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Application for pensions -- rejected. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to applications for pensions which have not been allowed, &c. December 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Bequest of James Smithson. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the bequest of James Smithson to the United States. December 10, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Smithsonian bequest. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury upon the subject of the Smithsonian bequest, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of July last. December 10, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of contingent expenses of the Navy Department from the 1st of October, 1837, to the 30th of September, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Swartwout. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the recently-discovered default of Samuel Swartwout, late collector of the Customs for the port of New York. December 10, 1838. Motion to refer so much thereof as relates to the defalcation of Mr. Swartwout to a Select Committee; so much thereof as relates to the adoption of legal provisions for increasing the public security against similar defalcations to the Committee of Ways and Means. Postponed until to-morrow. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the War Department during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of September last. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled on the books of the Second Auditor more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1836, &c. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Post Office Department for the year 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. State Department -- extra clerk-hire. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th of July last, in relation to clerks employed in the Department of State, &c. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States, from 1st of October, 1837, to the 1st of October, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of contingent expenses of the several offices attached to the Department, for the year ending September 30, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Steam-engines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House, of the 29th of June last, information in relation to steam engines, &c. December 13, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee of seven members. Printed by the printer of the House, under the superintendence of the Secretary of the Treasury, with authority to make any additions and corrections which may occur to him in the progress of the printing. Extra clerk-hire -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of July last, in relation to clerk-hire paid, in complying with calls of the House for information, during the last session. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of his office, and the office of the Navy Commissioners. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fifth Auditor, in relation to the execution of the act of 7th July last, for building light-houses, light-boats, &c. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Revolutionary pensions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 893.) Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, explanatory of certain appropriations required for the payment of Revolutionary and other pensions for the year 1839. December 19, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Appropriation -- northern frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 892.) Letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of appropriation for the protection of the northern frontier. December 19, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Correspondence -- Governor of Pennsylvania. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the executive government of the United States and the Governor of Pennsylvania. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Operations of the General Land Office, 1838, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the operations of said Office during the year 1837 and part of the year 1838. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting information in relation to the duties of his Office for the year 1838. January 14, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Intermeddling with the Indians, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th of March last, relative to the intermeddling of any foreign government, or the subjects thereof, with the Indian tribes in Michigan, Wisconsin, &c. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Communication from the Honorable Alfred Conkling, made at the request of Mr. M. Fillmore, of defects of law, &c. Presented by Mr. Fillmore. December 20, 1838. 1st. Refer so much as relates to courts and piracy, to Committee on Judiciary; 2d. So much as relates to neutrality, to Committee on Foreign Relations; 3d. So much as relates to steamboats, to Select Committee on that subject. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognized as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the government. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. 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 late accountant of the War Department, &c. December 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont -- Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Vermont. For a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Guard to emigrating Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 987.) January 8, 1838. Laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 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 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the balances which have remained due on the books of the Fourth Auditor for more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1838. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Major Trueman Cross. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the accounts of Major Trueman Cross. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. War Department -- Indian estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 895.) Letters from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of appropriations for the service of the Indian Department for 1839. December 19, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Lands sold under Chickasaw Treaty, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements required by the Act For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws, approved April 20, 1836. December 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Army of the United States -- officers. Petition of Charles F. Smith, Captain, and other officers of the Army stationed at West Point, for an equalization of the pay of the Army. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mormons. Memorial of Ephraim Owen, Jr., late of Green County, Indiana, now of Davis County, Missouri, asking of Congress to afford protection to the people called Mormons, in the enjoyment of their civil rights as citizens of the United States; and complaining of loss of property, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Florida -- Indian Key -- port of entry. Remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, in behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, against making Indian Key a port of entry. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Explaining Navy bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 896, making appropriations for the Navy for 1839.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy. December 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Appropriations -- Army for 1839. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 897.) December 21, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in compliance with the act of 2d March, 1831, for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States. December 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pea-Patch Island. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the present state of the Pea-Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Fairfield -- resignation. December 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands ceded to the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of July last, a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to lands ceded to the United States, the quantity surveyed, &c. December 29, 1838. Referred to a select committee, to consist of one member from each state. Armory -- Kentucky. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, in relation to a public armory in said state. December 29, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Pope, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Expenses -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and estimate of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the expenses of that Department. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to the same Committee, and ordered to be printed. Additional clerks -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the employment of additional clerks in the Indian Department. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Small-pox among the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the small-pox among the Indians. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to said Committee, and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1838. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of the military establishment, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the expenditure of the military establishment for the year 1838. January 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Duncan H. [i.e., N.] Hennen versus P.K. Lawrence. Petition of Duncan H. [i.e., N.] Hennen, praying an inquiry whether the Hon. P.K. Lawrence, judge of District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has not been guilty of dangerous abuses of power. January 8, 1839. Referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members. Due from late deposite banks, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the amounts due from the late deposite banks, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Fort Livingston, Grand Terre, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the progress made, &c., in the completion of Fort Livingston, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1838, and the compensation of each. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st ultimo, in relation to the defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st December, 1838. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elijah S. Bell. Report of the Secretary of War, on the claims of Elijah S. Bell, to whom the case had been referred by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th May last. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table. Northern boundary of Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a call for the report of the commissioners appointed to run the northern boundary of Missouri. January 4, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Clerks in the State Department in 1838. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks in his Department for the year 1838. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table. Electro-magnetic telegraph, by Professor Morse. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from Professor Morse, on the subject of his electro-magnetic telegraph. January 4, 1839. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Condition of banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia, showing the state of their affairs at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Charles Louis [i.e., Lewis] Fleischmann, on the manufacture of beet-sugar. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Catskill Creek. Petition of inhabitants of New York, for the improvement of the Catskill Creek. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pre-emption -- Paris Seminary, Illinois. Petition of sundry citizens of Edgar County, Illinois, praying the right of pre-emption to a certain section of land for the use and benefit of the Paris Seminary. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Wisconsin -- lead-mine district. Memorial of sundry citizens of Wisconsin Territory and the State of Illinois, on the subject of the lead-mine district. January 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury notes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98 [i.e., 982].) January 8, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Land granted to Indiana -- construction of act. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the construction of an act of Congress granting a tract of land to the State of Indiana. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. New York -- opening Post Office on Sunday. Memorial of Truman Hastings and others, praying a repeal of that part of the Post Office law which requires postmasters to labor on Sunday. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Legislature of Illinois. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to a survey of the northern and western lakes. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Smithsonian legacy. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. December 14, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee, appointed on the 10th December, instant, on the messages of the President of the United States on the same subject. January 10, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Texas invasion -- Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in relation to the invasion of the southwestern frontier by an armed force from the Republic of Texas. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Deposite bank -- Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, notifying Congress that he had selected the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana as a depository of the public moneys, &c. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands -- American Bottom, Illinois. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to lands in the Edwardsville and Kaskaskia land districts, in the State of Illinois, called the American Bottom, &c. January 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Miscellaneous claims, 1838, and expenditures Marine Hospital Fund, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements made at the Treasury in the year 1838, on account of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for; also, statements showing the expenditures and receipts of the Marine Hospital Fund for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen during the year 1837. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1838. 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 1838, and the compensation of each clerk. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- War Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1838, and the compensation of each. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. General Charles Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to General Charles Gratiot; with a letter from General Gratiot to Hon. J.P. Underwood, appended. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Education of boys, &c. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying for the education of boys for the merchant service. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Receipts and expenditures of the U. States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1837. January 14, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Mint -- Director's estimates. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Construction of revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report made by the Comptroller of the Treasury, in relation to the operation of the existing revenue laws, and on the expediency of some further act of legislation explanatory of the intention of Congress in regard to certain descriptions of goods. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Extra clerk hire -- on calls Ho. of Reps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th July last, requiring information in relation to extra clerk hire incurred in answering calls for information, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of May River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieutenant Wilkes of the survey of May River, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. National domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to the public domain. January 16, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee of 26 members upon the subject of the public lands. Steam boilers. Memorial of the owners of steamboats and others, of Louisville, Kentucky, on the subject of explosions of steam boilers. December 20, 1838. Referred to select committee on steam engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Steam-engines. Memorial of Cadwallader Evans, for an appropriation to enable him to test his invention to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee on Steam-engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Beaubien and his assignees. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the claim of Beaubien and his assignees. January 17, 1839. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Isaac Gage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1048.) Petition and papers of Isaac Gage, praying for leave to import iron vessels free of duty. January 3, 1839. Referred to Committee on Manufactures. January 17, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Emigrating Seminole Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War in relation to the Seminole Indians who have lately emigrated to the West. January 17, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Contracts -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Arms procured and distributed since close of last war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the quantity and description of arms which have been procured and distributed since the late war with Great Britain, &c. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Printers laws U.S. -- North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the names of persons employed as printers to publish the laws of the United States in North Carolina. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting the propriety of extending the provision of the Insolvent Law of March 2, 1837, to cases which may have occurred before the 1st of January, 1839. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Florida claim -- Treaty of 1819. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the Florida claim under the treaty with Spain of 1819. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Steam-boilers, &c. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the proceedings under the act of the 28th June last, providing for examinations of inventions designed to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee appointed on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of steamboats, steam-boilers, &c. Arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the expenditure of the appropriation of last session for the erection and repair of arsenals, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- Neenah or Fox River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of the survey of the Neenah or Fox River, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons employed in the Indian Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a statement of all persons employed by that Department during the year 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures of the Department of War for the year 1838, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, "whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States." January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Capture of reputed Indian refugees. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the pursuit, capture, &c., of certain Indian refugees and murderers, within the limits of one of the United States. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Marcus Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c., of a survey of the harbor of Marcus Hook. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1838. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chart of Newark Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, respecting chart of Newark Bay. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis Cass. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, calling for a statement of the final settlement of the accounts of Lewis Cass, &c. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effects of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, inquiring whether the reports of standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised by the accounting officers of the Departments as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim upon the government, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks in War Department -- answering calls of the House. Letter from the Secretary of War, answering the call of the House for information respecting clerks in the War Department. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Revenue of Post Office -- equal to its wants. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the funds of the office, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims of Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, relative to the 3d section of the act of the 5th July, 1832, for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia. January 24, 1839. Read, and referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members. Defence northern and western frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1097 [i.e., 1079].) January 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Commmodore Elliott and Lieutenant C.G. Hunter. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the proceedings of the two courts martial ordered to try certain charges preferred by Commodore Elliott against Lieutenant C.G. Hunter, together with a copy of the charges preferred by Lieutenant Hunter against Commodore Elliott. Fire-proof building -- War Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1084.) January 26, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Banks of Massachusetts -- Commonwealth, Franklin, Lafayette. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to debts due to the United States (if any) by the Commonwealth, Franklin, and Lafayette Banks, of Massachusetts. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Correspondence -- General J.W.A. Sanford. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, the correspondence between the Department and General J.W.A. Sanford, &c. January 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal. Petition of members of the Legislature, Governor, and Board of Internal Improvement of the State of Indiana, praying aid in the construction of the Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal. February 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Harbor of New Haven, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a map of New Haven and its harbor, in the State of Connecticut. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain J.D. Elliott. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting charges against Captain J.D. Elliott, by Samuel Etheridge. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Purchase of land for Charleston Depot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1110.) February 6, 1839. Mr. McKay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following documents. Sale of Indian reservations, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the sales of Indian reservations, made under orders of the courts of Alabama, &c. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harbor of Havre-de-Grace. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, in relation to the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Survey -- Stonington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c. of a survey of the harbor of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Renewal of duty bonds -- attorney's 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. General appropriation bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 981.) January 8, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Commissioner of Pensions and Wm. E. Woodruff. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, transmitting copies of a correspondence between the said Commissioner and William E. Woodruff, pension agent for the State of Arkansas, in the years 1837 and 1838. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances due by receivers, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances due by receivers of public money, on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained due and unsettled three years prior to the 30th September, 1838. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Disbursements to Indians, &c. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting accounts of disbursement of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of Indians, from 1st October, 1837, to 30th September, 1838, &c. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- light-houses, &c., included. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts authorized by the Treasury Department during the year 1838. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature -- Indiana. Preamble and resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from New Albany to a point on the Wabash opposite Mount Carmel. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Commissions to agents. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of commissions claimed by agents or officers employed by the government. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Territorial relations -- United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, touching the territorial relations of the United States and Great Britain on this continent. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- Newark Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a chart of Newark Bay. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboat Caroline. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, information in relation to the destruction of the steamboat Caroline, &c. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimate of building for P.O. Department. Memorial of stonecutters, asking an estimate of a building for Post Office Department. February 11, 1839. Referred to Committee on Public Buildings. State troops in service U.S. unpaid. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, calling for information "whether any of the state troops called into the service of the United States in the Cherokee country remain unpaid." February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Annuities -- Seneca Indians -- 1837 -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, respecting the payment of the annuities to the Seneca Indians, in the years 1837 and 1838. February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury notes. February 12, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and laid upon the table. R.T. Paine -- latitude and longitude of lighthouses in Massachusetts. February 13, 1839. -- Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and laid on the table. Emoluments, &c. -- officers of the Customs -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the emoluments and expenditures of officers of the Customs for the year 1838. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Branch Mint -- Charlotte, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information called for by the House of Representatives on the 4th instant, in relation to the operations and expenses of the Branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend. Memoir of Lieutenant Colonel B. Aycrigg, on the subject of the light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend. February 13, 1839. Mr. Cushman, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following resolution; which was read, and agreed to by the House: Resolved, That a detailed report and drawings of the light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend, prepared by Lieutenant Colonel B. Aycrigg, one of the chief engineers on the state works of Pennsylvania, be printed for the use of the House. Small change. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, for a law directing the coinage of small change at the Mint at Charlotte, in said state. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Indiana Legislature. Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the Cumberland Road through that state. February 4, 1839. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. New Jersey -- half pilotage. Petition from citizens of New Jersey, &c., praying relief against the operation of the laws requiring coasting-vessels refusing to take pilots on board to pay half or whole pilotage. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Militia of the United States -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, for the year 1838, &c. February 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Clerks Post Office Department -- calls of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of July 9, 1838, respecting additional clerk-hire in answering calls for information by their House of Representatives. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Failure of mails -- New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, relative to failures of the mails to and from New Orleans. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Indians removed to west Mississippi from 1789. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, relating to Indians removed from the east to the west side of the Mississippi, from 1789 to 1838. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Bank of the State of Alabama. February 14, 1839. Peace Society. Petition and memorial of members of the East-Haddam Peace Society, and others. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Foreign emigrants. Petition of citizens of the State of Louisiana, soliciting the entire repeal of the acts providing for the naturalization of foreigners. February 7, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. William E. Woodruff. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting remittances to William E. Woodruff, pension agent for the State of Arkansas. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th ultimo, respecting land to which the Indian title has been extinguished; the amount surveyed; the quantity sold, &c. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Penitentiary -- Washington City. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the tenth annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Pensions relinquished under act March 18, 1818. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of pensions relinquished under the act of March 18, 1818. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Suspension of certain public works. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting a suspension of certain public works, &c. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Irwin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the accounts of Thomas Irwin. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Boilers -- steam-engines. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of commissioners to test innovations to render safe the boilers of steam-engines. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Virginia land scrip. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the issue of Virginia land scrip. January 28, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Public defaulters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, respecting defalcations of receivers and collectors, or other depositaries of public moneys, &c. January 28, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying the passage of a law granting pre-emption rights to the settlers on the line of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Legislature of Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, for the relief of the owners or proprietors of mineral lots in the Wisconsin land district. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1090.) January 29, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. John Brahan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the balance due the United States from John Brahan, late receiver of public money at Huntsville, Alabama. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin -- internal improvements. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1113.) Letter of the Honorable J.D. Doty, relating to the bill to authorize the Territory of Wisconsin to establish a system of internal improvements. February 9, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Territories. Balances on the books of the Treasury. Message from the President of the United States, respecting balances on the books of the Treasury, &c. January 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary between Missouri and Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, respecting the boundary-line between the State of Missouri and the Territory of Iowa. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Post-office building, &c. January 30, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Bonds -- collectors and naval officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th instant, respecting the official bonds of the collectors and naval officers of the ports of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, &c. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Horses of volunteers abandoned to U. States. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, requiring information respecting the value of horses turned over by volunteers to the United States, &c. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Henshaw. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the accounts of David Henshaw, late collector of the port of Boston. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations and expenditures of the Navy Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual statement of appropriations and expenditures for the naval service for the year 1838. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. New Custom-house, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the expenditures in the construction of the new Custom-house, New York. February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations for fortifications. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1141.) February 12, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Salt-lick reservation -- four-mile square. Memorial and protest of Robert P. Currin, against the passage of Bill No. 418. April 30, 1838. Committee of the Whole on Bill No. 418. January 26, 1839. Referred to Committee on Private Land Claims. February 2, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Pennsylvania -- ship owners, &c. Memorial from ship-owners, and others, asking for piers at the mouth of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Representatives of Elbert Anderson. Petition of the representatives of Elbert Anderson, for additional allowance on account of whiskey furnished under a contract. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Educate deaf and dumb. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, for a grant of land in aid of education of the deaf and dumb. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Letter of the Attorney General -- tenure of office of judges. (To accompany Bill No. H.R. 1059.) February 4, 1839. Laid on the table. National bank. Memorial of Philip Kearny, for the establishment of a national bank. February 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks and incorporations in Florida. Proceedings and resolutions of a convention in the Territory of Florida, on the subject of banks and incorporations in that territory. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. E.A. Theller. Memorial of E.A. Theller, of Detroit, praying Congress to adopt measures to protect the rights of naturalized citizens. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Steam and engineering. Essay on steam, by Jacob Walter. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee upon the subject of steam boilers. Militia U.S. -- Alden Partridge and Edward [i.e., Edmund] Burke. Memorial of Alden Partridge and Edward [i.e., Edmund] Burke, appointed a committee to memorialize Congress on the subject of the militia. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Pennsylvania -- insane persons. Memorial of inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia, praying that measures may be adopted to ascertain the number of insane persons in the several states, &c. of the Union. February 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. North Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th ultimo, in relation to the non-payment of the North Carolina volunteers, &c. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charges preferred by Midshipman Barton against Commodore Elliott. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the charges preferred by Charles C. Barton, a passed midshipman of the United States Navy, against Captain Jesse D. Elliott, while in command of the Mediterranean Squadron, together with all the communications in relation to said charges on the files of the Navy Department. February 14, 1839. Loss of packet ships. February 14, 1839. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and ordered to be printed. Officers -- Exploring Expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating information as to the pay and promotion of officers of the Exploring Expedition. February 14, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of the revenue, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by collectors of the Customs, and others, more than three years prior to 30th September, 1838. February 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Amend Constitution U.S. -- by John Preston. Proposals for amendments in the United States Constitution, and a uniform mode of banking throughout the Union. Written by an old soldier of 'seventy six, and an octogenarian. February 6, 1839. Building light-houses, light-boats, beacons, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1,096.) February 6, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Commerce. Registry of steam-ships. (To accompany Bill. H.R. No. 1098.) February 6, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce. Claims on Mexico. Petition of certain inhabitants of New Orleans, on Mexican spoliations upon American commerce. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 61.) February 16, 1839. Laid before the House by Mr. Shields, from the Committee on the Public Lands. Harbor of Delaware City, and the navigation of Back Creek. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1,157.) February 16, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals. Commodore Elliott -- Lieutenant Hunter, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, the proceedings of a court martial in the case of C.G. Hunter, &c. February 16, 1839. Referred to the select committee appointed February 14, instant, on charges preferred by Charles C. Barton versus Captain Jesse D. Elliott. Revolutionary War -- Wyoming sufferers. Petition of the sufferers of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, by depredations committed by the Indians in the Revolutionary War. February 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying for a re-examination of his invention of the "double self-acting safety-valve." February 18, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee on the subject of steam-boilers. Indiana -- inhabitants of Washington County. Petition of James Chambers and one hundred and twenty other citizens, praying Congress to make certain grants to citizens of the United States who may make settlements and become permanent residents west of the Rocky Mountains. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Safe-keeping public moneys, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, upon the subject of the national revenue. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveyor General's Office -- Illinois. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting documents respecting the establishment of a Surveyor General's office in the State of Illinois. February 20, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 107, providing for the establishment of a Surveyor General's office in the State of Illinois. Admission of Florida. Memorial of the people of the Territory of Florida, for admission into the Union. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Passengers arrived in the United States in 1838. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of passengers arrived in the United States during the year 1838. February 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Negroes, &c., captured from Indians in Florida, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the disposition of Negroes and other property captured from hostile Indians during the present war in Florida, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Mississippi Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in relation to a mail route by stages from the Mississippi City to Jackson. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. New Jersey -- the public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey respecting the public lands. February 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont -- Canadian frontier. Memorial of inhabitants of St. Alban's, Vermont, upon the subject of the attack on the steamer Caroline, the Neutrality Law, and the disturbances on the Canadian frontier. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Blockades -- Mexico and Rio de la Plata. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of the blockades of the Mexican coast and the Rio de la Plata. February 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mail -- Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to the existing contract for carrying the mail from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. February 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of post offices. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Military bounty lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1167.) Letter of Commissioner of General Land Office. February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by Mr. Loomis, from the Committee on the Public Lands. Military works -- northeast frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1169.) February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. Harbor of Baltimore. Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, praying a continuance of the appropriation heretofore made for preserving the harbor. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Legislature of Illinois -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, versus an independent Treasury, &c. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Marble or granite for public buildings. February 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Lincoln, Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Maine and New Brunswick. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the present state of affairs between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 26, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. February 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, calling for information respecting the number of Cherokee Indians now residing in North Carolina, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Duty on salt and fishing bounties. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the duty on salt and bounty to fishermen. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Condition of state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements, &c., in relation to the condition of the state banks, so far as ascertained. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Superintendents Indian Affairs -- allowance. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of January last, in relation to compensation to Superintendents of Indian Affairs, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Combinations -- public lands. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th of July, 1838, respecting undue attempts to keep down the price of the public lands, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. Memorial of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, praying an improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the canal in the Delaware Bay. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Vermont -- inhabitants. Washington County -- neutrality law. Memorial of inhabitants of Washington County, Vermont, in relation to the neutrality law. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Surveyor General's Office -- Cincinnati. (To accompany Bill S. No. 37.) Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, submitting an abstract of a letter from the Office of the Surveyor General upon the subject of the removal of that office from Cincinnati, &c. March 2, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Senate Bill No. 37 on that subject. Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information on the subject of existing relations between the United States and Mexico. February 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Treaties -- Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, relating to the execution of the Treaties of 1832 and 1834 with the Chickasaw Indians, and of the Treaty of 1830 with the Choctaws. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Execution of treaty with the Winnebagoes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to the execution of the treaty of 1st November, 1837, with the Winnebago Indians. March 1, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Tobacco trade with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, a copy of a despatch from the minister of the United States at London, on the subject of the tobacco trade with Great Britain, &c. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Pottawatamie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, respecting the treaties of the 20th, 26th, and 27th of October, 1832, with the Pottawatamie Indians. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks of Wisconsin. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting banks of Wisconsin Territory. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting accounts for the third and fourth quarters of 1837, and the first and second quarters of 1838. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint United States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the operations of the Mint for the year 1837. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles F. Sibbald. Report of the Solicitor, First Comptroller, and Second Comptroller of the Treasury, upon the case of Charles F. Sibbald. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1838. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of commerce and navigation, ending on the 30th September, 1838. March 2, 1839. Ordered, that the Secretary of the Treasury transmit the statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States for 1838 (when prepared) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and that he cause 10,000 copies thereof to be printed. May 20, 1839. Received this day, and sent to the printer immediately. Army Register for 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting two hundred and fifty-five copies of the Army Register for 1839. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. National Armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of expenditures at the National Armories during the year 1838, and of the arms, &c. manufactured during the same period. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian treaties since 1829. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, calling for statements of the amount paid for negotiating treaties with the Indians since 1829, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Census -- persons charged with taking, to return lists of pensioners of United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, respecting the importance of requiring the officers who may be employed to take the sixth census, to make a return of the names and ages of pensioners. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances -- books Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting list of balances on the books of the Register, which have remained unsettled more than three years from 30th September, 1838. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Defalcation -- public agents. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d ultimo, respecting defaulters subject to the order of the War Department, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Land patents -- correcting, examining, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th ultimo, in relation to the correcting, examining, signing, and issuing of patents, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles J. Ingersoll. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a statement in relation to the accounts of Charles J. Ingersoll, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Payments under treaty with France. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th of January, respecting payments under the treaty of indemnity with France, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. March 18, 1839. Post Office Department -- June, 1838. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of expenditures of the Department for the year ending June 30, 1838, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Eliza Mackay. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Territory of Oregon. (Supplemental report.) February 16, 1839. 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed Ellen Turney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1116.) February 6, 1839. John Metcalf. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1042.) January 16, 1839. Martha Woodliff, representative of F. Eppes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 923.) December 21, 1838. John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1047.) January 17, 1839. Esther Parrott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1117.) February 6, 1839. Robert Clark, attorney of Menzies Gilespie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1075.) January 25, 1839. Officers of the Florida militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1064.) January 23, 1839. Maurice Wright. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) January 2, 1839. January 2, 1839. T.D. Peurifoy. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1126.) February 6, 1839. Isaac Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1023.) January 11, 1839. Isaac Adkins. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Sibel Barnes -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 946.) January 2, 1839. Presley Thornton -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 935.) January 4, 1838. John Grimble [i.e., Grimball]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 938.) January 2, 1838. Henry Hill. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Archange Lecroix, administratrix of Hubert Lecroix, deceased. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. T. Rogers -- administrator of Charles Binns. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Griffith Coombe and J.P. Ingle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 899.) December 21, 1838. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 900.) December 21, 1838. John Barnes -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 901.) December 21, 1838. Nathan Lamme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 902.) December 21, 1838. Captain Tarpley White -- representative of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 903.) December 21, 1838. Edward Wade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 904.) December 21, 1838. Delegate from Wisconsin. December 21, 1838. Read, and made the special order of the House for Thursday next. William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 905.) December 21, 1838. Lieut. James Conway -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 906.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of James Burton, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 907.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of Captain Thomas Cooke, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 908.) December 21, 1838. Roger Stayner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 909.) December 21, 1838. Colonel Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 911.) December 21, 1838. Lieutenant Colonel William Fontaine -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 912.) December 21, 1838. Samuel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 913.) December 21, 1838. Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 914.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of Charles Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 922.) December 21, 1838. Solomon Prewett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 925.) December 21, 1838. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 926.) December 21, 1838. Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 928.) December 21, 1838. Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 929.) December 21, 1838. Susannah Rowe, widow of John Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 930.) December 21, 1838. John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 931.) December 21, 1838. Elizabeth Durant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 932.) December 21, 1838. Captain James Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 933.) December 21, 1838. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 934.) December 21, 1838. Jonathan Davis. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Hiram Humphreys. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Parthenia Beard. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Col. Thomas Knowlton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) January 2, 1839. Joseph L. Milligan. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jonathan Dye -- the heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 941.) January 2, 1839. John H. Robinson. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. George Ash. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Alexander Humphrey. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John Peebles. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Benedict J. Heard. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 945.) January 2, 1839. Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 947.) January 2, 1839. William Ford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 948.) January 2, 1839. Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 959.) January 2, 1839. Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964.) January 2, 1839. Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 965.) January 2, 1839. William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 966.) January 2, 1839. Eunice Sanders, late Eunice Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 968.) January 2, 1839. Charles Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 969.) January 2, 1839. Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 970.) January 2, 1839. Nathaniel Taylor. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William McPherson. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Alexander Clark. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Cornelius Campbell et al. January 2, 1839. Read and laid on the table. Samuel Lewis. January 12, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 971.) January 3, 1839. John T. Austin. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas C. Copes. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. John Broome. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Catharine Dodge. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. George G. Allen. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 936.) January 2, 1839. John Wilkinson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 937.) January 2, 1839. David Himes. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Davis. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Joel Martin. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Bartlett. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Gould -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 942.) January 2, 1839. Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 943.) January 2, 1839. Lyman King. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William H. Williams. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Morrison. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Corporate authorities of the City of Mobile. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 139.) January 2, 1839. Committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel and Isaac Bell. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Executors of John Donnell [i.e., Donnel]. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Hatton [i.e., Hatten]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 949.) January 2, 1839. John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 950.) January 2, 1839. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 951.) January 2, 1839. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 953.) January 2, 1839. Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 954.) January 2, 1839. James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 955.) January 2, 1839. Robert Whittet. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 956.) January 2, 1839. Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 957.) January 2, 1839. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) January 2, 1839. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 960.) January 2, 1839. Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 962.) January 2, 1839. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 963.) January 2, 1839. John F. Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 972.) January 4, 1839. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 34.) January 4, 1839. Frederick Richmond. (To accompany Bill H.R. 973.) January 4, 1839. William A. Whitehead. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 974.) January 4, 1839. Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 977.) January 4, 1839. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 978.) January 4, 1839. Rignald, alias Nick Hillary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 979.) January 4, 1839. James Broadus -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 980.) January 4, 1839. William Tryon. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Powers. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David and Ebenezer Robinson. (To accompany Bill S. No. 57.) January 4, 1839. Brig Despatch, and cargo. (To accompany S. Bill No. 56.) January 4, 1839. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Tennessee to issue grants, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) December 22, 1837. January 8, 1839. -- Ordered to be reprinted. Weight [i.e., Wright] Hurlbut. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1004.) January 8, 1839. John McDowel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 985.) January 8, 1839. Apollos Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 986.) January 8, 1839. William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1132.) February 6, 1839. Collection and disbursement of the revenue. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1133.) February 6, 1839. John McClenahan. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elias Wallen. January 25, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Patrick. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Frances Rivar. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Kelly. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Morrow. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John S. Burnett. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1083.) January 26, 1839. Nathan Smith. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi Eldridge. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Moses E. Levy. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Judges Supreme Court, Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1135.) February 9, 1839. Rivers and roads in Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1136.) February 9, 1839. Duncan N. Hennen vs. P.K. Lawrence. February 11, 1839. Read, and postponed until Thursday, the 21st of February instant. Thomas Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1142.) February 13, 1839. Trustees of Dublin Township, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1104.) February 6, 1839. Henry Hoffman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1106.) February 6, 1839. Don Carlos de Villemont [i.e., Vilemont] -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1107.) February 6, 1839. Brothertown Indians -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1112.) February 6, 1839. Elizabeth Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1118.) February 6, 1839. Huldah Farlow. (To accompany Bill H. R. No. 1119.) February 6, 1839. Alexander Gillis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1120.) February 6, 1839. Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1121.) February 6, 1839. Cecilia Ragan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1122.) February 6, 1839. Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1123.) February 6, 1839. Joanna Bartlett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1124.) February 6, 1839. Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1125.) February 6, 1839. Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1127.) February 6, 1839. Peter W. Short. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1128.) February 6, 1839. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1129.) February 6, 1839. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1130.) February 6, 1839. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1131.) February 6, 1839. Wm. Langbourne -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 915.) December 21, 1838. Bounty-land lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 916.) December 21, 1838. Thomas Wishart -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 917.) December 21, 1838. Samuel O. Pettus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 918.) December 21, 1838. Tarlton Woodson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 919.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of Tarlton Woodson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 920.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 921.) December 21, 1838. Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 989.) January 9, 1839. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 990.) January 9, 1839. Susannah Hoagland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 991.) January 9, 1839. William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 992.) January 9, 1839. William W. Scott. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Maria Kershaw. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Stout. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John McKinnie. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harvey Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 997.) January 9, 1839. Dr. Sylvester Nash. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 997 [i.e., 998].) January 9, 1839. Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 999.) January 9, 1839. David Rollins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1000.) January 9, 1839. William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1001.) January 9, 1839. John Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1002.) January 9, 1839. Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1003.) January 9, 1839. Ann Ross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1006.) January 9, 1839. Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1997.) January 9, 1839. Henry Grady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1008.) January 9, 1839. Nicholas Phelan -- heir of John Phelan, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1011.) January 9, 1839. T.F. Peterson. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi lands -- act June 19, 1834. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1036.) January 9, 1839. Walker, Kinkle, & Carothers; Peters, Moore, & Co.; and Rhodes & Austill -- mail contractors. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1012.) January 10, 1839. Rosaline Prudhomme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1013.) January 10, 1839. David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1015.) January 10, 1839. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1016.) January 10, 1839. Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1017.) January 10, 1839. Henry M. Fleury. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. A. L. Deblieux. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1018.) January 11, 1839. Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1019.) January 11, 1839. John McColgan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1020.) January 11, 1839. William B. Livesay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1021.) January 11, 1839. Philip Catner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1022.) January 11, 1839. Peter Samuel Jaccard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1024.) January 11, 1839. Thomas M. Burland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1027.) January 11, 1839. Library -- court of appeals, &c. -- Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1029.) January 11, 1839. Richard Shubrick -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1025.) January 11, 1839. John De Treville -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1026.) January 11, 1839. Indian depredations in Florida -- David R. Denham et al. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Wills. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Eastin and wife -- for representatives of Captain Robert D. Richardson. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. B.H. Beard and James Gray. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Casey. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Watlington. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. National foundry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1032.) January 12, 1839. Read, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Caleb Williams and Stephen W. Hunt. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Rents of lead-mines in Missouri. January 15, 1839. Ordered to lie upon the table. James Maglenen -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1035.) January 15, 1839. Samuel Kerr. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Moreland et al. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claim of New Hampshire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1038.) January 16, 1839. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1040.) January 16, 1839. Mary Updegraff [i.e., Updegroff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1041.) January 16, 1839. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1043.) January 16, 1839. Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1044.) January 16, 1839. Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1045.) January 16, 1839. John Keeler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1046.) January 16, 1839. Robert Johnson -- administrator of Louis Roy. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Logan. January 16, 1839. David Bartlett. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Adon Bartlet [i.e., Aden Bartlett]. January 16, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Charles Whitmarsh and James Gallison. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John March. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1049.) January 17, 1839. Doctor J.M. Foltz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1050.) January 17, 1839. Thomas Triplett. January 17, 1839. Read, and with Bill H.R. No. 552, laid upon the table. Settlement of national differences. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. January 17, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. W.C. Miller. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Gilbert Howell. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Sayer. January 22, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Richard Brannin et al. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Forbes. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1052.) January 22, 1839. Joseph Jackson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1053.) January 22, 1839. Land for public buildings in Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1054.) January 22, 1839. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1060.) January 22, 1839. James White. January 22, 1839. Laid on the table. Marcus Spalding. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harry Pierson. January 22, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. David Griffing. January 22, 1839. Laid on the table. Samuel Hoffman. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1065. January 23, 1839. Robert Milnor and John Thomson [i.e., Thompson]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1066.) January 23, 1839. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1070.) January 23, 1839. Dr. B.M. Byrne. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Mackall. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William J. Owens. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. Inhabitants of St. Augustine, Florida. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. Fauvel Gourand de la Martinique. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. State of the Treasury and expenditures of government. January 24, 1839. Laid on the table. Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 25, 1839. William Vause. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1078.) January 25, 1839. Stephen White and William Fettyplace. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lemuel C. Richmond. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Rumsey's heirs, &c. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 46.) February 6, 1839. Ann C. Stephenson. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Anne Royall. February 6, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Public buildings in Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1081.) January 26, 1839. Joel Henry Dyer. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1082.) January 26, 1839. Distribution of public lands. February 7, 1839. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill S. No. 61.) February 8, 1839. Read, and committed, with the bill, to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Marine hospital, St. Joseph, Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1095.) February 6, 1839. Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1099.) February 6, 1839. Elliot Smith, Nathan Farnsworth, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1101.) February 6, 1839. George Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1102.) February 6, 1839. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 952.) January 2, 1839. Eliphalet Spafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1005.) January 9, 1839. John H. Russell. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Kilgore [i.e., Kilgour]. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Navigation of the Ohio River. February 25, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Elections. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid on the table one day, under the rule of the House. Jesse H. Willis, assignee of James Minie. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Peck. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Haskins. February 13, 1839. Laid on the table. December 6, 1838. Read; laid upon the table for one day, under the rule of the House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams submitted the following resolutions... Resolutions for distributing the President's message. December 26, 1838. Proposed in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Expenses Seminole War, &c. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table under the rule. Public moneys. January 8, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Lands ceded to the United States by Virginia. January 4, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee, appointed on the 29th ultimo, on the distribution of the public lands. Manner of filing papers in the General Post Office -- charges of bad conduct, &c. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Stone for public buildings. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Milus W. Dickey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1143.) February 13, 1839. Thomas W. Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1144.) February 13, 1839. Representatives of William Williams, Sr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1145.) February 13, 1839. Reess, Roche, and Reess. February 13, 1839. Laid on the table. Isaiah Rogers and Richard Bond. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Gates Hoit. February 13, 1839. Laid upon the table. Charles Sumption. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of William Anderson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1147.) February 16, 1839. Brackett Baldwin. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Asa and Jabez L. White. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 107.) February 16, 1839. James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1151.) February 16, 1839. Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1152.) February 16, 1839. Burnett Burdsall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1153.) February 16, 1839. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1154.) February 16, 1839. Blockade of Mexico. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day, under the rule of the House. Elections for Representatives. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day, under the rule of the House. Amend the rules. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day. United States and Great Britain. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table, under the rule. Disbursing public money. January 14, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Smithsonian bequest. January 26, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Organization of Congress at commencement of session. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Public post, and conveyance of letters. February 11, 1839. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Public lands. February 15, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1155.) February 16, 1839. Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1156.) February 16, 1839. Massachusetts -- inhabitants of Springfield. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Owen McCue. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reservations of land under fourteenth article of treaty of 1830 with the Choctaw Indians. (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) February 22, 1839. Special committee on Commodore Elliott's case. February 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Christian Brougher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1173.) February 25, 1839. Public buildings -- marble or granite. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob White. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Accounts of Commissioner of Public Buildings. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Margaret Wade. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco trade. February 25, 1839. Read, laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. William Thomas. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John M. Pounds. February 25, 1839. William H. Spiller. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Young. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1162.) February 25, 1839. Legislature of Illinois -- relative to prospective pre-emption law. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1166.) February 25, 1839. William P. Rathbone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1163.) February 25, 1839. Trade with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, &c. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Bently. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1171.) February 25, 1839. Elnathan Sears. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1172.) February 25, 1839. Georgia claim. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1174.) February 26, 1839. Defalcations. Reports of majority and minority. Wednesday, February 27, 1839... Report of the Committee of Investigation, chosen by ballot by the House of Representatives January 17 and 19, 1839, on the subject of the defalcations of Samuel Swartwout and others, and the correctness of the returns of collectors and receivers of the public money; also, the report of the minority of the Committee. Disturbance in Maine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1176.) February 28, 1839. Read, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Maine -- N.E. boundary. March 1, 1839. Clerk of the Supreme Court -- fees. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Lewis Fleischmann -- sugar-beet. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims on Mexico. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Dade Institute -- Florida. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Canal -- Atlantic to Pacific. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Major William Gates. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Dawson and others -- tariff. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appointment of certain officers. March 2, 1839. Read, and agreed to by the House. |
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List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, 1839-40. December 16, 1839. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 24, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 24, 1839. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department for the year ending November 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 24, 1839. 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, in relation to the expediency of a change in the system of marine hospitals. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act "For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws," showing the money received on account of their lands, &c. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 24, 1839. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 27, 1839. Read, and ordered that 500 additional copies be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in relation to the construction of a levee on the south bank of Red River; the opening of the Bayou L'eau Bleue, the validity of titles to land under French and Spanish grants; and in relation to the 16th sections in that state. December 30, 1839. Ordered to be printed; and that the first and third resolutions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and the second to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the amendment of the organic law of that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of surrendering to the State of Maryland the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Amendment proposed by Mr. Lumpkin, to the motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. January 7, 1840. Submitted, referred with said motion to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 141.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, in the following words: "Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to confirm to the State of Indiana the land claimed and selected by her"... Petition of the heirs of James Sympson, praying the confirmation of their title to a tract of land. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of permitting officers of the Army to retire on half pay. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the establishment of certain post routes. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying a donation of land for the establishment of a college in that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the description of papers deemed necessary to be provided by law for the use and protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the law providing for taking the sixth census of the United States. December 27, 1839. Read, 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, in relation to the execution of the 13th and 14th sections of the "Act To Regulate the Deposites of the Public Money," approved June 23, 1836. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a catalogue of all the laws, and of all the legislative and Executive journals and documents, of the several states and territories, now in the Library. December 27, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. January 10, 1838. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 18.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of Loomis and Gay, report... Motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. December 27, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Forry, praying Congress to provide for the publication of a meteorological and statistical register. December 27, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Calhoun, Linn, and Spence, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hall J. Kelley, praying a grant of land in the Oregon Territory for the purpose of establishing a colony thereon. December 27, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 3, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Linn, in relation to the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory. December 18, 1839. Submitted. December 30, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Preston, Wall, Pierce and Walker, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the operations of that office since the 17th December, 1838. December 30, 1839 -- read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate; and 500 copies for the use of the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the War Department, and of the offices and bureaus attached thereto, during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the naval establishment for the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, opposed to any measure to divide the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of a metallic currency and the adoption of the independent Treasury system. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of F.A. Chevalier de Gerstner, praying to be allowed a copyright for his publication in this country for a period of five years. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, to procure an additional appropriation of land to satisfy outstanding military bounty land warrants. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 98.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the establishment of a national foundry within that state. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of the chief warriors and chiefs of the Six and Seneca Nations of Indians. Praying that the action of the Senate on the Treaty with the Seneca Indians may be suspended, &c., &c. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, in relation to the disposal of public lands. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional information in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1839. January 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension to French vessels coming from Guiana and Senegal of the benefits granted by the act of 9th of May, 1828, to French vessels from the islands of Gaudaloupe and Martinique; and also the repayment of the duties levied on the French ship Alexandre. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of William Easby, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia on the 1st of January, 1840. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Missouri, praying a donation of land to settlers in the Oregon Territory. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending an appropriation for the removal and subsistence of a number of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. January 7, 1840. Submitted by Hon. Mr. White, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying the repeal of the naturalization laws. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the adjustment of the boundary line between that territory and the State of Missouri. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, with a statement showing the contingent expenses of that Department during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Albin Michel, on behalf of the heirs of Madame de Lusser, praying the confirmation of a grant of land in Mobile, in the State of Alabama. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 55. In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Andrew Armstrong, report... Petition of the religious order of the "Ladies of the Sacred Heart," at the City of St. Louis, Missouri, praying that a charitable donation, sent to them from the City of Paris, may pass duty free. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, showing the operations of the Topographical Bureau during the year 1839. January 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the seizure and detention of the brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet. January 27, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 168.) The Committee of Claims made the following report on the petition of Converse and Rees... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Henry Fry, late a purser in the United States Navy, report... Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of discharging liens and encumbrances upon real estate, which has or may become the property of the United States. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Betts submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the amounts paid for private claims under special acts of Congress during the last five years. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of John A.L. Norman, of Florida, acting under the resolutions of the Legislative Council of said territory, asking Congress to grant a township of land for the establishment of the Dade Institute of Florida, beg leave to report... Petition of John Wesley Monette, praying the confirmation of his title to certain tracts of land. January 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph L. Smith, and others, praying that the Committee on Agriculture be instructed to make an annual report on the agricultural interests of the Union. January 10, 1840. 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, respecting the prices of certain stocks in the London and home markets. January 10, 1840. 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 State, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1839. January 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Julia L. Weed, widow of the late Captain Weed... Memorial of a number of citizens of East Florida, praying the passage of a law erecting and organizing that portion of Florida, which lies east of the Suwanee River, into a separate and distinct territory. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the court of inquiry, in the case of Lieutenant Colonel Brant. January 10, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, approving the policy and measures of the administration, and instructing the senators, and requesting the representatives, from that state, to support the same. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Norriss, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the banks which have recently suspended specie payments, &c. January 9, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance. January 13, 1840. Committee discharged, and the message laid on the table 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, transmitting estimates of the appropriations necessary for the service of the Indian Department for the year 1840. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Racine in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the construction of a harbor at that place. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 158.) The Committee on Commerce report upon the petition of Enoch Baldwin as follows... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the condition of the two per cent fund reserved for making a road or roads leading to the State of Mississippi. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Archibald S. Campbell, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 22.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred "A Bill To Authorize the New Albany and Mount Carmel Railroad Company To Enter on Credit a Quantity of Land To Aid the Company in the Construction of a Railroad from New Albany, Indiana, to Mount Carmel, Illinois, and for Other Purposes,"... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Josiah Sturges... Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States, with all foreign nations. December 30, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance. January 13, 1840. Committee discharged, and the report ordered to be printed; and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate, and 500 additional copies for the use of the State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the sale of government drafts for bank notes, by the officers of that Department. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the confirmation of the claims of Francis Laventure and others, to certain lands in said territory. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the exaction of duties from, and the description of papers furnished to, vessels employed in the whale fishery. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Western Academy of Natural Sciences, at St. Louis, Missouri, praying the aid of the general government, in the purchase of a library and instruments, the erection of a suitable building, and the purchase of a lot of ground for a botanic garden. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith, report... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of William Cox... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of John H. Piatt... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the several offices of that Department during the year 1839. January 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the abandonment of Rock Island as a military post. January 14, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 99.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was committed "A Bill To Repeal Certain Acts Respecting Navy Pensions, and Making Further Provisions in Relation to Navy Pensions," have had the same under consideration, and report the same as taken into a new draft... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Irvine Shubrick, praying for additional pay for services performed as commander of the United States frigate Potomac, report... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Ann Eliza Laurie, praying the payment of arrears of pension due her as one of the heirs of Captain Tarbell, late of the United States Navy, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the adoption of measures for the speedy and permanent adjustment of the title of the United States to the Territory of Oregon. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee of the American Silk Society, praying the aid and patronage of Congress, in the publication and gratuitous circulation of the Journal of the said Society. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying an appropriation for the completion of the road from Dubuque, to the northern boundary of the State of Missouri. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Cairo City Canal Company, praying that the City of Cairo may be selected as a site for a national armory. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 36.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the bill for the relief of Samuel Warner... Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, praying the improvement and repair of certain streets, and the establishment of a hospital and lunatic asylum, in said city. January 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the service of the War Department during the year 1839, with the balances remaining in the Treasury at the end of the year. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, explaining the causes of the delay in the publication and distribution of the Biennial Register. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the amounts paid for pensions, under special acts of Congress, during the last five years. January 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the establishment of a marine hospital at the mouth of the Arkansas River. January 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1839. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jubal B. Hancock, report... Documents relating to the claims of certain companies of Missouri Volunteers, for payment for their services in the years 1829 and 1836. December 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. January 22, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 183. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the northeastern boundary and the jurisdiction of the disputed territory; and, also, in relation to the establishment of military posts in the State of Maine. January 23, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying an appropriation for the erection of a penitentiary in that territory. January 23, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of John Whitehead, for himself and others, with the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: Mr. Pierce, from the Committee on Pensions, to which were referred the petition and papers in the case of Arthur Matthews, made the following report... Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of his Office during the year 1839. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the creation of a new land district in that state. January 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 13. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George Whitman... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 186.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Stone, report... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 187.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John H. McIntosh, praying compensation for property destroyed by the Indians, and United States troops in Florida, report... Petition of a number of settlers on the public lands in Illinois, praying that their pre-emption rights to said lands may not be affected by the grant to the "Polish exiles." January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the military and naval defences of the country. January 27, 1840. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the appropriations and expenditures for the naval service for the year 1839, with the balances remaining in the Treasury. January 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, estimates showing the cost of the extension and completion of the Cumberland Road to Jefferson City, in the State of Missouri. January 27, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the memorial of the Western Steamship Company of Bristol, the British and American Steamship Navigation Company of London, and the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company of Liverpool... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying appropriations for the construction of harbors at Milwaukie, Racine, Southport, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, on Lake Michigan. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. |
