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Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the claim of the heirs of George Galphin. January 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Ohio, praying the donation of certain tracts of land between the Muskingum and Little Miami Rivers. February 27, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in relation to commissions on disbursements in the Indian Department; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. February 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying an extension of the pension laws to those who served three months prior to 1795, and for a grant of bounty land to the soldiers of the late war with Great Britain. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Hendricks made the following report: The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Raub, Jun., of the State of Pennsylvania, report... Report from the Secretary of War, with statement of the names and salaries of the clerks in that department during the year 1836. January 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the weighers of the port of New York, praying an increase of compensation. February 6, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Seward Porter, praying that a light-house may be erected on St. George's Shoals. February 4, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of undrawn appropriations; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant. January 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 213. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, report therein as follows... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all the contracts which were made by [t]his department during the year 1836. January 25, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying the early completion of the Cumberland Road within the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. January 30, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the Office of the Auditor of the Post Office Department, during the year 1836. February 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the Joint Resolution (S.11) "authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive from the Bank of the United States under the Pennsylvania charter, payment for the stock of the United States in the late Bank of the United States." February 27, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, on the subject of extending the franking privilege to members and officers of state legislatures. February 27, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of manufacturers of hair cloth in the City of New York, opposed to a reduction of the duty on that article. February 28, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Letter from Thomas L. Winthrop and others, to the delegation in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, in relation to the claim of the New England Mississippi Land Company. February 28, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, with documents relating to the character and conduct of Samuel Gwin. June 1, 1836. -- Read. March 2, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1837. Agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ward Peck for an increase of pension, report... 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. January 12, 1837. Ordered to be reprinted. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod], report: That, on the 12th of February, 1818, Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod] entered into contract with Josias Thompson, then Superintendent of the Cumberland Road, to make and finish, in a workman-like manner, the 18th section of that road... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 118. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Samuel Smith, Semoice, Linn McGhee, and Susan Marlow, Creek Indians, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying that the payment of the awarded indemnity under the late treaty with France may be anticipated. January 10, 1837. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. January 12, 1837. -- Committee discharged, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1836. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. January 13, 1837. -- Ordered to be reprinted, with Senate Bill No. 122. Mr. Shepley made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Allyn... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 120. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George J. Knight, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of the affairs of the banks in the District of Columbia. January 11, 1837. -- Read. January 14, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 100 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement of names, &c., of insolvent debtors. January 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 124. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Hall, report... Document relating to the Bill (S. 123) making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King, of Georgia, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 130. The committee to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Francis [i.e., Francois] Cazeau, praying a remuneration for supplies furnished to the Army of the United States... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 127. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle, of the United States Army, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of the imports and exports for the year 1836, &c., in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. January 17, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of the Grand Jury of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, in respect to petitions to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. January 17, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 135. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of David Stone, report... In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Nourse, report... Documents in relation to the Bill (S. 134) "In Addition to the Act for the Relief of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay," approved July 2, 1836. January 17, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in relation to the cost of the Delaware breakwater and pier; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. January 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, in relation to the compensation of postmasters; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. January 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 139. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry Choctaw Indians, for reservations of land... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ann L. De Van Brun, praying for commutation for the services of her husband in the Revolutionary War, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his correspondence with General Santa Anna, President of the Republic of Mexico, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th inst. January 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1837. Mr. Wright made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 148. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of De Forest Manice, of the City of New York, merchant, respectfully report: That the petitioner prays that there may be refunded to him the excess of duties paid... In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 153. The Committee for the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the memorial of the Common Council of Alexandria, praying to be aided by Congress in the completion of their canal... Memorial of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company, asking a right of way through the public lands. January 3, 1837. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 20, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grundy made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Lucius W. Stockton and others... Memorial of the heirs of Carlos de Vilemont, praying the confirmation of their claim to a tract of land. January 20, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 5) "to increase the present military establishment of the United States." January 20, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Mississippi, praying Congress to institute an inquiry into the claims of Choctaw Indians to reservations under the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. January 21, 1837. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee of Claims have had under consideration the petition of Bowie and others, praying compensation for the loss of the ship Alleghany and cargo... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 159. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of James Dutton, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have had under consideration the petition of the heirs of the late Colonel Philip Johnston, and respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have had under consideration the petition of the heirs and representatives of John Hawkins, and respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1837. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 160. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Henry Morfit, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have had under consideration the petition to them referred of William Arnel, and report... Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of removing the restriction against the taxation on lands for five years after sale. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 14th and 18th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence relative to the campaign in Florida. January 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 166. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of Thomas Jones, &c., representatives of William Jones, praying payment of certain loan office certificates issued to their said ancestor, and afterwards destroyed by fire... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 165. The Committee on Manufactures, to whom were referred the memorials of a large number of the inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts, and also a memorial of sundry citizens of Norwich, Connecticut, praying for a repeal of the duty on foreign coal... In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Parker Cole, report... Petition of S.B. Chandler, Vital Jarrot, and others, citizens of the County of St. Clair, in the State of Illinois. Praying to be allowed to import railroad iron to the City of New Orleans, and other cities, free of duty. January 25, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to blankets for the Indian trade. January 26, 1837. Laid on the table by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Samuel C. Reid, praying the establishment of a line of telegraphs from New York to New Orleans. January 26, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, asking an additional appropriation for the completion of the breakwater at Michigan City. January 26, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to Indians living within the limits of said state. January 27, 1837. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 28. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Relief of Andrew Armstrong," late Navy Agent at Lima, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the amount of money received for public land during the year 1836, and the amount expended in the transportation of gold and silver. January 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 173. It appears that John J. Bulow, Jr., was the owner of the plantation of Bulowville, in Florida... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report with Senate Bill No. 175. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Catharine C. Read, report... Documents relating to the Senate Bill No. 176, "to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties upon imports." January 27, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the removal of the sand-bars on Newark Bay. January 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, against the purchase, by the United States, of the stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal. January 28, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, opposed to any reduction of the duties on imports. January 28, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a chronological statement of reports of surveys, &c. January 24, 1837. -- Read. January 28, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 180. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George C. Johnston, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Milwaukee, praying Congress not to conform an act of the Legislative Council of Wisconsin, "to incorporate the stockholders of the Bank of Milwaukee." January 31, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report, with Senate Bill No. 94. The Committee on Commerce have had under consideration a Bill (S. 94) to encourage the employment of boys in the vessels of the United States, and report thereon as follows... In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of James Day and others, and Mary Perkins and others, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the survey of Crow Shoal. January 30, 1837. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 1, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 183. The petition of A.B. Quinby has been examined and considered be the committee appointed for that purpose, and they now ask leave to report, as follows... Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the selection of other lands in lieu of the 16th sections granted for the use of schools. February 1, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Jersey City, praying to have that place created a port of entry. February 1, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Selectmen of the City of Jersey, for the establishment of a port of entry at that place. February 1,1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Dubuque County, Wisconsin Territory, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. February 2, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of expunging a certain resolution from the Journal of the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, in relation to the construction of piers in Delaware Bay and River. February 2, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, in relation to hospital money exacted from persons engaged in the coasting trade and fisheries. February 2, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial and papers of Econchattanico, a Seminole Indian, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in relation to a reduction of the duties imposed by foreign nations on the importation of tobacco. February 2, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, for the improvement of the harbors on the southern coast of Lake Michigan. February 2, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas Moore, and other authors of Great Britain, praying Congress to grant to them the exclusive benefit of their writings within the United States. February 2, 1837. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Clay, Preston, Buchanan, Webster, and Ewing of Ohio, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 158. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of the representatives of Mrs. Lucy Bond, and the representatives of Mrs. Hannah Douglas, report... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 186. The Committee on Finance, to whom have been referred for consideration, three acts of the Territory of Wisconsin, chartering banking companies... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 79. The Committee on Commerce have considered Bill Senate [No.] 79, being in addition to the acts for the relief of sick and disabled seamen; also, the memorial of Natchez Hospital, for an appropriation in aid of that institution; and that of the Legislature of Delaware, praying a repeal of the tax upon seamen, and now report thereon... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1837. Read, resolutions agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a resolve of the Senate, instructing them to inquire into the expediency of amending the law of March 1, 1823, so as to secure a proper verification of the invoice of imported goods, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of the United States, praying an alteration of the law regulating copyrights. February 4, 1837. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Clay, Preston, Buchanan, Webster, Ewing of Ohio, and Ruggles, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John R. St. John, praying the removal of the obstructions in the Niagara River, at Black Rock. February 4, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1837. Read, resolutions agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grundy made the following report: The committee on the part of the Senate, "appointed to join such committee as might be appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to ascertain and report a mode of examining the votes for President and Vice President of the United States..." In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 194. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Anthony Gale, late a lieutenant colonel of the Marine Corps, report... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Rogers, the widow of Jedediah Rogers, who was an officer in the Revolution... Report of the Secretary of War, with annual returns of the militia for the year 1836. February 6, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to a survey for the purpose of building a dry dock within that state. February 6, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the establishment of harbors on Lake Michigan, at City West and Indiana City. February 6, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Barclay... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ewing, of Illinois, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 199. That the petitioner, John H. McIntosh... Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of the present state of our relations with Mexico. February 7, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Alexandria and Falmouth Railroad Company, praying the aid of Congress in the construction of said road within the District of Columbia. February 7, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ewing, of Illinois, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 205. That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation in Florida... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statements of the expenses of collecting duties on the lakes during the year 1836. February 7, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, in relation to expunging a certain resolution on the Journal of the Senate. February 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the manufacturers and tradesmen of Brooklyn, New York, praying a reduction of the revenue to the wants of the government. February 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the Maumee and Western Reserve Road. February 7, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Ohio, for a donation of land in lieu of certain lands granted said state, and afterwards sold by the United States. February 7, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. February 7, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants and others, citizens of New York, praying the creation of a national bank, to be located in the City of New York. February 8, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1837. Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 209.) In the House of Representatives. December 30, 1836. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Daniel T. Patterson... Petition of George W. Hughes and others, praying Congress to establish a Mineralogical Cabinet, to be attached to the Library. February 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of frauds by floats in the purchase of public lands. February 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, in relation to the claim of Richard W. Meade; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. February 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate, dated 24th January last, to inquire into the claim of the heirs of Doctor Thomas Carter... Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of St. Louis, praying the rejection of any claim to land within the limits of the common of that city. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill S. 176, "to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports." February 14, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with copies of correspondence in relation to the seizure of slaves on board the brigs "Encomium" and "Enterprise." February 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Perry, of Fairfield County, Connecticut, report... Petition of a number of surgeons and assistant surgeons in the Navy, praying the establishment of the office of "Surgeon General of the Navy." February 15, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the claim of John Fletcher for the confirmation of his titles to land. February 15, 1837. Laid on the table by Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with statement of the number of passengers arriving in the United States during the year 1836. February 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Clay made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 223. The Select Committee to whom was referred the address of certain British and the petition of certain American authors... Documents relating to the sale of Creek reservations, under the treaty of March 24, 1832. February 16, 1837. Submitted by Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, with Bill S. 224, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report: The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of the Alexandria and Falmouth Railroad Company, report... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report, with Senate Bill No. 225. