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Serial set 312	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.	1
Serial set 313	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America: Being the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1837, and in the sixty-second year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 314	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.	92
Serial set 315	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.	46
Serial set 316	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.	123
Serial set 317	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.	125
Serial set 318	In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 333.) That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation in Florida... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War on the claim of Econchatta Nico. April 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of merchants and underwriters, of Philadelphia, praying an alteration of the laws regulating the admiralty courts of the United States, in relation to salvages on wrecked property. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) The Committee on Naval Affairs of the Senate, to whom was referred the bill "To Establish and Regulate the Navy Ration, and for Other Purposes," report the same with amendments... Memorials of James P. Espy and of the Philadelphia Lyceum, praying the aid of the general government in making a series of meteorological observations. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Rahway, New Jersey, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, praying an examination of that place in reference to the selection of a site for a national foundry. June 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard, from the select committee appointed on the 26th of March, on the subject of the 47th rule of the Senate... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 304.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds... Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying that the treaty made with the Cherokees at New Echota may be annulled. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying Congress to reconsider the treaty made with the Cherokee Indians, at New Echota, in the year 1835. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the reconsideration of the treaty made with the Cherokees, at New Echota, in the year 1835. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1838. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Resolved that the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to cause, for the term of one year, each officer employed in the collection of the Customs to keep a daily account... Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 23, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey and assignment of the lands of emigrated Indians. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the establishment of a fiscal agency for the government, and asking a charter of incorporation. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, praying the adoption of measures to facilitate the intercourse between that city and the ocean, during the winter season, and for the preservation of the piers at Reedy Island. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Boston, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Charles Dehault Delassus, praying the repayment of a sum of money forcibly taken from him, for public service, at the capture of Baton Rouge, in 1810. April 24, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 315, to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia, praying Congress to adopt a pacific and benevolent policy towards the Indian tribes. April 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Reports from the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th March last, with statements of the names and compensation of, and advances to, pension agents. April 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peters and Mississippi Rivers. April 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed, to accompany the Senate Joint Resolution 10. Memorial of the delegations of the Choctaw and Creek Nations of Indians, against the passage of the bill "To Provide for the Security and Protection of the Emigrant and Other Indians West of the States of Missouri and Arkansas." April 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 310.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Benefit of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company," report... Documents in support of the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, for the preservation of the piers at Reedy Island. April 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the Senate Bill No. 318, "To Authorize Payment To Be Made to Certain Missouri Volunteers, for Services in the Years 1829 and 1836." April 26, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 320.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the petition of Elisha Eldridge, have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th March last, in relation to the settlement of the mining country in the Territory of Wisconsin, and State of Illinois. May 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th ultimo, in relation to the fortifications and a system of defence by means of armed steamers. May 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants, and others, of Philadelphia, praying that New Castle, on the River Delaware, may be made a port of entry. May 2, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the City of Chicago, in Illinois, praying Congress to grant to the corporation of said town a certain military reservation. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Dorset, Vermont, praying that the treaty with the Cherokee Indians, providing for their removal, may not be enforced. May 3, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying Congress to reconsider the treaty made with the Cherokee Indians at New Echota, in 1835. May 3, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Edwin Green, and others, praying the establishment of an agricultural and mechanical department of the government. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Grafton Tyler, and others, praying the establishment of a department of the government to promote the interests of agriculture, of science, and of the mechanical and fine arts. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, transmitting a statement of the condition of the state banks. May 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of officers of the Army of the United States, that the allowance of ardent spirits to soldiers on fatigue duty may be discontinued. May 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the Governor and resolutions of the Legislature, of Maine, in relation to the northeastern boundary of that state. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred a communication from the acting Secretary of War, dated the 19th of April last, and the papers which accompanied it, asking that a law may be passed providing for the survey and assignment, in severalty, of lands belonging to the emigrated tribes of Indians west of the River Mississippi... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th March last, in relation to the investment of money belonging to the Indians. May 10, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Racine, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying that no law may be passed to authorize the location of certain floats on the lands settled and improved by them. May 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report...Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of importing one or more sets of the most approved apparatus now employed on the coast of Europe in the light-houses... Memorial of a number of merchants of Boston, praying an alteration of the laws regulating the admiralty courts of the United States in relation to salvages on wrecked property. May 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, praying a grant of the public land in aid of that institution. May 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report and resolutions from a committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the northeastern boundary. May 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 325.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Documents N [sic] to the application of the Portage Canal Company, for a pre-emption right to a tract of land. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 343.) March 5, 1838. Referred, with motion of Hon. Mr. Linn, to the Committee on Public Lands. May 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the northeastern boundary. May 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of a number of citizens of Carteret County, N.C., in relation to the improvement of the navigation of Core Sound from Harbor Island to the port of Beaufort. May 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy, of the Postmaster General, and of the Attorney General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th March last, in relation to the compensation and classification of the clerks in the several Executive departments. May 15, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 281, "Granting to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company the Right of Way Over the Public Lands of the United States, and for Other Purposes." May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Allen, in relation to the banks in the District of Columbia. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of General Jacob Bayley... In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of James Caldwell... In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, according to the order of the Senate, have had under consideration the petition of Patience Babcock, the widow of Phineas [i.e., Phinehas] Babcock... Documents in relation to the Senate Bill No. 68, to settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 16, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 30,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany the Joint Resolution S. No. 11.) The Committee on Finance, to which was committed, on the 2d instant, the joint resolution "relating to the public revenue and dues to the government,"... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending the 30th September, 1837. May 21, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, to obtain the passage of a law to suppress the practice of duelling. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 334.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the five claims to lands, situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine, beg leave to report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Maine in relation to the northeastern boundary, and the claims of Ebenezer S. Greely, John Baker, and others. May 23, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 336.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred on the 27th of December last, a resolution of the Senate of that date, and a communication from the president of the Wetumpka and Coosa Railroad... Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, to obtain a settlement of the claims of the Wyoming sufferers. May 24, 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 23d instant, on the subject of instructions to receivers and collectors in relation to the receipt of bank notes in payments to the government. May 24, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 337.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the President and directors of the Gainesville and Narkeeta Railroad Company, report... In Senate of the United States. May 25, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 338.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Cochran, praying for the passage of a law granting him the right of pre-emption... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th February, 1838, transmitting statements of the rates of exchange and prices of bank notes at different periods. May 28, 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 23d instant, in relation to the receipt of bank notes by postmasters in payment to the government. May 28, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 340.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Richard T. Banks... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, in relation to a reply from the Cherokee delegation to a communication addressed to them by him. May 25, 1838. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. May 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of merchants and others, citizens of Hartford County, Connecticut, praying the establishment of a national bank. May 31, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Jamaica, New York, opposed to the Sub-Treasury Bill, and praying the establishment of a national bank. May 31, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Morris, in relation to the adjournment and meeting of Congress. June 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the message of the President of the United States, dated 21st of May last, with the documents which accompanied it, and the report of the Secretary of War of the 24th of the same month, on the subject of an appropriation for the benefit of the Cherokee Indians... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th of January last, in relation to the relinquishment of certain Indian school lands. June 5, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 350.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Clark, with the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 352.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Andrew Forrest... In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 206.) The Select Committee, to which was referred a bill to authorize the President of the United States to occupy the Oregon Territory... Message from the Governor, and resolutions of the Legislature, of Maine, in relation to the fortifications on the frontiers of that state. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	83
