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Henry Stoker. June 23, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table William Lytle, 3d. May 27, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. David Pearson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 550.) June 25, 1834. Samuel Southerland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) May 16, 1834. Albert P. Rusco. June 10, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Russ and Stephen J. Roach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 531.) June 18, 1834. William Baker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 469.) May 9, 1834. Timothy Jordan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 506.) May 31, 1834. William Mann. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) June 26, 1834. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Jacob Smith. June 27, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Rambo. June 5, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph W. Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 478.) May 15, 1834. Retrenchment. June 25, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham E. Boutwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 550.) June 25, 1834. Rules of the House. December 3, 1833. Ordered to lie on the table. Canal -- Michigan to Illinois River. June 25, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Register of officers of government. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 8.) June 26, 1834. Duty on foreign marble. June 26, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Welsh -- heirs of. June 26, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. John B. Gaynor. June 26, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. James Taylor. June 27, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Waller. June 27, 1834. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 552.) June 27, 1834. Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 553.) June 27, 1834. Josias Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 554.) June 27, 1834. William Purcell. June 27, 1834. In Senate of the United States, March 10, 1834. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. June 27, 1834. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Clayton made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 115. The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the memorial of Stephen Pleasonton... Willie Blount. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 556.) June 28, 1834. Banks -- District of Columbia. April 26, 1834. Public money. March 25, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Isaac Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) May 7, 1834. John Gerodelle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 466.) May 7, 1834. Thomas F. Green -- sureties of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) May 8, 1834. Cumberland Road cases -- Samuel Smith & others. May 14, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Cumberland Road claim -- Henry Develin, and others. May 14, 1834. James Cross. May 20, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Rebecca McCann. May 20, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 485.) May 20, 1834. Regulating the Indian Department. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 488, 489, 490.) May 20, 1834. George Bender. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 491.) May 22, 1834. Eli Davis, Jr. May 22, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Bernard Fowler and Samuel Overton. May 22, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. John McColgan. May 22, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Flanigan. May 22, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel C. Duncan. May 22, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. United States Bank. May 22, 1834. Thomas Morton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 503.) May 31, 1834. William Legg. May 31, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles J. Hand. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 74.) May 31, 1834. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Martin Kennedy. June 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. John G. Pray. June 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry M. Shreve. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 513.) June 5, 1834. William W. Stevenson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 528.) June 17, 1834. John S. Stiles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 532.) June 18, 1834. Charters, &c. depository banks. March 28, 1834. Cumberland Road, west of Zanesville -- claims for work done on. May 7, 1834. Read, and concurred in by the House. Samuel Shelmerdine. May 7, 1834. (To accompany Bill No. 467.) Joseph Gilbert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 472.) May 13, 1834. John Mullowny -- executrix of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.) May 14, 1834. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of John Rose, Sen., deceased. May 14, 1834. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Thomas B. Clarke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) May 14, 1834. John Fruge. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) May 14, 1834. James Cutcheon. May 16, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Houlder. May 16, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. William Campbell. May 16, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Military Academy. May 17, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay of officers of the Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 334.) May 17, 1834. Tonnage duties -- Cuba and Porto [i.e., Puerto] Rico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 482.) May 17, 1834. Daniel Whitney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) May 20, 1834. Andrew Dodge. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 484.) May 20, 1834. Nathaniel P. Tatum. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 494.) May 27, 1834. Nahum Fay. May 27, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Abel Griggs. May 27, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Abeil [i.e., Abiel] Wood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 495.) May 27, 1834. Benjamin Franklin Stickney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 496.) May 27, 1834. Monument at York, in Virginia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 497.) May 27, 1834. Theophilus Grout. May 28, 1834. Read and laid upon the table. Horatio G. Jamison. May 28, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Matthew Lyon -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 498.) May 28, 1834. James Green. May 28, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Shubael Conant. May 28, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. John McDonell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 499.) May 29, 1834. Abiel Roads. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 500.) May 29, 1834. Israel Ketchum. May 29, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Zebulon Ketchum. May 29, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Bank of the United States. May 29, 1834. Canal Company -- Alexandria. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) May 30, 1834. Silas Duncan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 508.) June 3, 1834. Henry Knowles, Sen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 509.) June 3, 1834. John Pollock. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 510.) June 3, 1834. William Theams. June 3, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands to Illinois for road. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 514.) June 5, 1834. Ohio -- pre-emption to lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 516.) June 5, 1834. Origen Eaton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 517.) June 5, 1834. Contingent expenditures -- Navy Department. June 5, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Platt. June 5, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Bailey E. Clarke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) June 5, 1834. Richard Pool. June 5, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Homan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 520.) June 10, 1834. William Ryan. June 10, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Ratcliffe [i.e., Ratcliff]. June 10, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Rice, administrator of Egerly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 523.) June 11, 1834. Daniel Staniford. June 11, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Spencer Stafford and John Van Ness Yates. June 11, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Washington Seawell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 525.) June 12, 1834. John Rodriguez. June 12, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Wolcott Chauncey. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 89.) June 14, 1834. Joseph Shaw. June 18, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Jane Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) June 20, 1834. John W. Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 539.) June 20, 1834. Frederick Halsey. June 21, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Springfield Manufacturing Company. June 21, 1834. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Andrew Armstrong. June 21, 1834. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Thomas Evans. June 23, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Swartwood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 544.) June 23, 1834. Decease of Gen. Lafayette. June 24, 1834. Edward Nicholas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 545.) June 24, 1834. Zachariah McGirth and Samuel Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 547.) June 24, 1834. Navy yard -- Charleston, S.C. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 548.) June 24, 1834. Daniel Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 546.) June 24, 1834. James Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) May 14, 1834. |
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| Serial set 264 | Contested election -- Robert P. Letcher vs. Thomas P. Moore. May 6, 1834. Read, and the consideration thereof postponed until Tuesday next, the 13th of May instant. | 1 |
| Serial set 265 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America: Being the second session of the Twenty-third Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1834, and in the fifty-ninth year of the independence of the said United States. | 1 |
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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 Twenty-third Congress. December 2, 1834. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 3, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, with names of clerks, disbursements from the contingent fund, &c. December 8, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of June last, with statements showing the amount of land scrip issued, (satisfied and unsatisfied) to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and Navy, and of the Continental Army, during the Revolutionary War. December 8, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed with the documents. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th June last, on the petition of Mary O'Sullivan, widow and executrix of John O'Sullivan, deceased. December 8, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the re-organization of the Treasury Department, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 8th May 1832. December 8, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th June last, showing the amount of hospital money received, and the number, location, and cost, of the marine hospitals in the United States. December 8, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with monthly statements of the affairs of the Bank of the United States, and of those state banks selected as depositories of the public money, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th May, 1834. December 9, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. |
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In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1834. Read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of John Donnell, respectfully reports... In Senate of the United States, December 12, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 54.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Wabash River, report... Resolutions of the Legislative Council of Michigan, in favor of the construction of a harbor at the mouth of the river Milwaukie, in that territory. January 5, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with a report from the Engineer Department, relative to the repair of the Cumberland Road, east of the Ohio River. December 10, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with a report and drawings of a survey of the harbor at the mouth of the River Raisin, with a view to its improvement, and furnished in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant. December 15, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, requiring a list of the purchasers of public lands at Columbus and Chocchuma, in Mississippi, from 1st October, 1833, to 1st January, 1834; the price per acre, &c.; and also the quantity of land offered for sale in Mississippi, under proclamation of the President, from 1st January, 1833, to the present time. December 15, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. In Senate of the United States, June 12, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. December 15, 1834. Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Naudain made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 10.) The Committee of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of Boyd Reilly... In Senate of the United States. December 15, 1834. Ordered, that the depositions taken by authority of the Committee on Public Lands, or by their chairman during the recess, be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the present system of keeping and disbursing the public money. December 15, 1834. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed, and that fifteen hundred extra copies be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. December 16, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report, (with Senate Bill, No. 41.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which has been referred the petition of Col. John Eugene Leitensdorfer... Statement showing the imports and exports of specie for the year ending 30th September, 1834. December 16, 1834. Laid on the table by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, on the memorial of James [i.e., John] Whitehead and others, owners of Key West. December 16, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. In Senate of the United States. December 18, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tyler from the Committee on Finance, who were instructed by resolutions of the Senate of the 4th of February, 5th of May, and 30th of June last, to investigate the affairs and conduct of the Bank of the United States... Petition of the legal representatives of Moses Shepherd, praying the settlement of a claim due the deceased on account of masonry and other work on the Cumberland Road. December 18, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions of a number of citizens of the Borough of Claysville, Pennsylvania, to obtain an appropriation for completing the Cumberland Road. December 18, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-third Congress, 1834-'35. December 19, 1834. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, with statements relative to the 2 per cent. and 3 per cent. of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in Alabama. December 23, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, praying that a territorial government be established for the western part of said territory, or Wisconsin, &c. December 23, 1834. Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorial of sundry citizens of Philadelphia, that an exploring expedition to the South Seas and Pacific Ocean may be authorized by the government. December 23, 1834. Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Memorial of sundry citizens of Boston, praying for a drawback on imported hemp when manufactured into cordage. December 24, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1834. Read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Thomas Cutts... Memorial of the citizens of Washington, praying for relief from Congress on account of heavy pecuniary responsibilities that they are now laboring under, &c. December 27, 1834. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, to obtain a settlement of the boundary line between that state and Michigan Territory. December 29, 1834. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1834. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 72.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of William C. Easton, report... In Senate of the United States, January 1, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Poindexter submitted the following motion: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be prepared and laid before the Senate manuscript maps of the several states... Report from the Postmaster General, relative to the execution of a law for the establishment of certain post routes in Mississippi, &c. January 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter made the following report: (with Senate Bill, No. 75.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Millan de la Carrera [i.e., Milan de la Carera], report... Resolutions of the Legislative Council of Michigan, relative to the establishment of the boundary line between that territory and the State of Ohio. January 5, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, to obtain the establishment of hospitals on the western waters, &c. January 5, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Tallahassee Railroad Company, praying permission to construct a railroad on the public lands in Florida. December 16, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 5. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1835. Ordered to be printed. Documents relating to Senate Bill, No. 53, "for the completion of certain improvements in Florida." |