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of the representatives of John Brooks, deceased... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Gersham Wakeman, of Fairfield, Connecticut, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a communication from John Pope, late Governor of Arkansas. February 17, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Washington City, praying that the General Post Office be rebuilt on its former site. February 17, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to granting land to certain French inhabitants in and near Vincennes. February 17, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to public lands suspended from sale on the line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. February 17, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Jechonius Pigot and Benjamin Lecraft, praying to be released from their liability to the United States for James Mouncy... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 230. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Henry J. Pickering... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1837. Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President...on the subject of the present state of our relations with Mexico, report... Memorial of G. Furman and other public writers, praying the passage of an international law of copy-right. February 20, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the professors of the University of Virginia, praying an alteration of the laws respecting copy-rights. February 20, 1837. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to a survey of the ports and harbors south of the Chesapeake; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th May, 1836. December 29, 1836. -- Read, and referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. February 20, 1837. -- Report, (No. 196) and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Charleston, S.C. praying the establishment of a Navy yard at that place. January 11, 1837. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. February 20, 1837. -- Report adverse, (No. 196.) and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the message from the President, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy relative to a survey of the ports and harbors south of the Chesapeake... In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King, of Georgia, made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 233. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition on Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company, report... Memorial of a committee of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law in favor of settlers on unsurveyed public lands. February 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 242. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Newman, executrix of Francis Newman... Memorial of the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, praying a settlement of the accounts of the said bank with the United States. February 24, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Massachusetts, opposed to a reduction of the tariff. February 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New York, praying Congress to prohibit the issuing of bills and notes by state banks. February 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 35, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Hezekiah L. Thistle, of Louisiana, now residing in Pennsylvania, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with copies of correspondence relative to the debt due by the late General Brahan. February 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement of the emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for 1836. February 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying the recognition of the independence of Texas. February 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, with the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that department during the year 1836. February 22, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. |
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In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1837. Mr. Grundy made the following report, which was read, and ordered to be printed. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of the Honorable Ambrose H. Sevier, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and estimate in reference to the survey of the Eastern Shore Railroad, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the St. Francis River; in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of 28th February. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Ordnance Department, made in obedience to the act of Congress of 2d April, 1794, in reference to armories. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, of all the contracts made in his department between the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July, 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Statements of all appropriations made during the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress; of the offices created and the salaries thereof; and of offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 27, 1837. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act approved July 4, 1836, "to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes." Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of commerce and navigation, ending on the 30th September, 1836. March 3, 1837. Ordered to be printed, with 2,000 copies for the Senate, in addition to the usual number. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with reports of certain surveys made in the State of Maine. April 8, 1836. -- Read. March 3, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with a copy of the survey of the harbor of Milwaukee; in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate. February 27, 1837. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 3, 1837. -- Discharged. March 9, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed. Proceedings of the Military Court of Inquiry, in the case of Major General Scott and Major General Gaines. Printed in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of March 3, 1837. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the cause of the destruction by fire of the building in which was the General Post Office, the city Post Office, and the Patent Office, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the claims of Eleazer [i.e., Eleazar] W. Ripley. March 2, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. |
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Expenditure -- Potomac Bridge. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to expenditures for repairs of Potomac Bridge. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of expenditures from the contingent funds of this office and the Patent Office. December 8, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the State Department. list of reports to be made to Congress at the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in the Office of the House of Representatives, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 1, 1836. Receipts and expenditures -- 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1835. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the finances. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 6, 1836. Read, laid upon the table, and 20,000 copies ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriations for 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1837. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report -- Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent fund -- House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, submitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives from 1st December, 1835, to 30th November, 1836. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from Mrs. Madison in relation to the publication of Mr. Madison's Notes of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of 1787. December 8, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Library. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Public Buildings. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of Chickasaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the sale of Chickasaw lands. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the department, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1836. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the coast survey. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1835, and the first and second quarters of the year 1836. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the expenditure of the contingent funds of the department. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Office of the Navy Commissioners. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy yards -- Great Barn Island, Perth Amboy, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of establishing Navy yards at Great Barn Island, Perth Amboy, and Jersey City, &c. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Janette Taylor, et al. Memorial of Janette Taylor, et al, representatives of John Paul Jones. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress. December 6, 1836. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. |
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Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. French spoliations prior to 1800. December 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Alexandria Canal, &c. Memorial from the Corporation of Alexandria, praying assistance &c. December 27, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Fortifications -- estimates for 1837. December 30, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Balances on the books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements prepared by the Third Auditor, viz: 1st. Statement of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year. 2d. Statements of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to September 30, 1835. 3d. Abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d of March, 1809, on the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, and which remained unaccounted for on the 30th of September, 1835. December 20, 1836. Laid upon the table. Deposite banks -- Georgia and Maine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information of the further selection of banks of deposite. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances -- Second Auditor's Office. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances which remained unsettled on the books of the Second Auditor more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836, &c. December 14, 1836. Read and laid upon the table. Eleazar Early -- memorial of. December 20, 1836. Referred to the Committee of Claims. National Road -- Vandalia to the Mississippi. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of the Town of Alton, Ill., in relation to the National Road. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Pensions -- Wayne's Army of 1794. Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, for extending the provisions of the pension law of June 7, 1832, to those who were in the service of the United States up to Wayne's Treaty, in 1795. December 12, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers and soldiers of militia -- late war, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor, relative to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the militia, volunteers, and rangers of the late war, who entered the service of the United States, and were regularly discharged. December 13, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons imprisoned for debt -- District [of] Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 3d of July, 1836, in relation to persons imprisoned for debt in the District of Columbia, since 1820, &c. December 14, 1836. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Merchants of New York. Memorial of merchants of New York, praying for a remission of duty on merchandise destroyed by fire in New York. December 19, 1836. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. National Road -- Vandalia to Alton. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the National Road. December 20, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Suppression of Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 752.) Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Hon. C.C. Cambreleng, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, transmitting draught of a bill making further provision for suppression of Indian hostilities. December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate -- Revolutionary pensioners for 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 753.) December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Fortifications for 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 756.) Estimate of the Engineer Department for the service of the year 1837. December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Army estimates for the year 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 755.) December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Building for the Post Office Department. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the immediate erection of a fire-proof building for the accommodation of the Post Office Department. December 21, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Indian Department -- estimate for 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 757.) Estimate of the sums required for the service of the year 1837, for the department. December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Martha Piatt -- daughter of Captain Huddy. Petition of Martha Piatt, daughter of Captain Huddy, who was hung by the British. December 21, 1836. Referred to a select committee, viz: Mr. Storer, of Ohio; Mr. Harlan, of Kentucky; Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Elmore, of South Carolina; Mr. Schenck, of New Jersey. Condition of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas. December 22, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Expenditure -- public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in obedience to the act of the 3d March, 1829. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Naval depot and dry dock -- Charleston, S.C. Memorial of the merchants and mechanics of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, praying the establishment of a naval depot and dry dock at that place. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts -- French spoliations. Memorial of Perez Morton and others, citizens of Massachusetts, to be remunerated for property seized by France, previous to the year 1800; which property was afterwards converted to the use of the United States, by treaty stipulations, bearing date the 30th of September, 1800. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Applicants for pensions not granted. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of applications for pensions which have been refused. December 26, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Merchants of Newburyport -- French spoliations. Memorial of the inhabitants of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that their claims for French spoliations, prior to the year 1800, may be immediately paid; the government of the United States having virtually assumed the payment thereof, under a treaty with the government of France. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pennsylvania, inhabitants of -- reduce postage. Memorial of citizens of Philadelphia, praying that the rates of postage may be reduced. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. New York -- breakwater, Port Kent. Memorial of inhabitants of the northern section of New York, for a breakwater at Port Kent, N.Y. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Petition of the heirs, &c. of George Baldwin, a private in the late war, for retained bounty land, &c. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. State of Michigan. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of admitting Michigan into the Union as an independent state. December 27, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Post Office estimate. Estimate of appropriations for the Post Office Department, for the year commencing 1st July, 1837. December 28, 1836. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Revenue suspended -- fire, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the amount of revenue, the payment of which has been suspended under the "Act for the Relief of the Sufferers by Fire in the City of New York," passed at the last session of Congress. December 29, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy yard -- Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, in relation to the Navy yard at Pensacola. December 29, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Bequest of James Smithson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information in relation to the bequest of James Smithson, late of London, required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Plan of the Navy yard -- Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a plan of the Navy yard at Pensacola. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates -- branches of the Mint. December 30, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Index of decisions -- Comptroller's Office. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for making [an] index to decisions. December 30, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Connecticut -- military services. Resolution of the Legislature of Connecticut, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to obtain payment of balance due for military services, &c. during the late war. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Military road -- Plattsburg to White Hall. Petition of William Gilleland and others, inhabitants of the County of Clinton, in the State of New York, praying an appropriation to construct a military road from Plattsburg, in the County of Clinton, to White Hall, in the County of Washington and state aforesaid. December 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Cumberland Road and Ohio River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report supplemental to the report of the Engineer Department, made to the President of the United States, and by him communicated to Congress, at the commencement of the present session of Congress. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Navy, for the year ending on the 30th of September, 1836. January 3, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Payment to new states -- public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments made to the new states out of the five per cent. proceeds of the sales of the public lands. January 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Surplus revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the surplus revenue to be deposited to the credit of the several states. January 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Custom-house. January 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Land claims -- southeastern district of Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of the land office for the southeastern district of Louisiana, &c. January 4, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. State banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of certain state banks, &c. &c., rendered in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of 10th July, 1832. January 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the clerks employed in the Secretary's Office and the Office of the Commissioners of the Navy. January 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty with Spain -- Ninth article. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, containing the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ultimo, in relation to the causes which have prevented the execution of the 9th article of the treaty with Spain of the 22d of February, 1819. January 5, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Admission of Michigan into the Union. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 815.) January 6, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Intercourse with the Barbary powers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of moneys disbursed from the Treasury, for expenses with the Barbary powers, for the year 1836. January 6, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Clerks in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report respecting clerks employed in the department during the year 1836. January 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. System of public accounts -- on simplifying the. January 6, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Contingent expenses -- military establishment, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Second Auditor, showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. [Convention] between the United States and Spain. Message from the President of the United States, upon extending the time for terminating the duties of the Commissioner Under the Act for Carrying into Effect the Late Convention Between the United States and Spain. January 10, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Black River, New York -- improvement of. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan and estimate for improving the mouth of Black River, in the State of New York. January 10, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Banks -- District of Columbia -- condition of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the returns rendered to the Treasury Department, by the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia, for 1836. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Public moneys in banks of deposite -- 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to the public moneys in the deposite banks, in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836. January 12, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Salaries -- foreign ministers, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 836.) January 13, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Clerks -- War Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department in the year 1836. January 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. |