Serial set 319	Memorial of the granddaughters of Marshal Rochambeau, in relation to their claim for remuneration for his services during the War of the Revolution. July 7, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, in favor of a separation of the government from banks, and in favor of the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a convention of delegates from the banks in Ohio, praying a repeal of a law which prevents the receipt, in the payment of dues to the government, of the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th of July, 1836. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying a separation of the government from banks, and for the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, praying the aid of Congress to enable him to perfect and secure the benefits of his invention for determining the variation of the needle, and for finding the latitude and longitude by the aid of magnetism, &c. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832. June 6, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 355, to the Committee on Claims. June 15, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, on the subject of disturbances with the Indians on the frontier of Arkansas. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 367.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of W.B. Stokes, surviving partner of Stockton & Stokes, and J.C. Stockton, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, to obtain an amendment of the Constitution of the United States, in relation to the power of appointment to, and removal from, office. June 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of February last, transmitting a statement of the accounts of such collectors of the Customs as have been reported as defaulters at the present session of Congress. June 25, 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 War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, in relation to an exchange of lands with the Pottawatamie and other Indians. June 25, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to Senate Bill No. 350, "To Create the Office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the State of Michigan." June 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 32.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred a bill to amend the act entitled "An Act To Amend the Several Acts Respecting Copyright"... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of April last, in relation to a system of defence by means of armed steamers. June 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th May last, in relation to the imports and duties for the year ending May 10, 1838. June 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 358.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Register and Receiver of the Ouachita land district, in the State of Louisiana... Resolutions of the Board of Commissioners of the Associated Banks in Boston, to obtain the repeal of the law which prevents collectors and receivers from taking in payment the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th July, 1836. June 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of merchants of New Haven, Connecticut, praying the repeal of the law which prevents collectors and receivers from taking in payment the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th July, 1836. June 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the act of April 2, 1794, in reference to the operations of the armories during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 3, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, of the City and State of New York, claiming to have made new and important discoveries in magnetism... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a report of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. July 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th June last, with a statement of the annual expenditures incurred in the collection of the revenues derived from imports and Customs. July 7, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the mode of lighting, and the general management of the light-houses, light-ships, &c. of the United States. July 7, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Proceedings of certain banks in the City of New Orleans, in relation to the resumption of specie payments. July 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements of all appropriations made during the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress; and 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. August 13, 1838. 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, in compliance with a resolution of the 2d May last, transmitting returns of the condition of the state banks. June 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Morris, to cede the unsold public lands to the states in which they lie. June 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, transmitting a copy of a circular to collectors and receivers of public moneys. June 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, directing certain inquiries as to various provisions of an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Deposites of the Public Money, " passed on the 23d day of June, 1836, respectfully report... Memorial of John A. Brevoort and O.S. Fowler, praying an extension of the benefits of the copyright and patent laws, to artists engaged in taking busts, castings, and modelings in plaster, porcelain, &c. June 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the compensation and classification of the clerks in the Executive departments and bureaus. June 28, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, to accompany Senate Bill No. 370, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following statement: Showing the amount of the annual estimates submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, and annual expenditures, exclusive of the public debt, from 1823 to 1837, inclusive... Petition of Origen Bacheler, praying Congress to propose to the governments of France and Mexico to settle the controversy existing between them by arbitration. June 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Westmoreland County, Virginia, praying the establishment of a national bank. July 4, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 4, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Buchanan submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the "Bill To Provide for Surveying the Northeastern Boundary Line of the United States, According to the Provisions of the Treaty of Peace of Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-three," have had the same under consideration, and now report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th February last, transmitting statements of the amount of revenue lost by the non-payment of duty bonds, since the year 1789. July 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from Major General Jesup of his operations whilst commanding the Army in Florida, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant. July 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	39
Serial set 320	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: Being the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1837, and in the sixty-second year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 321	Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the second and third quarters of the year 1836. December 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure contingent fund H.R. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, from the 1st of December, 1836, to 30th November, 1837. December 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to September 30, 1837. December 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. list of reports to be made to Congress at the second 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. December 5, 1837. 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. Read, and submitted to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Finances -- and estimate of appropriations for 1838. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances; also, an estimate of appropriations for 1838. December 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Deposite banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the deposite banks. December 6, 1837. Read and laid upon the table. Balances on books of Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled on the books of the Second Auditor more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1837. December 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table.	8
Serial set 322	Appropriations for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) Documents explanatory of items mentioned in the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill. December 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) December 22, 1837. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, in compliance with the act of the 2d March, 1831, for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States. December 21, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the architect of the public buildings, with a plan of the Treasury building now in process of erection, &c. December 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Fortifications of the United States for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 89.) December 22, 1837. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Light-house system. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Navy Commissioners of their proceedings under the act of 3d March, 1837, making appropriations for light-houses, &c. &c. December 22, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Possession of U.S. territory by foreign powers on Columbia River. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th of October last, respecting the possession of United States territory by a foreign power. December 27, 1837. Read, and laid on the table. Navy yard, Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the establishment of a navy yard at Charleston, South Carolina. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Massachusetts militia claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of March 1836, upon the subject of the claims of the State of Massachusetts for militia services and expenditures during the late war with Great Britain. December 27, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay Revolutionary and other pensioners. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) December 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Peace Society of New York. Petition of the members of the New York Peace Society, and other individuals friendly to the peace cause. December 28, 1837. Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1838. December, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. compend and synopsis of the legislation of Congress on Revolutionary claims, showing the cases in which interest has been allowed, and in which it has not been allowed. Compiled from the laws of the United States and the records of the Treasury. Estimate for Indian Department for 1838. (To accompany Bill No. 269.) January 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Suspension of specie payments. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, (in obedience to a resolution of the House,) with copies of the laws enacted by state legislatures in relation to the suspension of specie payments by the banks. Finances -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, containing an account of the finances of the Post Office Department, rendered in obedience to the 6th section of the act of 2d July, 1836. December 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of incidental and contingent expenses of the State Department from 1st December, 1836, to 30th November, 1837. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of a transfer of appropriation from a particular branch of expenditure to another branch of expenditure. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- War Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Department during the year ending the 30th September, 1837. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Whale's Back light-house. Sundry documents from the Treasury Department, relating to the light-house on Whale's Back, in the State of New Hampshire. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Light-houses -- southern coast. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of surveys of the coast south of the Chesapeake, with the view to the establishment of light-houses, &c. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Coast survey, and weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of Professor Hassler's report on the survey of the coast of the United States, and the progress which has been made in the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Telegraphs for the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the subject of a system of telegraphs for the United States. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the Post Office Department for the year 1837. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of Chickasaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds received under the treaty with the Chickasaw Indians of the 20th of April, 1836, to the 1st of November, 1837. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury circular -- July 11, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the monthly returns of the receivers of public moneys to the Department, required by circular order of July 11, 1836, &c. December 11, 1837. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingencies of the Treasury Department. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of Nathan Williams, (orphan son of Captain Nathan Williams, killed in battle in 1777,) praying for remuneration for the loss of a horse, and other property; and also for seven years' half pay. December 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Affairs of General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, on the subjects connected with the Land Office. December 12, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland, presenting a plan of national currency and state banks; and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. December 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Registered seamen -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the number of registered seamen in the ports of the United States, for the year 1837. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. John McGrew et al. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a special report on the land claims of John McGrew et al. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Contingent expenses -- naval -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses, as settled at the Office of the Fourth Auditor, from October 1, 1836, to September 30, 1837. December 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses, buoys, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information upon the subject of executing the law for building light-houses, buoys, &c. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. 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. Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. December 15, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Orange H. Dibble. Statement of his claim, on account of the Potomac Bridge. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Claims Tennessee Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Paymaster General on the claims of certain Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry docks -- New York Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports of examinations, not heretofore made, with a view to the establishment of dry docks in New York Bay, &c. December 19, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Balances on books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year; of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years; also, an abstract of moneys advanced prior to the 3d March, 1809, on the books of the accountant of the War Department, &c. December 29, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr. December 29, 1837. Referred to a select committee consisting of Mr. Petrikin, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Borden, Mr. Owens and Mr. Taylor. Wyoming claims -- Revolution. Petition of the sufferers at Wyoming, during the Revolutionary War, for relief. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the execution of criminals sentenced to death, in prison-yards. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mississippi election. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Rhode Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island against the annexation of Texas to the Union. December 29, 1837. Read and laid on the table Memorial of the Erie Convention, Pennsylvania, praying for the construction of a road, from some suitable point in the National Road, to Erie. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Tarlton Woodson. Petition of Tarlton Woodson, of the State of Virginia. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, with a statement of the names and compensation of the clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1837. January 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Protection of western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting various reports in relation to the protection of the western frontier. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pennsylvania armory -- Falls of Beaver. Memorial of inhabitants of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a national armory at the Falls of Beaver. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Washington monument. Memorial of John Ely, a Revolutionary soldier, praying for the erection of a monument to Washington. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Estimate of appropriations -- Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) January 5, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Sherlock S. Gregory. Petition of Sherlock S. Gregory. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Sherlock S. Gregory. Petition of Sherlock S. Gregory. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Massachusetts. Memorial of inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts: 1st. Upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the Mexican government; 2d. Praying that the government of the United States do invite the governments of the Christian world to a congress of peace. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pennsylvania. Memorial adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia City and County, in relation to the finances of the country. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Massachusetts. Memorial of 282 citizens of Sutton and 325 citizens of Millbury, in the State of Massachusetts, against foreign emigration. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, in reference to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Neutrality -- Canadian frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Marshal of the Northern District of the State of New York, respecting disturbances on the Canadian frontier. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Farish Carter & Charles Williamson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 159.) January 3, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives	60
Serial set 323	Banks of District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia at the close of the year 1837. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Department of State -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the State Department during the year 1837, and the compensation of each. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Northern frontier. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the disturbance on the northern frontier of the United States. January 8, 1838. So much as relates to an appropriation referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mexico -- Texas -- Canada. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th January instant, &c. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Capture of the Mexican brig Urrea. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, respecting the capture and restoration of the Mexican brig of war Urrea. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Canada frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, requiring information of any acts endangering the relations of friendship between the United States and Great Britain. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Second Auditor, showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1837. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Court of inquiry -- operations in Florida, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the proceedings of a court of inquiry, convened at Fredericktown, in relation to the operations against the Seminole and Creek Indians, &c. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.	8
Serial set 324	Condition of state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 10th July, 1832, in relation to the condition of the state banks, &c. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.	1
Serial set 325	Clerks - Treasury Department -- 1837. 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 during the year 1837, and the compensation of each. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Express mail. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, respecting postages paid by the Department on letters, &c., transmitted by the express mail, &c. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Survey Kennebec River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a survey of Kennebec River, &c. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Survey -- Cuyahoga River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, plans, and estimates, in reference to the survey of the harbor of Cleveland, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, in the State of Ohio. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Jail, lunatic hospital, and court-house, in the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents, &c., in relation to a new jail and a lunatic asylum in the City of Washington, and a new court-house in the City of Alexandria. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Alleged frauds upon the Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the causes which have prevented a compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February, 1837, in respect to alleged frauds committed upon the Indians. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Postage -- express mail. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting postages paid by the Department on letters by express mails. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Document to accompany Senate Bill No. 26, to revive the act authorizing certain soldiers of the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes. January 10, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Clerks Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the names of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and Navy Commissioners, during the year 1837, and the sum paid to each. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Applicants for pensions -- not allowed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements, showing the names of persons who have applied for pensions, which have not been allowed. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Philadelphia. Against an international copyright law. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorial of a delegation of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the instrument of writing (treaty) of December, 1835. January 15, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Explosion of steam boilers. Memorial of Jonathan Morgan, Esq. January 15, 1838. Ordered to lie upon the table. Ohio -- public lands. Petition of D.H. Nash, and others, of Litchfield, Medina County, Ohio, praying the right to buy government lands on certain specified conditions. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Northern frontier -- defence -- estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 393.) January 12, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Harbor and river improvements. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) January 12, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimates Engineer Department, with documents. January 12, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. War Department -- appropriations &c., 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1837, and of the balance unexpended. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Oliver M. Spencer. Petition of Oliver M. Spencer. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Kentucky -- Transylvania University. Asking donation of land. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Louisville and Portland Company. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Indiana -- Michigan City harbor. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in relation to the harbor at Michigan City. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 394, "to provide for certain harbors," &c. Defence western frontier -- organization staff, Army. Documents submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. January 18, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Express mail -- in operation, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of all the express mail routes under contract and in operation in the United States, &c. January 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Harbor of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied with a chart of the harbor of Provincetown, &c. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Letters, &c. by express mail. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 11th January inst. in relation to postages paid on letters transmitted by the War Department by the express mail. January 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pension laws now in force. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th October last, in relation to the several pensions laws now in force, &c. January 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- Navy Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the Navy Department for the year 1837, the expenditure of the same, and the balance remaining in the Treasury on the 31st December, 1837. January 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks in the War Department, during the year 1837, and the compensation allowed to each. January 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage on newspapers and pamphlets. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, respecting postage received on newspapers and pamphlets for six months, ending June 30, 1837. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. National armory -- western waters. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the commissioners appointed under the act of March 3, 1823, to establish a national armory on the western waters. January 18, 1825. Read, and ordered that it be laid upon the table. December 6, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate Post Office Department, 1838. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1837. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Public defaulters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to public defaulters. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting information in relation to the duties of his Office for the year 1837. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Suppression of Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) January 17, 1838. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Payments of Treasury drafts in specie, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the amount paid in specie by the deposite banks on the checks of the Treasury Department. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage -- Navy Department -- express mail. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting postages paid on letters transmitted by express mail. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. General Post Office -- express mail. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to postages on letters conveyed by the express mail. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pennsylvania -- importers of hardware. Petition of importers of hardware, of the City of Philadelphia, asking for the repeal of the provisions in the 10th, 11th, and 12th clauses of the 2d section of the act of July 14, 1832, entitled "An Act To Alter and Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports." January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th September last, in relation to the public lands. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. New York. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New-York, praying that the pilot law (so called) may not be repealed. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of the Native American Association. January 8, 1838. Motions to refer pending. New Jersey. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on the subject of the embarrassed condition of public affairs. January 8, 1838. Ordered to lie on the table. Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in relation to the Cherokee Indians east of the Mississippi. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Biennial Register. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the delay which has occurred in the publication of the Biennial Register, &c. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table.	46
