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table Transfer real estate -- District of Columbia. January 15, 1828. Territorial government -- Huron. January 15, 1828. Mary James. January 16, 1828. Elizabeth Shaw. January 16, 1828. Marine Hospital -- Charleston, S.C. January 16, 1828. Samuel Sprigg. January 17, 1828. Matthias Roll. January 17, 1828. John Gwynn -- heirs of. January 18, 1828. Canal -- Dayton to Lake Erie. January 18, 1828. Mary Reynolds. January 21, 1828. Private property taken for public use. January 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Road -- Washington to northwestern parts of New York and Pennsylvania. January 21, 1828. Cherokee lands -- North Carolina. January 22, 1828. William M'Clure [i.e., Maclure]. January 23, 1828. John Willard. January 23, 1828. Nathaniel Briggs. January 24, 1828. Road -- Homochitto Swamp. January 24, 1828. William Hubble and Daniel Gano. January 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry docks. January 25, 1828. Isaac W. Norris -- Summerl & Brown. January 26, 1828. Lands for support of colleges in Ohio. February 4, 1828. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Emigrating Indians. February 6, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Breakwater in Delaware Bay. January 30, 1828. Fortifications at Pensacola. February 1, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which is referred the Bill (No. 96) making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year 1828. Heirs of Philip Renaut. February 1, 1828. Attach part of Chickasaw Country to Monroe County -- Mississippi. February 11, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of Revolutionary Army. February 11, 1828. Robert Huston. February 11, 1828. Tennessee militiamen. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, to which were referred the correspondence and documents from the War Department, in relation to the proceedings of a court martial, ordered for the trial of certain Tennessee militiamen. February 11, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Orleans Navigation Company. February 11, 1828. Read and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Angelia Cutaw and Cecille Boyer. February 5, 1828. |
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John Heard, Jr. March 10, 1828 Mayor and Common Council of Baltimore. March 31, 1828. Pascagoula River. February 13, 1828. Road -- Penobscot River to New Brunswick. March 27, 1828. Alexander Scott. March 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Claim of Maryland for interest, &c. March 12, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Allen B. McAlhany. April 3, 1828. Of the state of the finances. March 12, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Obstructions in the River Ohio. March 27, 1828. Chipola Canal Company. March 14, 1828. Robert L. Kennon. February 25, 1828. Wm. J. Quincy and Charles E. Quincy. February 25, 1828. J.F. Ohl. February 29, 1828. Riddle, Becktill, and Headington. March 3, 1828. Lotteries in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1828. Sandy [i.e., Tandy] Walker. March 3, 1828. William R. Maddox. March 3, 1828. Richard Drummond. March 3, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Navigation of Pearl River. March 3, 1828. Harris and Farrow. March 7, 1828. Francis Henderson and Francis Henderson, Jr. March 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Irvin. February 13, 1828. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Philip Slaughter. February 15, 1828. John Burton et al. -- Schooner Volant. February 18, 1828. Abigail Appleton. February 18, 1828. Duties on imported teas. February 18, 1828. Henry Bedinger. February 11, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. February 18, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Nancy Dolan. February 19, 1828. Edward Cary. February 15, 1828. Read and laid upon the table. February 19, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Luther Chapin. February 20, 1828. Daniel Goodwin, executor of Benjamin. February 21, 1828. Augustus Aspinwall. February 22, 1828. Joshua Foltz [i.e., Fults]. February 22, 1828. Rebecca Blodget. February 22, 1828. Samuel Chesnut. February 22, 1828. John Bruce, administrator of Philip Bush. February 23, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A. & Z. Cavelier. February 23, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Roads in Louisiana. March 17, 1828. Judge -- Michigan. March 18, 1828. Joseph Burnett. March 18, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Blackwell. March 18, 1828. On Senate Bill No. 50 -- Susan Decatur, et al. March 18, 1828. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Land for Fort Washington. March 18, 1828. Southern boundary -- Lake Michigan. March 18, 1828. Heirs, &c. of William Drayton, deceased. March 19, 1828. Benajah Wolcott. March 20, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Edmund Brooke. March 18, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. March 20, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Joseph Jeans -- representatives of. March 21, 1828. Dividing line between Georgia and Florida. March 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. James Russel. March 22, 1828. Francis Preston. March 22, 1828. Senate Bill No. 96 -- claims -- Treaty of Ghent. March 22, 1828. Read, and, with the said bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Marigny D'Auterive. March 24, 1828. Explore South Seas. March 25, 1828. Accompanied by a Bill [No. 240] which was twice read, committed for to-morrow. Jeremiah Walker. March 25, 1828. Condy Raguet. March 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. William Morrisson [i.e., Morrison]. February 25, 1828. Anthony Hermange. February 25, 1828. Eleanor Simpson. February 25, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Sweet and others. February 29, 1828. John Miles. February 29, 1828. Road -- Wiggins' Ferry to lead mines on Fever River. March 4, 1828. James A. Harper. March 5, 1828. Thomas Hunt. March 6, 1828. Elizabeth Mays. March 7, 1828. Moses Hazen. March 28, 1828. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Joel Byington. April 14, 1828. Varioloid, or small pox, in Washington. March 27, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Baptist Missionary Convention. April 1, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Caron De Beaumarchais. April 1, 1828. Claim of the State of Pennsylvania. April 4, 1828. Col. Pipkin's regiment Tennessee militia. April 5, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures in the Department of State. April 5, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. February 11, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the "Bill to Amend and Explain an Act, Entitled, 'An Act Confirming an Act of the Legislature of Virginia, Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and an Act of the State of Maryland for the Same Purpose.'" Richard Peacock. February 15, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. March 14, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Ann Brashears. February 12, 1828. Rebecca Guest. March 12, 1828. Richard Eppes. March 12, 1828. Navigation of Rivers Teche, Vermillion, &c. -- Lou. March 12, 1828. Jesse Wilkinson. March 14, 1828. Amos Edwards. February 29, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Settlers -- Michigan and Indiana. February 29, 1828. John Gates, Jr. March 31, 1828. Vessels sunk in Baltimore harbor. April 2, 1828. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Archibald W. Hamilton. March 14, 1828 |
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Francis Larche. April 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table Uriah Brown. May 10, 1828. Road -- Lawrenceburg to Fort Wayne, Indiana. April 15, 1828. William Tipton. April 21, 1828. Denison Douglass. December 19, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table. April 26, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Rules and orders of the House of Representatives. April 26, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Jonathan S. Smith. April 29, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Dixon. May 1, 1828. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Peter Ford. May 2, 1828. Business to be acted upon. May 3, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. William Otis. May 5, 1828. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. John Good. May 5, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Adjust claims of South Carolina. May 5, 1828. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On Senate Bill No. 101. December 8, 1828. Committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. May 5, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Michael Lewis. May 6, 1828. Doctor Eliakim Crosby. May 8, 1828. Richard Wall. January 7, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. April 28, 1828. Recommitted to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. May 5, 1828. Second report, to lie. May 9, 1828. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Moses Shepherd. May 10, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Road -- Baltimore to Philadelphia. May 13, 1828. Sarah Jones. May 13, 1828. Road -- Memphis to Tuscumbia. May 13, 1828. Appropriations for internal improvements. May 14, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures -- public buildings. May 14, 1828. Read, and laid on the table. On retrenchment. May 15, 1828. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Case of Russell Jarvis. May 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Distribution of the laws. May 16, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. James D. Barry, and Bailey & Torrey. May 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. James Riley, et al., and Groning & Kelley. May 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. George Blenkinship. May 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Huttleston. May 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Barracks at Carlisle, Penn. May 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Road -- Union Town, through Pittsburg, to Lake Erie. May 21, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Sufferers of the late war -- Michigan. May 24, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Roads and canals. May 26, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard W. Steele. April 8, 1828. Jared E. Groce. April 9, 1828. Lewis Schrack. April 9, 1828. Polly Campbell. April 9, 1828. Subscribe stock Tenth Turnpike Road Company, N.H. April 14, 1828. Obstructions -- the Ohio River. April 4, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert L. Livingston, executor of Walter. April 5, 1828. On Senate Bill No. 108 -- Dillon Buell. April 7, 1828. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Representatives of James Davenport. April 23, 1828. Read, and with the bill committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill for the relief of William Tipton. James Ray. May 6, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twentieth Congress. December 2, 1828. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Report from the Secretary of the Treasury; with regulations established under the Act of May 19, 1828, In Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. January 12, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1829. Ordered, that, in addition to the usual number, 3000 copies be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, made the following report: The Committee to whom was referred the several petitions on the subject of mails on the Sabbath, or the 1st day of the week, report... Preamble and resolutions, adopted at a meeting of the citizens of New York, against the passage of any law prohibiting the transportation and opening of the mail on the Sabbath. February 9, 1829. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 11, 1829. Mr. Hendricks made the following report: The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the President and directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, report... In Senate of the United States, January 8, 1829. Mr. Prince offered the following motion, which was ordered to be printed. Resolved, that the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire what further provisions, by law, may be necessary to effect, with the least delay and expense, the removal, with their consent, of the Indians... Report from the Secretary of War, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department in 1828. January 21, 1829 -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Statement showing the quantity, quality, and average value of the unsold and unsaleable public lands, which would fall under the operation of the graduation bill, &c. December 30, 1828. Laid on the table by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, with a list of the post roads established more than two years, and which do not produce one-third of the expense of transporting the mail on the same. December 30, 1828. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the expenditures of the Contingent Fund of the Senate, for the year 1828. In Senate of the United States, December 3, 1828. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office with one from the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Washington, Mississippi, under a Resolution of Congress, of 19th May, 1828, "authorizing an examination of the claims to land, of John F. Carmichael." Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 26th May, 1828, showing, by a report from the Treasury Department, the estimates for the year 1828, and the appropriations for all purposes, including public lands, made during the last session of Congress. December 8, 1828. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with an abstract of all licenses to trade with the Indians, granted during the year ending the 30th September, 1828. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1829. Mr. Ruggles made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Edwin W. Hopkins and Maria A. Hopkins, of Hopkinton, in the State of New York, the only heirs... In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1829. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Resolution of the Senate, instructing them "to inquire into the propriety and necessity of so amending the judicial system of the United States, as to place all the states in a similar situation, and furnish to the citizens of each an equal opportunity of having a due administration of justice," report... In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1829. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred sundry resolutions instructing them to inquire into the expediency of increasing the salaries of the district judges of the districts of Rhode Island, Maine, and South Carolina, report... Memorial of sundry citizens of Boston, complaining of the injurious effects of the tariff law of the last session, and praying for a revision of the present tariff system. January 29, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1829. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Webster made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Peter A. Guestier, have agreed to report: That the petitioner, on behalf of certain subjects of the King of France, formerly owner of the ship Le Blaireau... Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, praying that an alteration may be made in the mode of disposing of the public lands in the new states. February 2, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 3, 1829. Read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of James Leander Cathcart... Memorial of sundry citizens of Montgomery County, MD, praying that the bill now before the Senate, for the subscription for stock in the Washington Turnpike Road Company, be postponed to the next session of Congress. February 4, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 4, 1829. Mr. Prince, from the Committee on Pensions, made the following report on the petition of John Scott... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with amount of duties on imports that accrued in each quarter of the year 1827, and the three first quarters of 1828; and, also, an estimate for the fourth quarter of 1828. (Prepared in obedience to a Resolution of the Senate, of the 27th ultimo.) February 4, 1829. -- Read. -- February 5, ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with the names and salaries of the clerks in the State Department, for the year 1828. February 9, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1829. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, made the following report: The committee to whom was referred the petition of John Shackelford, refer to the letter of the Postmaster General, and adopt it as their report. And the committee recommend the following resolution: Resolved, that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1829. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of George Wilson, of Pennsylvania, report... In Senate of the United States, December 23, 1828. Resolved, that the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire into the present condition of the fur trade within the limits of the United States, and to report what measures, if any, are necessary to the safe and successful prosecution of that trade by citizens of the United States. Attest. Walter Lowrie, Secretary. In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1829. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from Nathan Lufborough, President of the Washington Turnpike Company, in relation to the bill before the Senate, for the subscription of stock in the said company. February 9, 1829. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with reports from the Secretaries of Treasury and War, showing the amount expended by the federal government on works of internal improvement, within the limits of the several states, with an estimate of the amount necessary to complete any work begun and not yet completed. February 10, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Protest of the Legislature of South-Carolina, against the system of protecting duties, adopted by the federal government. February 10, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, "On the subject of the right which that state has to the unappropriated lands within her boundaries." February 10, 1829. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with Resolutions of the Senate of the 10th of December and 15th January, relative to Indian Affairs, &c. &c. February 10, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, praying that the title of the Miami Indians to large tracts of land in that state may be extinguished, &c. February 11, 1829--Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 11, 1829. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chambers made the following report: the select committee, to whom were referred the petitions of sundry persons praying indemnity for losses sustained by captures and other injuries to their commerce, prior to the year eighteen hundred, report... In Senate of the United States, December 8, 1828. Read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Joint Resolution for the care and preservation of the Cumberland Road, and of other roads, made or to be made by the federal government within the limits of the different states. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. Made 9th December, 1828. Dec. 9, 1828. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with report from the Secretary of State, showing the number of free taxable inhabitants who are not freeholders, in Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, and the western district of Louisiana, and in the Territory of Florida: made in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, of 25th April, 1828. December 9, 1828. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, made in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, of the 25th April, 1828; and showing, 1. Quantity and quality of land, at minimum price, unsold 30th June, 1828. 2. Probable value and character of same. 3. Length of time same has been in market. 4. Time that same was subject to be disposed of by foreign sovereigns before it came under the dominion of the United States. December 9, 1828 -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, praying for a revision of the revenue laws, and the establishment of warehouses at the principal ports. Dec. 11th, 1828, referred to the Committee on Commerce. -- Dec. 16th, ordered to be printed. Memorial of the merchants of Boston, representing their views in relation to the system of credit duties on imports. December 17, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, praying to be protected from the injurious operation of the auction system, &c. December 18, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, December 23, 1828. Mr. Benton's resolution on the public debt, the sinking fund, the abolition of duties, and the balances of public money in the hands of the Bank of the United States. Considered, made the order of the day for Monday next, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, December 23, 1828. Motion by Mr. Eaton, to refer to the Committee on Finance, the subject of a change in the mode of compensating, and in the duties of the Officers of the Customs. December 23, 1828. -- Agreed to, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, December 31, 1828. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company... In Senate of the United States, December 31, 1828. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Elias Earle, executor of Elias Earle, deceased, report: That the prayer of the petitioner, is to be relieved from a judgment... List of committees of the Senate of the United States. Twentieth Congress -- second session -- 1828-9. calculation showing the time in which the public debt of the United States would be extinguished, if the whole of the ten millions of dollars, appropriated annually to the Sinking Fund, should be applied to that purpose; and a calculation showing the time in which the debt may be extinguished under the operation of the bill to provide for the distribution of a part of the revenues of the United States among the several states. January 2, 1829. Laid on the table by Mr. Dickerson, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 5, 1829. Mr. Hayne made the following report. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary on the "bill granting to William Conner the right of pre-emption to 648 acres of land." Letter from the Governor of Georgia, with a report of a committee of the Legislature of that state, relative to the line between Georgia and Florida, &c. January 5, 1829 -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Report from the Secretary of War, (in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 10th December, 1828,) with a detailed statement of the several tribes of Indians within the U.S., and the extent and location of certain lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished. January 6, 1829. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th May last, in relation to the establishment of a Navy yard between Cape Hatteras and Florida January 6, 1829 -- Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 6, 1829. Mr. Woodbury made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Nathan Potts and Samuel Clement, assignees of Jacob Clement, report... In Senate of the United States, January 7, 1829. Mr. Barton made the following report. The Committee on Private Claims, to whom the petition and documents of Isidore Moore, of Missouri, were referred, report... In Senate of the United States, January 7, 1829. Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the following report, which was read. January 8, ordered that this report, and the memorial of Major General Scott, be printed. Protest of the Legislature of Georgia, against the Act of Congress, of the last session, "In Alteration of the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports." January 12, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry merchants and traders of Philadelphia, praying that the present duty on teas be reduced. January 12, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1829. Mr. Rowan made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William Whitaker, James Wilson, and Joseph D. Hamilton, a portion of the securities of Amos Edwards, collector of the direct tax and internal duties for the sixth district in the State of Kentucky... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1829. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial and petition of John Donnell report... Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, praying that adequate protection be extended by the government to the trade between that state and Mexico; and that measures be taken to exclude the British traders in fur from any intercourse with the Indians within the territory of the United States. January 26, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, complaining of the present mode of disposing of the public lands, and praying that an act may be passed to graduate the prices of the public lands, to make donations to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the states in which they lie. January 26, 1829. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, representing the disadvantages arising to that state from the large quantity of unappropriated public lands therein, and requesting their members in Congress, to use their exertions to obtain a cession of said lands to the State of Louisiana, &c. &c. January 26, 1829. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Memorial of several tribes of Indians, late of New York, who purchased lands in Michigan from tribes residing there; which lands, they state, have been by a late treaty, again sold by the original proprietors to the United States, without their consent; and praying that said treaty may not be confirmed, and that commissioners be aped [i.e., appointed] to investigate the matter, &c. January 26, 1829. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. -- January 27, ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the City of Washington, favorable to the passage of the bill before the Senate, for the subscription of stock of the Washington and Frederick-town Turnpike Co. Feb. 12, 1829. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with a report from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the exploring expedition, &c., made in compliance to a Resolution of the Senate. February 16, 1829 -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from Dr. Joseph Paxton, of Hempstead County, to the Hon. A.H. Sevier, delegate to Congress from the Territory of Arkansas, in relation to the raft of Red River. February 16, 1829. -- Laid on the table by Mr. Hendricks, and ordered to be printed; and that 200 additional copies be also printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, praying for a reduction of the duties imposed by the late tariff. February 16, 1829. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with the annual return from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during 1828. January 14, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual report from the Director of the Mint, showing the assays of foreign coins for the year 1828. January 14, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with supplemental report from the Secretary of State, showing the free taxable inhabitants not freeholders, in certain states and territories of the United States. January 14, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report adopted by the Legislature of Georgia, on the resolutions of South Carolina and Ohio, in relation to the powers of the general government and state rights, and to the subject of slavery. 1829, January 14. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry importing merchants of Boston, praying that the collector of the Customs be directed to settle their accounts for duties on goods imported under the former tariff laws, in order that the late tariff should not have a retrospective and an injurious operation against them, &c. January 14, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 15, 1829. Mr. Marks made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the petition and papers of Nathaniel Mothershead, report: That from the facts submitted to the Committee, it appears that the petitioner first entered the service of the United States... Report from the Secretary of Treasury, (in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of the 30th December last,) showing the balances of public money in the Bank of the United States and its branches, at the end of each quarter of the year, from 1817 to 1828. January 15, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey and estimate for improving the harbor of St. Marks, in Florida. January 12, 1829 -- Read: Ordered to be printed on the 15th. Memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the public lands in that state. Dec. 16, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, December 22, 1828. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Griffin, administrator of Lawrence Gibbons, report: That from the documents accompanying the petition, it appears that on the 6th October, in the year 1802, Thomas Archer entered into a bond to the United States, in the sum of $5000, conditioned for his faithful discharge of the duties appertaining to the office of Collector of the Customs of the district of York Town, in the State of Virginia; in which obligation William Goosly and Lawrence Gibbons joined as his sureties... In Senate of the United States, December 22, 1828. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John C. Herbert... Message from the President of the United States, with a report from the Secretary of War, (in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, of the 26th May, 1828,) relative to the practicability and probable cost of constructing an artificial harbor or breakwater at the mouth of the Mississippi. December 8, 1828. Read, and ordered to be printed. |
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Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, declaring, in their opinion, that Congress has no power to appropriate moneys to aid the American Colonization Society. February 19th, 1829. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Report of the Select Committee of the Legislature of Virginia, agreed to and adopted by said Legislature, in opposition to the tariff system. March 3d, 1829 -- Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, (in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate,) with copies of communications from the Commissioner under the 4th Article of the Treaty of Ghent. February 25, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with "An Act Regulating Passenger Ships and Vessels," for the year ending with the third quarter of 1828. February 26, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, relative to differences between that company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, as to precedence, in the selection and location of the route, at certain points. February 26, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying that Congress will grant to that state a sufficient quantity of land to enable it to complete the canal between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan. February 16, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with reports from the Register and Receiver of the Land Office for the District of Jackson Court-house, under the law for the adjustment of land claims in the State of Mississippi. February 18, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of the commerce and navigation of the U. States, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1828. February 19, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 1000 additional copies be also printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, for the speedy location and construction of the Cumberland Road to the City of Jefferson. February 19, 1829 -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, praying that improvements may be made in the navigation of the Mississippi River; that an alteration be made in the northern boundary line of that state; and that certain Indian lands be purchased by the United States, &c. Feb. 19, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, respecting the mode of electing the President of the United States. February 19, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Memorial of the President and directors of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company, praying that the United States may be authorized to subscribe for two thousand five hundred shares of the capital stock of said company. Feb. 9, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Feb. 19. -- Bill reported (No. 92,) and ordered that this memorial be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 20, 1829. Read, and ordered that in addition to the usual number 1000 copies be printed. Mr. Smith, of Maryland, made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which was referred, on the 12th day of January, 1829, the following resolutions... Message from the President of the United States, with a statement of the expenses of the General Land Office, for the year 1827; in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, of the 23d instant. February 27, 1829. -- Read. Feb. 28. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with a Report from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the Inspection Returns of Brevet Major General Gaines, for 1826 and 1827, Relating to the Organization of the Army and the Militia, &c. February 27, 1829 -- Read. February 28, Ordered To Be Printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the survey of a route for a canal between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. February 28, 1829. Read, and ordered that 6000 copies be printed. Protest of the Legislature of Alabama, against the tariff system. February 28, 1829. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States, March 2, 1829. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Eleanor Worthington, executrix, and James T. Worthington, executor, on the estate of the late Thomas Worthington, deceased, report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying that compensation be made to certain citizens of that state who served in the militia, and as rangers, during the late war; and that an appropriation be made for opening a road from St. Louis to Galena. February 16, 1829. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying that an appropriation of land be made, to enable that state to improve the navigation of certain rivers therein. February 16, 1829. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter from William Bussard, surveyor, to the Hon. William Hendricks, Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals, relative to the "Bill for Subscription to Stock in the Washington and Fredericktown Turnpike Road Company." February 16, 1829. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 16, 1829. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, submitted the following motion for consideration, and ordered that it be printed. Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be selected one of the officers of the Corps of Engineers... Memorial of certain surviving officers of the Revolution, of a grade higher than that of captain, praying that the clause in the late act, for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers, be so amended as to give them pay according to rank. February 23, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1829. Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, and in behalf of a majority of the Committee, made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, "To Provide for an Exploring Expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas," and also the Message of the President, on the same subject, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... Message from the President of the United States, with a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the amount of the expenses of the survey, sale, and management of the public lands, for the year 1827. February 23, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the appropriation for removing obstructions and deepening the harbor of Mobile, &c. &c. February 23, 1829. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, with one from the Engineer Department, on the practicability of an outlet from Albemarle Sound to the ocean, &c. February 23, 1829. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. |