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Public works at Michigan City, Indiana. Memorial and joint resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, asking an appropriation for the public works at Michigan City, Ind. January 26, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Petition of Nathaniel Bird. January 23, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 864,) to restore to certain invalid pensioners the amount of pensions by them relinquished. Exploring expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to the progress which has been made with regard to the exploring expedition, authorized at the last session of Congress. February 8, 1837. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Claim of United States on United States Bank. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the claim of the United States against the United States Bank, &c. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mexico and Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, upon the subject of the condition of the political relations between the United States and Mexico; also, on the condition of Texas. January 26, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Registered seamen. 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 for the year 1836. January 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Wisconsin Territory. January 24, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. John C.F. Salomon -- memorial of. Memorial of John C.F. Salomon, praying Congress to encourage his patent safety steam-boiler. December 31, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Canal and Rail Road Company -- Brunswick, GA. Report on the Brunswick Canal and Rail Road, in Glynn County, Georgia; with an appendix, containing the charter, and the Commissioner's report. December 31, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. January 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers ordered for service, and excused, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the names of officers of the Navy who, during the year 1836, have received orders for service, and have asked to be excused, &c. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial for improvement of Allegany River, from Pittsburg to Olean. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to make an appropriation for the improvement of the Allegany River. January 16, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Contracts -- Treasury Department, 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting 1. Contracts relative to light-houses, &c., made according to law. 2. Payments in discharge of miscellaneous claims not provided for. 3. Payments from Marine Hospital Fund, for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. 4. Statement of contracts authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the year 1836. January 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Army of the United States. Petition of non-commissioned officers, asking attention to them. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. N. Sholtewskii Von Shoultz. Petition of N. Sholtewskii Von Shoultz regarding a new method for purifying salt water, used for the manufacturing of salt. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Bank -- District [of] Columbia. Memorial of sundry citizens of Georgetown, praying for a new bank in the City of Washington, with branches in Georgetown and Alexandria. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Banks -- District of Columbia. Memorial from the Joint Committee of the Cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, praying for the establishment of a new bank in the City of Washington, with branches in Georgetown and Alexandria. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Exchange of lands with Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 845.) January 17, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Western boundary of Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the copy of an act of the Legislature of the State of Missouri, declaring the assent of that state to the act of Congress, entitled "An Act To Extend the Western Boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri River." Approved June 7, 1836. Punishment of incendiaries. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of providing more effectually for the punishment of certain crimes, &c. January 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department, for the year 1836, &c. January 18, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contracts -- Commissioners of the Navy, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy, during the year 1836. January 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Coal trade -- Richmond. January 20, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 829. Revenue from imports for last four years, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the revenue on imports for the last four years, and the amount of drawback in each year. January 20, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. United States Mint. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Director of the Mint. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, for the year 1836. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. State of New Jersey -- joint resolutions. Resolutions of the State of New Jersey, in favor of improving the navigation of Newark Bay, and the removal of the bars and obstructions to the navigation of Staten Island Sound, near Elizabeth Port. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Maryland Legislature -- franking privilege. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, upon the subject of an extension of the franking privilege. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Surplus revenue. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in relation to the surplus revenue. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Maine -- duty on coal. Petition of sundry citizens of Portland and vicinity, for a repeal of the duty imposed upon coal. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 829, to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the government. Contracts -- War Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all the contracts made by the War Department during the year 1836. January 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Louisville and Portland Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, against the purchase by the general government of the stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. January 25, 1837. Read, and laid on the table. Additional appropriations -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of further appropriation for the Indian Department for the year 1837. January 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Public buildings and grounds -- estimates for 1837. January 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Survey -- Passaic River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a survey of the bar and obstructions to the navigation of the Passaic River, below the City of Newark, in the State of New Jersey. January 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordnance Department -- estimate. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a special estimate of the further sums which will be necessary for the Ordnance Department during the present year. January 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Tariff. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, upon the subject of the tariff &c. January 30, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of merchants of the City of New York, praying for the establishment of a national bank. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. John Paul Jones. Statements from the books of the Treasury Department, respecting the prize money obtained by the late John Paul Jones from the government of France. January 30, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Samuel Martin. Petition of Samuel Martin, of Tennessee, asking that Congress will pass a law saying that there shall be a model deposited in each state of every model and specification of each and every patent granted in the Union, &c. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sand bar -- harbor of St. Louis. Memorial from the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis, praying an appropriation sufficient to remove the sand-bar in the harbor of St. Louis. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reduction of the tariff. Memorial of citizens of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, praying for a reduction of duties on imports. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Bank of the Metropolis. Memorial of the President and Directors of the Bank of the Metropolis, requesting an addition to the capital stock. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 869) to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the District of Columbia, &c. Tennessee Canal. Report of the Tennessee Canal Commissioners, presented to the Legislature of Alabama at the session of 1836. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Gaugers -- New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 896.) Statement exhibiting the amount of the fees of the gaugers at the port of New York, and the amount paid them under the provisions of the 2d section of the act of 27th June, 1834; together with the amount paid for their incidental expenses during said time. January 31, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Western lands. Petition of John Taliaferro, in behalf of the United States. January 31, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Appropriations for 1836, and expenditure. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a statement of appropriations for 1836, the expenditure during the year, and the balance remaining on the 31st of December of the same year. January 31, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Brunswick harbor -- Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report respecting the operations for the improvement of Brunswick harbor, in the State of Georgia. February 1, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. John and Phineas Harford. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Governor of the State of Maine, claiming the reimbursement of certain moneys paid to John and Phineas R. Harford out of the Treasury of that state. February 1, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Revenue cutter and steam tow-boat. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the cost of a revenue cutter, so constructed as to be used as a steam tow-boat. February 1, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Appropriations, Navy, &c. -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the service of the year 1836, the amount expended, and the balance on the 31st December last. February 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy yard south of Chesapeake Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of commissioners charged with the examination of harbors south of Chesapeake Bay, with a view to the establishment of a Navy yard. February 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of the revenue, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836. February 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of the coast -- Rigolets to Mobile Point. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to a survey of the coast of the United States from the Rigolets to Mobile Point. February 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of James River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of James River. February 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Survey -- harbor Havre-de-Grace. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. February 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Massachusetts. Remonstrance of citizens of the County of Berkshire against the passage of the bill reported by the Committee of Ways and Means, (No. 829) "to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the Government." February 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table, under the 45th rule of the House. Militia of the United States, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, &c., for the year 1836. February 8, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims upon Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the United Mexican States. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Calls for volunteers or militiamen. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of orders issued by the department respecting calls for volunteers or militiamen, &c. &c., rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th of December last. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Indian Department -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1836, and the pay and salary of each. February 8, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Land office -- Fort Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to the Land Office at Fort Wayne. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Trade and intercourse with Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting copies of all such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with disbursements of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1836. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Surveys in Maine. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with reports of certain surveys made in the State of Maine. April 8, 1836. Read. February 8, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. |
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French spoliations prior to the year 1800. List of memorialists to Congress, during the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d Congresses, on account of French spoliations committed prior to 1800. March 3, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Legislature -- Rhode Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, instructing the senators of that state to vote for expunging the resolution of the Senate (from its journal) of 28th of March, 1834, in relation to the President of the United States; and to vote for R.M. Johnson, of Kentucky, for Vice President of the United States, &c &c. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of the Bank of the United States. February 25, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks -- Auditor's Office -- Post Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Auditor's Office of the Treasury for the Post Office Department for the year 1836, &c. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments -- officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the official emoluments and expenditures for the year 1836, of officers of the Customs, &c. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of lands in Illinois and Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of Ways and Means, accompanied by a report from the Surveyor General of Illinois and Missouri, in reference to surveys in those states. February 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Franking privilege to members of state legislatures. Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, in relation to the franking privilege. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Congressional documents. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, upon the subject of printing a compilation of Congressional documents, &c., &c. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Washington Corporation -- due-bills destroyed. Letter from the Mayor of Washington, transmitting a report of the Register, in relation to the due-bills of the corporation withdrawn from circulation and destroyed. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- transportation of mail. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers resigned in 1836, and companies employed in Seminole War. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. March 13, 1837. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the operations of the national armories during the year 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers -- detached service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of officers of the Army, so employed as to separate them from their regiments or corps during the year 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce & navigation of the United States, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances due from postmasters. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of balances due by late postmasters, as appear by the books of the department. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list received from the Register, of balances on the books of the Treasury which have remained unsettled by receivers of public money more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty with Morocco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a Treaty of Peace and Commerce between the United States and the Empire of Morocco. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Delaware. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, on the subject of repealing the tax of hospital money on all those engaged in the coasting trade and the fisheries. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Delaware. Resolutions of the Delaware Legislature, on the subject of piers in the River Delaware. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Harbors on Lake Michigan. Joint resolution from the Legislature of Indiana, for harbors at Indiana City and City West. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Bridge over the Kankakee River. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a bridge over the Kankakee River. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Petition of William Brent, Jun., praying that an entry on the Journal of the House of Representatives, of January 10, 1825, may be expunged. February 13, 1837. (Referred, so much thereof as relates to the correction of the journal, to the Committee on the Judiciary; and the residue to the Select Committee on Amending the Constitution.) Harbors -- southern coast of Lake Michigan. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of harbors on the southern coast of Lake Michigan. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Illinois -- settlers on unsurveyed lands -- pre-emption. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Memorial of Reuben M. Whitney. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Duty on coal. Memorial from citizens of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, remonstrating against a repeal of the duty upon foreign coal. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Sculpture for the Capitol. Memorial from the Philadelphia Artist Society in favor of Luigi Persico employed to execute some sculpture for the Capitol. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Authors of Great Britain. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Additional appropriation for suppressing Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 922.) February 14, 1837. Laid before the House, by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Post Office Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 932.) February 14, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Hostilities with Creek Indians. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 1st of July last, in relation to the hostilities then existing with the Creek Indians, &c. &c. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Jurisdiction north of 45 [degrees] north latitude. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire in relation to the claim of that state for expenses incurred in maintaining jurisdiction over that portion of their territory north of 45 [degrees] north latitude. February 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Indiana Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, to relinquish the surplus revenue to the states. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the public lands suspended from sale on the line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Passengers who have arrived in the United States in 1836. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in the United States from foreign countries during the year 1836. February 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Harbor of Whitehall. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan for the improvement of the harbor of Whitehall, in the State of New York. February 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charts of harbors in Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 21st of March and 11th of April last, requiring charts of the harbors of Provincetown, Nantucket, Great Point, and Holmes's Hole. February 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tudor, Junior. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th ultimo, in relation to the correspondence of William Tudor, &c. February 21, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of William Tudor, Junior. Confirmed land claims -- Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to confirmed land claims in Louisiana. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Post Office Department. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Tariff. Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against the passage of the Bill (H.R. No. 829,) to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the government. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Amendment -- Constitution of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Indiana on the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the survey of the Mississippi River. February 25, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Patents for useful inventions -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting lists of patents granted for useful inventions during the year 1836, &c. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Patents for inventions -- expired in 1836. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of all patents for useful inventions which have expired within the year 1836. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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D.W. Haley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 926.) February 14, 1837 Harbors and rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 895.) January 31, 1837. Robert Keyworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 910.) February 4, 1837. Abigail Fuller. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Abigail Morgan. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. James McMahon. January 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Weeks. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John McCormick. January 19, 1837. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Ransom Mix. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 77.) February 2, 1837. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. G.T. Rhodes. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Burmer. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims between the Rio Hondo and Sabine Rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) December 30, 1836. Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 835.) January 13, 1837. Asa Armington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 791.) December 30, 1836. John Stevens, executor of Albert Stevens. January 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Gurdon Robbins. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. J.P. Hutchinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 849.) January 17, 1837. Warehouse system, &c. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 913 and 914.) February 8, 1837. Pensions to persons engaged in Indian wars, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 353.) December 12, 1836. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. James A. Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) December 13, 1836. Jean Baptiste Grainger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 759.) December 21, 1836. Heirs of John Brahan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) December 21, 1836. James L. Kenner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 762.) December 22, 1836. William Baker, of New York. December 22, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. James Rundlet. December 22, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 763.) December 22, 1836. John Bosworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) December 22, 1836. Olive Grover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) December 23, 1836. Monument to Gen. Wooster. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 766.) December 23, 1836. Huldah Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 768.) December 23, 1836. William Yorke [i.e., York]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 769.) December 23, 1836. Salmon Tryon. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Woodall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 770.) December 23, 1836. Jehu Hollinsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) December 23, 1836. William James Aarons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 773.) December 23, 1836. William Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) December 23, 1836. Henry Card. December 26, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Hernandez. December 26, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Willson. December 26, 1836. Read, and the resolutions therein concurred in by the House. Elihu Noyes. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Catharine C. Read. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Lydia Cranston, deceased. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. James Ware, Anthony Mendes, and John W. Blye. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of John Tupman. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Polly Lemon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) December 27, 1836. Lot Davis. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Marinus W. Gilbert. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. John Reilly. December 28, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. John Quin. December 28, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Deshields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 780.) December 28, 1836. Francis Jarvis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) December 28, 1836. John Dawson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 783.) December 28, 1836. Daniel T. Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) December 30, 1836. William Wickham. December 30, 1836. John Midwinter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) December 30, 1836. Investment of the Navy Pension Fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 787.) December 30, 1836. Erastus Pierson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 788.) December 30, 1836. William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) December 30, 1836. Thomas H. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) December 30, 1836. Samuel J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 800.) December 30, 1836. Ralph Reeder. December 30, 1836. Presly Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) January 3, 1837. Heirs of Oliver Parish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 804.) January 3, 1837. Jonathan Boone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) January 3, 1837. Hiner Stigermire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) January 3, 1837. Chauncey Rice, of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) January 3, 1837. James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 809.) January 3, 1837. Pre-emptions to settlers on public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 802.) January 3, 1837. Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) January 4, 1837. Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) January 4, 1837. Heirs of Sawney York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) January 4, 1837. Eleanor Gardiner. January 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ferdinand Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 813.) January 4, 1837. Reuben Chapman -- heirs of. January 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) January 5, 1837. John Davis -- heir of. January 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Eli Eastman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 817.) January 7, 1837. Samuel T. Winslow. January 7, 1837. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Benjamin McCullock [i.e., McCulloch]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 818.) January 7, 1837. Andrew Lynam. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) January 7, 1837. Primus Hall, alias Trask. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) January 7, 1837. Henrietta Morfit. January 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Jerusha Ripley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) January 7, 1837. Richard Allen. January 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) January 7, 1837. Amos Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 824.) January 10, 1837. Solomon Ketcham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) January 10, 1837. Thomas Graves. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ezekiel Burnham. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Graham. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Moon's heir. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. On the surplus revenue. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 829.) January 11, 1837. H.W. Russel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) January 13, 1837. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 831.) January 13, 1837. Daniel B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 832.) January 13, 1837. Scrip on military land warrants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 833.) January 13, 1837. Charles Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 837.) January 13, 1837. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 838.) January 13, 1837. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 839.) January 13, 1837. Jennett Willis, assignee of James Minnie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 841.) January 13, 1837. James Wood, administrator of Edward Wood. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Miles King -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Sutton. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben Butler -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Camp -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Fay, alias Facy -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis Hatch. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Leslie Malone. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah Gordon. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Holmes. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Edward L. Young. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Zebulon Wade. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James Wyman. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 843.) January 14, 1837. Wilson Thorp. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Ridgely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 846.) January 17, 1837. Josiah Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 847.) January 17, 1837. Wiley Harben. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Matthews & Wood, and James Hall. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Albert Vanderveer. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Hayden. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Satterly. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Illinois Central Rail Road Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) January 17, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Freeman Brady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 850.) January 18, 1837. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 853.) January 18, 1837. Hannah Eldridge. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 854.) January 18, 1837. Mary O'Bannon. January 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Anna West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 855.) January 19, 1837. Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 856.) January 19, 1837. James M. Edwards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 857.) January 19, 1837. Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) January 19, 1837. William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 859.) January 20, 1837. John M. Jewell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 860.) January 20, 1837. Tabitha Bosworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 861.) January 20, 1837. Neil McNeil. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 863.) January 20, 1837. Conflagration -- Post Office Building. January 20, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah Pemberton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 868.) January 23, 1837. Samuel Brown. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John D'Wolf. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Pursers of the Navy United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 834.) January 23, 1837. George Dyer, Jr. -- schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 865.) January 23, 1837. Elisha Moreland, et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 866.) January 23, 1837. Eli Eastman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 867.) January 23, 1837. Isaac Hilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 871.) January 24, 1837. John McClellan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 874.) January 24, 1837. Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 875.) January 24, 1837. Elijah Barden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 876.) January 24, 1837. Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 877.) January 24, 1837. Doctor John P. Briggs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 872.) January 24, 1837. Empson Hamilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 873.) January 24, 1837. Joseph Veazie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 879.) January 24, 1837. William Jenkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 880.) January 24, 1837. Asa Merrill. January 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 881.) January 25, 1837. Simeon Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 882.) January 25, 1837. Samuel Miller. January 25, 1837. Read, and, with Senate Bill No. 11, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Vawter -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. 883.) January 26, 1837. Frederick Frey & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 884.) January 26, 1837. Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 885.) January 26, 1837. Heirs of Thomas Houghton, et al. January 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. George Allen and John Reynolds. January 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. George Geortner. January 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Executive departments. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 886.) January 27, 1837. James (or William) Kilgore [i.e., Kilgour]. January 27, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Joshua Dodge -- consuls' fees, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) January 28, 1837. Satterlee Clark. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Stokes. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Elisha Ely. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Sellers. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hampton Lovegrove. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Forbes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 888.) January 28, 1837. William A. Poor. January 31, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Gannett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 890.) January 31, 1837. John Cayford. January 31, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Edgcomb [i.e., Edgecomb]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 898.) February 1, 1837. Capt. James Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 899.) February 1, 1837. Thomas West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 900.) February 1, 1837. Abigail Appleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 897.) February 1, 1837. Leonard Loomis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 903.) February 2, 1837. Protections to American seamen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 904.) February 2, 1837. Baily [sic] and Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) February 2, 1837. Read, and resolution contained therein concurred in. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 905.) February 2, 1837. John Krepps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 906.) February 3, 1837. James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 907.) February 3, 1837. James Roddy [i.e., Roddey] -- executors of. February 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William R. Custis. February 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Simon Burton, Jr. February 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Votes for President and Vice President. February 4, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Jacob Sammons -- heirs of. February 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Tennessee volunteers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 916.) February 8, 1837. Indiana militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 917.) February 8, 1837. Christopher Dennison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 918.) February 8, 1837. William Tudor, Jun. -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 919.) February 8, 1837. President United States Elect. February 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Baltimore and Susquehannah Rail Road Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 925.) February 14, 1837. Ann S. Heileman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 931.) February 14, 1837. Columbian Institute. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 934.) February 14, 1837. Representatives of Captain Joshua Huddy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 935.) February 14, 1837. Niagara Ship Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 921.) February 14, 1837. Levi Todd's heirs. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of John Waters. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Moses Van Campen. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 90.) February 14, 1837. Hiram Saul. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 924.) February 14, 1837. Leonard Joines. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Gideon Sheldon. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Clay and James Lowell. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 927.) February 14, 1837. Oliver H. Perry, son of Samuel Perry. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Cozad. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Waldron. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Houseman [i.e., Housman]. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William G. Sanders. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Duncan and Taylor. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Inhabitants of St. Augustine, Florida. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John R. Williams. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. George L. Phillips, and others. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 928.) February 14, 1837. Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 929.) February 14, 1837. Frederick Hill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 930.) February 14, 1837. Drawback of duties. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 3.) February 16, 1837. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. John Perham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) December 30, 1836. Thomas King. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 794.) December 30, 1836. William Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) December 30, 1836. Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 796.) December 30, 1836. Ebenezer Conant. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Eli Darling. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Cornelius Manning. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 962.) February 28, 1837 Benjamin Hodges -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 941.) February 18, 1837 William Purcell. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles B. Bristol. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Privateer Pension Fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 920.) February 14, 1837. Commutation to surgeon's mates. February 22, 1837. Wilkes County, Georgia -- advances -- Indian war. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles G. Hunter. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 103.) February 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Maine -- advances to John and Phineas R. Harford. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John McArann. February 25, 1837. Read, and postponed until Tuesday next. Resolutions reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union on the President's message at the commencement of the session. December 13, 1836. Reported to the House, and ordered to be printed. Daniel Rardon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 963.) February 28, 1837. John Kelly. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Paintings for the Rotundo. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Amendment of the Constitution [of the] United States. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Military Academy -- West Point. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) March 1, 1837. Corporation of Mobile. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 115.) March 1, 1837. Claim on Denmark -- William C. Parke. March 1, 1837. Postponed until Friday next. Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964.) March 1, 1837. Robert Gilmore, et al. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Fulton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 965.) March 1, 1837. Ann Levacher De Van Brun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 966.) March 1, 1837. Impressment of property, and Indian depredations in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry F. Lamb. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 968.) March 2, 1837. Loomis & Gay. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) March 2, 1837. William Vaughan. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Mail between the United States and Great Britain. March 2, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Expenditure -- public buildings. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Levy Court -- Calvert County, Maryland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 969.) March 2, 1837. Elias Wallen. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William T. Smith -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 970.) March 2, 1837. Jacob Shade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 971.) March 2, 1837. Steam navigation -- James Rumsey -- heirs of. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hugh McDonald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 972.) March 3, 1837. Augusta, Georgia -- advances -- Florida war. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Martha McKee. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James Tongue. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles F. Sibbald. March 3, 1837. Read, and the resolutions therein contained concurred in by the House. Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 973.) March 3, 1837. Benedict I. [i.e., J.] Heard. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Allyn. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 122.) March 3, 1837. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House this day. Case of Judge Thruston. March 3, 1837. Laid upon the table, and printed by order of the House. William Tharp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 936.) February 16, 1837. Elisha Smith. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 937.) February 16, 1837. Huldah Pennyman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 938.) February 16, 1837. Peter Yarnall, et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) February 16, 1837. Wright Groom. February 16, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Railroad in District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 939.) February 16, 1837. Tobacco. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 25.) February 18, 1837. Independence of Texas. February 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. David Melville. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Crooks and James Crooks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 942.) February 22, 1837. James Callan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 943.) February 22, 1837. Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 944.) February 22, 1837 John P. Converse and Henry J. Rees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 945.) February 22, 1837. George Wood. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. David Melville. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Don Juan Madrazo. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Road -- Memphis to Fort Gibson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 947.) February 22, 1837. E. and T. Fairbanks. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 203.) February 22, 1837. Matilda Drury. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Vannethen and company. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Relief to the Corporation of Alexandria. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Northam & Whitehorne. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Kern and John D. George. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 946.) February 22, 1837. Alabama troops -- three companies under Maj. Holt. February 22, 1837. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. John Broome. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. George Innes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 949.) February 22, 1837. Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 950.) February 22, 1837. Regulation of pilots. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 951.) February 22, 1837. Richard Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 952.) February 22, 1837. Joseph Radcliff [i.e., Ratcliff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964 [i.e., 954].) February 22, 1837. James McPherson. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Adam Hall. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. William Jones. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Nathaniel Patten. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Notes of the Bank of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 956.) February 22, 1837. William Hogan, administrator of Michael. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) February 22, 1837. Philip Lightfoot. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Jesse Potts. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of James Broadus. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Oliver's heirs. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of sloop of war Boston. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 29.) February 22, 1837. D.G. Farragut. February 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Avery, Saltmarsh, & Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) February 23, 1837. Mexico. February 24, 1837. Postponed until to-morrow. L. Bissel [i.e., Bissell]. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Edward Kearney. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Larkin Smith -- representatives of. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Samuel Warren. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 82.) February 24, 1837. Charles Park. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Silk. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Shaw. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Banking companies. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. David Goorley. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio -- Miami Exporting Company. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Agent -- deposite banks. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Administration of the Executive Departments. Views of the majority. Mr. Wise, from the committee appointed on the 17th of January last, to inquire into the condition of the Executive Departments, &c., made the following report: March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Journal of the select committee appointed to inquire whether the several banks employed for the deposite of the public money have all, or any of them, employed an agent to reside at the seat of government to transact their business with the Treasury Department. |
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Memorial of a number of citizens of Columbiana County, Ohio, against the incorporation of a national bank, and praying an increase of the circulation of gold and silver. October 2, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Mobile, Alabama, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 23, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Schuyler County, Illinois, praying the creation of a national bank. September 15, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance. September 21, 1837. Report adverse. September 25, 1837. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants and others of Baltimore, praying the incorporation of a national bank, or the substitution of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania. September 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Wheeling, Virginia, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Henry Perrine, for a grant of land, for the encouragement of the growth of tropical plants. September 29, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Levi Hamilton and others, citizens of McDonough County, Illinois, praying to be allowed the benefit of pre-emption laws. September 30, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of officers appointed to examine the improvements in certain fire-arms; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th January, 1837. October 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, praying a more general distribution of the printed documents and laws of the United States. October 4, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, praying Congress to adopt a plan suggested by him for the relief of the country. October 4, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statement showing the imports and exports of specie since the 19th of September, 1837. October 9, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a number of democratic citizens of Hamilton County, Ohio, approving the measures proposed by the Executive, &c. October 10, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Board of Public Works of the State of Illinois, requesting donations of land in aid of the internal improvements in that state. October 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Rahway, New Jersey, praying the incorporation of a national bank. October 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of manufacturers, tradesmen, and other citizens of Brooklyn, New York, against the present system of finance, and in favor of a separation of the trade of banking from affairs of state. October 14, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements of all appropriations made during the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress; and of the offices created, and the salaries thereof. October 17, 1837. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act, approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the necessity of making further appropriations to prosecute the war in Florida. September 21, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Wright as explanatory of the Bill of the Senate No. 10, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, against the incorporation of a national bank. September 21, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Claiborne Co., Mississippi, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 22, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works at Black Rock; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d March, 1837. September 23, 1837. 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-fifth Congress. September 5, 1837. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. September 5, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of a number of post routes. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial convention of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to construct a macadamized road from the National Road to Erie. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of extending the franking privilege. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, presenting a plan of a national bank, and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. September 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, praying the establishment of a national bank. September 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1837. September 8, 1837. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the creation of a national bank. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Columbiana County, Ohio, for an increase of the circulation of gold and silver, and opposed to the creation of banks and paper money. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Carroll County, Mississippi, praying the creation of a national bank. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Lewis Feuchtwanger, praying Congress to substitute his invention, called "German silver," in place of the copper coinage of the United States. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of importing merchants of New York, praying an extension of the time for payment of duty bonds. September 18, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. September 18, 1837. The following bill, introduced by Mr. Benton, on leave, the 10th June, 1836, was ordered to be printed. A Bill To Re-establish the Currency of the Constitution for the Federal Government... Statements showing the coinage and imports and exports of specie during the year 1837. September 19, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of officers appointed to examine the improvements in fire-arms, made by Hall, Cochran, Colt, and the Baron Hackett; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th January, 1837. September 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th February, 1837, on the subject of the bursting of cannon at Major Clarke's foundry, in July, 1833, and August, 1834. September 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. |
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Annexation of Texas. Remonstrance of Sarah Chapman and 3,028 other women, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas to the United States, as a slave-holding territory. October 9, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Payment of members of Congress in specie. September 7, 1837. Laid on table for consideration. September 8, 1837. Mr. Robertson moved to amend. Ordered to be printed. Estimated state of the Treasury on the 1st of October, 1837. September 18, 1837. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of the 13th instant, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary of the United States. September 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi election. September 25, 1837. Read, and the consideration thereof postponed until Wednesday next. National bank. September 25, 1837. Deposite banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 14th September,) transmitting information in relation to the transfers and payments of the instalments to the states; the condition of the deposite banks; and respecting treasury drafts protested for non-payment of specie, &c. September 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tudor. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence of the late William Tudor, while Charge d'Affaires of the United States to Brazil. September 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Golder. Memorial of John Golder, of New York. Presenting his views of finance. September 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of 3,355 merchants and traders of the City of New York, for the creation of "a specie-paying national institution." September 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. September 28, 1837. Duty bonds -- renewal of -- &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, in relation to the number of duty bonds which will be renewed or extended, and the charges thereon, if the bill which has passed the Senate, giving further time, shall become law. September 29, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Sub-Treasury system. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the probable expenses attendant upon a Sub-Treasury system. September 30, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the Treasury. September 30, 1837. Submitted to the House of Representatives by Mr. Cambreleng, and ordered to be printed. Treasury notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of his correspondence with individuals, banks, &c., in relation to an issue of Treasury notes under authority of the government of the United States. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Receivers of public moneys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, calling for copies of the monthly returns of receivers of public moneys, &c. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Annexation of Texas to the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant, respecting an annexation of Texas to the United States. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo, upon the subject of the tobacco trade. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary -- United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th ultimo, concerning the boundary between the United States and the Republic of Mexico. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's weekly statement. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the Treasurer's weekly statement, showing the amounts to his credit in the deposite banks, &c. October 6, 1837. To lie upon the table. Grain imported within the last twelve years. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the quantity of grain imported within the last twelve years; in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo. October 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Virginia. Memorial of inhabitants of Halifax County, in the State of Virginia. October 9, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Brigadier General Wool. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in the case of Brevet Brigadier General Wool. October 9, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hamilton County, Ohio. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Hamilton County, Ohio, approving the views of the President and Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the existing pecuniary embarrassments; enclosed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by Moses Dawson, chairman of a committee of said meeting, with a request that these proceedings be laid before the House of Representatives. October 9, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. Orange H. Dibble. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the case of Orange H. Dibble. October 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Loss of horses in the military service. (To accompany Bill No. 11.) October 12, 1837. South Sea exploring squadron. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, in relation to the detention of the sailing of the exploring squadron, &c. October 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Currency. Memorial of Thomas H. Baird, of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of the currency. October 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Bank of Metropolis. Memorial of James H. Causten, praying, for reasons set forth in his memorial, that the charter of the Bank of the Metropolis, in the City of Washington, may be revoked. October 9, 1837. To lie on the table. October 13, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. William B. Stokes et al. Report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, in the case of William B. Stokes and others. December 26, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. October 14, 1837. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Public deposites -- Bank of Missouri. September 20, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of 161 citizens of Mount Vernon and its vicinity, in the State of Indiana, praying for the establishment of a specie-paying national bank. September 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Indians in military service. Letter from the Secretary of War, (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 18th September,) in relation to Indians employed in the military service. September 21, 1837. Ordered to lie on the table. Unpaid duties, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in obedience to a resolution of the 20th of September,) with statements in relation to the amount of unpaid duties, &c. September 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Unexpended appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in further answer to a resolution of the 11th instant,) transmitting information in relation to unexpended appropriations, &c. September 22, 1837. Ordered to lie on the table. Safe keeping of public moneys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th instant, in relation to the methods which have been adopted for the safe keeping of the public funds, &c. September 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the opening of the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. list of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in the office of the House of Representatives, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. September 4, 1837. Finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. September 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Mooresville, and of Plainfield, and of their vicinities, in the State of Indiana, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National currency. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland; with a plan of national currency and distribution; and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by the Congress of the United States. September 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Rules of the House. September 13, 1837. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Substitute for copper. Memorial of Lewis Feuchtwanter. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Georgetown, Vermilion County, in the State of Illinois, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of sundry citizens of Vergennes and its vicinity, in the State of Vermont, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of the Pennsylvania anti-bank convention. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mode of collecting the revenue in Great Britain and France. September 14, 1837. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. National bank. Memorial from the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, praying Congress to establish a national bank. September 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Quincy, in the Territory of Florida, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Petition of certain citizens of Irwinton, in the State of Alabama, praying the establishment of a United States bank. September 15, 1837. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. Pay members of Congress in specie, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to the offer to pay members of Congress in specie, &c. September 15, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriation -- Seminole War. September 18, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. National bank. Memorial of one hundred and forty-six citizens of Franklin County, Virginia, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Massachusetts. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, upon the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the right of petition. September 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Duty bonds. Memorial of merchants, &c. of New York, praying for an extension of credit on duty bonds. September 20, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of receipts and disbursements. October 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris submitted the following motions for consideration: 1. Resolved, That in the formation of the federal Constitution, the states acted in their sovereign capacity... Memorial of the yearly meeting of Friends of the eastern part of Ohio, and western part [of] Pennsylvania, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. December 27, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. January 6, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 41.) The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Henry J. Pickering... Memorial of a number of citizens of Berrien County, Michigan, praying the passage of a general pre emption law. January 2, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 125.