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In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Black made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Stringer... In Senate of the United States, February 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs and representatives of Jacob Hall, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1835. Read, made the order of the day for Tuesday next, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, from the Committee of Foreign Relations, made the following report...had under consideration that part of the message of the President of the United States which refers to the present state of our relations with France... In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the executor of George Gilmer, deceased, respectfully report... Report from the Secretary of War, with an abstract of licenses to trade with the Indians in 1834, &c. January 21, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the boundary line between Indiana and Michigan. February 24, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the children and heirs of Uriah Forrest... Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, representing the necessity and humanity of erecting hospitals for the relief of sick and disabled seamen at some point on the Ohio River, within the State of Indiana. January 13, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1835. Ordered to be reprinted. February 19, 1819. The Joint Committee on the Subject of Public Printing report: That, regarding the subject committed to them as connected with the convenience of the members, the information of the community, the economy of time and money, and the character of the country, they have given it all the consideration which their other engagements permitted. That three different modes of procuring the printing of Congress to be executed have undergone their discussion... In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Silsbee made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 171.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the memorial of sundry citizens of Boston, praying for a drawback... Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, that the provisions for allowing pensions to the soldiers of the Revolution be extended to those who served in the campaigns against the Indians, &c. February 20, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana for a grant of land, to aid in the construction of a railroad from Evansville to Terre Haute. February 20, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with statement of the American seamen registered in 1834. February 20, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the East India Marine Society of Salem, Mass., praying that an expedition be fitted out by the government to make a voyage of discovery and survey to the South Seas. December 16, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to Virginia military bounty land warrants, &c. January 2, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 6, 1835. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with report of the survey of the northern boundary line of Indiana. January 6, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Moore made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, which were instructed by resolution to inquire into the propriety of providing, by law, for the payment of the commutation of five years' pay to the heirs of Harry Dixon... Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with report of the Recorder of Land Titles and Commissioners under Act for the Final Adjustment of Private Land Claims in Missouri. January 7, 1835. Read, and ordered that this letter be printed and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Memorial of the Corporation of Georgetown, Dist. of Columbia, praying to be relieved by the assumption of payment, on the part of the United States, for the stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, subscribed for by that corporation. January 7, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 90.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William Tharp, respectfully report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, with copies of certain letters to receivers of the public moneys, &c. January 12, 1835. Read, ordered to be printed, and one thousand additional copies furnished for the use of the Senate; and ordered, that it be referred to the Committee on Finance... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1835. Mr. Benton laid the following on the table. Read, and ordered to be printed. The substance of propositions intended to be submitted to the consideration of the Senate, by Mr. Benton, when applications for renewing or extending bank charters, or creating banks in the District of Columbia... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1835. Read and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Mussey, administrator of John Mussey deceased, ask leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Eliza Causin and Ann Turner, heirs and representatives of the late Colonel John H. Stone... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report, (with Senate Bill, No. 100.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the personal representatives of Colonel John Laurens, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Charles Juzan... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tyler made the following report: (with Senate Bill No. 101.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Charles I. [i.e., J.] Catlett, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1835. The following documents relating to Spanish grants, in Louisiana, between the Perdido and Mississippi, were laid on the table, by Mr. Waggaman, (to accompany Senate Bill No. 92,) were ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 14, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Simon Powers, report... In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Benedict I. [i.e., J.] Heard, report... In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 113.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Joseph Grant... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana. To obtain a further donation of the public land for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal, and other works of internal improvement. January 20, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, transmitting the correspondence with and accounts of Loammi Baldwin, &c. January 20, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 114.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Hertick, of the State of Missouri, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 116.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Mary O'Sullivan... In Senate of the United States, January 21, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Yaw, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 88.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sebastian Butcher and Peter Bloom... Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of expenditures from the appropriation for contingencies for the Army in 1834. January 21, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of the names and salaries of the clerks in that department in 1834. January 21, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Ross and others, on behalf of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, praying from the United States, and protesting against certain articles of agreement between the agent of the United States and a certain part of said Cherokee Nation of Indians. January 21, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King, of Georgia, made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Somerville Pinckney... In Senate of the United States, January 22, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 121.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Philipson, praying for confirmation of his title to a tract of land in the State of Missouri, report... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel Vivion Brooking, deceased... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to the progress made in preparing certain maps for the Senate, in obedience to a resolution of that body. January 22, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 22, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report (with Senate Bill No. 123.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Brooks, for commutation of five years' full pay, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1835. Mr. Hendricks laid on the table the following documents, relating to his resolution of the 22d instant, on the subject of the duration of the sessions of Congress, which were ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, to obtain a reduction of the minimum price of the public lands. January 26, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the petition of Richard H. Bell, report... In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Horatio Morgan, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the sons and sons-in-law of Robert Ferroll, deceased, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 124.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of John Spitfathom, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1835. Read. January 28, 1835. Ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Ewing made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 128.] The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 25th June, 1834, have continued their examination heretofore commenced, into the condition and proceedings of the Post Office Department... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, which was instructed by a resolution of the Senate to inquire into the expediency of placing the names of Daniel McInnis and Francis Patterson on the pension list, report... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of the administrator of William Teas, deceased, and the petition of the representative of Everard Meade, deceased, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States, January 28, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson made the following report (with Senate Bill No. 55.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was recommitted the "Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of Moses Shepherd, Deceased..." In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 132.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Woodford Taylor, administrator of Thornton Taylor, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, (with Senate Bill, No. 133.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the widow, children, and legatees of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Daniel Cameron and Margaret his wife, legal representatives of James Bell, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States, February 2, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Petition of sundry individuals, praying that the government would purchase all the stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal, and make the same free... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of John Spotswood, executor of the last will and testament of Captain John Spotswood, deceased... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial and papers of John B. White, respectfully submit the following report... In Senate of the United States, February 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report (with Senate Bill No. 136.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom were referred the memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, the memorial of the inhabitants of said city, and the memorial of Georgetown, report... Memorial of sundry delegates from certain counties and towns in Pennsylvania, for an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Monongahela River from Pittsburg to the Cumberland Road at Brownsville, &c. February 3, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate relative to printing ordered at the last and present sessions. February 4, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, to obtain an appropriation for the construction of a permanent harbor at Newcastle, on the Delaware. February 4, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Black made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Toulmin, report... In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston made the following report: The Committee on Pensions report upon the petition of Moses Haskill... Memorial of sundry citizens of the County of Washington, D.C. that the law of trespass be defined in the code for the district, and that the Maryland Avenue be graduated and repaired. February 5, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report (with Senate Bill No. 143.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Anderson... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, (with Senate Bill No. 149.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Sally Springer, report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1835. Read, and ordered that 10,775 copies be printed. Mr. Calhoun made the following report: The select committee appointed to inquire into the extent of the Executive patronage; the circumstances which have contributed to its great increase of late; the expediency and practicability of reducing the same, and the means of such reduction... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1835. Ordered to be reprinted. Report from the Secretary of War, with the report, plan, and estimate of Lieutenant Berrien for a harbor at the mouth of Trail Creek, in Indiana, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant. February 10, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Corporation of South Hanover College, Indiana, praying for a donation of a township of land. February 10, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of Richard Dorsey, deceased... Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, for the establishment of a new mail route in that state, &c. February 24, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, asking for a grant of land for certain purposes, &c. February 24, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, for amending the constitution of that state, so far as relates to the boundary lines thereof. February 24, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Webster made the following motion... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton submitted the following motion... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Frelinghuysen made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Lieutenant Richard Anders or Andrews, deceased... In Senate of the United States, February 12, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Black made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the Navy of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Black made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Webster, report... In Senate of the United States, February 12, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Smith Weed and John L. Winne, surviving executors of John Stafford, deceased... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Henry H. Burr, report... Memorial of John Ross and others, delegates of the Cherokee Indians, for the passage of a law creating commissioners to examine the validity of certain reservations in Tennessee and Alabama; to ascertain the value, and pay the reservees, &c. February 13, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 16, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of Leonard Cooper, deceased... Report from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the Senate, relative to the debts due by that department, &c. February 18, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Silence Elliot [i.e., Elliott]... Memorial and resolution of Indiana, in relation to the sale of certain lands in that state. February 18, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1835. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following motion... Memorial of sundry inhabitants of Beverly, Massachusetts, suggesting the propriety of a non-intercourse with France. February 21, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with a report of the survey, plan, and estimate for a harbor at the mouth of St. Joseph's River. February 21, 1835. Read; referred to Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with a report concerning obstructions to the navigation of the Potomac between Washington and Georgetown. February 21, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Silsbee made the following report (with Senate Bill No. 93.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the petition of Christopher Bailey, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, report . . . In Senate of the United States, January 13, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report (with Senate Bill No. 102.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of Robert Jouet... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the petition of William Welch... Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with copies of laws, regulations, &c., relative to oaths to be taken by purchasers of public lands. January 28, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that five hundred extra copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to commutation to officers of the Revolution, &c. February 25, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Michilimackinac, submit the following report... |
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Message from the President of the United States, with the correspondence between the government of the United States and Spain, &c., in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. March 2, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with annual statement on commerce and navigation for 1834. March 3, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 1500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 5,000 extra copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Poindexter made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred sundry resolutions of the Senate, instructing the said committee to inquire whether any fraudulent practices, to the injury of the public interest, had taken place in the sales of the public lands... In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1835. Mr. Grundy laid the following report on the table; it being referred to in the report made to the Senate on the 27th January, 1835, on the condition and proceedings of the General Post Office, by the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. -- See Senate Document No. 86. In Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of War, with a report of the mineralogical and geological investigations made by G.W. Featherstonhaugh. February 28, 1835. Read. March 3, 1835. Ordered to be printed; and that 1000 additional copies be furnished, for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th June, 1834, with statements showing the compensation of the officers, and expenses of collecting the Customs for 1832 and 1833. March 3, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to affairs with France. February 26, 1835. Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, rescinding the resolutions of the last legislature concerning the Bank of the United States, the removal of the deposites, and the Land Bill, &c. February 27, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, March 2, 1835. Read, and ordered that 5,000 copies be printed. Mr. Smith made the following report: The select committee to whom was referred the communication of the Hon. George Poindexter, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations having duly considered the message of the President of the 25th February, 1835, with the correspondence accompanying it, ask leave now to submit to the Senate the result of their deliberations, in the following report... Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, to procure the assent of Congress to annul so much of the compact with that state as prohibits that legislature from taxing lands sold by the United States for five years after such sale. February 25, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolution of Indiana, for the benefit of Madison Collins. February 25, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. memorial and joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, on the subject of the purchase of a tract of land from the United States. February 25, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolution of Indiana, on the subject of a canal in the valley of White River. February 25, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana for the improvement of the militia system. February 25, 1835. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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Land office -- St. Stephen's. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office for the Land District of St. Stephen's, Alabama. December 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties on imports -- excepted articles. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of excepted articles in the tariff of duties on imports. December 11, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. list of reports to be made to the House of Representatives, at the second session of the Twenty-third Congress, by the Executive Departments. Prepared by the clerk, in obedience to a standing order of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1834. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-third Congress. December 2, 1834. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Finances. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. December 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimate of appropriations for 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the year 1835. December 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, 1834. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report of the expenditure of its contingent fund for the year 1834. December 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Request of Lafayette. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence, bequeathed by the late General Lafayette to the Congress of the United States. December 4, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Canal routes -- Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report and maps of a survey of canal routes through Florida. December 9, 1833. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. December 4, 1834. -- Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Balances. 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 more than three years. December 8, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Reorganization of the Treasury Department. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the reorganization of the Treasury Department. December 8, 1834. Read, and referred to a select committee, to consist of nine members. Balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained unsettled more than three years. December 8, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Washington Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to the construction of the Washington Bridge across the Potomac. December 8, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas H. Smith and Son. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to a compromise with the trustee of the late firm of Thomas H. Smith and Son, authorized by an act of Congress of 15th June, 1832. December 9, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. District of Columbia. Memorial of the Committee of the Corporation of Washington, in relation to its pecuniary concerns. December 10, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Repairs of Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. December 10, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. John McDonell -- memorial of. December 10, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Revenue from imports and tonnage for 1833. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the aggregate amount of revenue collected on imported merchandise and tonnage, &c., in each state of the Union, for the year 1833; prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th December, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor, under the Act for the Prompt Settlement of the Public Accounts. December 11, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures for internal improvements, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements in relation to internal improvement, &c. December 11, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. List of members of the House of Representatives of the United States. Twenty-third Congress -- second session. |
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Assay of foreign coins. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint in relation to the assay of foreign coins. January 6, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Repairs of Cumberland Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to repairs on the Cumberland Road. January 10, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Michigan Legislature. Memorial of the Legislative Council of Michigan, in favor of the erection of the Territory of Wisconsin. December 23, 1834. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill (No. 427) establishing the territorial government of Huron. Contingent expenses -- Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenditures of the Navy, &c. January 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Cumberland Road east of Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer in relation to the Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. January 5, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. John and Jeremiah Armstrong -- memorial of. December 11, 1834. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Correspondence between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bank of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting the correspondence with the Bank of the United States on the subject of the branch drafts, and in relation to the claim made by the bank for damages, and the course pursued by that institution on account of the protest of the bill drawn on the French government by the Treasury Department. December 12, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Burning of the Treasury Building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to the burning of the Treasury Building. December 12, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Warehouse, Baltimore -- Custom-houses -- and sale of public grounds at Mobile and Sandy Hook. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information relative to sites purchased for a warehouse and Custom-houses, and the sale of public grounds. December 15, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Custom-house officers -- compensation and number of, &c. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the compensation and number of Custom-house officers. December 15, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Lafayette. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the reply of George W. Lafayette on the subject of the resolution of Congress in relation to the decease of his father, General Lafayette. December 15, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Public money. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the present system of keeping and disbursing the public money. December 15, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Patents to land claimants -- Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the causes which have retarded the issuing patents in favor of the claimants to lands in the State of Louisiana, &c. December 16, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Naval depot -- Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th inst., in relation to the establishment of a naval depot at Charleston, S.C. December 18, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Marine hospital money -- Rhode Island District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to marine hospital money collected and paid in the Rhode Island District. December 18, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. New York. Memorial of merchants of New York, praying for an extension of the provisions of the acts heretofore passed for the relief of insolvent debtors. December 19, 1834. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Memorial of a convention of citizens of the states of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and of the District of Columbia. Asking further aid of Congress for the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. December 19, 1834. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of letters relating to insolvent debtors. December 22, 1834. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting statements exhibiting the amount of moneys expended, &c. December 23, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Documentary History of the Revolution. Letter from the Secretary of State, on the subject of the contract entered into by Edward Livingston, late Secretary of State, with Matthew St. Clair Clarke and Peter Force, for the collection and publication of the Documentary History of the American Revolution. December 24, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Sales of public lands, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to sales, &c. of the public lands. December 27, 1834. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 92) to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. December 27, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty with France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence with the government of France in relation to the refusal of that government to make provision for the execution of the treaty between the United States and France. December 27, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. David Cooke. Report of the Secretary of War, on the claim of David Cooke. December 27, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Bank drafts, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating correspondence with the President of the Bank of the United States, in relation to bank drafts, &c. December 27, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Shiphouse, &c. Navy Point -- Henry Eckford. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the shiphouses, &c. at Sackett's and Storrs' Harbors, New York. December 27, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Edmund Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 589.) Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the claim of Edmund Roberts. December 29, 1834. Government Directors -- Bank [of the] U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the official proceedings of the Government Directors of the Bank of the United States. December 29, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Claim of Bank [of the] United States upon the Bank of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the claim of the Bank of the United States upon the Bank of Columbia. December 29, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Legislature of Michigan -- territorial government west of the lake. Memorial of the Legislative Council of Michigan, praying the establishment of a territorial government for the district of country lying west of Lake Michigan. December 29, 1834. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Explore southern hemisphere. Memorial of citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying an appropriation of the national funds for the purpose of making discoveries, &c. in the South Seas, Pacific Ocean, &c. December 29, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Bridge across the Potomac -- O.H. Dibble. Final report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject-matter of the 3d section of "An Act Authorizing the Construction of a Bridge Across the Potomac," &c. December 29, 1834. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Granting unsold land to purchase Sandy and Beaver Canal, Ohio. December 29, 1834. Boundary line -- Ohio and Michigan. Memorial of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the boundary line of Ohio and Michigan. December 30, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. Michigan, Legislature of -- northern boundary of Ohio. Letter from the Governor of Michigan, transmitting resolutions of its Legislative Council in relation to the northern boundary of Ohio. January 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Unsettled balances -- books, Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of balances on books of the Fourth Auditor. January 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Patents for new inventions, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of patents granted for new inventions during the year 1834. January 5, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Applications for pensions -- rejected. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Pensions, &c. January 5, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Patents for useful inventions expired. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of patents for useful inventions which have expired. January 5, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Internal improvement -- North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports in relation to the progress of internal improvements carried on by the general government in the State of North Carolina. January 5, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida. Presentments by the Grand Jury of St. John's, &c., East Florida. January 5, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Claims on Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to claims upon the government of Mexico. January 6, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to the establishment and settlement of the northeastern boundary of the United States. January 6, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Indians -- chiefs and warriors of the Fox Tribe. Memorial of the chiefs, &c., of the Fox tribe of Indians. January 7, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Indians -- chiefs and warriors of the Sac and Fox tribes. Memorial of chiefs and warriors of the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians. January 7, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Canal -- portage summit, Ohio, to Kearney's line, Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the canal route from the portage summit, in Ohio, to Kearney's line, in Pennsylvania. January 7, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Land offices and land districts in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to the number of land offices and land districts in the United States, &c. January 7, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Fort Sumter -- Charleston Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the suspension of operations at Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, S.C. January 7, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Domestic exchange and rates of collection by Bank U.S. and its branches. Documents submitted by Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means. January 10, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1834. January 10, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Operations of the Mint -- 1834. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, in relation to the operations of that institution during the year 1834. January 12, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the sixth annual report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia. January 12, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Expenditures -- harbor of Presque Isle. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to expenditures and the progress of the works at the harbor of Presque Isle. January 12, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Michigan -- western lakes. Memorial of owners and masters of steamboats, &c., navigating the western lakes, and resolutions of the Legislative Council approving thereof. January 12, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Clerks in the Department of State -- 1834. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list, &c. of the clerks employed in the Department of State. January 8, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Wabash improvement. Report of the engineer appointed by the commissioners of the fund appropriated by the states of Illinois and Indiana for the improvement of the navigation of the Wabash River, to survey the obstructions therein, with the estimate of the probable cost of the proposed improvements. January 9, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Bridge across the Potomac. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of any contract which may have been made, since the last session of Congress, for the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, within the District of Columbia, &c. December 19, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. |
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New Hampshire -- writ of error -- patent cases. Memorial of inhabitants of the State of New Hampshire, in relation to appeals in cases arising under the patent laws of the United States. January 26, 1835. Transportation of merchandise inland to Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 699.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the First Comptroller, showing the mode in which the object specified can be accomplished, &c. February 3, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Northern boundary of Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the probable expense for completing astronomical observations, with a view to settle the northern boundary of the State of Ohio. January 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Branches of the Mint. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means a communication from the Director of the Mint, in relation to the establishment of branches of that institution. January 23, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances against receivers -- on sales of public lands. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances against receivers of public moneys on account of the sales of public lands. January 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia of the United States -- 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the returns of the militia of the United States, &c. for the year 1834. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Accounts of the Treasurer. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the accounts of his office, for the third and fourth quarters of 1833, and the first and second quarters of 1834, &c &c. December 4, 1834. Laid upon the table. John E. Smith -- memorial of. December 18, 1834. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. December 23, 1834. -- Referred to the Secretary of State. Ship channel -- Falls of Niagara. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 502.) Memorial of citizens of Niagara County, New York, praying for an appropriation for a ship channel around the Falls of Niagara. January 15, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 502) to authorize examinations, surveys, and estimates, for the construction of roads, and for the improvement of certain rivers and harbors. Fortifications in Boston Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, enclosing the report of the Chief Engineer relative to the fortifications in Boston Harbor. January 13, 1835. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 600) making appropriations for certain fortifications, &c. &c. January 16, 1835. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Marine hospital money -- New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the marine hospital money collected and expended in the State of New York. January 16, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of names and compensation of the clerks in the different offices of the Treasury Department. January 17, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. Report of the Second Comptroller, the Chief of Engineers, and the Third Auditor, on the claims of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. January 6, 1835. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. January 12, 1835. -- Ordered to be printed. Cumberland River. 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 the improvements of the navigation of the Cumberland River, &c. January 13, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Circulars -- Treasury and War Departments. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of every circular or letter of instruction emanating from the Treasury or War Departments since the 30th day of June last, and addressed to either the receiving or the disbursing officers stationed in states wherein land offices are established, or public works are constructing under the authority of Congress. January 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Suspension of pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to the suspension of the allowance of pensions under the act of 7th June, 1832. January 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Little Rock and Memphis Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Topographical Bureau, in relation to the survey of so much of the Little Rock and Memphis Road as lies between the St. Francis and Mississippi Rivers. January 14, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks -- Navy Department and Navy Commissioners' Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Navy Department and Navy Commissioners' Office. January 14, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Michigan -- convention of citizens. Memorial of a convention of citizens of Michigan, in relation to the construction of a railroad across the peninsula. January 15, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill No. 201. Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of J.N. Reynolds, in relation to islands, reefs, and shoals in the Pacific Ocean, &c. January 27, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Expenditures -- 1791 to 1833. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of expenditures for fortifications, light-houses, public debt, Revolutionary and other pensions, internal improvements, &c., from 1791 to 1833. January 17, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the returns of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia for the year 1834. January 17, 1835. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Indians -- Cherokee. Memorial of a council held at Running Waters, in the Cherokee Nation, in Georgia, November 28, 1834, on behalf of those members of the Cherokee tribe of Indians who are desirous of removing west of the Mississippi. January 19, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Commissioners of Pennsylvania and Maryland -- tollgates, Cumberland Road. Memorials of the commissioners appointed by the governors of Pennsylvania and Maryland, to erect tollgates on the Cumberland Road, after the completion of the repairs by the United States. January 19, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill No. 221. Licenses to trade with Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of licenses granted to trade with the Indians within the year terminating on the 10th March, 1834. January 22, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. To exempt merchandise imported under certain circumstances from operation of the act of the 19th May, 1828. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 16.) January 22, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Private land claims in Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 669.) Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to private land claims in Missouri. January 22, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Expenditures, contingent -- Army -- 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the appropriations for the military establishment, for the year 1834. January 22, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Cumberland Road in Indiana, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report respecting the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Cumberland Road in Indiana. January 22, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks -- War Department, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks in the Department of War for the year 1834. January 22, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Hiram A. Hunter. (To accompany Bill S. No. 12.) January 23, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Production and manufacture of silk. Petition of Jonathan H. Cobb, of Dedham, Mass., for encouragement in the production and manufacture of silk. January 26, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Alabama -- Legislature of. Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, on reducing the price of public lands. January 26, 1835. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Harbors -- River Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c. of the condition of the harbors in the River Delaware. January 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Custom-house officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information of the amount paid to the Custom-house officers of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, under the provisions of the second section of the Act Making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four. January 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary line between land of the United States and Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) January 28, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Working men of Philadelphia. Fourth resolution of the working men of Philadelphia, in relation to the salaries of the officers of the Navy. January 28, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Officers of the Navy -- travelling expenses. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 334.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to travelling expenses of the officers of the Navy. January 31, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Appropriations, War Department, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the department for 1834, &c. January 31, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Improvement of the Cumberland River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the amount of expenditures for the improvement of the Cumberland River. January 31, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Rochambeau -- grand-daughters of Marshal de. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the claim of the grand-daughters of the Marshal de Rochambeau. January 31, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Alabama Legislature -- Bank U.S. Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, in relation to the Bank of the United States; the removal of the deposites; the restoration of the same, &c.; and the deposite of the public money in the local or state banks. February 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Illinois Legislature -- road, Vincennes to Chicago. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, asking an appropriation of a quantity of land for constructing a road from Vincennes to Chicago. February 2, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill H.R. No. 221. Railroad Company -- Alabama, Florida, & Georgia. Petition of the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Railroad Company, asking a donation of the public lands, &c. February 2, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. James Jackson. Memorial of James Jackson, of England, praying to be paid the sum of three hundred dollars promised to his father by Capt. Paul Jones, and also to be paid the pension due his father for the loss of an arm in battle, on board the ship Bon Homme Richard, in the Revolutionary War. February 2, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Pennsylvania -- Brownsville. Memorial of the delegates of a convention at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the Monongahela River from Pittsburg to Brownsville. February 2, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill H.R. No. 461. Charges on the revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to charges on the revenue. February 3, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Duties on merchandise -- 1833. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of revenue on merchandise imported during the year 1833. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce with Cuba and Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the commerce of the United States with the Spanish ports of Cuba and Porto Rico. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. System of discipline for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a revision of the system of discipline for the Army, prepared by Major General Scott. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- Navy, 1834 -- expenditures, &c. of. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the naval service for the year 1834, and the expenditure of the same. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Parker, Gill, and Baldwin. Petition and remonstrance of Ashley Parker and others, of Alabama. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Sinking Fund. Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 4, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial and joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in regard to the Pottawatamie and Miami Indians in this state. February 4, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Roads in Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ultimo, in relation to certain roads in the Territory of Michigan. February 6, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties accruing and drawback payable -- 1831, 1832, and 1833. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the duties accruing and drawback payable on articles imported into the United States and re-exported during the years 1831, 1832, and 1833. February 6, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Slavery -- 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. February 9, 1835. Ordered, on motion of Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, to be printed, with the names thereto attached Contracts -- payments -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 1834; contracts for light-houses, &c.; of payments for miscellaneous claims; and of expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund. February 19, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, in relation to the Bank of the United States. February 18, 1835. -- Read, and laid upon the table, and a motion to print pending, when the House proceeded to the orders of the day. February 23, 1835. -- Ordered to be printed. Reservations for Choctaw Indians. Documents submitted to the House of Representatives by the Honorable Franklin E. Plummer, of Mississippi, in relation to claims to reservations of land under the Choctaw Treaty, and ordered to be printed. (See President's message upon same subject, No. 138.) February 23, 1835. Transportation of arms, &c. westward. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, respecting the cost of transportation of arms, &c. from the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, to Pittsburg, &c. February 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Cotton canvass for Navy of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports respecting the employment of cotton canvass in the American Navy, &c. &c. February 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Adelaide de Grasse -- widow Grochamps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a petition of Adelaide de Grasse, widow Grochamps, daughter of the late Count de Grasse. February 17, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Disbursements to Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians. February 18, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Featherstonhaugh's report. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Mr. Featherstonhaugh, called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant. February 18, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Choctaw reservations. Message from the President of the United States, respecting Choctaw reservations of land, under the fourteenth article of the treaty of 1830. February 9, 1835. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 19, 1835. -- Bill reported by Mr. Dickinson, No. 145. Virginia Legislature. Report and resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, on the subject of Revolutionary claims. February 19, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Kentucky Legislature -- purchase Louisville Canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky in relation to the purchase, by the United States, of the stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. February 19, 1835. Read and laid upon the table. Fortifications -- Castle Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the fortifications at Castle Island, Boston Harbor. February 19, 1835. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union on Bill No. 701. Amendments -- Constitution -- Missouri. February 21, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. American seamen registered. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States, and in each quarter, during the year 1834. February 21, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Relations with France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of letters received from Mr. Livingston since the date of his message of the 6th instant, with his instructions and correspondence with the French government. February 26, 1835. Contracts -- Post Office Department, 1834. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the department during the year 1834. February 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage accruing in the year 1834. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the amount of postage accruing at each Post Office, in each state and territory, for the year ending 31st March, 1834, &c. February 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Railroads -- Atlantic to the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the survey of certain routes for railroads from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d of February instant. February 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Sandy and Beaver Canal. Letter of E. H. Gill, describing the merits of the summit of the Sandy and Beaver Canal compared with the Licking summit of the Ohio Canal. February 9, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Thomas H. Smith & Son. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the case of Thomas H. Smith & Son. February 6, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Port of entry, Zanesville -- and improvement of Muskingum River. Petition of merchants and citizens of Zanesville, praying for an appropriation of money to aid in improving the Muskingum River. February 6, 1835. French treaty. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the late treaty with France. February 7, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Delaware. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Delaware, in relation to the construction of a harbor at the Town of Newcastle. February 9, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Rhode Island Legislature -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, in relation to the disposition of the proceeds of the public lands. February 9, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. New Jersey. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the Bank of the United States. February 10, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature of Michigan. Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, upon the subject of a light-house and light-boat. February 13, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pennsylvania, inhabitants -- railroad iron. Petition of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying for a reduction of duty on railroad iron imported. February 23, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature of Indiana. Joint memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in relation to pensions to officers and soldiers who served in the campaigns against the Indians prior to the year 1794. February 23, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Distribute proceeds of public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, in favor of a distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states, &c &c. February 23, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Cumberland River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the Cumberland River. February 24, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Contracts -- War Department, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the department during the year 1834. February 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Road -- northern frontier -- Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a reconnoissance of a road through the northern frontier of the State of Maine. February 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Delaware breakwater. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the Delaware breakwater. February 13, 1835. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 648) making additional appropriations for the Delaware breakwater, &c., for 1835. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Convention, held at Pittsburg, February 3, 1835. February 16, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Kentucky Legislature -- armory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the erection of an armory at some suitable point in Kentucky. February 16, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Maine. Proceedings of a meeting of merchants of Portland, Maine, in relation to the erection of a breakwater in Portland harbor. February 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature -- Louisiana -- lands for education. Proceedings of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking a grant of land for the purposes of education. February 16, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Kentucky Legislature -- military school. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to establishing a military school in the State of Kentucky. February 18, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Balances on books of the revenue. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue which have been due from collectors of the customs more than three years prior to 30th September, 1834. February 21, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Turnpike Road -- Somerset, PA., to Cumberland, MD. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania, praying for the aid of government in the construction of a turnpike road from Somerset, in the State of Pennsylvania, to Cumberland, in the State of Maryland. February 23, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Opinion of the Supreme Court in the cases of C.D. Delassus, Aug. Choteau, and Choteau et al. February 25, 1835. Laid before the House by Mr. Ashley, and ordered to be printed. Duties at Porto Rico. Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to an increase of duties at Porto Rico. February 25, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Indiana. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to certain saline reservations. February 16, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. |