Serial set 326	Captain James Lowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 426.) January 18, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Inspectors of the Penitentiary, Washington. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the ninth annual report of the inspectors of the Penitentiary of Washington. February 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims -- Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 514.) February 2, 1838. Submitted by the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Express mails of the United States. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting so much of the annual statement for the year preceding 1st July, 1837, as embraces the express mails. February 2, 1838. Referred to Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1837. February 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Compensation to pension agents. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 528.) Extract from the report of the Commissioner of Pensions. February 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Militia of the United States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, &c., for the year 1837. February 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Imprisonment of Mr. Greely, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to the imprisonment of Mr. Greely, at Frederickton, in the British Province of New Brunswick, &c. January 29, 1838. Postponed until Thursday next. Indian depredations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the agents appointed to inquire what depredations were committed by the Seminole and Creek Indians on the property of citizens of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, &c. January 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners, for the year 1837. January 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Norcross. Memorial of Leonard Norcross, praying for the establishment of a national bank. January 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Edmund Kirby and others. Memorial of Edmund Kirby and others, paymasters in the U.S. Army, in relation to pay and commissions, &c., and praying relief. January 29, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Maine -- uniform system of bankruptcy. Petition of citizens of the City of Portland, Maine, for a law establishing a uniform system of bankruptcy in the United States. January 29, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Persons employed, &c., Indian Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of all persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1837, compensation, &c. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands sold by the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of all the lands sold by the United States, the quantity surveyed, lands set apart for education, donations, &c. January 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida war, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th ultimo, in relation to orders given to the Commander-in-Chief, the troops employed, expenditures in prosecuting, &c. January 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Guard-posts -- National Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the erection of fences, or guard-posts, on the Cumberland Road. January 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Employing boys in merchant service. Documents submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to the employment of boys in the merchant service, (Bill H.R. No. 97.) January 30, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mail contractors -- 1837 -- fines, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of all fines imposed and deductions made from the pay of contractors, during the year ending the 30th of June, 1837. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- transportation mail U.S. -- 1837. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the annual report of the contracts made for the transportation of the mail within the year preceding the 1st July, 1837. January 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.	20
Serial set 327	Annexation of Texas to the United States. Preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States of America. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Wisconsin -- Milwaukee. Memorial of sundry citizens of Milwaukee, for the construction of a harbor at Kewaunee. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. New York -- naturalization laws. Memorial of James P. Miller and 96 other electors of Washington County, New York, praying a revision of the laws regulating the naturalization of foreigners. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Maine. Memorial of Jabez Mowry and sixty-four others, inhabitants of Lubec, Maine, praying Congress to make inquiry into the existing state of the trade with the British colonies under proclamation of the President of the United States made the 5th day of October, 1830. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Payments -- consuls -- Barbary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of payments made out of the Treasury, on account of intercourse with the Barbary powers during the year 1837. February 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Peter Ambler, praying for relief. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking the passage of a law granting the right of pre-emption in certain cases. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking that field-notes be furnished the purchasers of the public lands free of expense. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. New York -- military positions at Oswego. Memorial of Milton Harmon and 171 other inhabitants of the Village of Oswego, in the State of New York, praying an inquiry into the expediency of repairing and arming the military positions at Oswego. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking the establishment of a new land district in the northwestern part of the state. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for an additional appropriation for the completion of the public buildings at the seat of government of the territory. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Wisconsin -- Jeremiah Smith. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for relief of Major Jeremiah Smith, of Burlington. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Ohio -- New Hagerstown Academy. Memorial of the trustees of the New Hagerstown Academy of Carroll County, Ohio, for a donation of land. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pittsburg -- hospitals western waters. Memorial of inhabitants of Pittsburg, upon the subject of hospitals on the western waters. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Annex part of Florida to Alabama. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Alabama, in relation to the annexation of part of Florida to that state. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Wisconsin -- inhabitants of Milwaukee. Memorial of inhabitants of Milwaukee, upon the subject of harbors, roads, &c. February 14, 1838. So much thereof as relates to harbors, referred to the Committee on Commerce; the residue to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of Grand River. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Legislature -- Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin for a main leading road west of the Mississippi. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for a donation of two townships of inundated land, opposite to the town of Burlington, in the Mississippi River, for the construction of a road. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for an appropriation of $200,000 for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River, at the Des Moines River and Rock-River rapids. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin, praying for an appropriation for a road from Racine to the Mississippi River. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Petition of citizens of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, for improvement of the navigation of the Pishtaka (or Fox) River. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Defences -- frontiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the state of the defences of the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico, and on the northern and eastern frontier. March 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Navy yard and barracks, Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of improvements at the Navy yard, and construction of marine barracks, at Pensacola. March 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Exploring Expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th December last, in relation to the delay in the outfit, &c. for the Exploring Expedition. February 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Missouri Indian boundary. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the Indian boundary referred to in the act of Congress authorizing the people of Missouri to form a state government. February 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Legislature of Indiana. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the National Road. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, praying that the right of citizenship may be extended to the Stockbridge Indians on the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Rhode Island -- Legislature. Resolutions of the State of Rhode Island, relative to Sub-Treasury, &c. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio Legislature. A declaration and resolution passed by the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the public domain, and the currency, &c. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio -- Legislature. A declaration and resolution passed by the Legislature of Ohio, February 2, 1838, on the following subjects, to wit: public land, fourth instalment of the surplus revenue, currency, Sub-Treasury. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana -- pre-emption to actual settlers. Memorial of inhabitants of Miami County, Indiana, praying a pre-emption right of one quarter section of land to actual settlers. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 235) to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands. Indiana. Petition of inhabitants of Putnam, praying for the bridging of rivers on the Cumberland Road. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 230) making appropriations for the Cumberland Road. Alabama. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking, 1st, a law granting pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands; 2d, a graduation and reduction of the price of lands that have been offered and remain unsold; 3d, that unproductive lands that have been for __ years offered, and remain unsold, may be granted to the states within which they lie; 4th, that poor sixteenth sections may be relinquished, and others entered in lieu of them. February 14, 1838. So much as relates to pre-emption, referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 255; the residue to the Committee on the Public Lands. Tennessee -- Sub-Treasury. Preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives in Congress from the State of Tennessee to vote against any laws proposing to enforce the Sub-Treasury system of finance. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont. Report and resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, on the subject of Texas, slavery, the slave trade, &c. February 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table South Carolina -- mail by Halifax and Wilmington. Memorial of many inhabitants of the City of Charleston, praying that the southern mail be carried by way of Halifax and Wilmington. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Contracts -- War Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Department during the year 1837. February 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Connect Pennsylvania and New York canals. Opinion of George W. Hughes, upon the subject of connecting the Pennsylvania and New York canals. February 19, 1838. Submitted to the House by Mr. Gray, of New York, and ordered to be printed. Indiana -- Miami lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, upon the subject of the lands lately purchased from the Miami Indians. February 19, 1838. Referred to Committee on Indian Affairs. Balances on books of Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Register, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September, 1837. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. St. Helena Bar -- South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to a survey of St. Helena Bar, in the State of South Carolina. February 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Lands ceded by the Shawnee Indians, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to lands ceded to the United States by the Shawnee Indians on the 8th of August, 1831, &c. February 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- harbor Havre-de-Grace. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. (24th Congress, 2d session. -- February 23, 1837. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.) February 24, 1838. Ordered to be re-printed, with the chart. Contracts, &c. Treasury Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts made at the Department for the year 1837; contracts for light-houses, &c.; payments of miscellaneous claims; and of expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund for sick and disabled seamen, during the year 1836. February 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Gorostiza pamphlet. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy and translation of a pamphlet, in the Spanish language, printed and circulated by the late minister from Mexico before his departure from the United States, &c. February 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Renewal of duty bonds -- attorneys' fees, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to the renewal of duty bonds, district attorneys' fees, &c. February 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Losses -- deposite banks, collecting officers, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to balances against deposite banks, collecting officers, losses on duty bonds and depreciated bank-notes. February 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont. Petition and protest of 187 inhabitants of Montpelier, Vermont, protesting against the passage of Buchanan's neutrality bill; praying for a recall of all orders for the seizure of arms and ammunition; also, that Congress intercede in behalf of the prisoners at Montreal, Toronto, and other places. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont. Petition and remonstrance of E.P. Walton and 215 other legal voters of Washington County, in the State of Vermont, against the passage of any law prohibiting the selling, transporting, or giving to the Canadians, arms, ammunition, or provisions, or giving any authority to seize or detain the same, beyond what is given by existing laws. March 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Assistant surveyors in Michigan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 608.) Documents in relation to additional compensation to assistant surveyors in Michigan. March 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands. New Jersey. Memorial of inhabitants of Newark, New Jersey, in relation to the death of the Honorable Jonathan Cilley. March 6, 1838. Referred to the select committee appointed upon the subject to which it relates. Virginia -- hospitals western waters. Memorial of inhabitants of Wheeling, Virginia, upon the subject of marine hospitals on the western waters. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Buffalo harbor. Petition of citizens of Buffalo, for the extension of the harbor at that place, according to the plan of September 30, 1837. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce	54
Serial set 328	Inhabitants District of Columbia -- culture of silk. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. South Carolina. Petition of the citizens of Cheraw, praying that "the memorial of many inhabitants of Charleston, in favor of changing the present southern mail route," be not granted. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Michigan. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, for a donation of land to aid the state in the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of St. Mary's. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Sub-treasury. Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of the State of New York, in relation to the Sub-Treasury system, &c. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Lovely donation claims in Arkansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 707.) March 29, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate of appropriation -- Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 676, making appropriations for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities for the year 1838.) March 21, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Deposite banks -- act of October last. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th instant, in relation to the late deposite banks, &c. March 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting agents appointed for the payment of pensions, &c. March 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Amory. Petition, &c. of Nathaniel Amory, late of Louisiana, relative to the Bastrop claim. March 9, 1838. Referred to Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Professors, &c. -- Cambridge, Massachusetts. Memorial of professors, students of theology and of law, &c. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the subject of duelling. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee appointed on that subject. Dry dock -- New York. March 12, 1838. Presented to the House by Mr. Pratt, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Dry dock -- Philadelphia. Letter from Commodore Stewart and Captain Henry, on the subject of a dry dock at Philadelphia. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. New York. Memorial of Cyrus Curtiss and others, of the City of Hudson, remonstrating against the repeal of the duties on foreign tallow and olive oils. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Rhode Island. Memorial of Robinson Potter and 361 others, citizens of Newport, Rhode Island, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, and the bill for a surrender of the public domain to a few new and favored states. March 12, 1838. So much as relates to Sub-Treasury referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and so much as relates to the public lands referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Military Academy. Petition of the teachers of French and drawing, praying to be placed on the same footing with Assistant Professors. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Distribution of seeds, &c. Resolution of the Agricultural Society of New York, in favor of a general office for the distribution of seeds, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Massachusetts. Memorial of citizens of New Bedford, against the repeal of duty on foreign tallow and olive oil. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Corporation of Alexandria. Report of the Corporation of Alexandria, D.C., in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 30th June, 1834, in relation to "due-bills or small notes." March 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay, &c. officers of the Army. March 7, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. George's Bank -- survey of. House of Representatives, January 30, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report and survey of George's Bank, by Lieutenant Wilkes, of the Navy of the United States. February 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Western frontier. Correspondence on the subject of the protection of the western frontier, presented to the House of Representatives by Mr. Harrison, of Missouri. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Moses Shepherd -- representatives of. Petition of the representatives of Moses Shepherd, deceased, asking for the compensation due them for work done in constructing the Cumberland Road, by said Shepherd. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Illinois -- custody of public money. Memorial of inhabitants of the County of St. Clair, praying the disconnexion of the public money from the custody of all banks. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Indiana Road. Resolution of the Indiana Legislature, asking a grant of lands for the construction of a road from Terre Haute to the Ohio. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Louisiana pre-emptions, &c. Resolutions of the Louisiana Legislature, in relation to pre-emptions, back concessions, and military force on the Sabine. March 5, 1838. Referred, in part, to the Committee on Public Lands, and the the Committee on Military Affairs. Indiana. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 235.) Memorial of Jacob Baker and others, of Kosciusko County, Indiana, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. March 5, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Legislature of Kentucky. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the currency, national foundry, &c. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, requiring the notes of specie-paying state banks to be received in payment of public lands. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to lands purchased of Miami Indians. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 592) to authorize the sale of certain lands of the United States, near the Wabash and Erie Canal, in the State of Ohio. Survey of western lakes, &c. Memorial of the Legislature of New York, for a survey, &c. of the western lakes. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Navy yard -- Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting communications from Commodores Stewart and Dallas, and Captain Bolton, on a proposed improvement of the Navy yard at Pensacola, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Extra compensation to officers of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of additional compensation to officers of the Customs, pursuant to act of 4th July, 1836, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Navy pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements in relation to officers, seamen, and marines who have claimed and received the benefit of the act of the 3d of March, 1837, &c.; furnished in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of 20th February last. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian war in Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information respecting the present state of the campaign in Florida, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Captain Beziers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, with documents, relative to an application made by the Minister of France in behalf of Captain Beziers, &c. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Currency. Resolutions of the inhabitants of Newark, New Jersey, upon the subject of the currency. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Maryland. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying for relief for spoliations committed on the commerce of the United States prior to the year 1800. March 12, 1838. Referred to Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 449. French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, relative to French spoliations prior to 1800. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 449, to provide for the payment of such claims. French spoliations. Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of spoliations on the commerce of the United States prior to the year 1800. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed Bill No. 449, to provide for the settlement of such claims. New York -- French spoliations. Petition of a convention of delegates on the subject of French spoliations, prior to September, in the year 1800. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sub-Treasury. Proceedings of a democratic delegation of the County of Philadelphia, PA, in relation to the bill before the House of Representatives usually called the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sub-Treasury. Proceedings of a democratic meeting held in the City of Philadelphia, Pa., opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, on the Bill H.R. No. 597. Pennsylvania -- Sub-Treasury. Remonstrance against the Sub-Treasury, by friends of the administration. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of inhabitants of Massachusetts, praying that a law may be passed explanatory of the Pension Act of July 4, 1836. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill H.R. No. 456. New Jersey. Memorial of Fisher Stedman and 128 others, of the State of New Jersey, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Resolutions of the Agricultural Convention, convened at Albany, in the State of New York, upon the subject of procuring foreign seeds and plants. March 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Memorial adopted by a meeting of the citizens of Erie County, in the State of New York, held at Buffalo, February 12, 1838, praying that this government may obtain satisfaction for the outrage in burning the Caroline, &c., and that the Canadian frontier may be placed in a state of defence. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Pennsylvania. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to vote and use their influence for the postponement of the Sub-Treasury Bill, or any other acts of a similar character. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 597. Pennsylvania -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 12, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Improvement -- Missouri River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of the 5th instant, in relation to the expenditure for the improvement of the Missouri River. March 13, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Unclaimed pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the 6th instant, respecting unclaimed pensions. March 13, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 645. Harbor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the Harbor of Lynn, in the State of Massachusetts. March 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Isthmus of Darien -- ship canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th ultimo, in relation to a ship canal across the isthmus of Darien. March 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Survey harbor and mouth of Connecticut River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the survey of the harbor and mouth of Connecticut River, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Disbursements in 1834, '5, '6, '7, for fortifications, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount disbursed for the years 1834, '5, '6, '7, for fortifications, light-houses, Revolutionary and other pensions, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Exploring Expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo, respecting the vessels which have been built or selected for the Exploring Expedition, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Smithsonian bequest. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, relative to the prosecution of the claim to the Smithsonian bequest, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Laffitte & Co. -- Paris. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a claim of the trustees of the former house of Laffitte & Co., of Paris. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Tobacco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th February, 1837, in relation to the high duties and restrictions on tobacco imported into foreign countries from the United States, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina. Petition of the citizens of Camden, praying that a "memorial of many inhabitants of Charleston, in favor of changing the southern mail route," be not granted. March 19, 1838. Referred to Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, and printed. Pennsylvania. Petition of Peter S. Duponceau and forty-eight others, citizens of Philadelphia, against the international copy-right law. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Indiana. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, for the survey of a harbor at Indiana City. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Indiana. Memorial of the Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, praying a donation of land for the "Asbury University," a literary institution located in Greencastle, Indiana, with the act of incorporation providing for gratuitous education and freedom from sectarian bias. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pennsylvania. Resolutions of the State of Pennsylvania, for the passage of a law authorizing the construction of a national McAdamized road from a point at the western base of Laurel Hill, by way of the United States arsenal at Pittsburg, to the harbor of Erie. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. National armory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of a national armory at the falls of Big Beaver River, or at Pittsburg. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Rensselaer County, in the State of New York, in favor of the unconditional repeal of the small bill law of that state, and in opposition to the Sub-Treasury Bill, together with the printed call for said meeting, signed by about 2,500 names. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Cavalry and infantry. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a comparative statement of the expense of enlistment, equipment, maintenance, &c., of cavalry or mounted men and infantry, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- harbors of New Buffalo and Twenty-mile Creek. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the reports of the surveys of the harbors of New Buffalo and Twenty-mile Creek. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Easton and its vicinity, in the State of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of a national foundry. March 19, 1838. Referred to the select committee upon the subject. Pennsylvania. Proceedings of a public meeting held in Philadelphia, in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 19, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 597. Tennessee. Petition of the citizens of Knox County, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Tennessee River. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Clerks -- Navy Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 678.) March 21, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Secretary of War to General Jesup. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of his answer to the letter of General Jesup, dated Fort Jupiter, February 11, 1838. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Volunteers, militia, and regular troops -- comparative expense of. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the comparative expense of volunteers, militia, and regular troops. March 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States, and branches. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to the principal Mint of the United States and its branches, &c. March 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contract -- General Jesup, Creek chiefs, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, accompanied by copies of a contract made between General Jesup, certain Creek chiefs, and J.C. Watson & Co. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Post Office Department -- appropriation. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) March 23, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Harbors, Michigan City, Indiana, and St. Joseph, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports and estimates in reference to continuing the construction of the harbors at Michigan City, Indiana, and at the mouth of the St. Joseph, Michigan. March 24, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Military road, western frontier, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, respecting the laying out of a military road on the western frontier, and the erection of posts thereon. March 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. French spoliations. Memorial of James H. Causten, stating that certain information placed on the Journal of the House of Representatives, at the session of 1832, has been since found to be erroneous. March 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Crooked and Androscoggin Rivers -- surveys. Memorial of inhabitants of Cumberland and Oxford Counties, Maine, praying for an appropriation for the survey of Crooked and Androscoggin Rivers, &c. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Tennessee -- disposal of vacant lands, &c. Memorial of the General Assembly of Tennessee, in relation to vacant public lands in the State of Tennessee. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. National foundry. Memorial of inhabitants of the Borough of Easton, Pa., praying for the establishment of a national foundry. March 26, 1838. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject. Regulating steamboats, &c. Memorial of owners of steamboats, Delaware River, against Senate bill regulating steamboats, &c. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Senate Bill No. __ [i.e., 1]. Seminole and Cherokee Indians. Memorial of the Cherokee mediators. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Florida. Memorial of a committee of the citizens of Franklin County, praying for the establishment of a port of entry at St. Joseph. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Florida -- court at St. Joseph. Memorial of citizens of St. Joseph, West Florida, praying for the establishment of a separate court at that place. March 26, 1838. Referred to a Committee of the Whole House. Maine -- maritime hospital at Portland. Memorial of Levi Cutter and 204 others, inhabitants of Portland, Maine, for the establishment of a marine hospital at Portland. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed Bill H.R. No. 98 upon the subject. Safety steam-engine. Memorial of Edward D. Tippett, on the subject of a safety steam-engine, which he claims to have invented. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Massachusetts. Memorial of professors and students of the Theological Institution in Cambridge, praying that this government will adopt measures for the adjustment of international disputes, which may avoid the necessity of a resort to war. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Claims on Mexico. Petition of Thomas Thompson, Jr. and members of the legislature from 119 towns, in the State of Massachusetts, upon the subject of the settlement of the claims of the United States upon the government of Mexico, &c. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Dry dock at Brooklyn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 703.) Report of the Navy Commissioners to the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of a dry dock at Brooklyn, in the State of New York. March 29, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. State of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th instant, in relation to the amount of Treasury notes issued; the amount of the same which has been received in payment of the public dues up to this time; also the amount of moneys received on account of the Customs, &c., March 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Western national armory. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the location of the western national armory. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Atchafalaya River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to obstructions to the navigation of the Atchafalaya River. March 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.	96
Serial set 329	New York. Petition of inhabitants of Stockport, against connexion with banks, &c. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Harbor of St. Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives respecting the harbor of St. Louis. April 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Steamboat Caroline. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, respecting the capture and destruction of the steamboat Caroline, on the night of the 29th December last, &c. April 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Lands sold under pre-emption laws, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, respecting lands sold under the pre-emption laws, and associations formed by intruders on the public lands, &c. April 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Increase of the Army of the United States. April 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Survey mouth of Eighteen-mile Creek. April 6, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Defence of the western frontier. A plan for the defence of the western frontier, furnished by Major General Gaines, February 28, 1838. April 6, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Lead mines -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of lead mines of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo. April 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. North Carolina -- improve Core Sound. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Virginia. Documents relating to a marine hospital in the City of Wheeling, Virginia. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of inhabitants of St. Mary's, Georgia, against a change in the collection districts, and for an increase of pay to officers of the Customs of that state. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pennsylvania -- national foundry. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Centre County, Pennsylvania, on the subject of a national foundry. April 9, 1838. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject to which it relates. New York -- foreign paupers. Memorial of citizens of the City of New York, praying for the passage of a law altering the naturalization laws of the United States, and regulating foreign paupers. April 9, 1838. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. New York. Memorial against the bill regulating steamboats. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Cherokee delegation. Memorial of the Cherokee delegation, submitting the memorial and protest of the Cherokee people to Congress. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Tennessee -- disposal of vacant lands. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, in relation to the disposal of vacant lands, &c. April 9, 1838. Laid upon the table. Pennsylvania Legislature -- instructions against Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the postponement of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Pennsylvania -- resolutions of Senate in relation to the Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Senate of Pennsylvania, explanatory and declaratory of resolutions of Legislature of Pennsylvania, previously adopted, and against Sub-Treasury Bill. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Rhode Island Temperance Society -- against use of ardent spirits -- Navy rations. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill 572, regulating Navy rations. Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia -- French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, urging the passage of a law for the relief of the sufferers from French spoliations prior to the year 1800. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. Citizens of Belleville, New Jersey -- against Sub-Treasury. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Belleville, New Jersey, against the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table. New Jersey. Memorial of citizens of Burlington, New Jersey, relating to the Cherokees. April 9, 1838. Laid upon the table. South Carolina. Memorial of John Bryce and 212 others, inhabitants of Columbia, S.C., and vicinity, remonstrating against the removal of the great southern mail route. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Milwaukee and Rock River Canal -- grant of land to aid company. Petition of the President of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Arkansas. Memorial of the General Assembly of Arkansas, in relation to a cession of the public lands to the states in which they lie. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th ultimo, respecting pension agents, and the moneys advanced to such agents for the payment of pensioners, &c. April 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Seminole Indians -- prisoners of war. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, as to whether any Seminole Indians, coming in under a flag of truce, or brought in by Cherokee Indians, acting as mediators, have been made prisoners by General Jesup. April 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- transportation mail U.S. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of all mails established within the year ending 1st of July, 1837, of allowances made to contractors, and curtailments of mail transportation and pay, &c. April 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Defaulting collectors, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of letters to collectors and receivers who have failed to comply with the law and regulations for their government, and also copies of reports of examination of land offices since 1st of January, 1834, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th March, instant. March 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Brown and Havens -- brig Warrior. Memorial of Noah Brown, and the heirs of Adam Brown, praying relief. March 31, 1838. Laid before the House, and ordered to be printed. Military forces in Florida, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 13th ultimo, respecting the number and composition of the military forces employed in Florida during the year 1837, &c. April 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo, in relation to certain commercial intercourse between the British provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and certain ports of the United States. April 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Channel -- Core Sound, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a survey of the channel in Core Sound, North Carolina. April 4, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.	33