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In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Ralston, praying compensation for two slaves drowned while in the employ of the United States, report... Memorial of James Brown and others, praying that a duty may be imposed on importations of silk goods. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplementary report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of the branch mint at New Orleans, during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 198.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the resolve relative to the claim of Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, for losses sustained in Florida by destruction of buildings and property by the Indians... Report from the Secretary of War, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the several bureaus of that Department during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Alexander Jones. Memorial of Alexander Jones, praying the employment by the government of a dredging-machine for the removal of sand bars in the Mississippi and other western waters. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which was referred a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 30th December last, calling for information relative to the fiscal regulations of foreign countries, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a supplement to the annual report of the Chief Engineer. January 28, 1840. Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the names and compensation of the persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1839. January 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 192.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Paschal, report... Documents relating to the claim of John C. Reynolds, for the reimbursement of a sum of money which was stolen from him while in the discharge of his duties. January 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 28, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 191. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional correspondence in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and occupation of the disputed territory. January 29, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the massacres committed, and the property destroyed, by the hostile Indians in Florida. January 29, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Petition of Van Dorin, Pease, & Company, asking a right of way through the public lands, for a railroad from the mineral region in Missouri to the Mississippi River. January 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 194. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 196.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Mobile, beg leave to report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. January 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Grignon... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petitions of the widow of Eunice Starr, and Mary Blakesle [i.e., Blakeney]... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Betsey Booth, of Connecticut, report... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the petition of Louis M. Rivard for a pension, report... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. January 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Allen, of New Hampshire, report... Report from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of Reports of the Topographical Bureau in Relation to Internal Improvements in the Territory of Wisconsin, in Obedience to a Resolution of the Senate of the 15th Instant. January 31, 1840. Read, and Ordered To Be Printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1839. February 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the contracts made in that Department during the year 1839, and the expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund during the year 1838. February 3, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce, praying the purchase, by the United States, of the individual stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. February 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 197.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of James Smith, of Arkansas, asking permission to enter other lands in lieu of certain lands which the land officers at Little Rock sold to him by mistake, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 199.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petitions of James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the administrator of William Hodson, praying compensation for property destroyed by the enemy during the late war with Great Britain, have examined the same, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 200.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah Cunningham, report: Petition of Joseph L. Smith and others, praying the establishment of a department of the government, to be called the Department of Agriculture and Education. February 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the returns of the militia of the United States for the year 1839. February 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the donation claims or settlement rights in the State of Mississippi, under the acts of 25th April, 1812, and 3d March, 1819. February 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Galena Chamber of Commerce, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River, at the Des Moines and Rock River rapids. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Document on the subject of preventing the destruction of steamboats by fire. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Dunham, report... In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1840. Submitted. February 5, 1840. Made the special order of the day for Monday, the 10th instant; ordered to be printed, and that 30,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Grundy, from the Select Committee appointed on the 7th January last, made the following report: The following resolutions introduced by a Senator from Missouri (Mr. Benton,) were referred by the Senate to a Select Committee... Memorial of Silas M. Stilwell and others, citizens of New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance, in part, with resolutions of the Senate, in relation to the Louisville and Portland Canal. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Statement of the payments on account of the public debt, &c., &c., from 1789 to 1839. February 6, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Tappan, to amend the joint rules of the two Houses. February 3, 1840. Submitted. February 6, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which were referred the petition of William Hankins, praying compensation for a quantity of wood supplied by him under a contract with an officer of the United States Army... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 212.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of John H. Sheppard, administrator of Abiel Wood, report... In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 215.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate, in these words: "Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to continue the construction of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois..." Motion submitted by Mr. Crittenden, in relation to the indebtedness of the several states, and the propriety of distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among them. February 10, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Motions submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the regulation of foreign commerce. February 10, 1840. The following motions submitted by Mr. Benton, on the 26th February, 1831, were read, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to a survey of the coast of the State of Mississippi. February 10, 1840. Presented by Mr. Walker, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of the Commissioner to investigate claims against the Miami Indians for the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the relative cost and superiority of brass and iron cannon. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the payments made on account of miscellaneous claims, during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the contracts made by that Department during the year 1839. February 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Kentucky, praying the adoption of measures to promote the settlement of the Oregon Territory. February 10, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 206,) "To Quiet the Titles of Certain Land Claimants in the States of Missouri and Arkansas, and for Other Purposes." February 10, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, and ordered to be printed. Memoir, historical and political, of the northwest coast of North America, and the adjacent territories; illustrated by a map and geographical view of those countries. By Robert Greenhow, translator and librarian to the Department of State. February 10, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, from the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory; and ordered to be printed, and that 2,500 additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Britton Evans, praying remuneration for property lost in consequence of being wrecked while in the service of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Elliott, praying remuneration for a horse lost in the military service of the United States, having considered the same, report... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Taylor, praying remuneration for a quantity of staves burnt by the troops of the United States... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Morton, and John S. Larrabee, praying to be indemnified for losses sustained as sureties of Walter Sheldon, a district paymaster of the United States Army, report... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Radcliff, for compensation for timber destroyed at the Navy yard in Washington... Report from the Secretary of War, showing the expenditures at the national armories, and the arms manufactured for the year 1839. February 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a donation of land to Peter Houston, for his services in the Revolutionary War. February 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Hancock and others, praying an increase of the duty on silk. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., praying the establishment of a congress of nations for the adjustment of international difficulties. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of manufacturers of umbrellas and parasols in the City of Philadelphia, praying the imposition of a duty on imported silk umbrellas and parasols. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in regard to the necessity of an early provision by law, for the protection of the Treasury against the fluctuations and contingencies to which its receipts are exposed. February 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the employment of bloodhounds against the hostile Indians in Florida. February 17, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Mississippi, to obtain the establishment of a mail route. February 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, adverse to the cession of the public lands to the states in which they are located and in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. February 17, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the memorial of the heirs of Anderson Lane... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the cession to that state of the unsold public lands within its limits. February 17, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Pardy, praying an extra compensation for the occupation of his house for the city post office, report... Memorial of the Polish exiles, praying that they may be allowed to settle and cultivate the lands heretofore granted to them by the United States. February 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 17, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Petition of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Chicago, praying an appropriation to protect that city from the encroachments of Lake Michigan. February 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the trade in, and manufacture and uses of, salt. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance. February 17, 1840. Reported, and ordered to be printed. |
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Motion submitted by Mr. Calhoun, in relation to the national rights of vessels forced by stress of weather into friendly ports, and the seizure of the brig Enterprise under those circumstances. March 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to authorize circuit judges of the United States to surrender fugitives from justice. March 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents submitted by Mr. Lumpkin Document relating to the Bill (S. 246) "For the Organization of a Company of Sappers, Miners, and Pontoniers." February 28, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, from the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of William Barclay, to locate one thousand acres of land in right of his father, George Barclay,"... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 239.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of the executors of Henry Eckford, deceased, praying payment for the use of certain lands at Sackett's Harbor, for naval purposes, report... In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Spence made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 260.) The Select Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel Forrey [i.e., Forry], M.D.... Memorial of a committee of the military convention at Norwich, Vermont, praying the revision and alteration of the system of the military defenses of the United States. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 2, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that so much thereof as relates to the militia, be referred to the Committee on the Militia. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the creation of a land district, and the establishment of a land office, in the "Platte purchase," in that state. March 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Fleming Wood... Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying for an alteration in a mail route. March 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the amounts of duties received, and drawbacks paid on the same, since 1833. March 11, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their concerns. March 11, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Corporation of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the surrender to the State of Maryland of the stock held by that corporation in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. March 11, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 263.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jean Baptiste Comeau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land, make the following report... Two messages from the President of the United States, communicating additional correspondence in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. January 29, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be reprinted, with the message received this day on the same subject, and that 5,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Petition of the President and Executive Committee of the American Peace Society, praying the establishment of a congress of nations for the adjustment of international difficulties. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of reducing the tonnage duty on Spanish vessels in certain cases. March 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the payment to that state of the value of the sixteenth sections in the Chickasaw cession, and a donation of the unappropriated lands in that state, for purposes of internal improvement. March 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the passage of a pre-emption law for the better protection of actual settlers on the public lands. March 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of owners and masters of steamboats running on Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan praying the amendment of the act of July 7, 1838, "To Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." March 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 264.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Petition of Joseph Campau, make the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of the heirs of Robert Fulton... Petition of Zadoc Martin, praying to be allowed a pre-emption right to a tract of land. January 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 4, 1840. Bill reported (S. 203,) and the petition and papers ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the confirmation of the claim of Jonathan Carver to a tract of land. February 18, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, and ordered to be printed, and that one hundred additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 227.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James B. Morgan, for compensation as a bearer of despatches from the Governor of the Territory of Iowa, to the Secretary of State, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following amendment, as a substitute to the amendment, proposed by Mr. Buchanan, to the resolutions reported by the select committee, on the assumption, by the United States, of the debts of the several states... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John G. Mackall, praying compensation for the destruction of a house by the enemy during the late war, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Abraham Williamson... Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Iowa Territory, in favor of the passage of a law to authorize the election of the governor of that territory by the people. February 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the confirmation of the claims of Francis Laventure and others, to certain lands in that territory. February 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made 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 the Reverend James Caldwell, praying indemnity for losses sustained by their ancestor during the Revolutionary War, and respectfully report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence between the War Department and Governor Call, concerning the war in Florida. March 12, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of St. Mark's, in middle Florida, praying the passage of a law to authorize the sale of certain public lots in that town. March 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Edmund P. Gaines, proposing a system of national defence, and praying its adoption by Congress. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Surgeon General of the Army, in relation to the selection of sites for marine hospitals on the western waters. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of receipts and payments on account of the five per cent fund of the nett proceeds of the lands lying within the State of Alabama. March 9, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of stockholders in the Agricultural Bank of Natchez, residing in Philadelphia, praying an extension of time for the payment of a balance due from said bank to the United States. March 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph Fawcett and others, praying Congress to call a national convention, for the purpose of restraining and adjusting abuses in the incorporation of banking companies. March 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, for the benefit of the settlers on the "Platte purchase," in that state. March 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Edward Holyoke and others, heirs at law of Silence Elliott, report... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Richard S. Coxe, assignee of David Beard, report... Document relating to the claim of John E. Bispham, for the payment of an amount of prize-money due him. February 19, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 213. An act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, to incorporate the Mine a la Motte and Mississippi Railroad Company. February 19, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 233. Statement relating to the claims of the heirs of Madame de Lusser. February 19, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 63. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain the establishment of a mail route. February 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land to establish an asylum for the deaf and dumb, and blind. February 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Kerr, of Newburg, in the State of New York, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of James McCally, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John Johnston, formerly Indian agent at Pequa, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Morrow, praying for remuneration for an alleged violation of a contract for filling a space at the Washington arsenal, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Adam Hall for remuneration for two horses lost in the service of the United States in 1814, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Ireland... Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Georgetown, praying the extension of their charter, and that of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown; the construction of a stone bridge over Rock Creek; the employment of either the Potomac Bridge or the Alexandria Aqueduct as the viaduct for the Falmouth and Alexandria Railroad; and the creation of a fund for schools in the District of Columbia. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Galena Chamber of Commerce, praying that Galena may be made a port of entry and delivery. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the independent Treasury bill. February 25, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 57.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Francis Laventure, Ebenezer Childs, and Linus Thompson, with sundry memorials and remonstrances on the subject, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the papers of Joseph Wallace, claiming a tract of land in the now State of Missouri, present, for the consideration of the Senate, the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 237.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George de Passau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land in lieu of one of which he has been deprived... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 238.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Francis Gehon, the late marshal of the Territory of Wisconsin... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 240.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Reynell Coates and Walter R. Johnson, esquires, has had the same under consideration, and reports... Memorial of a number of merchants and importers of foreign goods, praying the revision and amendment of the revenue laws. February 25, 1840. 