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Estimate -- improve Arkansas River. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the improvement of the Arkansas River. January 15, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Map -- boundary -- Michigan and Ohio. Congress of the United States, in the House of Representatives, June 14, 1834. Harbor -- Trail Creek. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to the harbor of Trail Creek. February 17, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Indiana -- land claims -- Vincennes District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report and documents from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to land claims in the Vincennes Land District in the State of Indiana. February 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- General Post Office, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks employed in the department during the year 1834, with their names and salaries. February 28, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Department of Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of persons employed under the authority of the "Act for the Organization of the Department of Indian Affairs." March 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, rescinding certain preamble and resolutions of the last General Assembly, adopted 2d January, 1834. March 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature of Michigan. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan, upon the subject of the southern boundary of said territory. March 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Passengers arriving in the United States -- 1834. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the number and designation of passengers arriving in the United States during the year 1834. March 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida--Bank of Pensacola. March 3, 1835. Laid before the House by the Delegate for the Territory, and ordered to be printed. Indian annuities -- transportation, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d February, in relation to the transportation and disbursement of money appropriated for Indian annuities for the years 1833 and 1834. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the Register of the Treasury, in relation to the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending on the 30th of September, 1834. March 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. National armories, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures incurred, and arms manufactured at the national armories, during the year 1834. March 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Assay -- foreign coins -- Mint U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the result of an assay of foreign gold and silver coins, made at the Mint of the United States, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of December last. March 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay and allowances to officers of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of the 12th of January, in relation to the pay, rations, &c. of the officers of the Navy of the United States. March 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments -- officers of the Customs -- 1834. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1834. February 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Unproductive post routes -- 1834. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes, 1834. March 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- second session, Twenty-third Congress. Statement of appropriations made during the second session of the Twenty-third Congress of the United States of America, specifying the amount and object of each. March 3, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Land claims in Missouri. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the report (supplemental) of the Board of Commissioners for the settlement of land claims in Missouri. March 3, 1835. Read, and laid on the table. State banks -- condition of certain. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the condition of certain state banks, &c. March 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Beacon light -- Black River, Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for building a beacon light at the mouth of Black River, Ohio. December 30, 1834. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. A. McDaniel, Leonard Jones, and others. Memorial of Alexander McDaniel, Leonard Jones, and others. February 9, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. |
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Steam prow-ship. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 707.) February 4, 1835. Heirs of Michael Fenwick, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 586.) December 24, 1834. William Stannard et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 744.) February 17, 1835. National foundry. March 3, 1835. Read, and resolution concurred in. John Brophey. February 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Doctor Absalom Baird. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) March 2, 1835. O.H. Dibble. February 12, 1835. Chastelain and Ponvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) January 9, 1835. John Cowper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 736.) February 13, 1835. Thomas Beacham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 737.) February 13, 1835. James Maxwell. February 14, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Sylvester Day. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 738.) February 16, 1835. Nancy Haggart [i.e., Haggard], heir of William Grymes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 739.) February 16, 1835. Road -- Cumberland to Hollidaysburg. February 17, 1835. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 632) making appropriations for certain roads, and for examinations and surveys, for the year 1835. Jesse Sykes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 743.) February 17, 1835. Bruce, administrator of Bush. February 18, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth S.W. Bacot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 751.) February 19, 1835. Marcus Brown. February 19, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Overton, B. Fowler, and James Green. February 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Relations with France. February 27, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and made the order of the day for to-morrow. Representatives of Colonel J. Laurens. February 28, 1835. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Assault on Mr. Ewing. February 28, 1835. Sureties of Nicholas Kern. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) March 2, 1835. Public printing. February 19, 1835. -- Read in part, and House proceeded to the orders of the day. March 2, 1835. -- Reading finished, and laid on the table. Owners of brig Despatch. February 27, 1835. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Weights and measures. February 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Herring and Richardson. March 3, 1835. Read, and concurred in by the House. George Douglass and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 676.) January 26, 1834. Reduce and graduate the price of public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) December 10, 1834. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives, with a copy of the bill annexed. Thomas Buford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 561.) December 12, 1834. Right of way -- Harper's Ferry. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 12.) December 12, 1834. Topographical Engineers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 567.) December 16, 1834. Corps of Engineers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 568) December 16, 1834. American Consul at London. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 571.) December 16, 1834. Additional paymasters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) December 16, 1834. Henry Bright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 579.) December 22, 1834. Isaac Wellborn, Jun., and William Wellborn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 583.) December 23, 1834. Harbor at St. Louis. December 23, 1834. Printed by order of the House of Representatives, with plat appended. Northeastern boundary of the United States. December 23, 1834. Ezekiel Foster. December 24, 1834. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Robert Kaine. December 24, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table. John Moore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 588.) December 27, 1834. Edmund Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 589.) December 29, 1834. Laurentius M. Eiler. December 29, 1834. Moses Bliss. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 594.) December 29, 1834. Simon S. Morrill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 591.) December 29, 1834. James Latham -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 595.) December 29, 1834. Florida -- Court at Appalachicola. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) December 30, 1854. Surveyor General -- Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 597.) December 30, 1834. Springfield Manufacturing Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 602.) January 2, 1835. Lands to Alabama -- Tennessee, Coosa, &c. Rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 604.) January 2, 1835. Geo. C. Seaton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 606.) January 5, 1835. John Bryant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 607.) January 5, 1835. Larnard Swallow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 608.) January 5, 1835. John Saunders and Perley Putnam. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 609.) January 5, 1835. David Campbell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 603.) January 5, 1835. Jared Buckingham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 610.) January 6, 1835. Thomas F. Reddick -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 611.) January 6, 1835. Margaret White -- representative of Colonel Anthony Walton White. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 640.) January 15, 1835. Colonel Daniel Newnan. (To accompany Bill No. 641.) January 15, 1835. Walter Phillips. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) January 16, 1835. Captain Cole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 647.) January 16, 1835. Mr. Beale, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the following report: The Committee on Invalid Pensions to which was referred the petition of Captain Cole, report... Richard T. Archer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 614.) January 6, 1835. Daniel Dunham. December 23, 1834. -- Read, and laid upon the table. January 7, 1835. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Joel Sartain. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 615.) January 7, 1835. Florida -- Fort Marion and sea-wall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 600.) January 7, 1835. Louis Pellerin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 624.) January 12, 1835. Zebulon Baxter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 625.) January 12, 1835. Jean C. Boudreau. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 627.) January 12, 1835. Noah Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 629.) January 12, 1835. Stephen Crittenden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 630.) January 12, 1835. John Brahan -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) January 13, 1835. On abolishing the office of major general of the Army of the United States. January 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. George Gott and Jonathan Tarr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 637.) January 14, 1835. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 638.) January 14, 1835. Benjamin Holland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) January 19, 1835. Isaac Champlin et al. -- schooner Buffalo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 654.) January 19, 1835. Charles Wilkins -- executors of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 651.) January 19, 1835. B.F. Messinger. January 20, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. James Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 657.) January 20, 1835. Benjamin Bently. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 663.) January 21, 1835. Revolutionary claims. January 21, 1835. Debated -- Mr. Ewing to amend -- pending. Postponed till 30th of January, 1835. Pea Patch Island. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) January 23, 1835. Henry B. Tyler, executor of Col. R. Smith. (To accompany Bill S. No. 25.) January 23, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Anthony Gale. January 26, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. William Vawter -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 678.) January 26, 1835. James Barron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 681.) January 28, 1835. Peter Alba. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 685.) January 28, 1835. Justus Cobb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 687.) January 28, 1835. Lambert L. Van Valkenburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 688.) January 28, 1835. Samuel Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) January 31, 1835. Amend the Constitution of the United States. January 31, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Eckright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 691.) January 31, 1835. William Van Burkleo. January 31, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Roach. January 31, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Wm. C. Beard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 693.) February 2, 1835. Pension Agency, Green River, Kentucky. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 695.) February 2, 1835. Elias Johns. February 2, 1835. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. General Daniel Parker. February 2, 1835. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel W. Ruff. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 698.) February 3, 1835. Documents to accompany Bill H.R. No. 696. February 3, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Solomon Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 700.) February 3, 1835. Fortifications on Castle Island. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 701.) February 3, 1835. Growth and manufacture of silk. February 3, 1835. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Jacob Stewart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 702.) February 3, 1835. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 703.) February 3, 1835. Additional Pension Agency in Indiana. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 706.) February 4, 1835. Gilbert Smith -- schooner Lilly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 709.) February 4, 1835. Thomas Simpson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 711.) February 5, 1835. Thankful Randall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 712.) February 5, 1835. New executive buildings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 713.) February 5, 1835. Mary Graham. February 5, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Tristram Coffin -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 714.) February 5, 1835. James Calvin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 718.) February 7, 1835. Explore Pacific Ocean, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 719.) February 7, 1835. John F. Lewis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 720.) February 7, 1835. The public printing. February 7, 1835. Read, and the House proceeded to the orders of the day. Purchases of public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 721.) February 10, 1835. Hartwell Vick -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 723.) February 10, 1835. James Wiltbank. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 724.) February 10, 1835. Samuel Eskridge. February 10, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Colonel Francis Vigo. February 24, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob B. Gilbert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 763.) February 24, 1835. Matthew Arbuckle. February 24, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Christopher T. Bayley. February 10, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Commodore John Downes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 727.) February 10, 1835. Tennessee Canal Commissioners. February 13, 1835. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 502) to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Black Warrior Rivers. Robert Allison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 733.) February 13, 1835. Stephen Harris. February 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain John Winston -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 752.) February 19, 1835. Doctor Charles McKnight -- administrator of. February 19, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Abner Stelson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 757.) February 21, 1835. French spoliations prior to 1800. February 21, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Charles M. Frasier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) February 25, 1835. Daniel Stoddard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 767.) February 25, 1835. William Crawford -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 768.) February 25, 1835. Rhode Island Brigade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 769.) February 25, 1835. Arrears of naval pensions. February 25, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Joshua Cullumber. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 618.) January 8, 1835. Cornelius Innis. January 8, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds on Pension Office. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) January 8, 1835. John S. Conger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 722.) February 10, 1835. Ferdinand D. McDonell. February 14, 1835. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th February, 1835, relative to the duties under 20 per cent ad valorem, under the sixth section of the act of the 14th July, 1832, that can be reduced or repealed, consistently with a due regard to the manufacturing interest. December 15, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a compromise of the claim of Thomas H. Smith & Son, &c. December 15, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, December 8, 1835. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 8, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished. Message from the President of the United States, with documents in relation to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan Territory. December 10, 1835. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to a select committee to consider and report thereon. Message from the President of the United States, with correspondence between the United States and Spain, and instructions to the Minister of the United States. December 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 29th January, 1835, with statement of the amount of duties on plains, kerseys, and Kendall cottons imported into the United States under orders issued between the 14th July, 1832, and the 2d March, 1833. December 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d March, 1835, with statement of additional duties imposed by the act of the 19th May, 1828, and collected between the 1st September and the 31st December of that year. December 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 16th January, 1835, relative to the construction of a bridge over the Wabash River at the crossing of the Cumberland Road. December 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th January, 1835, with a statement of the expenditures for printing and the purchase of books by each House of Congress, and by the other departments and officers of the government. December 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, with statements showing the names, &c. of the clerks and messengers, and of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate. December 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with annual report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 8, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with summary statements of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the first three quarters of 1835. December 8, 1835. Read, and ordered that 1,500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Message from the President of the United States, with a copy of the Constitution adopted by the people of Michigan for forming a state government, &c. December 10, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed, and referred to a select committee. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement relating to the erection of certain Custom-houses. December 17, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. |