Serial set 330	Maine -- Legislature -- fortifications. April 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Connecticut Legislature -- slavery, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, protesting against the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st of December last, in relation to petitions, memorials, &c., touching the abolition of slavery, &c. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina -- Nesbitt Manufacturing Company -- national foundry. Memorial of Pierce M. Butler and others, praying the establishment of a national foundry. May 21, 1838. Referred to Select Committee on National Foundry. New Jersey. Resolutions of citizens of Plainfield, New Jersey, against the Sub-Treasury. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table. Intercourse with the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending September 30, 1837, &c. May 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts by Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, accompanied with copies of all contracts made by him, on public account, in the year 1837. April 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Survey harbors Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, in relation to certain surveys, &c. April 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Exports -- imports -- drawbacks, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th February last, in relation to exports of domestic and foreign produce from 1791 to 1837; the value of imports from 1821 to 1837; the value of imports free of duty and dutiable during the same period; and of the duties which accrued, and drawbacks paid, from 1791 to 1836. April 13, 1838. George Davenport. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 91.) Petition of George Davenport, praying the passage of a law granting him a pre-emption right. April 13, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Wisconsin -- penitentiary. Memorial of inhabitants residing in Wisconsin, west of the Mississippi, praying for a donation of land to aid in the erection of a penitentiary. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Breakwater -- Tucker's Island, New Jersey. Proceedings of a meeting in the district of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. in relation to a breakwater on Tucker's Island. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Raritan steamboat owners. Memorial of the Raritan steamboat owners against Grundy's steamboat bill. April 16, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which Bill S. No. 1 is committed. Survey Salem Creek, New Jersey. Memorial of citizens of Salem County, New Jersey, praying an appropriation for the survey of the mouth of Salem Creek. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, praying aid to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, &c. April 16, 1838. Laid on the table. Memorial of the book-sellers of Boston, Massachusetts, against the passage of the international copy-right law. April 16, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in relation to national finances and the currency. April 16, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Postages -- express and ordinary mails, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 5th ultimo, respecting postages received upon letters transmitted by the express and ordinary mails, &c. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Official emoluments -- officers Customs, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the official emoluments of the officers of the Customs, &c. April 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures in each state for 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, requiring information respecting the amount of revenue received in each state and territory during the year 1836, and the amount expended during the same year. April 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania Lyceum -- meteorology. Memorial from the Pennsylvania Lyceum, &c. asking an appropriation to aid in the advancement of meteorology. April 20, 1838. Referred to a select committee. Emigrants from foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 19th ultimo, relating to emigrants from foreign countries, who have arrived within the last ten years. April 21, 1838. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of naturalization. Attack on steamboat Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, respecting an attack, by an armed vessel of Mexico, upon the steamboat Columbia, bearing the flag of the United States, in the Gulf of Mexico. April 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. United States mail -- Washington and Wheeling. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, information in relation to the irregularities and failures of the great western mail between the City of Washington and Wheeling, in Virginia, &c. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Express mail -- New York and New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, respecting failures in the arrival of the express mail between New York and New Orleans. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands sold in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to lands sold in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, for making the Cumberland Road, &c. April 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. S.B. Crockett. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, in relation to an unsettled balance due from S.B. Crockett, late postmaster at Frankfort, Kentucky, to the United States. April 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message of the Governor, and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary, &c. April 28, 1838. Mr. Evans presented the following message from the Governor of the State of Maine to the legislature thereof, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary, &c.; which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House upon the State of the Union. State of the Treasury, April 30, 1838. May 1, 1838. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Sites -- military posts -- western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to the instructions given to General Gaines for the selection of sites for military posts on the western frontier of Arkansas and Missouri, &c. May 1, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Wyoming sufferers. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, in favor of granting relief to the Wyoming sufferers for their losses during the Revolutionary War. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Territory of U.S. beyond the Rocky Mountains. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information, in part, required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th ultimo, in relation to the territory of the United States beyond the Rocky Mountains. May 3, 1838. Postponed until Tuesday next. Steamboat Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a further report upon the subject of an attack upon the steamboat Columbia. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Officers of Engineer Corps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo, in relation to officers of the Engineer Corps, and the works they were employed upon during the last year. May 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land patents in Louisiana, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the progress made in issuing patents for land in Louisiana, the examination of certificates of purchase, under the pre-emption law of 1834, &c. May 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Obstructions in Sabine River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report respecting the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Sabine River. May 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the Treasury, May 10, 1838. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances of the government. May 10, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Annuity -- Seneca Indians -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th March. May 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ministers and diplomatic agents -- 1829. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th March last, in relation to ministers and other diplomatic agents of the United States in foreign countries on the 4th March, 1829, &c. May 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. (To be annexed to Report No. 405.) Heirs of Robert Bealle. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Charleston (S.C.) Navy yard. Memorial of citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, for the establishment of a Navy yard at that place. March 5, 1838. Presented by Mr. Legare, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Survey of Allegany River. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a report and drawings of the survey of Allegany River. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Navy pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of Navy pension agents appointed since the United States Bank ceased to act as such, with the sums advanced to each, &c. May 15, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Foreign paupers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to the introduction of foreign paupers into the United States. May 15, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Funds for Seminole War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication of the Acting Quartermaster General, showing the pressing want of the appropriation for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. May 18, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending 30th September, 1837, &c. May 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee Treaty. Memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, relative to the Cherokee Treaty. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. Society of Friends -- the Indians. Memorial of the Society of Friends, on the subject of the Indians. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. William Brent, Jr. Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, relative to the printing and circulation of public documents. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Library. Maine inhabitants -- against Sub-Treasury, and for a national bank. Petition of inhabitants of Portland, Maine, against a Sub-Treasury, and for a national bank. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Massachusetts Legislature -- relating to the militia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the militia. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 778, on the same subject. New York -- duelling. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, against duelling. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. New York -- citizens of Buffalo for a United States bank and against Sub-Treasury. Petition of citizens of Buffalo, New York, for a United States bank, and against Sub-Treasury. May 21, 1838. So much as relates to Sub-Treasury committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and so much as relates to a bank to the Committee of Ways and Means. Philadelphia -- dry dock. Resolutions of citizens of Philadelphia, for a dry dock. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. University of Pennsylvania -- grant of land. Memorial from the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, asking for the appropriation of a portion of the public lands in aid of education. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Pennsylvania, Columbia County -- separation of government and banks. Resolutions of the Committee of Correspondence of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in favor of a separation of the government from all banks as depositories of the moneys collected for revenue. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Massachusetts -- Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts against the annexation of Texas to the United States. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Cherokee Treaty -- New Echota. Memorial of citizens of Marietta, Ohio, and its vicinity, against the Treaty of New Echota. May 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Doctor James Mease. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Wisconsin -- appropriation to complete public buildings. Petition of citizens of Wisconsin, praying for an additional appropriation to complete the State-house at Madison, in that territory. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Wisconsin and Illinois. Memorial of inhabitants of Wisconsin and Illinois, praying to sell mineral lands. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Massachusetts -- duelling. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against duelling. May 21, 1838. Laid upon the table. Citizens of Philadelphia, &c. Memorial of citizens of the United States, principally resident in Philadelphia, asking for the extension of the advantage of copyright to all native or foreign residents or non-residents. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Establishment of an institution for experiments in physical sciences. Memorial of Walter R. Johnson, of Philadelphia, praying for the establishment of a national institution, for the prosecution of experiments and researches in those physical sciences which are required by the public service, and for the general welfare of the country. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Sub-Treasury Bill. Memorial of citizens of Alleghany County, Maryland, in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Mechanics employed on Treasury building. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 706, for taking down the walls of the Treasury building. Survey Sandusky harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan of the survey of the harbor of Sandusky. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Arkansas. Petition of the inhabitants of the Helena land district, against the division of said land district. May 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole to which is committed the bill on the subject. Massachusetts Legislature -- northeastern boundary. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the northeastern boundary. May 21, 1838. Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed bill on the same subject. Massachusetts. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Indians, and against the Cherokee Treaty. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table -- to be taken up under the 48th rule. Cherokee Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication addressed by the Secretary of War to the Cherokee delegation. May 22, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Alabama -- citizens of Marengo against Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. Petition of inhabitants of Marengo, Alabama, against a Sub-Treasury, and in favor of a national bank. May 23, 1838. Laid upon the table. Claims of Maine -- northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the claims of the State of Maine, and the northeastern boundary. May 23, 1838. Consideration postponed until Friday next, the 25th instant. Agreement with the Creek Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, for the decision of Congress, the agreement between General Jesup and the Creek warriors serving in the Seminole War. May 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Georgia -- Macon Steamboat Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 809.) Petition of the Macon Steamboat Company of Georgia, praying the importation of iron free of duty, for building two iron steamboats. April 16, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. May 24, 1838. Bill reported -- H.R. No. 809. Removal of Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, the information called for by the resolution of the 23d instant, relative to additional allowance to the Cherokees. May 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Louisiana Legislature, in favor of pre-emption. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, in favor of an extension of the pre-emption law. May 28, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Southwark -- dry dock -- Philadelphia. Proceedings of the commissioners of Southwark, Philadelphia, PA, asking Congress to establish a dry dock at that place. May 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature -- right of petition. Resolutions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the right of petition. May 28, 1838. Laid on the table. Texas. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the annexation of Texas to the United States. June 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Payment for improvements under the Cherokee Treaty, 1835. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the payment for improvements under the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. June 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. New York, Common Council -- Allegany River. Resolutions of the Common Council of the City of New York, in relation to the contemplated improvement of the Allegany River. June 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Stokes, Stockton, and Moore. Petition of William B. Stokes, Lucius W. Stockton, and Daniel Moore, praying for the payment of interest on the amount of their claim on contracts with the Post Office Department, withheld by the Postmaster General; also, for indemnity for expenses sustained by them. June 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, for indemnity for losses sustained by French spoliations prior to 1800. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts -- inhabitants of. Remonstrance of inhabitants of Massachusetts, against the passage of an international copyright law. June 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Moneys received under treaty with France. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of the 28th ultimo, respecting the amount of money received from the French government under the treaty of the 4th July, 1831. June 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Shackerly -- children of. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to the claim of the orphan children of Peter Shackerly. June 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Sell Wabash and Erie Canal lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 831.) June 6, 1838. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following documents. Steamboat company -- Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 832.) Petition of the Steamboat Company of Georgia, and certain persons, for permission to import two iron steamboats free of duty. June 6, 1838. Cherokee Treaty of 1835. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, in relation to any communications from the governors of the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Alabama, upon the subject of a modification of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. June 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Buffalo harbor -- New York. June 8, 1838. Printed by the House of Representatives. Commerce of the United States with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. April 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Agriculture. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, on the subject of improving the agriculture of this country. April 16, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union	92
Serial set 331-1	Violation of the revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, on the subject of violations of the revenue laws, at the mouth of the Sabine River. July 9, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Funds to pension agents in Arkansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th instant, in relation to funds furnished the pension agents in the State of Arkansas. June 30, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. British steamboat Sir Robert Peel and American steamboat Telegraph. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of outrages committed upon the British steamboat Sir Robert Peel, and the American steamboat Telegraph, on the waters of the northern frontier of the United States. June 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Land scrip -- required to satisfy warrants issued by Virginia. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the quantity of land scrip required for satisfying the outstanding military bounty land warrants granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of citizens of Philadelphia City and County in favor of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Magnetism and geometer -- longitude and latitude. Memorial of Doctor Henry Hall Sherwood, praying Congress to enable him to accomplish the objects therein specified. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Breakwater -- Crow Shoal -- pier and light-house. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, to obtain appropriations for a pier at Crow Shoal, and light-houses on Egg Island and Cohansey Point. June 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Indians hostile on Western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of a hostile disposition upon the part of the Indians on the Western frontier. June 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Workmen on Treasury building, Washington. Memorial of the workmen on Treasury building, praying to be compensated for a suspension of work on said building. June 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. New Hampshire -- duty on imported spirits -- its use in Navy. Memorial of a convention held at Claremont, New Hampshire, upon the subject of the importation of foreign spirits, and the use of spirituous liquors in the Navy of the United States. June 18, 1838. So much thereof as relates to the importation of foreign spirits, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Sub-Treasury. Petition of sundry citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, in favor of the Sub-Treasury. June 19, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 597. Workmen on the Treasury building. Memorial of workmen on Treasury building, praying to be compensated for a suspension of work on said building. June 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Democratic town meeting -- Philadelphia vs. Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, opposed to the Sub-Treasury. June 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed Bill H.R. No. 597, to provide for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, &c. of the public revenue. Connecticut -- removal from office. Resolutions of Legislature of Connecticut upon the subject of removal from office. June 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Post Office finances. June 26, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Pensioners -- pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 26th March last, in relation to pensioners and pension agents, and the payment of pensions. June 22, 1838. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. June 27, 1838. -- Ordered to be printed, as per resolution of the Committee herewith. Dismal Swamp -- Winyaw Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey from the southern debouche of the Dismal-Swamp Canal to Winyaw Bay. May 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. June 27, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Bounty land -- officers and soldiers of the Revolution. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Steam frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in compliance with the resolution of the 28th of May last, relative to the steam frigate Fulton. June 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Repairs to steam frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the alterations proposed in the steam frigate Fulton. June 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. District of Columbia -- workmen on the Treasury building. Petition of workmen on new Treasury building, praying relief from losses sustained by the suspension of their labors. June 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. John E. Metcalf and others. (To accompany S. Bill No. 213.) June 12, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Passengers arriving in 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the annual statement of the number and description of passengers arriving in the United States on shipboard, during the year ending on the 30th September, 1837. June 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Connecticut -- merchants of New Haven. Petition of merchants of New Haven, Connecticut, praying Congress to pass a law allowing collectors to receive notes of specie-paying banks which issue notes of less than $5. June 13, 1838. Laid upon the table. Boundary between the United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th May last, in relation to the boundary between the United States and Great Britain. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Alleged frauds on Creek Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to alleged frauds on the Creek Indians in the sale of their reservations. July 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Receipts and expenditures -- 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the moneys received and expended by the United States in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, and 1837. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the year ending 30th June, 1837. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Tennessee -- inhabitants first Congressional district -- currency. Memorial of citizens of Tennessee, on the currency. July 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriation -- 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. July 18, 1838. Consular system of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, upon the subject of a reform in the consular system of the United States, &c. July 9, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Winchester and Potomac Railroad. June 27, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. New Treasury building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, in relation to the new Treasury building. June 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Public expenditure from 1824 to 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of expenditure, exclusive of the public debt, for each year, from 1824 to 1838. June 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 68, to settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. July 2, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. In Senate, May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. Removal of the Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the correspondence between the War Department and Major General Scott, in relation to the removal of the Cherokees. July 4, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Standard weights. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of standard weights for the United States, &c. July 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims -- Vincennes District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th April last, in relation to certain claims to land in the Vincennes Land District. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian treaties -- estimate of War Department. July 7, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Everett, of Vermont. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the operations of the Mint of the United States for the year 1836. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Architectural plans and drawings since 1836. Reports from the Departments of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, in relation to architectural plans and drawings for the use of the said departments, since the 4th July, 1836. July 7, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Territory south of 31[degrees] of north latitude, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting information in relation to the claim of Spain, France, and the United States, to the sovereignty of the territory south of the 31 [degrees] of north latitude, and east and north of the Island of Orleans, lying between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers, &c. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Armories -- operations in 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms, &c. manufactured during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure on new Treasury building. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, submitting an account of the expenditures on the new Treasury building. June 19, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.	44

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