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Bargy, junior, submit the following report... Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland, presenting a plan for a national currency, and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted on by Congress. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of the affairs of the banks in the District of Columbia. January 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. December 12, 1837. Ordered to be reprinted to accompany Senate Bill No. 22. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: It appears that John J. Bulow, Jr., was the owner of the plantation of Bulowville, in Florida... In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel S. Marcy and others, praying compensation for the loss of a wharf... Petition of a number of settlers of Racine County, Wisconsin Territory, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. December 20, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Brunson, report... In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 71.) The petitioners state that, in the fall of the year 1832, the Postmaster General advertised for proposals to carry the mail four years by steamboats and packets, six times a week, from Wood's Hole to Nantucket... In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 72.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Caroline E. Clitherall... In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 40.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the bill for the relief of Samuel Ferguson, of Adams County, Illinois, report... In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 87.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the petition of John H. Hall, report... Documents in relation to the claim of the executor of John J. Bulow, Jr., to be indemnified for the loss of property destroyed by the hostile Seminole Indians. December 21, 1837. (Submitted by Mr. Hubbard, to accompany the Bill S. 22, and ordered to be printed.) Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report from the Board of Navy Commissioners, in relation to the erection of light-houses, &c., in compliance with the second section of the act of March 3d, 1837, "Making Appropriations for Building Light-houses, Light-boats, Beacon-lights, Buoys, and Dolphins." December 22, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th October last, relative to the occupation of the territory of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains and bordering on the Pacific Ocean. December 26, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, disapproving the measures of the Executive, &c. December 26, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 22, 1837. Submitted. December 26, 1837. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 92.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Francis [i.e., Francois] Cazeau, praying remuneration for supplies furnished to the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War... In Senate of the United States. December 26, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 93.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company, report... In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. December 26, 1837. Ordered to be re-printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 95. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Newman... Memorial of the pilots of the port of New York, praying the repeal or modification of the act of Congress of March 2d. 1837, concerning pilots. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and directors of the Bank of Washington, praying an extension of its charter. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Calhoun submitted the following motion for consideration... In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report, to accompany Senate Bill No. 99. The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition of Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod], and the papers relating thereto, report the accompanying bill... Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in relation to the location of Indian reservations within that state, conflicting with the pre-emption rights and claims of settlers. December 26, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. December 27, 1837. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1837. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following motions for consideration: Resolved, That the Government of the United States is a national government only for the general purposes specified in the federal Constitution... Memorial of the Legislative Council of Wisconsin Territory, praying the passage of a special pre-emption law in favor of the citizens of Southport, and for the construction of a harbor at that place. December 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Land, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the claim of Dubuque and Chouteau, for a tract of land on the Mississippi. December 28, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Linn, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Ohio, praying the sale of the canal reservations in that state, and appropriation of the proceeds to the construction of certain roads. December 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th October, 1837, relative to a plan for the protection of the north and eastern boundary of the United States. January 10, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the delay in compiling and printing the Biennial Register. January 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the administrator of George Simpson, to be allowed a commission on the subscriptions procured by him to a loan authorized by government, in 1813, &c. January 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report. (To accompany Senate Bill 146.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition and papers in the case of Loomis & Gay, report... Report from the Secretary of War, with statements of rejected applications for pensions. January 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of F. R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 12, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. January 6, 1838. Ordered, that 886 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. December 5, 1837. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 6, 1837. Laid on the table 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 statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund. December 7, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1837-8. December 7, 1837. Petition of John Kurtz for remuneration for the loss of the ship Alleghany and cargo. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that those persons hereafter condemned to death under the laws of the United States may be executed within the prison yards. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Silas M. Stilwell, praying Congress to prohibit the United States courts from issuing process to imprison for debt, in those states where it is not allowed by the laws of the state. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th February, 1837, in relation to the location and cost of marine hospitals on the western waters, and the regulation of the marine hospital fund. December 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies by furnished for the use of the Senate. Petition of Harmon Kingsbury, of Cleaveland, Ohio, praying the repeal of that part of an act of Congress regulating the Post Office Department, which requires postmasters to deliver letters, &c. on Sunday. December 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with an abstract of the contingent expenses of the naval establishment for the year 1837. December 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th of October, 1837, in relation to the capture and sequestration of the ship Mary and cargo, of Baltimore, by the Dutch government, in 1800. December 13, 1837. 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 of the 13th of October, 1837, relative to the claims of American citizens upon the government of Mexico. December 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of State, with statement of number of American seamen registered during the year 1837. December 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Bayard to rescind a resolution of the Senate, passed the 16th January, 1837. December 14, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the erection of light-houses, &c., in compliance with the 2d section of the act of March 3, 1837, "Making Appropriations for Building Light-houses, Light-boats, Beacon-lights, Buoys, and Dolphins." December 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of A.B. Quinby, praying an appropriation to test his inventions for preventing the explosions of steam-boilers. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 13th October, 1837, in relation to the Navy pensioners, and Navy Pension Fund. December 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, praying Congress to adopt the Sub-Treasury system, and to establish an exclusive metallic currency. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th October, 1837, in relation to the adjustment of claims to reservations under the 14th article of the treaty of 1830, with the Choctaw Indians. December 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting reports from the Register and Receiver at St. Stephen's, Alabama, in reference to the claims of Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney. December 19, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William A. Slacum, praying compensation for his services in obtaining information in relation to the settlements on the Oregon River. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 51.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Samuel Miller, report... Memorial of the Corporation of South Hanover College, Indiana, praying the donation of a tract of land in aid of that institution. December 19, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph Roby, praying permission to locate a floating Indian reservation of land on any unappropriated lands of the United States, in Illinois or Wisconsin Territory. December 19, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Pardee... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th February last, in relation to the claim of the heirs of Doctor Thomas Carter. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending measures for the relief of the Osage Indians. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th inst., transmitting the report of the survey of the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the heir of Colonel Frederick H. Weissenfels, praying compensation for his services in the Revolutionary War. January 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grundy made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 112.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of R.S. Coxe, assignee, &c., of David Beard, report... Proceedings of the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, in relation to the boundary between that territory and the State of Missouri. January 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John Ely, a soldier of the Revolution, for the erection of a monument to the memory of General Washington. January 3, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill To Provide for Issuing Patents for Certain Lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory," report... In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 119.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., of Pennsylvania... Memorial of a number of clerks in the Executive departments of the government, praying the passage of a general law, apportioning and fixing the salaries of clerks to their duties. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th December, 1837, in relation to the execution of the treaty of 1825, with the Osage Indians. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of October, 1837, in relation to the protection of the western frontier of the United States. January 3, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General with a statement of the names and compensation of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1837. January 3, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and directors of the Indiana Pottery Company, for a donation of land. January 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston submitted the following for consideration: Whereas the just and true boundary of the United States, under the treaty of Louisiana, extended on the southwest to the Rio Grande del Norte... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th December, 1837, with survey of Owl's Head harbor, and Cobscoock [i.e., Cobscook] Bay. January 5, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with the names and compensation of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1837. January 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 127.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary A. Patrick, widow of Captain Matthew Alexander Patrick... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. January 5, 1838. Ordered to be re-printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 124.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of General William Eaton, report... Petition of William A. Davis, praying Congress to purchase a number of sets of the laws of the United States, printed by him. January 6, 1838. Referred to the select committee, to whom was referred, the 14th ult., the petition of Duff Green, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following for consideration: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and cause to be printed for the Senate, at the commencement of the next session, an alphabetical list of all private claims which have been brought before the Senate during the last twenty years... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 129.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of Merriweather Lewis Clark, for himself and the other legal representatives of Philip Riviere... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean submitted the following for consideration: 1. Resolved, That Congress possess no power, under the Constitution, to abolish slavery... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 20th September, 1837, in relation to sales of public lands. January 9, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 500 additional copies for the use of the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, with statements of the issues of Treasury notes. January 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying that the law authorizing the express mail may not be repealed. January 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3rd February, 1837, in relation to consular certificates on invoices. December 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, transmitting copies of the instructions to the receivers of land offices, in relation to pre-emption rights and other unlocated claims to public lands. December 22, 1837. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 100 additional copies be printed for the General Land Office. |
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In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwell submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives "For the Relief of Ferdinand Clark," with the documents in support of the same, have had the said bill under consideration... In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W. Page, of Charleston, South Carolina, praying to be remunerated for information, given by him, of an infraction of the embargo laws in 1814, report... Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th June, 1836, with a statement of the emoluments of postmasters from boxes, &c. January 22, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the erection of a lunatic asylum, and a new jail, in the County of Washington, and a new court-house in the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. January 15, 1838. 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 of the 11th instant, in relation to the necessity of additional clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, against the passage of an international copyright law. January 15, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th December last, in reference to the harbor of Southport, Wisconsin Territory. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th December last, in relation to the sale of the mineral lands and salt springs of the United States. January 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 148.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Jechonius Pigot and Benjamin Lecraft... Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of the appropriations and expenditures of that Department for the year 1837. January 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th ultimo, in relation to the occurrences at the payment of the annuity to the Pottawatamie Indians in 1836. January 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement of the claims presented to the Register and Receiver of the land office at Greensburgh, formerly St. Helena, and the opinion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office as to the validity of the same. January 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was re-committed the Bill (No. 47) to authorize the erection of a hospital in the City of Washington, and for other purposes, have had the same under consideration, and report... Documents in relation to internal improvements in the State of Illinois. January 12, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, upon the improvements and pre-emption rights of a portion of the settlers upon the public land... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th December last, with a report of the survey of Kennebec River. January 15, 1838. Laid on the table. January 16, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 200 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, in relation to the payment of Indian annuities in goods, &c. January 17, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the 27th December last, in relation to the receipts and disbursements of specie since May last. January 18, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th December last, with statements of the receipts and expenses of the express mail. January 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the memorial of the pilots of New York, and the remonstrances of the Chamber of Commerce and the underwriters thereto, submit to the Senate the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of the heirs and legatees of Everard Meade... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 165.) The committee to whom was referred the petition of Asa White and Jabez L. White, praying to be released from their proposals or contract for carrying the mail on certain mail routes, report... Memorial of Seward Porter, for the erection of a beacon on St. George's shoal, or the cession of said shoal to him and his associates. January 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of S. Morris Waln & Co., praying that certain duties paid by them upon an importation of window glass may be remitted, report... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having considered the petition of Henry Beamish, report thereon as follows... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Zenas Wood, of Montpelier, Vermont, praying that a portion of the duties paid by him upon an importation of iron may be refunded, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th October, 1837, in relation to the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. January 15, 1838. Laid on the table. January 22, 1838. Ordered to be printed and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Documents in relation to the validity of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. January 22, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Lumpkin, and ordered to be printed, and that 386 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Director of the Mint, to the Hon. Mr. Benton, in relation to the substitution of German silver for the copper coinage of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 168.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the memorial and accompanying documents of General Thomas Sumpler, of South Carolina, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Lantz and others, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, in relation to the claims of George Duval. January 24, 1838. Laid on the table, 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, during the year 1837. January 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with a statement of the appropriations for that Department for the year 1837. January 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting returns of the Bank of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant. January 15, 1838. Laid on the table. January 24, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce have examined the bill and papers from the House of Representatives, for the relief of Moses Merrill and others, interested in the schooner Fortune... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, with a report of the examination of the White and Black Rivers. January 25, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, on the subject of selling the reserved lead mines. January 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives "For the Relief of Nathan Smith, and Others," with the documents which accompanied, beg leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 175.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, praying that certain duties, paid by them upon iron imported for their railroad, may be refunded, report... In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 176.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of the New York and Harlem Railroad Company, praying that certain duties paid upon railroad iron may be refunded to them, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Medina County, Ohio, praying a modification of the existing laws regulating the sales of the public lands. January 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, transmitting copies of the representations made to him relative to the light-houses of the United States, by the Messrs. Blunt, of New York, &c. January 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in favor of the annexation of a part of West Florida to that state. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Smithland, Kentucky, praying the erection of a marine hospital at that place. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Commissioner of Patents, in relation to the operations of that Office during the year 1837. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. |