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In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Calhoun made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 122. The select committee to whom was referred that portion of the President's message which relates to the attempts to circulate, through the mail, inflammatory appeals, to excite the slaves to insurrection, submit the following report... Message from the President of the United States, with reports from the Secretaries of State and War, relative to the boundary line between Ohio and Territory of Michigan. January 12, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Petition of the executor of David Nagle, deceased, & Antonio de Frias, subjects of Spain, praying remuneration for losses on certain slaves captured by a revenue cutter while in possession of Colonel Brooke, of the United States, the vessel containing them having sailed for Florida while in possession of Spain, and arrived while in possession of the United States. December 22, 1835. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. January 4, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Connellsville, Newhaven, &c., Fayette County, Pennsylvania, adverse to any interference, by the people of the states, with the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia. January 25, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1836. Mr. Hendricks laid the following documents on the table, relating to Senate Bill No. 82. Petition of sundry masters of vessels, for a pier or breakwater at Michigan City, Indiana. February 8, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Taylor, report: That it appears from the petition and the documents accompanying it, that, in the year 1810, the petitioner was the owner of thirty-one and one-third thousand of butt staves... Memorial from the citizens of Clay County, Missouri, asking for the erection of a line of military posts around the frontier; the opening of military roads; and the removal of the superintendency of Indian affairs to the frontier of the state. December 24, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 38. The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill for the Relief of Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Austill... In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tyler laid the following letter on the table, relating to Senate Bill No. 81... In Senate of the United States, December 28, 1835. Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 35. The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the claim of the owners of the brig Despatch... In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Bernard M. Patteson [Patterson]... Memorial of the corporate authorities of Alexandria, D.C., praying relief from its pecuniary embarrassments. January 13, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry merchants of Washington City, praying that the charters of the several banks in the district may be renewed. January 13, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company of Louisiana, for donation and right of pre-emption to certain public land, &c. January 4, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 13, 1836. -- Bill reported and memorial (as far as page 4) ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 77. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the legal representatives of Moses Shepherd... In Senate of the United States. March 28, 1834. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. January 13, 1836. -- Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Southard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 76. The Committee on Naval Affairs of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs and legal representatives of Henry Eckford, report... Memorial of sundry citizens of Ohio, praying indemnity for spoliations by France prior to 1800. January 14, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson made the following report, on Senate Bill, No. 63. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the Bill for the Completion of the Road from Line Creek to the Chatahooche... Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, for extension of the Act Granting Pre-emptions to Actual Settlers on the Public Lands, &c. January 14, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the citizens of Newcastle, Delaware, for the establishment of that place as a port of entry. January 14, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with correspondence touching our relations with France. January 18, 1836. Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, with 3,000 extra copies. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with resolution of the Senate, with copies of certain documents relative to affairs with France. January 18, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the amount of receipts into the Treasury in 1835. January 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the payments connected with the purchase and management of the public lands. January 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of the citizens of Georgetown, praying for the recharter of the banks in that place. January 18, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 80. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred two resolutions of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to deepen the bar of Pensacola Bay, in Florida, and for the construction of a dry dock or marine railway, for the repair of vessels of war at the Navy yard at Pensacola, report... Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, opposed to the admission of Michigan into the Union unless they shall, in their constitution, acknowledge the northern boundary line of that state, &c. January 20, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the heirs of Auguste Chouteau and John Mullanphy, claimants to land under title from Julien Dubuque, that they be placed in possession of said land, and that public sale thereof by the United States be suspended until they can prove their claim. January 20, 1836. Referred to Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbor of East Thomaston, Maine. January 12, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. January 20, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, concerning the location of the Choctaw claims and reservations. January 20, 1836. Read, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to deepening the bar at Pensacola Bay, &c. January 20, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 83. The Committee on Commerce having considered the petition of certain persons who represent themselves to be the heirs at law of one Daniel Van Pelt, make report... Documents relating to "Bill to Provide for the Construction of Floating Steam-batteries." With Senate Bill No. 89. January 21, 1836. Ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the "Bill to Provide for Opening a Military Road from Fort Leavenworth to the Right Bank of the Mississippi, Above the State of Missouri." Senate Bill No. 90. January 21, 1836. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1836. Submitted by Mr. Tyler, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tyler submitted the following motions for consideration... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1836. The following resolutions were ordered to be postponed to Monday next... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statement showing the cost of the purchase and management of the public lands, the quantity surveyed and sold, and the nett proceeds of the same. January 25, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Memorial of Samuel Sheafe and others, merchants, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, praying indemnity for spoliations by France prior to 1800. January 25, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 73. The Committee on Commerce having had under consideration...a law of the United States passed the 24th of May, 1828, makes provision for licensing vessels to be employed in the mackerel fishery... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with information respecting the survey of a road from Maumee Bay to the rapids of the Illinois River, and thence to the Mississippi River. January 20, 1836. -- Read. January 25, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a report of the survey of a channel between the islands of North and South Hero, in Lake Champlain. January 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of Mississippi, &c., praying that a tribunal may be created for the settlement of private claims to lands, and for extension of the pre-emption right to settlers. January 11, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 70. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of General William Eaton, report... Message from the President of the United States, with report on the condition of the Cumberland Road in Illinois and Indiana. December 22, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the collection of the revenue of the United States. December 22, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1835. Mr. Hendricks laid on the table the following documents, relating to his resolution of the 22d instant, on the subject of the duration of the sessions of Congress, which were ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 24, 1835. -- Ordered that the following document be reprinted. Petition of Joseph Bogy, praying compensation for spoliations on his property by a numerous party of Choctaw Indians, then at peace with the United States, whilst on a trading expedition on the Arkansas River, under authority of a license derived from the United States. December 24, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the citizens of New York, praying relief from the United States on account of the late destructive fire in that city. December 28, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, December 28, 1835. Ordered that the following report be reprinted. Mr. Southard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 30. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Henry B. Tyler, executor of Richard Smith... In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1835. Ordered that the following be reprinted. Mr. Tallmadge made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 31. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Hogan, administrator of Michael Hogan, deceased... In Senate of the United States, December 28, 1835. Mr. Southard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 34. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Irvine Shubrick, report... Memorial of Commodore Isaac Hull, United States Navy, praying compensation for certain extra duties performed by him while Commandant of the Navy yard at Washington. December 23, 1835. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. December 28, 1835. -- Ordered to be printed. (Bill reported, No. 33.) Report from the Secretary of War, with statements from the Commissioner of Pensions, showing the applications for pensions that have been rejected. December 28, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, setting forth the pecuniary embarrassments of said city, and asking such relief as the just claims of the city upon the United States may appear to entitle it. December 22, 1835. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. December 29, 1835. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the executrix of Richard W. Meade, deceased, praying payment of the claims due by the United States to the deceased. December 29, 1835. Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Report from the Secretary of War, with information relative to the construction of a harbor at Michigan City. December 30, 1835. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 51. The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of Peter H. Green... In Senate of the United States. December 31, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 53. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Mary O'Sullivan, report... In Senate of the United States. December 31, 1835. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 15. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram A. Hunter, report... Memorial of Beverly Chew and others, survivors of Beale's Rifle Company, praying that each individual who belonged to that company be allowed a section of land in Louisiana, on account of the arduous and important services during the attack on New Orleans. December 31, 1835. Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Memorial of sundry citizens of Delaware, for an appropriation for the erection of a pier in connexion with the Delaware breakwater. January 4, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions at a meeting of the citizens of Lewis, Delaware, to obtain an appropriation for the erection of a wharf or mole in connexion with the Delaware breakwater, &c. January 4, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, with Senate Resolution No. 4. The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the message of the President of the 17th December last, transmitting to Congress a report of the Secretary of State, accompanying copies of certain papers relating to a bequest to the United States by Mr. James Smithson, of London, for the purpose of founding, at Washington, an establishment under the name of "the Smithsonian Institution..." In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 10. The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred the memorial of Thomas Aspinwall... Report from the Postmaster General, with a statement of the clerks employed in the General Post Office, in 1835. January 27, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislative Council of Florida, for the erection of light-houses; for the establishment of a port of entry and delivery; and a post office, with mail route; and for a survey of the harbor of St. Joseph. January 27, 1836. Referred to the Committees on Commerce, and Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company for donation of land to aid in construction of their road. January 27, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Ewing made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 40. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a Bill To Appropriate, for a Limited Time, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight, from the Committee on Manufactures, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 99. The Committee on Manufactures, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the 15th of December, relative to the duties that may be reduced or repealed... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 102. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Arthur Bronson... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 98. The Committee of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of Boyd Reilly, praying that Congress would purchase the right to use his improved apparatus... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Abel Bentley, report... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Kurtz and others, report... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 96. The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Martin Prindle... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to Benjamin F. Curry. January 28, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to a mole near Cape Henlopen, and a fortification for the protection of the Delaware breakwater. January 28, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. King, of Georgia, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 106. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred resolutions by the Legislature of Louisiana, requesting that measures be taken by Congress to settle conflicting claims to land in the County of Feliciana, in said state, ask leave to report... Memorial of Nicholas Brown and others, of Providence, Rhode Island, for indemnity for spoliations by France prior to 1800. February 1, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1836. Mr. Davis made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 86. The Committee on Commerce having examined the petition and documents presented by Christopher T. Bailey, adopt the following report, made at the last session... In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 107. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod], report... In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King, of Georgia, made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 11. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a Bill for the Relief of Duncan L. Clinch... In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the representatives of Richard Taliaferro... In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1836. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of Benjamin Marshall, report... In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Captain George Cook, report... In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1836. Mr. Moore made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom have been referred the petition of the heirs of Everard Mead [i.e., Meade], of the Revolution, the petition of Ephraim Whittaker, the petition of the representatives of James Crain, and the petition of the representatives of William Teas, deceased, report... Memorial of sundry citizens of Connecticut, that a monument be erected to the memory of Captain Nathan Hale, a martyr in the cause of American independence. February 1, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with annual list of officers and other persons engaged in the Indian department. February 2, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with the annual return of the militia of the United States. February 2, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1836. Mr. Tyler made the following report with Senate Bill No. 112. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom were referred the memorials of the Corporations of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, praying that relief may be afforded them from their pecuniary embarrassments... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heir of James Davis, report... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The following letter, relating to the Cumberland Road, to the western boundary of Missouri, was laid on the table by Mr. Hendricks, to accompany Senate Bill, No. 87... Letters from Honorable L. F. Linn, of the Senate of the United States, and Honorable A. H. Sevier, delegate in Congress from Arkansas, relative to the obstructions to the navigation of the White, Big Black, and St. Francis Rivers. February 2, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to expunging a resolution from the Journal of the Senate, and against the recharter of the Bank [of the] United States. February 2, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claim of Lieutenant John Pickett, report... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 113. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred a memorial of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 118. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James F. Sothoron, praying compensation for property destroyed by the enemy during the late war, report... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 119. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Gordon... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 25. The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the Bill for the Relief of Joseph Hertick, (S. 25,) and the documents accompanying the same report... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Richard Matson... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robbins made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 120. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of John M. Gamble, beg leave to make the following report, accompanied with a bill for his relief... Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, against the measures of the abolitionists, and against interfering with the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia. February 5, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, to obtain further appropriations for the Cumberland Road in that state. February 5, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, to be permitted to purchase certain land of the United States between Munceytown and Fort Wayne, and requesting the President to reserve said land from sale. February 5, 1836. Ordered to be printed, and that the second resolution be referred to the President of the United States, and the residue to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, adverse to the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the states, and that the settlers on the lands within Indian reservations be permitted to locate pre-emption rights on other lands, &c. February 5, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 128. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the claim of James and Rebecca Sutherland... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 131. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claims of sundry individuals for services in the companies of Captains Crawford and Wallis, of the State of Missouri, against the hostile Indians, in 1832, report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 127. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Josette Beaubien... Message from the President of the United States, relative to the mediation of Great Britain, in settling the affairs between the United States and France. February 8, 1836. Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with survey, plan, and estimate for rebuilding the light-house on the Brandywine Shoals, &c. February 8, 1836. Referred to Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, that the judiciary system be amended so that the circuit court system be extended to all the states. February 8, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, remonstrating against the practice of allowing reservations to the Indians, in anticipation of a treaty with the Cherokees. February 8, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, for grant of land for each township wherein the sixteenth section has been valueless, or been taken up by Indian reservations. February 8, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, praying for extension of time on bonds for the payment of duties. February 8, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 129. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of the administrator of the estate of Patrick McGibbony... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs and representatives of William Alexander, known as Major General Lord Stirling, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 130. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which were referred the petition and papers of Sarah Hopkins... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 125. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Daniel Cameron, and Margaret his wife, claiming as representatives of James Bell, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Barbara Mudd and others, report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of John Spitfathom, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the executor of Carter Page... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of William R. Johnson, executor of George Evans, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Frances Moore... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Polly Leonard, reports: That the petitioner represents that she is the widow of Joseph Leonard... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 133. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eloy Segura and others, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Nahum Ward, Treasurer of the Ohio Company, report... Memorial of John McArann, praying the patronage of Congress to his botanical and horticultural establishment. January 7, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Corporation of Georgetown, D.C, praying to be relieved from pecuniary embarrassments by Congress. January 11, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report, on Senate Bill No. 12. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the Bill To Improve the Navigation of the Wabash River, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of the affairs of the banks in the District of Columbia. January 11, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Recorder of Land Titles and Commissioners for the Adjustment of Private Land Claims in Missouri, on certain land claims in the Territory of Arkansas. December 21, 1835. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Memorial of the executors of David Caldwell, deceased, late Clerk of the United States Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, praying that certain sums due to him , and withheld by the Treasury Department, may be paid. December 21, 1835. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with final reports from the Board of Commissioners at St. Louis, under the act of the 9th July, 1832. December 15, 1835. -- Read. December 21, 1835. -- Ordered to be printed. December 22, 1835. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, to obtain grants of land for Margaret Nation and her children, on account of their being deaf and dumb. February 8, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed |
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Petition of citizens of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for an annual appropriation to remove to Africa all free Negroes and manumitted slaves, &c. February 9, 1836. 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, relative to claims under the Treaty with France of 1831. February 26, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 159. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill Supplementary to an Act Entitled "An Act To Provide for an Exchange of Lands with the Indians Residing in any of the States or Territories, and for Their Removal West of the River Mississippi,"... Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to Michigan road lands. February 15, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the mediation of Great Britain for settlement of affairs with France. February 22, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting certain documents relating to the state of affairs with France. February 15, 1836. Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William H. Freeman, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Major, United States Marine Corps, stating the disadvantageous operation to that Corps of the regulations established under the act of the 30th June, 1834. February 15, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, to obtain appropriations for a pier at Crow Shoal, and light-houses on Egg Island and Cohansey Point. March 16, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Motion of Mr. Benton, relative to payments by the United States in notes not less than $20, &c. In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of Clement B. Penrose... In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tallmadge made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 148. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Marinus W. Gilbert, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the construction of the laws concerning pre-emption rights to lands. March 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with report from the Secretary of War, on the progress of the improvement on Red River. February 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the petition of Janette Taylor, niece of John Paul Jones. February 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry citizens of Mississippi, complaining of certain disadvantages growing out of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, with the Choctaw Indians and praying redress. February 24, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the construction of the law granting pre-emption rights to actual settlers. February 25, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, complaining of the disadvantages resulting from certain reservations of land to Choctaw Indians, under the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek; and praying such title, when originating in fraud, may not be confirmed. February 25, 1836. Referred to Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Statements relating to the fortifications of the United States. February 25, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 153. The Committee on Commerce have considered the petition of Joshua Hatch, and make the following report: It appears, by satisfactory evidence, that the petitioner was, in 1825, the sole owner of the schooner Joseph... Documents relating to the extension of the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri. February 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to expenditures on the Cumberland Road. February 26, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Hendricks, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, with statement showing the effective force of the Army, and the pay emoluments of each grade, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. February 29, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a chart of the topographical survey and soundings of Bridgeport harbor. February 29, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1836. Mr. Clinton made the following report; which was read, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred a Bill to Settle and Establish the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Ohio... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the balance in the Treasury, when last ascertained. March 1, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John L. Elbert, late a lieutenant of light Dragoons... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 154. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Howard, administrator of Nathaniel Canada, deceased, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the condition of the Winnebago Indians occupying the country ceded to the United States between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi. March 3, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the re-organization of the General Land Office. March 3, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 157. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Leamaster, widow of James Leamaster... In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Pool, report... In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of Alphonso Wetmore... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report: The Committee on Manufactures, to whom were referred the petitions of sundry merchants of Philadelphia, and of Robert P. Brown and others, merchants of Baltimore, praying that the article denominated in commerce "brown linens," whether stained or not, may be imported free of duty, report... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Noah Brown... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. The Committee of Claims made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Mullens, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting statements relative to balance of public moneys, the deposite banks, &c. March 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statement of the affairs of the deposite banks, February 1, 1836. March 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial from the citizens of Louisville, Kentucky, praying that adequate provision be made by the government of the United States for the relief of sick and disabled seamen on the western waters. March 8, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the number and situation of the Indians on the frontiers of the United States, and a plan for an increase of the Army. March 9, 1836. Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands in the vicinity of Green Bay, and north of the Wisconsin and Ioway Rivers. March 9, 1836. Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to frauds committed under the pre-emption laws of the United States, &c. March 10, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, from the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Black made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 164. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the representative of Captain Charles C.B. Thompson... Report from the Secretary of State, with statement of the registered seamen of the United States, for 1835. March 10, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a report of the survey of the northern boundary line of Illinois, furnished in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 22nd instant. December 29, 1835. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Admission of Michigan, &c. March 10, 1835. -- Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statements of the amounts expended on the Cumberland Road, amount of the two per cent fund, &c. March 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Affairs [i.e., Relations], to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Meade, widow and executrix of Richard W. Meade, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 160. The Committee on Manufactures, to whom were referred the bill of the Senate "to allow a drawback of duties on imported hemp, when manufactured into cordage and exported"... In Senate of the United States. March 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King, of Georgia, made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Eliza Causin and Ann Turner, heir and representatives of the late Colonel John H. Stone... Memorial of Horace F. Walworth and others, of Arkansas, remonstrating against the confirmation of the title to land in that territory, derived from a Spanish grant to Carlos de Villemont [i.e., Vilemont] March 11, 1836. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Tennessee, for the erection of a hospital for sick and disabled seamen, at Memphis, in that state. March 14, 1836. Referred to Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company, for a grant of land to effect said improvement. March 14, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 11th ultimo, the petition of William P. Brobson, in behalf of himself and the legal representatives of E.J. Dupont, deceased, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Samuel Y. Keene, report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston made the following report: The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the following resolution: "Resolved, that the Committee on the Library be instructed to inquire into the expediency of purchasing the library of the late Count Boutourlin..." In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White, made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Joseph Bogy, respectfully report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, against any interference on the part of the general government, societies, or individuals, on the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia. March 16, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of New Jersey, praying that the patent of Joseph Grant may not be renewed. March 16, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 16, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, who were instructed, by a resolution of the 25th February last, "to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to extinguish the Indian title to the portion of country situated between the western boundary line of the State of Missouri and the Missouri River..." In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of John Morris Faght... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George Armstrong... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Bill H.R. No. 77. The Committee on Commerce, having considered a bill from the House of Representatives for the relief of Gilbert A. Smith and others, report... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hugh Barton... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to compensate Augustus Jones, Marshal of Missouri, for services rendered to the public in detecting and breaking up bands of counterfeiters who were flooding the country with spurious money, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1836. Mr. Southard laid the following statement on the table, which was ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with information respecting the improvement of the Christiana River, in Delaware. February 12, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 18, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred two resolutions "instructing them to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for extinguishing the Indian titles to lands in the vicinity of Green Bay, to those north of the Ouisconsin and the reservation on the Ioway River, in the county of Des Moines, all in the Territory of Michigan;"... In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Leframbois, a Pottawatamie Indian... In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report with S. Bill No. 175. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a memorial from sundry citizens of Connecticut, interested in the whale fishery, praying that an exploring expedition be fitted out to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, instructing the senators in Congress from that state to vote for expunging a certain resolution from the Journal of the Senate. March 21, 1836. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states, and that liberal appropriations be made for completing the fortifications of the United States. March 21, 1836. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 extra copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Black made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the petition of several persons stating themselves to have been Choctaw heads of families at the time of making a treaty between the United States and the Choctaw Indians... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report, with S. Bill No. 179. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the representatives of Colonel John Hazlet... Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to a part of land in Maine, belonging to that state, now in dispute between the United States and Great Britain, and desiring a speedy decision upon the subject, or authority to that state to appoint an agent to take care of the interest of that state. March 22, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statements of the deposite banks, &c. March 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 180. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a petition of Orris Gay, a discharged soldier of the United States Army, make the following report... Petition of sundry citizens of Mobile, asking the repeal of the act of the 2d March, 1829, relating to land claims, or that great circumspection be used in confirming such claims in future. February 9, 1836. Referred to Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to Indian hostilities in Florida. February 10, 1836. Read, referred to Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Good, report... In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 135. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Allyn, report.. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 134. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition, &c. of George Dawson, late a contractor for masonry on the Cumberland Road, report... In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Clay, and ordered to be printed. Washington, January 27, 1836. Sir: I am directed by the Senate's Committee of Foreign Relations to call your attention to a letter from the Duc de Broglie... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robbins made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 138. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Preble and others, in behalf of the heirs of the officers and crew of the ketch Intrepid... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 137. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, a captain in the Navy of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and adopt the following report... Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, requesting the suspension of certain land from sale, and referred to him by an order of the Senate. February 12, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to the means of supplying the Mint with bullion and foreign coins for coinage. February 15, 1836. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of Indiana, to obtain a donation of land for making a turnpike road from Fort Wayne to Richmond. February 15, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, to obtain the passage of a law for payment of horses lost by the United States Rangers raised under the act of the 15th June, 1832. February 15, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Ebenezer Banks... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and proofs of the heirs of Samuel Jones, deceased, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 139. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John B. White, praying that the commutation pay due to his father, Robert White, a captain in the Army of the Revolution, may be paid to him... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of the representatives of Enoch K. Withers... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred, the petition of David Brooks, with the accompanying papers, report... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of Samuel Elbert, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of Dr. William Rumney, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Anne Royall, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of William Arnel, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Patience Babcock, the widow of Phinehas Babcock, report... Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the survey of the route for a railroad from Charleston, South Carolina, to some suitable point on the Ohio River. February 16, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, favorable to the allowance of bounty land to those who served in the militia during the last war. February 16, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 140. The Committee on Commerce, on the petition of A. & J. Dennistown & Co., make the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean made the following report: The Committee on the Contingent Fund, to whom was referred, on the 20th ultimo, the motion of Mr. Southard, to rescind so much of the resolution of the 14th of April, 1834, as makes the execution of any order of the Senate for the printing of documents for its use depend upon a similar order of the House of Representatives, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, approving the measures of the Executive of the United States regarding the relations with France. February 18, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1836. Ordered, that the following documents, relating to Bill S. 142, be printed. In Senate of the United States, December 23, 1835. On motion by Mr. Linn, resolved, that the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a national armory in the valley of the Mississippi... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 144. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of heirs of William Conway, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Ewing, and ordered to be printed. The following letter relates to the subject of Senate Bill No. 37. General Land Office...whether a Surveyor General's Office for the State of Illinois is believed to be necessary... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1836. Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, laid the following documents on the table, and ordered that they be printed. With Senate Bill No. 145. On motion by Mr. Linn. Resolved, that the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing an armory in the western country... Memorial from Thomas Sewall and others, praying for an act of incorporation as a society for establishing a manual-labor school and male orphan asylum. February 19, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with a report on the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River. February 23, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1836. Mr. Davis made the following report, which was concurred in, and ordered to be printed. The Committee on Commerce, having considered the petition of the inhabitants and ship-owners of Delaware and Pennsylvania, asking that Newcastle may be made a port of entry... In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 147. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of the heirs of Henry Fisher, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 149. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Stoddard, report... In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom the petition of Nondasheman, alias Peter W. Knaggs, of the Territory of Michigan, was referred, submit the following report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the states. February 23, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying that the Cumberland Road be located to pass through that place, in the route to Jefferson City. February 23, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, and relating to the unexpended balance in the Treasury on the 1st January, 1836. February 15, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. February 23, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the resolution of the Senate of the 26th ultimo, and the report from the Secretary of War of the 1st instant, on the subject of the removal of the Winnebago Indians west of the River Mississippi... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 146. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, approving the course pursued by the Executive of the United States, in the intercourse with France, concerning the execution of the Treaty of 1831. March 1, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, adverse to the movements made for the abolition of slavery, &c. February 29, 1836. -- Read. March 10, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed |
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In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report, with S. Bill No. 217. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Loammi Baldwin... Memorial of the Trustees of the College of New Jersey, that a donation of land be made to all the incorporated colleges in the United States. April 23, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial from the State of Alabama, for authority to sell the remaining part of the land granted for improving the Tennessee and other rivers, without limitation as to price. March 30, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. April 7, 1836. -- Reported Bill S. 206, and ordered that this memorial be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with reports from the Secretaries of War and Navy relative to the military and naval defences of the country. April 8, 1836. Read, and ordered that it be printed; and that so much as relates to the military defences be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and so much as relates to the naval defenses to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, approving the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the states. April 18, 1836. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, that aid may be extended by Congress to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. March 30, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, with returns of the Bank of the United States and the deposite banks. January 14, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Proceedings of a medical convention of Ohio, relative to the necessity for hospitals on the western waters and the lakes, for the care of sick and disabled watermen. March 24, 1836. Referred to Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the "Bill To Regulate the Pay of the Officers of the United States Marine Corps." With Senate Bill No. 88. March 24, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William Fettyplace, stating that his claims on account of spoliations by France had been rejected by the commissioners unjustly, and praying the interposition of Congress in his behalf. March 24, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with S. Bill No. 184. The Committee on Commerce make the following report on the petition of Means & Clark, of Boston... Proceedings at a meeting of the citizens of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in favor of an appropriation in aid of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. March 28, 1836. Referred to Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 28, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Russell... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the Navy Hospital Fund. March 21, 1836. -- Read. March 28, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 29, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representative of Lieutenant John Trueman, report... Letter from Joseph Bogy, relative to the land claim of De Villemont [i.e., Vilemont], in Arkansas, derived from the Spanish government. March 29, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 29, 1836. -- Read. March 31, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report, on Bill H.R. No. 89. The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill (from the House of Representatives) for the Relief of the Heirs of Nathaniel Tyler," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Beverly Chew and others, survivors of "Beale's Rifle Company," report... Report of a geological reconnoissance made in 1835, from the seat of government, by the way of Green Bay and the Wisconsin Territory, to the Coteau de Prairie, an elevated ridge dividing the Missouri from the St. Peter's River. By G.W. Featherstonhaugh, U.S. Geologist. Doc. 333 -- Printed by order of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William T. Lewis and Hirman [i.e., Hiram] H. Lewis... Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, in favor of expunging a certain resolution from the Journal of the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, relating to principles and policy of the general government on certain subjects. March 31, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tallmadge made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Albert Pawling, a colonel in the Revolutionary War, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report, with S. Bill No. 195. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Powell... Report from the Postmaster General, relative to the deranged accounts of that department. April 2, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition and documents in the case of Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, made the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 4, 1836. Ordered, that the following document be printed. March 3, 1835. Mr. Grundy laid the following report on the table; it being referred to in the report made to the Senate on the 27th January, 1835, on the condition and proceedings of the General Post Office, by the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. -- See Senate document No. 86, 2d session, 23d Congress. In Senate of the United States, April 5, 1836. Preamble and resolution by Mr. Benton for expunging certain resolution of the Senate. March 16, 1836. March 18, 1836. -- Considered, and adjourned. March 21, 1836. -- Resumed, and postponed. March 22, 1836. -- Resumed, and postponed. March 23, 1836. -- Resumed, and to lie. March 28, 1836. -- Resumed, and to lie. April 4, 1836. -- Resumed -- adjourned. April 5, 1836. -- Resumed. Benton. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Grundy made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 21st of March, 1836, directing an inquiry "into the expediency of authorizing permanent contracts to be made for the transportation of the mail with the different railroad companies..." Resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of expunging a certain resolution from the Journal of the Senate. April 8, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of expunging a certain resolution from the Journal of the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, disapproving of any interference with the subject of slavery in any of the states by the general government. April 8, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statements of the money collected and expended for the relief of sick and disabled seamen in 1834. April 8, 1836. Read, referred to Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, opposed to expunging any part of the Journal of the Senate, &c. April 11, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Jean Baptiste Janis, Sen., of Missouri, for remuneration for services rendered under General George Rogers Clarke, against the Indians, in 1778. April 11, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to "Bill Making Appropriations for Certain Roads in Arkansas." April 11, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Hendricks, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the annual commencement of contracts for carrying the mail, &c. April 11, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Grundy, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 213. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James L. Cathcart, report... In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report with Senate Bill No. 214. The Committee on Commerce have considered the message of the President of the 2d March last, and the documents therewith communicated, and report... In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 212. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Rodgers, report... In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain Thomas West... Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, adverse to the proposition to expunge a certain resolution from the Journal of the Senate. April 12, 1836. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of an equitable distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the states. April 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of the emoluments of the officers of the Customs for 1835. April 12, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean made the following report: The Committee on the Contingent Fund, to whom was referred a resolution " that the expenses incurred during the last Congress in the taking of testimony by order of the Committee on Public Lands in relation to frauds said to have been committed in the sales of the public lands, be paid by the Secretary of the Senate..." In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 202. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill for the Relief of Simeon Geron, report... In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report: The Committee on Manufactures, to whom were referred the memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Brooklyn, in the State of New York... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statements of money in the Treasury on the first of April, 1836, where deposited, &c. April 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial from Francis Lieber, professor of history and political economy in the South Carolina College, relative to proposals for a work on the statistics of the United States. April 18, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed, and that 750 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, who were instructed, by a resolution of the Senate of the 7th ultimo, to inquire into the expediency and justice of granting a pension to Leslie Combs... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the representatives of General John Philip D'Haas [i.e., De Haas], deceased, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1836. Ordered to be printed. Statement of expenses incurred in taking testimony by the Committee on Public Lands of the Senate during the 23d Congress. In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William P. Rathbone, report... In Senate of the United States. April 20, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of sundry inhabitants of Wabash County, in the State of IIlinois, praying that a pension may be allowed to Noah Crane, who is deaf, blind, and deprived of his mental faculties, report... In Senate of the United States. April 20, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which were referred the report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and the accompanying documents, touching the petition of the heirs of Silence Elliott, deceased, respectfully reports... Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of liberal appropriations for the defences of the country. April 22, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the mode of electing the President and Vice President of the United States. April 22, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the maximum amount that can be expended per annum in the military defences of the United States. April 22, 1836. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1836. Mr. Crittenden made the following report, with Senate Bills No. 42 [i.e., 43] and 229. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of Antoine Pelletier [i.e., Peltier], and the respective petitions of Joseph Bogy and Pierre Menard, respectfully report to the Senate... Resolutions of a meeting of sundry officers of the Navy, to obtain the establishment of a naval school. April 23, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, to obtain the extinguishment of the title of the Pottawatamie and Miami Indians to lands in that state, and the removal of said Indians from that state. April 23, 1836. Referred to Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 231. The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the memorial of the executors of David Caldwell, deceased, respectfully reports... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement of the affairs of the deposite banks, the amount in the Treasury, &c. April 25, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 25, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 232. The Committee on Commerce have considered the resolutions of Tennessee, Illinois, and Indiana, and sundry petitions, praying for the erection of marine hospitals on the western waters, and now report as follows... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to transfers of moneys received for public lands to the eastern cities, and the description of money received in payment for lands. April 26, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Joseph Blackwell, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Ann Sands, heiress and legal representative of William Sands... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the representatives of Lieutenant Thomas Goldsmith, reports... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 3,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Ruggles made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 239. The select committee appointed to take into consideration the state and condition of the Patent Office... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, stating the maximum that can be beneficially expended, per annum, for the naval service, &c. April 28, 1836. 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