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Annual report on the state of finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report on the state of the finances. December 9, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. list of reports to be made to the House of Representatives, at the second session of the Twentieth Congress, by the Executive Departments. Prepared by the Clerk, in obedience to a standing order of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1828. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twentieth Congress. December 2, 1828. Read, and committed to the Committee on the Whole House on the State of the Union Massachusetts militia claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th of Dec., 1826, a report upon the subject of the claims of the State of Massachusetts for certain services rendered during the late war. May 10, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. December 5, 1828. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Contingent expenses -- House of Reps. &c. Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, of the names of the clerks, messengers, &c. in the service of the House, and of the expenditure of the Contingent Fund of 1828. December 5, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. John F. Carmichael. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office at Washington, Mississippi, on the claims to land of John F. Carmichael. December 5, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. December 5, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Cherokee Council to Col. H. Montgomery. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the letter from the Cherokee Council to Col. Hugh Montgomery, &c. December 8, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Internal improvements since 1824. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in relation to harbors, roads, and other works of internal improvement, undertaken and projected since 30th April, 1824. December 8, 1828. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. National paintings. Letter from John Trumbull to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the subject of the national paintings in the rotundo of the Capitol. December 9, 1828 -- Read, and laid upon the table. On civilization of Indians. Supplemental report from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. December 9, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Hunters of Oregon. Memorial of James M. Bradford and others. Dec. 10, 1828. -- Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 12) to authorize the occupation of the Oregon River. Pennsylvania -- Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia -- cash duties. December 11, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Cumberland Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the last annual report of the Superintendent of the Cumberland Road. December 11, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Stephen Hook's statement and oath. December 5, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 10, 1828. -- Committee discharged. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 12, 1828. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Hiwassee and Conesauga Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief Engineer, on the subject of a communication between the Hiwassee and Conesauga Rivers, &c. December 11, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. December 12, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Florida, resolutions Legislature of -- Georgia Boundary. December 15, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. Fugitive slaves. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 10th of May last, in relation to negotiations with G. Britain upon the subject of fugitive slaves. December 15, 1828. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Unsettled balances, &c. &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled three years, prior to 30th September, 1828; a similar list rendered by the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury; and a list of the names of officers who have failed to render their accounts to the Fourth Auditor for adjustment, pursuant to law. December 5, 1828 -- Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Farrow and Harris. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting further information in relation to the settlement of the claim of Farrow and Harris against the United States. December 19, 1828. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed a bill for their relief Farrow and Harris. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a memorial from Nimrod Farrow, upon the subject of the claim of Farrow and Harris. December 29, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table Massachusetts. Memorial of merchants of Boston, praying to be allowed to pay duties on goods, &c. imported under the old tariff. January 12, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Samuel D. Walker. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the case of Samuel D. Walker. December 23, 1828 -- Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury. Transmitting statements of balances on account of Internal Revenue, on the books of the Register, of more than three years' standing; also, a list of balances on account of direct tax of 1815 and 1816. December 24, 1828 -- Read, and laid upon the table. Cumberland Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letters, &c. from the Superintendent of the Cumberland Road. January 17, 1829. -- Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Navigation of the Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the progress which has been made in removing obstructions to the navigation of the River Ohio. January 17, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Territory of Huron. Memorial of inhabitants of the Town of Galena, in the State of Illinois. December 29, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Ocracock Inlet. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the improvement of the navigation of Ocracock Inlet, in the State of North Carolina. December 29, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Extend Cumberland Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the engineer engaged to survey the route of the extension of the National Road from Cumberland to Washington City. December 29, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Memorial of General Winfield Scott. December 29, 1828 -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Road --Washington to northwest part of New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the engineer appointed to examine a route for a national road from the City of Washington to the northwestern frontier of the State of New York. December 29, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Draining low grounds -- Washington. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the seventh ultimo, in relation to the execution of the Act of Congress of the 7th May, 1822, for draining the low ground on and near the public reservations in the City of Washington. April 3, 1826. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Postage accruing for year ending 31st March, 1828. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the nett amount of postage accruing at each post office in each state and territory of the United States, for one year, ending March 31st, 1828; and showing the nett amount accruing in each state and territory. Creek Indians, &c. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the claims of the State of Georgia under the treaty held at the Indian Springs, and the claim of the Creek Indians under the same treaty. January 17, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Rhode Island. Memorial of auctioneers of Providence. January 19, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which is committed the Bill [H.R. No. 361] imposing regulations on sales at auction, for the further protection of the revenue. North Carolina. Act of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina, incorporating the Roanoke Inlet Company, and for other purposes. January 19, 1829. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Lead ore imported. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, requiring information in relation to the quantity of lead ore imported into the United States, &c. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Licenses to trade with the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of all licenses granted to trade with the Indians, during the year ending on the 30th of September, 1828. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Duties received, outstanding bonds, &c. &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo, in relation to the amount annually received for duties on importations, from the 1st of January, 1790, to the 1st of January, 1828; losses sustained on customhouse bonds, &c. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks, War Department, 1828. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1829 [1828], and the compensation allowed to each. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Indian treaties. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of two treaties with Indian tribes. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Unsettled balances -- Register of Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Register, which have remained unsettled three years prior to the 30th September last. December 16, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Farrow and Harris. Documents, &c. relating to the claim of Farrow and Harris. December 18, 1828. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Indian reserved land in Indiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th inst. in relation to the sale of Indian reserved land, in the State of Indiana, to individuals. December 18, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses, Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the expenditures of the appropriations for the cotingent (sic) expenses of the Navy, for the year ending 30th Sept., 1828. December 18, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Drawback, 1825, 1826, & 1827. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement, by the Register, of drawbacks on merchandise exported in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827. December 18, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Military road -- defence of northwestern frontier -- Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the eighth instant, relative to the proceedings under the act of 2d March, 1827, for the defence of the northwestern frontier, &c. December 23, 1828. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Florida Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, made by the Agent of Indian Affairs in Florida, in relation to the wish of those Indians to send a deputation to examine the country west of the Mississippi. December 23, 1828. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Rail Road Company, Baltimore and Ohio. December 23, 1828. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Cadets. Letter, from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House, in relation to the annual appointments made in the Army of the United States since the 31st of December, 1820; the number of cadets who have received appointments of the lowest grade, by brevet, during the same period; and also the number of officers now in the Army, who entered it as cadets from the Military Academy. December 31, 1828. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Unproductive post-roads. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of post-roads which have been established more than two years, and which do not produce one-third of the expense incurred for the transportation of the mail on the same. December 31, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. New York Chamber of Commerce. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce. January 2, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Clerks Navy Department, 1828. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Navy Department, during the year 1828. January 2, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Navy contracts -- 1828. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1828. January 2, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds upon the revenue -- Niagara frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 18th ultimo, in relation to intended frauds on the revenue, which has rendered it necessary to station additional troops on the Niagara frontier. January 2, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Estimate of appropriations for the further service of 1829. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the further service of the year 1829. Jan. 5, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Dividing line -- Georgia and Florida. Report to, and resolution of, the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in relation to running and fixing the boundary line between the said state and the Territory of Florida. January 5, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Message of the President of the United States, of the 3d of March last, upon the same subject. Mint of the United States. To accompany the Bill H.R. No. 356. January 5, 1829. Road -- Pensacola to Mobile Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 24th ultimo, in relation to a military road recommended by the Quartermaster General in his report of 1826, &c. January 6, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Contingent expenditure military establishment, 1828. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1828. January 6, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. District tonnage United States, 1827. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the district tonnage of the United States on the 31st December, 1827. January 6, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Claims of Spain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to claims of citizens of the United States on Spain. January 7, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Seneca Indians -- Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, relative to the wishes of the Seneca tribe of Indians, residing in the State of Ohio, to remove westward. Jan. 8, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Urvey [i.e., Survey] -- Kentucky River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, in relation to the progress which has been made in the survey of the Kentucky River, &c. &c. January 8, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Patents -- 1828. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of patents, with the names and residence of the patentees, granted for the invention of any new or useful art or machine, manufactures, or composition of matter, or improvement thereon, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1828, inclusive. January 8, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Duties on importations -- regulations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of rules and regulations established in executing the laws for the collection of duties on imports, &c. January 12, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements, showing the names of the clerks in the Treasury Department, and the compensation of each, for the year 1828. January 12, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- General Post Office. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks in the General Post Office during the past year, and the compensation of each. January 12, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Merchants of Philadelphia -- reduce duty on teas. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172. Memorial of merchants, &c., of Philadelphia, in regard to reducing the duty on teas. January 12, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill [No. 172] to equalize the duties on teas imported. New York. Memorial of merchants of the City of New York, importers of foreign merchandise, &c. January 12, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. January 12, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Territory of Huron. Letter from the Hon. Austin E. Wing, delegate from the Territory of Michigan, to the Committee on the Territories. Jan. 13, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill Establishing the Territorial Government of Huron. Mint United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of the annual report of the Director of the Mint of the United States. January 13, 1829 -- Read, and laid upon the table. Officers, &c., pensioned under Act of 1828. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of pensioners under the law of May 15, 1828. January 13, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1828. January 14, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Powers of the general government -- rights of the states. Report of a committee, and resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, upon certain resolutions of the States of South Carolina and Ohio. January 14, 1829. -- Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Prohibitory duties and domestic coasting trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 26th April, 1828, in relation to imposts on importations, which amount to a prohibition; also on the best practicable measure of ascertaining the quantity of agricultural products transported from one state to another coastwise. January 16, 1829. -- Read, and so much thereof as relates to imposts referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to the Committee on Commerce. Cumberland Road. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the Cumberland Road. January 16, 1829. -- Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Harbor of St. Mark's, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a survey and estimate for the improvement of the harbor and River of St. Mark's, in Florida. January 17, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Additional ground for Fort Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain documents in relation to a purchase of land, contemplated by the United States, for the use of Fort Washington. January 17, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Unsettled accounts, &c. Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting reports of the Third Auditor: 1st. Of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year, according to law; 2d. Statement of accounts which have remained unsettled for more than three years, prior to the 30th September last; 3d. Abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, which remained unaccounted for on the books of his office on the 30th September last. December 15, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Obstructions to navigation, Wabash. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 19th instant, requiring information in relation to the survey of the obstructions to the navigation of the Wabash River. December 18, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Masters Commandant -- Navy United States. Statement submitted by the Committee on Naval Affairs, to accompany the bill to increase the pay of the captains and masters commandant in the Navy of the United States. December 20, 1828. Road from Columbus to New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the last session, in relation to the probable cost required for the repairs of the road from Columbus, passing through the Choctaw Nation, to New Orleans, &c. &c. Decem. 22, 1828. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. American hemp, flax, and cotton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 12th May last, in relation to connecting with two or more Navy yards of the United States as many establishments for purchasing, water-rotting and preparing for manufacture, American hemp, flax, and cotton, &c. &c. December 22, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Agent -- lead mines, Missouri and Illinois; &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 10th instant, in relation to instructions given for the government of the agent of the United States' superintendent of the lead mines in Missouri and Illinois; also, a report from the Secretary of War, setting forth the reasons for not nominating commissioners to treat with the Choctaw Indians, &c. December 23, 1828. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Binney -- to accompany Bill H.R. No. 342. Petition and documents, in the case of Amos Binney. December 30, 1828. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting returns of the incorporated banks within the District of Columbia. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table |
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Instructions to commissioners, treaty Indian Springs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the instructions to the commissioners who made the treaty at Indian Springs in 1821, &c. January 26, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table Cherokee and Creek boundary. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting such information as his office affords, of any compacts or agreements between the Creek and Cherokee tribes of Indians, on the subject of their boundary line, &c. &c. February 5, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th ultimo, in relation to our Indian affairs generally. February 10, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Generals of the Army. Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, upon the subject of generals of the Army of the United States. February 12, 1829. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Hudson and Berkshire Rail Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied by the maps, reports, and proceedings of the survey of the Hudson and Berkshire Rail Road. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. John Baker. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant; in relation to the arrest and trial, in the British Province of New Brunswick, of John Baker, a citizen of the United States. January 21, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. January 23, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Articles of cession between the United States and Georgia, and Treaty with the Cherokee Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to measures taken in execution of the Act of 9th May last, making an appropriation for carrying into effect the articles of agreement and cession of 24th April, 1802, between the State of Georgia and the United States, &c. January 30, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty of San Lorenzo el Real. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting copies of certain letters of Andrew Ellicot [i.e., Ellicott], Commissioner, &c., relating to the head or source of St. Mary's River. January 30, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of the harbor of Nantucket. January 30, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Relative rank of officers of the Army and Navy. Documents to accompany Bill H.R. No. 332. January 31, 1829. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Massachusetts. Memorial of inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts, against the tariff law of 1828. February 2, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Lead ore imported. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting further information on the subject of lead ore imported. February 2, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Cotton and hemp for sails and cordage. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of experiments made to test the comparative fitness of cotton and hemp for the use of sails in the public vessels of the United States, &c. &c. February 2, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Spirituous liquors to the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives inquiring what beneficial effects, if any, have arisen, or are likely to arise from the daily use of spirituous liquors by the Army, &c. &c. February 3, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Organization of the Militia, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, a copy of a report made by Major General Gaines to Major General Brown, on the subject of improvement and better organization of the militia of the U. States. February 3, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on the Militia. Contracts made by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the contracts made by the Department during the year 1828. February 3, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Louisville and Portland Canal Company. To accompany Senate Bill No. 14. Fourth annual report of the President and directors of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. February 4, 1829. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Clerks in the State Department. List of the names of the clerks employed in the Department of State during the year 1828, and the compensation allowed to each, &c. February 5, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the general annual returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, accoutrements, &c. &c. February 5, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. Memorial of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. January 12, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. February 5, 1829. -- Bill reported, No. 417. Sinking Fund. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 6, 1829. --Read, and laid upon the table. Road from Zanesville, Ohio, to St. Louis, Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commissioner appointed to lay out the National Road from Zanesville, in the State of Ohio, to the seat of government in the State of Missouri. February 7, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Instructions to land officers in Arkansas, &c. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th inst. in relation to instructions given to land officers in Arkansas on the subject of donations of land to certain persons in said Territory, &c. &c. February 7, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Military appropriations -- 1828. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied by a statement of the appropriations for the military establishment for 1828, with the amount expended, and the amount unexpended at the close of the year. February 7, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Memorial of Amos Binney, et. al. Feb. 9, 1829. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Canal -- Connecticut River to Lake Memphremagog, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and survey of a canal from Connecticut River to Lake Memphremagog, and the report of a survey from the same river to Lake Champlain. February 10, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations for the Navy for 1828 -- expenditure of. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the appropriations for the naval service for the year 1828, and the expenditure thereof, under each specific head. February 26, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Treaties with Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a convention between the United States and the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, ratified on the 2d of June last. January 26, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Bank United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting monthly statements of the affairs of the Bank of the United States, for the year 1828. January 26, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. James Monroe. Memorial of the citizens of Albemarle County, in Virginia, praying Congress to reconsider the claims of Mr. Monroe, late President of the United States, upon the government, and to remunerate him for his losses and sacrifices incurred in the service of the country. January 28, 1829. -- Referred to a select committee. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Memorial of stockholders, &c. in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. February 12, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union on Bill No. 370. Survey Genesee River, L. Ontario, Oswego River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a survey of Genesee River, the south shore of Lake Ontario, between the Genesee and Oswego Rivers, and Big Sandy Creek, in the State of New York. February, 3, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 3, 1829. -- Ordered to be printed. Lands within the State of Indiana -- unappropriated. February 17, 1829. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Cherokee Indians. Memorial of John Ross, and others, in behalf of the Cherokee Nation. February 17, 1829. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Inundated lands on the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of the 24th December last, in relation to lands on the Mississippi, in the State of Louisiana, which are rendered unfit for cultivation by the inundations of said river. January 15, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Finances -- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Letter from the President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, transmitting information upon the subject of the finances of said company, and its receipts and disbursements. February 13, 1829. -- Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 370) to amend the charter of the Chesapeake and Ohio Company, and for other purposes. Discriminating duties on cotton -- British government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st inst. in relation to the operation of the act of the British Parliament, purporting a discrimination of duties upon the importation of cottons from the British American colonies, &c. &c. February 28, 1829. --Read, and laid upon the table. Indian treaties -- Chippeways, Winnebagos, Pattawatimas, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of treaties with the Chippeway, Menomonie, Winnebago, and Pattawatima tribe of Indiana. February 28, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Coinage at the Mint U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements relative to the transactions of the Mint for 1828. February 29 [28], 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, in favor of colonizing free people of color. February 16, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. John Reynold. Memorial of John Reynold. February 23, 1829. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill "To Quiet the Title of Certain Purchasers of Land Between the Lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the State of Ohio." Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. February 23, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Roanoke Inlet, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of Roanoke Inlet and Sound, in the State of North Carolina. February 24, 1829. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Expenses of Winnebago deputation. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458. February 25, 1829. |
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Private buildings on public lands at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the number of buildings which have been erected by private individuals on the government lands at Harper's Ferry, &c. &c. March 2, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. 1. Miscellaneous claims paid at the Treasury. -- 2. Contracts relative to light houses, &c. -- 3. Contracts by collectors for Revenue Service -- 4. Expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting: 1. Statements of payments made at the Treasury during the year 1828, for the discharge of miscellaneous claims, &c.; 2. Contracts made relative to oil, light houses, &c.; 3. Contracts and purchases made by collectors for the Revenue Service, for the year 1827 4. Expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen, &c February 18, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary -- Georgia and Florida. Mr. White submitted the following letter from D.B. Douglass, related to the boundary line between the State of Georgia and the Territory of Florida. March 3, 1829. -- Ordered, that this letter, and the following documents, relating to the same subject, be printed. Appropriations -- second session, Twentieth Congress. Statement of appropriations made during the second session of the Twentieth Congress of the United States of America, specifying the amount and object of each. March 3, 1829. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Cherokee Indians. Memorial of John Ross and others, representatives of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. March 3, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments of officers of the Customs -- 1828. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures for the year 1828, of those officers of the Customs who have rendered the statements required of them by law. February 19, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation of the United States -- 1828. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the imports and exports of the U. States, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1828; the tonnage, foreign and domestic, employed in the same, &c. February 19, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- Post Office Department -- 1828. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of contracts, made by the Department, during the year 1828. February 20, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Passenger ships and vessels. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of passengers arriving in the United States from the 1st of Oct., 1827, to the 30th Sept., 1828. February 26, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 3d instant in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. Feb. 26, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Canal -- Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Board of Engineers, of a survey with a view to ascertain the most eligible route for a canal to connect the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, &c. February 26, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Armories -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms, &c. made therein, during the year 1828. March 2, 1829. -- Read, and laid upon the table. Additional report of spoliations on the commerce of the United States, transmitted by the Secretary of State, in compliance with a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 14th February, 1827. February 24, 1829. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. |
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