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In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 181.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of confirming the title of Michael Armbrister to a half section of land... Petition of James M. White, praying permission to enter two tracts of land. March 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the confirmation of pre-emption claims granted by the registers and receivers in that state. February 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Isaac Rice and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th January, 1838, in reference to the appointment of, and the regulations prescribed to, pension agents. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of abolishing the postage on newspapers within the states were they are published. February 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. February 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Providence, Rhode Island, praying the rejection of the "Sub-Treasury Bill." February 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia, in relation to the re-payment to that state by the government of the United States of commutation pay, and for an additional appropriation of Revolutionary bounty land. February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Collier, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, in relation to the claim of Henry Gale and others to the Pea Patch Island. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, with the bill annexed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Grundy submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 211.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred that part of the President's message which relates to the issuing and re-issuing of the notes of the late Bank of the United States... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in relation to the establishment of a national foundry at or near Havre-de-Grace, in said state. February 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee of the officers of the U. States Army, during the late war, residing in the western district of Pennsylvania, praying a grant of bounty land. February 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Carroll County, Ohio, that the postage on newspapers, carried by mail to any office within the county in which they are published, be abolished. February 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, against reducing the price of the public land, the establishment of an exclusive metallic currency, and of Sub-Treasuries. February 12, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Hartford, Conn., remonstrating against the adoption of the Sub-Treasury scheme. February 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 214.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the case of William Fisher... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, with a statement of the balances in the Treasury at the end of each year since 1789. February 12, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. February 13, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, in relation to a violation of the Treasury order of July 11, 1836. February 13, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a national bank. February 13, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Columbia Typographical Society, of the City of Washington, against the enactment of an international copy-right law. February 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the right of pre-emption to the "Miami Reserve" in that state. February 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and papers of David Robb... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 219.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement of the claims presented to the Register and Receiver of the land office at Greensburgh, formerly St. Helena... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 220.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Morgan... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1388 [i.e., 1838]. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Morgan, assignee of Susannah Honeyman, for confirmation of his claim to a tract of land, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register and Receiver of the land office at New Orleans, with a statement of the claims presented to them, and the opinion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office as to the validity of said claims. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the payment of Indian annuities, and the necessity of imposing further restrictions upon Indian traders. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d January last, in relation to the mineral lands of the United States. March 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the light-house establishment. March 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Improvement of light-houses. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th of January last, with a report of the survey of Crow Shoal. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th January, 1838, with a report of the survey of the Charleston and Cincinnati Railroad [i.e., Louisville Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad]. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th January last, relative to the claim of the Bank of the United States for damages on account of a protested draft. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, transmitting a communication from Captain M.C. Perry, in relation to the light-house establishment of the United States. February 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to a reduction of the price of the public lands. February 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 105.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of John Campbell," beg leave to report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Mississippi, settlers in the Choctaw purchase, praying to be allowed the benefit of a pre-emption law. February 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Benjamin C. Oppels, and others, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. February 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the construction of a macadamized road from the Cumberland Road to the harbor of Erie. February 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the resolution directing "that the Library Committee of the Senate be instructed to inquire whether it be practicable, from the books now in the possession of Congress, to furnish each of the committee rooms of the Senate with a complete copy of the laws of the United States, the journals of both Houses, the documents, reports, compilations, digests, and other papers published under the authority and at the expense of Congress..." Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th January last, transmitting a tariff of duties. February 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Pittsburgh, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at that place. February 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the returns of the militia for the year 1837. February 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee against the passage of any law to enforce the Sub-Treasury system of finance. February 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the public lands in that state. February 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th January, 1838, in reference to the number of Creek Indians engaged in hostilities against the United States, during the years 1836 and 1837. February 7, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John B. Sterigere and others, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Alleghany River. February 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, transmitting reports of the surveys of the mouths of Milwaukie, Root, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and Kewaunee Rivers, and of Havre Bay. February 7, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of New York, praying that the express mail may not be discontinued. February 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the payment to the Missouri volunteers, of the value of their horses lost at sea, on their passage from New Orleans to Tampa Bay. February 9, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to accompany Senate Bill 209, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th January last, with statements relating to the sales of public lands. February 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, in reference to the amount of money expended in the improvement of the Missouri River. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence with the banks in the District of Columbia, &c. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the representatives of Wade Hampton, for the confirmation of their claims to land in Louisiana. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee of the citizens of Darien, Georgia, praying a survey of the Alatamaha [i.e., Altamaha] River, and the erection of a fortification on Doboy Island. January 29, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, in relation to the Rock River and Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi River. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,250 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 250 copies for the Engineer Department. Petition of the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Railroad Company, for permission to enter a tract of 500,000 acres of land, on a credit of five years. January 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Rhode Island, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. January 30, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, in relation to the payment of pensions and fishing bounties in bills of the Commonwealth Bank of Boston. January 30, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Document in relation to the payment of pensions in the bills of the Commonwealth Bank of Boston. January 30, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Webster, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 188.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle, of the United States Army... In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 193.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith report... In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 194.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the resolution to inquire into the expediency of granting a half-section of land to all settlers... Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 1, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the erection of lights, buoys, and beacons, within the State of New Jersey. February 1, 1838. Submitted by Mr. King, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register and Receiver of the land office at Ouachita, with a statement of the claims presented to them, together with the opinion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the validity of the said claims. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the passage of a law to regulate and improve the steamboat navigation of the rivers in the western portion of the Union, and particularly of the Mississippi River. February 15, 1838. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all contracts made by the War Department during the year 1837; made in compliance with the 5th section of the act of April 21, 1808, and of the 5th section of the act of 3d March, 1809. February 16, 1838. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas Osborn, and 270 others, praying Congress not to pass a pre-emption law, or reduce the price of the public lands. February 16, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of the heirs of William Bayley, a major in the Army of the Revolution... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 234.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred, on the 17th of January, a resolution to inquire into the expediency of granting to the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana, a portion of the public lands, report... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1388 [i.e.,1838]. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 236.) The Committee on Commerce, having examined the papers of Noah Miller... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 237.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of the President and directors of the Baltimore and Susquehannah Railroad Company, praying that the provisions of the act of the 14th of July, 1832, may be extended to them as to certain importations of iron for their railroad, report... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 238.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Company... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Theodore Victor and George F. Duckwitz... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom has been referred the petition of a number of umbrella makers of the City of Philadelphia, praying that the excess of duty paid by them upon the importation of umbrella stretchers, may be refunded, report... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom has been referred the petition of Jacob Baker, of the City of Philadelphia, praying that certain duties paid by him upon imported goods may be refunded, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of postponing the "Sub-Treasury Bill" until the next session of Congress. February 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the County of Coahoma, in the Choctaw purchase, State of Mississippi, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. February 19, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of abolishing imprisonment for debt, in civil cases coming within the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States. February 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Niagara County, New York, praying Congress to adopt measures for bringing to justice the persons engaged in the late outrage at Schlosser, in said county. February 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of William M. Ferry and others, citizens of Michigan, praying an appropriation for the construction of a pier, and pier light, at the mouth of Grand River, on Lake Michigan. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, transmitting copies of the correspondence in relation to the debt due the United States by the late John Brahan, receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama. February 20, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the account of Caleb Atwater... In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 239.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas S. Hinde and Jacob Lesher, of Illinois, and other memorials, praying Congress to establish an armory in the west, a foundry, &c., report... Resolutions of the Senate of Pennsylvania, in relation to the "Sub-Treasury Bill." February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of W. Forsyth and others, engaged in the navigation of the Mississippi, Ohio, and other western rivers, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at Pittsburgh. February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th December, 1837, with statements of the number of troops employed in the war with the Seminole Indians. February 21, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, transmitting the official report of the action of the 25th December, 1837, with the Seminole Indians. February 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of G. Thompson, praying a donation of land to aid him in the publication of a work, on the means of preventing the inundations of the Mississippi River. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Agricultural Convention at Albany, New York, in relation to the introduction and distribution of foreign seeds and plants by the government of the United States. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Senate Bill, No. 211, "To Prevent the Issuing and Circulation of the Bills, Notes, and Other Securities of Corporations Created by Acts of Congress Which Have Expired." February 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Grundy, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, transmitting a copy of the survey of the harbor of City West. February 19, 1838. Read. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, in relation to the selection of a site for a fort on the western frontier line of Arkansas. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 239) "To Establish a Foundry; an Armory in the West; Arsenals in the States in Which None Have Yet Been Established; and Depots for Arms in Certain States and Territories." February 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the House of Assembly of New York, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. February 22, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the merchants and manufacturers of Pittsburgh, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. February 22, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, transmitting a report of the survey of the military road from Saginaw to Mackinac. February 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts made by that Department during the year 1837, and a statement of the expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund, during the year 1836. February 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to a survey of the navigable waters of the northern and western lakes and rivers, and the improvement of the harbors on the same. February 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the western part of Pennsylvania praying Congress to take measures to suppress the circulation of the notes of the late Bank of the United States. February 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the memorial of the clerks in the Executive departments of the government, praying the passage of a general law, apportioning and fixing the salaries of clerks to their duties. February 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the democratic delegation of Philadelphia County, Pa., on the subject of a resolution passed by the House of Representatives of that state, in relation to the Sub-Treasury Bill. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Daniel J. Browne, praying Congress to adopt measures for procuring and preserving a supply of timber for naval purposes. February 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Roswell L. Colt, praying Congress to revive the acts of the 26th May, 1824, and 24th May, 1828, "To Enable Claimants to Lands within the Limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, To Institute Proceedings To Try the Validity of Their Claims." February 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joshua Brookes and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Ransom Steele and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Daniel S. Haight and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a convention of a number of settlers on the public lands in Illinois, in relation to the passage of a pre-emption law. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Newark, New Jersey, in reference to the financial condition of the country, and the proposed measures of the Executive. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a convention of delegates of the citizens of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to carry into effect, without delay, the recommendations of the Executive in relation to the finances of the country. March 1, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a pre-emption law, and the establishment of a military force on the River Sabine. March 1, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying an increase of the compensation of jurors required to attend the circuit courts of the United States in that state. March 1, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, with a report of the examination of Arthur Kull Sound, and Prince's and Raritan Bays. January 15, 1838. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 2, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of lieutenants of the Navy, that those lieutenants who entered the Navy as midshipmen previous to and during the last war with Great Britain, may be promoted. March 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, in favor of satisfying claims on account of French spoliations committed prior to 1800. March 2, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to internal improvements, in the State of Illinois. March 5, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1838. Submitted, 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 the executor of Thomas Golphin... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, directing an inquiry into the expediency of relinquishing to John E. Lane the duties upon two chain cables, imported by him into the United States, together with the documents relating to the importation, report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying the speedy completion of the Cumberland Road within that state. February 12, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed. |
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Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land for the purpose of opening a communication between Terre Haute and the Ohio River. April 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying Congress to cause surveys to be made for a military road to connect Dearbornville and Brest, in that state. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the Const[r]uction of a dry dock, in the Navy yard at Philadelphia. March 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of owners and masters of vessels, citizens of Delaware, remonstrating against any change in the collection district of Delaware. April 16, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the masters in the Navy of the United States, praying an increase of compensation. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the re-consideration of the treaty made with the Cherokees at New Echota, in December, 1835. April 11, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Joseph Vidal, of Mississippi, praying that his claim to certain lands may be confirmed. March 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 242.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Senate Bill, No. 242, together with the accompanying papers, for the relief of Benjamin Parsons, report... Memorial of the heirs of John Law, praying the confirmation of their claim to a tract of land in the State of Arkansas. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Peter S. Du Ponceau and others, praying Congress to appoint committees of inquiry on the subject of copyright, and to await their report before acting on the subject. March 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of February last, transmitting the replies of the deposite banks to his circular of May last, in relation to their suspension of specie payments. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and directors of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company, praying a grant of land in aid of that work. March 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the establishment of a national armory at the falls of the Big Beaver River, or Pittsburgh. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, protesting against the annexation of Texas to the United States. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Smith Morehouse and others, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, and in favor of the incorporation of a national bank. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions in favor of the suppression of duelling, and the expulsion of any member of Congress who may hereafter be concerned in any duel. March 9, 1838. Presented by Mr. Rives, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, with statements of grants of land to the State of Indiana. March 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Nancy Collins, (claiming under Isaac Taylor and James Clayton,) praying the the confirmation of two tracts of land in the State of Louisiana... Memorial of E. Littell, praying the incorporation of a national bank. March 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Mississippi, in relation to the establishment of a post route from Marion to Livingston, in the State of Alabama. March 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi. That the settlers on the Choctaw purchase, within the limits of the state, may be allowed the right of pre-emption. March 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Adolphus Allen, praying Congress to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River at the town of Des Moines, in Illinois, and that the military road from Chicago to Fort Leavenworth may pass through said town. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Newark, New Jersey, in relation to the suppression of duelling. March 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Washington County, PA, praying the passage of a law for the suppression of duelling within the District of Columbia. March 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, in relation to the currency, and the administration of the general government. March 12, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Crittenden, read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 260.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred, on the 30th January, the petition of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, report... In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. Henry Perrine, late American consul at Campeachy, praying for a conditional grant of land in southern Florida... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson submitted the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 7.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which were referred the petition and papers of B.T. [i.e., B.F.] Hard and G. Longstreet, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, transmitting a report of the survey of the Kaskaskia and Illinois Rivers. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Document in relation to the destruction of outstanding due bills by the Corporation of Alexandria, in pursuance of the act of Congress of June, 1834. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the democratic citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, adverse to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the City Council, Board of Trade, and citizens of Wilmington, Delaware, praying the establishment of a national foundry on the waters of the Brandywine, in the vicinity of Wilmington. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the establishment of a national foundry and dry dock within the limits of that state. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to the improvement of the channel of the Straits of Detroit. April 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland, asking further aid from the general government, towards the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, or a transfer of the interest of the United States in the stock of the same. April 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of ceding the public lands to the states on which they lie. April 6, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Israel Bealer and others, citizens of Polk Co., Mo., praying the donation of a tract of land to said Bealer, to enable him to build a sawmill in that county. April 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Charles Bulfinch and others, praying the confirmation of their claims to certain tracts of land on the Columbia River. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee on the Occupation of the Columbia River, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to donations of public lands by Congress for purposes of internal improvement. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the citizens of Georgetown, and of that part of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, lying west of Rock Creek, praying the recession of said town and said county to the State of Maryland. April 10, 1838. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Merrick, Davis, Clay, of Ala., Preston, and Robinson, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 78.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 78) for the relief of the legal representatives of Richard Harris and Nimrod Farrow, deceased... Memorial of Richard Penn Smith and others, against the passage of the bill to establish an international copyright law. April 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Law, praying confirmation of their claim to a tract of land in the State of Arkansas... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, in relation to the stock subscribed and held by the United States in road and canal companies. April 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a donation of land to aid in the construction of the Erie and Michigan Canal. April 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Hiram L. Meeker, praying remuneration for the removal of obstructions in the Delaware River. April 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report by Captains Kearney, Perry, and Sloat, of their examination of certain sites for lights, buoys, and beacons, in New Jersey. April 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Washington County, PA, in favor of the passage of a law to render any person who may hereafter be concerned in a duel, ineligible to any office under the general government. April 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Select Committee appointed in pursuance of a resolution adopted on the 21st day of February last...That resolution contains nothing on its face which is specific, but refers to a letter written by the Honorable John Ruggles, one of the senators from Maine...a charge of corruption had been made against Mr. Ruggles in one of the newspapers published in New York... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, transmitting a statement of the public land subject to sale, at private entry, for twenty-five years and upwards. April 16, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 303.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the letters of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the reports of the Register and Receiver of the New Orleans land district... Memorial of a number of citizens of Delaware, remonstrating against the passage of the bill "To Divide the State of Delaware into Two Collection Districts." April 16, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1837. April 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, to procure the payment of the Tennessee Volunteers of 1836. April 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States. April 17, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Sylvanus Fansher, praying the establishment of a permanent vaccine institution, for the benefit of the Army, Navy, and Indian Department. April 18, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying that a warehouse system may be established in connexion with the present credit system on imports. April 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, transmitting returns of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a warehouse system. March 1, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Erie County, Pennsylvania, praying an examination of the harbor of Erie, for the establishment of a marine hospital at that place. March 1, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 6.) The Committee on Finance, to whom has been refer[r]ed an act of the Legislative Council of Wisconsin, entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Stockholders of the State Bank of Wisconsin, at Prairie du Chien," report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th February last, in relation to the improvement of the naval arsenal at Pensacola. March 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of B. Corwin Watson, praying the establishment by the United States of an Internal Improvement and Manufacturing Loan Office. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants, and others, citizens of Newport, Rhode Island, against the passage of the bills for the establishment of Sub-Treasuries, and to cede the public lands to the new states. March 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, that the notes of specie paying state banks be received in payment for public lands. March 6, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims have had under consideration the petition to them referred, of the legal representatives of John G. Mackall... In Senate of the United States. March 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 253.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition and papers of William W. Williams were referred... In Senate of the United States. March 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 254.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the position and papers of the heirs of Lieutenant Colonel John Cropper... Memorial of the New York Typographical Society, against the passage of an international copyright law. March 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 265.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke... In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 258.) The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of John Brahan, Late Receiver of Public Moneys at Huntsville, Alabama,"... Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, with certain provisions. March 13, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 14, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the documents and papers relating to the claims to land in the now State of Arkansas, of Melanie Lachaise, Francisco Luengo, and Ireno Luengo... Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, approving the measures proposed by the Executive in relation to the currency, and in favor of the passage [of] the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 15, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying Congress to adopt measures to encourage the cultivation of the mulberry tree, and the manufacture of silk in said district. March 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Warren County, N.J., praying the establishment of a national foundry at the Town of Belvidere, in said county. March 15, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of members of the Vermont Peace Society, praying Congress to propose the establishment of a congress of nations for the adjustment of international disputes. March 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence with the Governor of Alabama, in reference to hostilities with the Creek Indians. March 17, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the mechanics and workingmen of the City of Brooklyn, New York, praying the passage of a bankrupt law, and of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the establishment of a national armory at the Town of Harrison, in that state. March 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 267.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 267, to authorize the President of the United States to issue patents to the persons and for the land therein mentioned, report... In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seiver submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 272.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of the Parish of Concordia, in the State of Louisiana... Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, in relation to the publication of the Documentary History of the American Revolution. March 19, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence between that Department and the Bank of the Metropolis, in relation to the retention of that bank of public money deposited therein, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 274.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Laurent Millandon [i.e., Millaudon], of New Orleans... Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Pittsburgh, Pa., against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 20, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the memorial of Somerville Pinckney, administrator de bonis non of James Williams, late of the City of Annapolis, in the State of Maryland, report... Proceedings of a number of citizens of New York, on the subject of the late duel between two members of the House of Representatives. March 21, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting all the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain on the subject of the northeastern boundary, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. March 21, 1838. 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 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 202.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill for the Relief of Jacob Hanks, of Adams County, Illinois, with the accompanying papers and documents... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 201.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill for the Relief of Alfred Westfall... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have had under consideration the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of granting a pension or other compensation to the Viscompte L'Eaumont, a French officer, wounded at the siege of Savannah."... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy, Sally, and Betsey Contraman, the children of Frederick H. Contraman, and En-da-go, a Potawattamie woman, report... Memorial of the President and directors of the Bank of the Metropolis, in relation to the correspondence between that institution and the Post Office Department. March 23, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Richmond, Virginia, praying an examination of that place in reference to the selection of a site for a national foundry. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Easton, Pennsylvania, praying an examination of that place in reference to the selection of a site for a national foundry. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, that the allowance of spirituous liquors as a part of the Navy ration, may be discontinued. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary claims have had under consideration certain documents referred to them, relating to the claim of the heirs of John S. Stubbs... Memorial of a number of citizens of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, praying the passage of a law to prevent any person who may be connected with a duel from holding office under the general government. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Rensselaer County, N.Y., opposed to the Sub-Treasury system. March 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Nathaniel Amory, praying permission to institute a suit to try the validity of his claim to a tract of land. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 282.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Jacocks, report... In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Rule 47. -- The reporters shall be placed on the floor of the Senate, under the direction of the Secretary. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, in relation to a survey of the harbor of Annapolis and of the Severn River. March 27, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition from a number of citizens of Boone County, Illinois, praying for the establishment of a land office in that county, March 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the subject of compensating the militia who attended the payment of the annuity to the Pottawatamie Indians in 1836. March 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Mobile, praying reimbursement of advances made for supplies and equipments for the Creek volunteers. March 22, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 28, 1838. Bill reported (S. 290,) and ordered to be printed. Statement exhibiting the amount of Custom-house bonds taken and paid, annually, in each collection district of the United States, from the first day of October, 1827, to the thirtieth day of September, 1837. March 28, 1838. Submitted by the Vice President, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements of the incidental expenses of the Post Office Department, for the year ending 30th June, 1837. March 29, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th instant, in reference to a reduction of the estimates for the Cumberland Road for the year 1838. March 30, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Washington City, praying the construction of a pavement of wood on Pennsylvania Avenue. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and directors of the Bank of Alexandria, praying an extension of the charter of said bank, to enable them to wind up its concerns. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in relation to the location of the western national armory. March 30, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the erection of a dry dock in the Navy yard at Philadelphia. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia. April 2, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Chambersburg, Penn., in relation to the practice of duelling. April 2, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th February last, in relation to the payment of the French and Neapolitan indemnities. April 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the preservation of the records and documents connected with the surveys of the public lands. April 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in favor of a national bank, and opposed to the establishment of the Sub-Treasuries. April 4, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statement of the officers of the Missouri Volunteers, in relation to the action with the Indians on the 25th December, 1837, in Florida, with a correspondence between said officers and Col. Taylor, and with Major Brant, of the Quartermaster's Department. April 5, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Washington County, Arkansas, praying the erection of a fort at or near the Town of Fayetteville, in said county. April 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a number of citizens of Washington County, Arkansas, in relation to the defence of the western frontier. April 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Troy, New York, praying Congress to devise measures for the prevention of duelling by the representatives of the people during their continuance in office. March 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Joseph Cochran, praying a pre-emption right to a tract of land. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. |
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