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, in relation to the establishment of a line of military posts from the Missouri to the Oregon or Columbia River. February 26, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 55.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of Madame De Lusser, and Their Legal Representatives," report... In Senate of the United States. February 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 104.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of William Lefever, made the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Simeon Giron, praying permission to locate a tract of land, make the following report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of government drafts by the deposite banks since the general resumption of specie payments in 1838. February 28, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the renewal and modification of the charter of said city. February 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of certain widows of persons lost in the privateer service... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 180.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to explain and amend the fifth section of the act, passed 30th June, 1834, for the better organization of the United States Marine Corps, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 247.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire whether the law regulating vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam does not need amendment... Memorial of the Legislature of Michigan, praying the erection of a light-house, and the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the Clinton River, on Lake St. Clair. March 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Mayor of the City of Alexandria, in relation to the destruction of outstanding due-bills by the Corporation of Alexandria, in pursuance of the act of Congress of June 30, 1834. March 3, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Indiana, praying the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory, and the construction of a road thereto; and remonstrating against the construction of the proposed ship-canal across the isthmus of Darien. March 4, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 252.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William M. Sneed, Stephen K. Sneed, and Richard Sneed, have had the same under consideration, with the accompanying documents, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 249.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William P. Rathbone, report... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1840. Submitted, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of a delegation of the Latter Day Saints, commonly called Mormons, report... Resolution of the House of Representatives of Florida Territory, to procure the passage of a law to authorize the sale of certain lots in the Town of St. Mark's, in that territory. March 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany the Joint Resolution, S. No. 5.) The Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, report... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany S. Bill No. 253.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Compton, report... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 254.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Lord, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of the passage of the independent Treasury bill, and of the bill to graduate the price of the public lands to actual settlers, and approving the policy and measures of the late and present administrations. March 5, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William McMahon, report... |
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In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan Murphy, report... Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the removal of certain Cherokee Indians. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of the separation of the government from banks, and of the passage of the independent Treasury bill. March 30, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 302.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins, report... In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 286.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hugh Stewart, report... Reports of the majority and minority of the Select Committee on the Origin and Character of Fishing Bounties and Allowances. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed; and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying that William Triplett may be confirmed in his title to a tract of land. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was recommitted the petition of John Nantz, for himself and others, privateer pensioners... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying a donation of land for the establishment of manual labor schools in that territory. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of George C. Johnston for the payment of certain debts due him by the Shawnee Indians. April 21, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 43, "For the Relief of William Bailey, Survivor of Bailey & Delord,"... Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York in favor of the construction of a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. May 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 326.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Langtry and Jenkins, report... In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Bruce for remuneration on account of losses on a contract for removing obstructions in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary French, widow of Benjamin French, report... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martin Burke, report... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of John Martin, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the sale or exchange of government drafts. April 27, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Limpkin made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Purdom & Stokes, report... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Dunham, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1839. April 28, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William and James Crooks, claiming indemnity for loss sustained by the capture of their vessel, during the late war, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Hester Hill, widow of Henry Hill, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of William Coley, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Phebe Nestor, widow of John Nestor, report... Documents relating to the Bill (S. 329) "To Provide for Lighting the Capitol and President's Squares, and the Pennsylvania Avenue, with Carburetted Hydrogen Gas." April 28, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dixon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 330.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Wade, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of McCurdy & Whiteside... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert McCarty, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, as assignee of Edward Laurendine, for a confirmation of his claim to a tract of 640 acres of land, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 332.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, assignee of Cornelius McCurtin, for the confirmation of his title to a tract to land, report:... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 333.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the propriety of extending the port of New Orleans, report... Documents relating to the execution of the contract of Langtree & O'Sullivan, for the printing and delivery of the Madison Papers. April 29, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, charged with the memorial of William D. Jones, have considered the matter of that memorial, and now report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the construction of piers at the towns of Racine and Southport, on the western shore of Lake Michigan. April 30, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 1, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 334.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain John De Treville, late of the Revolutionary Army, praying for the commutation of his half-pay... Documents relating to the trade and collection of tolls on the Louisville and Portland Canal. May 27, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Document No. 284. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 33, for the relief of the legal representatives of John Wilkinson, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 320.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Moore, report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the cession to that state of the Muscle Shoals Canal. April 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 321. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate relative to the application of a mineral solution to the preservation of timber, called "Kyanizing." April 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. April 21, 1840. Committee discharged, and 200 additional copies ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 22, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James L. Schoolcraft of Michilimackinack, Michigan... In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of James Ware, praying to be allowed a pension on account of injuries received while a prisoner to the Tripolitans, in 1803... In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill Senate No. 189.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Miguel Eslava, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land, report... In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 325.) The Committee of Military Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, directing them to inquire into the expediency of providing for the settlement and payment of the claim of the State of Maine, for services of her militia in the protection of the northeastern frontier of the United States, in the year 1839, report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the repeal of the duty on salt. March 31, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 42.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 42) to amend an act entitled "An Act Confirming Certain Land Claims in the State of Michigan," report... In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 44, for the relief of Thomas Fillebrown, Jr.,... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the military preparations of the British authorities on the northern frontier of the United States, from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. April 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, exhibiting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the present state of the difficulties which have existed, and the arrangements made, or attempted to be made, between the government and the Cherokee people. April 1, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Louisiana, to obtain an appropriation for the erection of a light-house on the Bayou Bonfouca. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 199.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Scrivener, for property destroyed by the enemy during the last war, and to whom was also recommitted the report and bill in the cases of James Tongue and the administrator of William Hodson, report... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 174.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the administrator of Joseph Edson... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Chalmers, deceased, praying compensation for property destroyed during the last war, report... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 296.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of N.G. Hamilton, with the documents accompanying it, report... Memorial of the clerks in the Custom-house at Philadelphia, praying an increase of compensation. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance. April 4, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Chicago, Illinois, praying to have that place constituted a port of entry. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the establishment of a military post at or near Alexandria, in that state. April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions from the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of the construction of a road from Vidalia to Natchitoches, in that state, April 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the sixteenth sections in that state. April 6, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 45, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Linn, widow of David Linn, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 298.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jubal B. Hancock... Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the establishment of a post-route. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in said city. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, on the subject of making provision for French spoliations prior to 1800. April 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1840. Submitted. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of John Johnson, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, adverse to the repeal or modification of the law giving a bounty to vessels engaged in the fisheries. April 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the northeastern boundary. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 38, "For the Relief of Garret Vliet [i.e., Vleit],"... In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 46, "For the Relief of John T. Addoms, Executor of John Addoms," report... Document in relation to the drawback of duties on refined sugars. April 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the officers of the Corps of Engineers, against the passage of the bill "To Regulate the Pay and Emoluments of the Officers of the Line and Staff of the Army." April 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. April 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, to obtain an appropriation for the erection of military defences for the protection of the City of Detroit. April 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1840. Submitted, made the special order of the day for the 15th instant, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred certain resolutions "in relation to the national rights of vessels forced by stress of weather into friendly ports, and the seizure of the brig Enterprise under these circumstances,"... Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, relative to the plan proposed for the defense of the western frontier; also, what tribes of Indians inhabit the country immediately west of Arkansas and Missouri. April 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Maryland and the District of Columbia, praying the imposition of a duty on imported silks. April 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which were referred the several messages of the President of the United States, communicating to Congress, at its present session, certain official correspondence in relation to the question of the territory in dispute with Great Britain on our northeastern frontier... 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. April 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom the memorial of William Duncan, attorney of Abner L. Duncan, was submitted, report... In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No 307.) The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred certain papers relating to the claim of James H. Relfe... In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 308.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Wilson, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... Documents relating to the joint resolution (S. 9) "Authorizing the Purchase, for the United States, of the Banking-house of the Bank of Alexandria." April 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 32, for the relief of John Howe, report... Petition of a number of citizens of De Kalb County, Illinois, praying the remission of the punishment awarded to Wm. L. Mackenzie, for a violation of the neutrality laws. April 15, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 310.) The Committee on Commerce have examined the petition of sundry citizens of the United States, praying that steamers running between Boston and the British Province of Nova Scotia may be relieved from the limitations of the Act of 1819... Petition of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying the imposition of a duty on fish imported from Canada. April 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives (No. 57) for the relief of Robert Milnor and John Thompson, report the same without amendment... Memorial of a committee of the pilots of Delaware Bay and River, praying the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." April 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of D.S. Gardiner, attorney for James Brooks, Allen Osteen, Andrew Hopkins, Charles Griffin, and Archibald Williams, report... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Nicholson, executor of Abner L. Duncan, report... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Brenan, John McCully, and John McCully, administrator of Francis McCully, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Prudence C. Loring, have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the annual amounts of drawback paid on the exportation of domestic refined sugar, since the application of the drawback system to that exportation. April 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. April 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 316.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James McCrory, report... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 317.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Frederick Seigle, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 318.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the claim of John Jordan, report... In Senate of the United States. April 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 319.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims submit the following report: By reference to the report herewith submitted, it appears that the claim of John Ramsey [i.e., Ramsay], a surgeon in the Revolutionary War... Petition of a number of Missouri volunteers, praying a settlement of their accounts for services rendered in Florida. April 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reports from the Secretaries of the Treasury and the Navy, and from the Postmaster General, in relation to the sale of government drafts for bank-notes, and the payment of government creditors in depreciated currency. April 18, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zadock Smith, report... In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 40, "For the Relief of Cornelius Tiers," report... In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Willis McDonald, report... In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas B. Parsons, report... In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 181.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to regulate the pay and emoluments of pursers in the Navy... Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of New York, in relation to the enactment of a uniform bankrupt law. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 16, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 216.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Wilson P. Hunt, praying Congress to authorize the issuing of a patent to a certain tract of land confirmed to Gregoire Sarpy, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 20.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the bill to authorize the purchase of stock for the United States in the "Louisville and Portland Canal Company," report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 275.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Causin, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 274.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Evans, for the confirmation of his claim to certain lands, made the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sturgeon submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 276.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. W. Williams, son and heir of Captain Wm. Williams, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 277.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Zachariah and Robert W. Williams, report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 278.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Clements, Bryan & Co., praying to be indemnified for losses sustained under a contract for furnishing supplies to emigrating Indians, report... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying the improvement of the navigation of the Neenah, Wiskonsin, Rock, Pekatonica, Four Lakes, and Platte Rivers. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 242.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the bill "Granting to the Mississippi and Rock River Canal Company a Portion of the Public Lands for the Purpose Therein Expressed," report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the imports and exports of gold and silver coin, and bullion, and the annual coinage at the Mints, to the year 1839. March 18, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be sent to the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 279.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate confirming the claim of John Baptiste Lecompte to a tract of land in Louisiana, report... In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 280.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Greaves... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the debts, and the removal of the Winnebago Indians. March 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the quantity and the sales of public lands in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statement showing the amount of the gold, silver, and copper coinage, at the Mint in London, from 1816 to 1836. March 20, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the condition of the affairs of the several banks in the District of Columbia. March 20, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A.C. Hollinger, praying remuneration for services rendered and money expended while Inspector of the Port of Mobile, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying an appropriation for the improvement of Current River. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Sands Stuart and John Davis, praying to be allowed the right of pre-emption to certain lands occupied by them. March 20, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 284.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Joseph Thompson... Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, adverse to ceding the public lands to the states in which they lie, and in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of said lands among all the states, &c. March 23, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their concerns. March 23, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 285.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Aaron Vail, report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying a further appropriation for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. March 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of sundry proprietors and managers of American steamvessels, on the impolicy and injustice of certain enactments contained in the law relating to steamboats, and asking to be restored in the rights and privileges which belong to other citizens engaged in navigation. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying an appropriation for the completion of the Cumberland Road within that state. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hiram Powers, praying that certain works of art, the production of American artists abroad, may be admitted into the United States free of duty. March 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John W. Thompson, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional correspondence in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary, and the occupation of the disputed territory. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Petition of Moses Coppedge, praying to be allowed a pre-emption right to a tract of land. March 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of John B. Fanning... Documents relating to the claim of the heirs of Robert Fulton. March 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Bosworth, report... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 291 and 293 [i.e., 292].) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of H. Lucas and A.P. King... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sally Ross, widow of William Ross, report... Documents relating to the Bill (S. 273) "To Reduce the Drawbacks on Refined Sugar and Rum, and To Reduce the Fishing Bounties and Allowances in Proportion to the Reduced Duties on Sugar, Molasses, and Salt." March 30, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey. praying the imposition of a duty on raw silk. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Newton County, Missouri, praying a donation of land to said county for public purposes, and that the settlers on the public lands in said county be allowed the right of pre-emption. March 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 293.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Pamela Allen, widow of Samuel Allen, report... Resolution submitted by Mr. White, in relation to the special deposites of the government, and the issues of Treasury notes. April 24, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Morgan, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of payments and deposites of Treasury notes. March 25, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the passage of a bankrupt law. March 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of James Williams, report... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports, plans, and estimates, for the improvement of the Neenah, Wiskonsin, and Rock Rivers; the improvement of the haven of Rock River; and the construction of a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago Lake. March 25, 1840. Read. March 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the rank and commissions of Charles Wilkes, Jun., and William L. Hudson, of the United States Navy. March 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill authorizing the payment to Don Carlos Dehault Delassus, for certain money taken from him... Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the transportation of the mail in steamboats. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 290.) March 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Ramsay... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas R. Saunders, report... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elisha Bentley [i.e., Bently], report... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lewis Newrisha... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin L. Carleton, ask leave to report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of granting the franking privilege to officers of agricultural societies. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Indiana, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of the public lands for the improvement of the two White Rivers in that state. March 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying a survey of the coast of that state, and the erection of fortifications on the same. March 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that so much thereof as relates to a survey of the coast be referred to the Committee on Commerce; and that so much thereof as relates to fortifications be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Documents showing the statistics of the City of Galena, Illinois. April 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza A. Mellon, report... |
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Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slavetrade. May 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Amerman, report... In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: The Committee on Commerce has examined the several communications of Mr. Lapaute to Mr. Davis, and beg leave to submit the following report... Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the proceedings instituted under a resolution of Congress to try the title to the Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. May 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. May 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 84.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 84) entitled "An Act for the Relief of William Saunders and William R. Porter, Sureties of William Estis [i.e., Estes], Late Paymaster of the Fourth Regiment of Virginia Troops Stationed at Norfolk During the Last War," report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Wiskonsin, praying the confirmation of the title of Francis Laventure and others to certain lands in Milwaukie. May 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 1, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 362.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Jamison, widow of Samuel Jamison, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 131.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of the New England Land Company, praying indemnity for certain lands ceded to them... Document relating to the Bill (S. 342) "Making an Appropriation for Continuing the Operation of Deepening the Channel at the Mouth of the Mississippi River." May, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Mouton, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey of a site for a fortification on the coast of the State of Mississippi. May 26, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of numerous citizens of Illinois, praying an appropriation of public lands for the improvement of Rock River. May 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act for the Relief of Phebe Dickman, widow of John Dickman," and also the petition of said Phebe, report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 184) for the relief of John Keeler, report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 128.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Catharine Allen, Widow of Henry Allen," report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lot Stricklin, report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 350.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to regulate enlistments into the Army and Navy, report... Petition of Samuel Martin, praying a reduction of the rates of letter postage. May 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ambrose Carey, report... In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 360.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas G. Prettyman, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. May 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 359.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Snow, widow of Jonas Snow, report... In Senate of the United States. June 1, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 118.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred an engrossed bill from the House of Representatives entilted "An Act Granting a Pension to John H. Genther, of Pennsylvania," report... Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Frankfort, Maine, in favor of the construction of fortifications on the Penobscot River. June 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 167.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Mathew [i.e., Matthew] Wiley," report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 142.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Wealthy Barker, Widow of (Isaac) Barker, Deceased," report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 172.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Stephen Olney,"... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 183, entitled, "An act for the relief of Mary Hunter," report... In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. No. 182, 185, 188, 203, and 204.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act for the Relief of Fielding Pratt," "An Act for the Relief of Job Wood," An Act Granting a Pension to Neil Shannon," An Act for the Relief of Levi Johnston," and "An Act for the Relief of Samuel B. Hugo," report... In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 175.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Peter Headrick [i.e., Hedrick] of the State of North Carolina," report... In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 59.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elihu Hall Bay... Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, explanatory of a memorial presented from that body to the Senate, in relation to the proposed bankrupt law. June 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of a board of officers appointed to witness an exhibition of Mighill Nutting's patent cylinder firearms. June 9, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. June 15, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Letter from Alexandre Vattemare. June 15, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 336.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Preston Starritt, report... In Senate of the United States. May 7, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 309.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a document relating to the claim of R.K. Call, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the expenditures of the government from 1824 to 1839, inclusive. May 7, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 30,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance (in part) with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the bonds issued by the Treasury of Florida. May 7, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the military and naval defences of the country. April 27, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. May 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and the Committee discharged. In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 28) for the relief of Ebenezer A. Lester, report... In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lewis Lyttleton Harper, report... In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Johnson and Ann Hughes, report... Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." May 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their affairs. May 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in part compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sale or exchange of government drafts for bank-notes. May 11, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying a grant of land for the construction of a railroad from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River to the states through which said road may pass. May 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 121.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill to cede the public lands to the states within whose limits they respectively lie, on certain conditions, report... Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the bill (H.R. 100) "To Insure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports." May 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Nathan Ranney, collector for the port of St. Louis, Mo., praying increase of compensation. (To accompany S. Bill No. 340.) December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. May 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Benjamin Owens, report... In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Cozard [i.e., Cozad], report... In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Shearborn Dearborn, report... In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Elliot, report... Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the passage of a bankrupt law. May 15, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of New York, memorializing against the passage of the Bill (H.R. 100) To Ensure the More Faithful Execution of the Laws Relating to the Collection of Duties on Imports. May 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 347) "To Establish Ports of Entry in the States of Arkansas and Missouri, and To Allow Debenture on Foreign Goods Conveyed over Land from Such Parts to Mexico." May 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 348.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Rand, report... In Senate of the United States. May 18, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: On the petition of a mercantile house of Nova Scotia... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the special deposites of the government, and the issues of Treasury notes. May 19, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the payment of claims for Revolutionary services. May 19, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of Joseph S. Cannon, late an officer of the United States Navy, praying to be allowed a pension, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Washington City, praying the adoption of measures to compel the banks in the District of Columbia to resume specie payments, or to wind up their affairs. May 19, 1840. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of hatters in the City and State of New York, praying the imposition of a duty on silk-hats. May 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hepzeba Walker, widow of Samuel Walker, report... In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Garrabrants, widow of Garrabrant N. Garrabrants, report... In Senate of the United States. Mary 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Ferguson, report... In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Hall, report... In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Fielder R. Dorsett, report... In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 349.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Edward Criddle, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Georgetown, D.C., praying the recharter of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, and that the banks in the District of Columbia may not be compelled to resume specie payments before a general resumption takes place in Maryland and Virginia. May 22, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the adoption of the improved boarding-pistols and rifles invented by Samuel Colt. May 18, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. May 25, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the disposition of certain presents received from the Imaum of Muscat. May 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 25, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard B. Mason, have had the same under consideration, and report... Memorial of the President and trustees of the town of Green Bay, Wiskonsin Territory, praying the confirmation by Congress of the act of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, incorporating said town. June 1, 1840 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, made the following report: The Committee on the Militia, to whom was referred so much of the report of the Secretary of War, as relates to the reorganization and discipline of the militia, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred an engrossed bill from the House, entitled "An Act for the Relief of William A. Cuddeback," report... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 111.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Alexander H. Everett,"... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 141.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Reuben Murray, of the State of Virginia," report... Memorial of a number of merchants and traders in the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the "Bill To Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." June 3, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the Oregon Territory, praying the extension of the jurisdiction and laws of the United States over that territory. June 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Mary W. Thompson, praying compensation for extra services rendered by her late husband while an officer in the United States Army. June 4, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 139.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Restoring the Name of John Lathram to the Pension-Roll, " report... In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An act for the relief of James Phelps..." Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the renewal and modification of the charter of said city. June 5, 1840. Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph L. Smith and others, praying that the Committee on Agriculture be instructed to make an annual report on the agricultural interests of the Union. June 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying the establishment of a post-route. June 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 365, and Resolution S. 17.) The Committee on the Library has had under consideration the memorial of Mr. Alexandre Vattemare, and report... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 363.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 163, for the relief of William R. Davis, report... Report from the Commissioner of Pensions, on the claim of Conrad Widrig for a pension. June 5, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Pierce, from the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. No. 157. In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 150.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Elizabeth Case, Widow of James Case, Deceased," report... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 77.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 77) entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and Representatives of Thomas Atkinson, Deceased," report... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 81.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 81) entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Wallis, and the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Robert Leckie, and of Jeremiah D. Hayden, Deceased," report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sale or exchange of government drafts for bank-notes. June 5, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the payment of government creditors in depreciated currency. June 5, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of Captain Sanders's report on the improvement of the falls of the Ohio River. June 5, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Militia of the United States. In Senate of the United States, June 8, 1840. Ordered, that the report of the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives of the 20th of March, 1840, transmitting a plan for the reorganization of the militia of the United States; the letter of the Secretary of War of April 9, 1840, explanatory of the same; together with the reports of the Committee on the Militia of the House of Representatives, submitted January 17, 1817, January 9, 1818, and January 22, 1819, be printed for the use of the Senate. Attest: Asbury Dickins, Secretary. Memorial of a number of underwriters in the City of New Orleans, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. June 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence in relation to the proceedings which have taken place for the recovery of Peapatch Island. June 8, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An act for the relief of the heirs of Michael Seitsinger," report... In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Ann Bloomfield," report... In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 295.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the House Bill 295, for the relief of William J. Roberts and William Detherage... In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 296.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 296) for the relief of John Roberts... In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 367.) The Committee on Commerce, having had under consideration the resolution of the Senate instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of modifying the law in relation to seamen discharged in foreign ports, report thereon as follows... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the report of Mr. Owen on the geology and mineralogy of the Territory of Iowa. June 9, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of James Deatley," report... In Senate of the United States. June 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) The Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to David Mellen," report... In Senate of the United States. June 9, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 140.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "An Act Granting a Pension to Benjamin Mitchell,"... Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of New York, remonstrating against the amendment asked for by the memorial of the Board of Trade of that city to the proposed bankrupt law. June 10, 1840. Referred to the select committee on that subject, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, praying indemnification for property destroyed by the enemy during the Revolutionary War. June 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of hatters in Newark, New Jersey, praying the imposition of a duty on imported hats. June 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 364.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 364, for the relief of Ephraim D. Dixon... Resolutions submitted by Mr. Webster, relative to a reduction of the postage on letters. June 10, 1840. Submitted, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, praying the adoption of certain provisions in the proposed bankrupt law. June 11, 1840. Referred to the select committee on that subject, and ordered to be printed. Documents showing the quantity and value of the imports and exports of sugar, during the year ending September 30, 1839. June 1, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, praying the amendment of the bill (S. 324) "To Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." June 1, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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Memorial of a committee of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 378) "To Amend and Continue in Force the Act To Incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington." July 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, praying an appropriation for the construction of a number of wrought-iron cannon, on the plan invented by him. June 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Militia of the United States. In Senate of the United States, June 16, 1840. Ordered, That ten thousand copies be printed of the report of the Secretary of War of March 20, 1840, communicating his plan for the organization of the militia of the United States, and his explanatory letter of April 8, 1840; together with the report of the Secretary of War of January 21, 1790, on the same subject; and the two reports of the Committee on the Militia made to the House of Representatives January 14, 1817, and January 9, 1818; also the bills accompanying the reports of January 17, 1817, and January 9, 1818, and also the act of May 8, 1792, "More Effectually to Provide for the National Defence, by Establishing an Uniform Militia Throughout the United States," and the act of March 2, 1803, "in Addition to an Act Entitled 'an Act More Effectually to Provide for the National Defence, by Establishing an Uniform Militia Throughout the United States.'" Attest: Asbury Dickens, Secretary. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of revenue received between the end of the last fiscal year, and the first day of the present month. June 19, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 372.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of the legal representatives of the widow of Gaspard Phiole to enter a confirmed land claim, report... Memorials and documents in favor of the construction of harbors at Milwaukie, Racine, and Southport, on Lake Michigan. June 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the electors of Dutchess County, New York, in favor of the immediate passage of a bankrupt law. June 19, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of New York, praying the insertion, in any bankrupt law to be passed by Congress, of a provision, requiring the concurrence of a majority in interest of creditors to entitle the debtor to a discharge. June 22, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Louisa S. Owen, widow and administratrix of G.W. Owen, deceased, late collector of the Customs for the port of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of David Green, of Weare, in the State of New Hampshire, and the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 168 and 170.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 168) for the Relief of William York," and "An Act (H.R. 170) Granting a Pension to John Black, of the State of Georgia," report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 209, 218, 239, 240, and 242.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 218) for the Relief of Joseph W. Knipe;" "An Act (H.R. 239) for the Relief of Simon Knipe [i.e., Simon Knight], of New York;" "An Act (H.R. 240) for the Relief of Robert Lucas;" "An Act (H.R. 242) for the Relief of Wilfred Knott;" and "An Act (H.R. 209) for the Relief of Myron Chapin," report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 187, 192, 216, and 219.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 192) for the Relief of James Bailey;" "An Act (H.R. 216) for the Relief of William Sloan;" "An Act (H.R. 187) for the Relief of Samuel M. Asbury;" and "An Act (H.R. 219) for the Relief of Levi M. Roberts;" report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 225, 231, 234.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 234) for the Relief of Josiah Strong," "An Act (H.R. 225) for the Relief of Samuel Brown," and "An Act (H.R. 234) [i.e., H.R. 231]for the Relief of Lieutenant John Allison," report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. Nos. 190, 195, 196, 198, 205, and 206.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An act (H.R. 190) for the benefit of Thomas Collins," "An act (H.R. 196) granting a pension to John H. Lincoln," " An act (H.R. 195) for the relief of Hiram Saul," "An act (H.R. 198) for the relief of Nathaniel Davis," "An act (H.R. 205) for the relief of Barton Hooper," and "An act (H.R. 206) for the relief of Isaac Justice," report... In Senate of the United States. June 22, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 373.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, assignee of George Tucker, for the confirmation of his claim to a tract of eighty arpens square, report... In Senate of the United States. June 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 122, 131, 135, and 152.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 135) Granting a Pension to Elijah Fouchee [i.e., Foochee];" "An Act (H.R. 131) for the Relief of Hugh Davis;" "An Act (H.R. 122) for the Relief of Jabez Collins;" " and "An Act (H.R. 152) for the Relief of Thruston Cornell," report... In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 377.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claims of the heirs of Antonio Gras, report... In Senate of the United States. June 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 379.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claims of John Mitchell and B.F. Fox, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending on the 30th September, 1839. June 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Documents relating to the claims of Wallis and Arthur, and others, for compensation for rations furnished to, and the use of wagons, &c. by, the Missouri volunteers, who were called into the service of the United States, in 1836, against the Sac and Iowa Indians. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. June 26, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the adjustment of the northeastern boundary. June 29, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of masters of vessels engaged in the commerce of the City of New York, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2d, 1837, concerning pilots. June 29, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, remonstrating against the passage of any law compelling owners of steamboats to use any particular description of machinery. June 29, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 209.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill To Provide for Satisfying Outstanding Claims to Bounty Lands for Military Services in the Late War with Great Britain... In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: The Joint Committee on the Library, which was instructed "to inquire into the expediency of appropriating $500, to be expended under the direction of the Secretaries of War and Navy, for the purpose of preserving and arranging for inspection and reference the mineral and geological specimens belonging to the government," report... In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 381.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of John McClanahan for a pension, report... In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. No. 221, 224, and 241.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. No. 221) Granting a Pension to William Butterfield," "An Act (H.R. No. 224) for the Relief of David Wilson," and "An Act (H.R. No. 241) Granting a Pension to John Brown," report... In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 217, 220, 229.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred "An Act (H.R. 229) for the Relief of Benjamin McCullock [i.e., McCulloch]"; "An Act (H.R. 217) for the Relief of Robert Whittet"; and "An Act (H.R. 220) Granting a Pension to Lyman N. Cook," report... Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New Orleans, praying the amendment of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. June 30, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 383.) The Committee on Commerce have again considered the memorial of certain officers of the Revenue Service, who were placed under the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, and further report... In Senate of the United States. June 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the memorial of Gilbert Stalker and N.B. Hill, with additional documents, report... Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to the claims of Isaac Austin, Elijah Blodget, Stephen Appleby, Isaac Boyd, and William Glover. June 30, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Pierce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the military and naval preparations of the British authorities on the northern frontier of the United States. July 1, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, exhibiting the transfers of appropriations in the Navy Department since the commencement of the present year. July 2, 1840. 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 1839. July 3, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and Directors of the Patriotic Bank of Washington, praying an extension of their charter. July 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the marine insurance companies of the City of New York, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. July 6, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Washington City, praying the enactment of a law requiring the use in steamboats of Raub's safety-valve. July 7, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the construction of certain roads in the Territory of Iowa. July 7, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 225.) Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the appropriations to be expended in the District of Columbia since the location of the seat of government therein. July 9, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 62.) On the petition of Gilbert Smith to be allowed a bounty on the schooner Lilly, engaged in the fishery... Documents relating to the opening of an inlet at or near Nag's Head, on the coast of North Carolina. July 11, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the transfer to the State of Maryland of the stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, standing in the name of the United States. July 11, 1840. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Resolution S. No. 21. Petition of a number of citizens of Detroit, praying an appropriation for the completion of a railroad from that city to the northern boundary of the State of Ohio. July 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1840. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Jackson County, Alabama, praying the payment of claims of certain Alabama volunteers for horses lost and killed in a campaign against the Seminole Indians, report... Memorial of a number of tobacco planters, in the State of Kentucky, praying the adoption of measures to cause that staple to be received into European markets on fair and liberal terms. June 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the renewal of the charters of the banks in the District of Columbia. July 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the superintendent of the construction of standard weights and measures. July 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the 3d Municipality of the City of New Orleans, against the extension of the limits of the port of New Orleans. July 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the daily employment of the several officers of the customs. December 24, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. July 16, 1840. Discharged, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 378) "To Amend and Continue in Force the Acts To Incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington." July 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the Town and County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying the retrocession of that part of said district to the State of Virginia. July 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown, the Bank of the Metropolis, and the Patriotic Bank of Washington, praying the extension of their charters until the 4th of March next. July 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia; resolution (S. 22) reported. July 20, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the purchases of Indian lands since the establishment of the present Federal Government. July 20, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the President of the United States, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the report of Captain M.C. Perry, in relation to the light-houses of England and France. July 20, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the petition of H.L. Thistle was referred, present the accompanying communication from the Ordnance board... In Senate of the United States. July 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom a resolution was referred, instructing them "to inquire into the expediency of requiring forts to be erected on the western extremity of Ship Island, and on the bar or middle ground between Cat and Ship Islands, in the State of Mississippi,"... Statements showing 1st, appropriations made during the 1st session of the 26th Congress; 2d, the offices created, and the salaries thereof; 3d, the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. August 4, 1840. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act approved July 4, 1836, "to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes." Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the aggregate amount and value of all imports, deducting reshipments; and the aggregate amount of duties collected in each state of the Union, since 1821. July 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) The Select Committee, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives "To Establish a Uniform Rule of Computing the Mileage of Members of Congress,"... In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1840. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, directing an inquiry into the expediency of compensating Hiram H. Lewis and William T. Lewis, for two horses lost by them while in the military service of the United States, report... |
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list of reports to be made to Congress at the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House by the Chief Clerk. December 2, 1839. Estimates for 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the estimate of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1840. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 24, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. December 27, 1839. Ordered, that 15,000 copies of the message of the President of the United States, without the accompanying documents, and 5,000 copies with the documents, be printed; that the 15,000 copies without the documents be furnished within four days; and that the printing be executed under the direction of the Clerk. Iowa and Missouri -- boundary. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the dispute between the State of Missouri and the Territory of Iowa, respecting the boundary line between the said state and territory. December 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual expenditure from 1789 to 1837, and losses by public defalcations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of moneys expended by each administration of the government from 1789 to 1837, and the amount annually lost by defalcations of public officers. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles J. Ingersoll. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the accounts of Charles J. Ingersoll. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Finance -- and estimate of appropriations for 1840. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances; also an estimate of appropriations for the year 1840. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table. December 30, 1839. Ten thousand copies extra ordered to be printed. Transfer of appropriation -- War Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War of transfers of appropriations under the act of 3rd March, 1809, &c. &c. December 30, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Transfer of appropriations -- Treasury Department, 1839. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury of a transfer of appropriations under the act of the 3d of March, 1809. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Abstract of returns of registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of registered seamen. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Department of State for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. |
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Sale of damaged or useless paper. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the sale of damaged or useless paper, under the authority of a resolution of the House of December 31, 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Accounts. Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled on the books of the Fourth Auditor for three years prior to the thirtieth of September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Applicants for pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the acting Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to Revolutionary, invalid, and other pensioners, who have made application for pensions or renewal of pensions. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses House of Representatives. Report of the Clerk House of Representatives U.S. of expenditures from the contingent fund of the House for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Accounts. Operations of the General Land Office, since December 17, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the operations of said Office since December 17, 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Wiskonsin Mining District. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the petition of the inhabitants of the Wiskonsin mining district, praying for a redress of grievances. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Trade with the British colonial ports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the effect and operations of the existing arrangements between the United States and Great Britain, regulating the trade with the British American colonies. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Funds of the Chickasaws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds of the Chickasaw Indians. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Block Island Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of a survey, with a view to the construction of a harbor on Block Island, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Public expenditures -- 1835 to 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, 1839, in relation to payments made at the Treasury for the years 1835 to 1838, inclusive. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of January, 1839, in relation to iron imported and used in railroads and steamboats. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Fines, forfeitures, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by resolutions of the House of Representatives, of January 14, 1839, in relation to fines and forfeitures for the last five years; also of money received as fees by any officers of the government, &c. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Coast Survey -- weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, upon the subject of the coast survey and the progress of preparing standard weights and measures. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund for the War Department for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditure of the War Department. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the Navy Department for the year 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department. Transfer of appropriations, 1839 -- naval. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of transfer of naval appropriations for 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Third Auditor's Office -- unsettled accounts, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting reports from the Third Auditor, viz: I. A statement of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year. II. A statement of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years. III. An abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late accountant of the War Department, which remain to be accounted for. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all contracts made in his office during the year ending December 1, 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Balances on the books Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September last. December 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure -- public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in obedience to the act of the 3rd March, 1829. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of disbursements under the head of contingent expenses of the naval establishment, to September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Naval Department. Protect vessels -- whale fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury upon the subject of protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Boundary -- Missouri and Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the disputed boundary between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and French ship Alexandre. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to French vessels from Guiana and Senegal, and to duties levied in Newport upon the French ship Alexandre. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sixth census. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the law for taking the sixth census. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reorganization of the Navy Department. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, of a plan for the reorganization of the Navy Department. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Merchants of the United States at Canton, China. Memorial of R.B. Forbes and others, American citizens, merchants in Canton, China, for a commercial agent to be sent out to China to negotiate, if possible, a commercial treaty, with a naval force for the protection of the persons resident there, and property belonging to citizens of the United States. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Massachusetts Legislature -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, on the subject of the public lands. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Frauds on the revenue, &c. -- Southbridge, Mass. Memorial of inhabitants of Southbridge, Massachusetts, for a revision of the laws for the collection of duties, &c. January 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table, under the rule. Charles Bulfinch, et al. -- lands in Oregon. Memorial of Charles Bulfinch, et al., praying that their title to certain lands in the Territory of Oregon may be confirmed. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Estimates -- Indian Department -- for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 4.) January 17, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Estimate for the Army -- 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 5.) January 22, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Estimate -- Post Office Department, for 1840. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Post Office Department for the year 1840. January 25, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate for the Office of the Third Auditor for 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Estimate for the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions for the year 1840. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 8.) January 27, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Duties on imported linens, silks, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of duties on imported linens, silks, &c. February 4, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Seamen of the United States. Memorial of seamen of the United States, for the correction of various abuses in the service. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. National foundry -- Connecticut. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, upon the subject of a national foundry. February 5, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Mix, widow of Mervine [i.e., Mervin] P. Mix. Memorial of Ann Mix, widow of M.P. Mix, late master commandant in the Navy of the United States, praying compensation for the use by the United States of the "patent manger stopper," a machine invented by, and patented to, said Mix, for paying out chain cables. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Exploration -- South Seas. Memorial of Edmund Fanning, respectfully soliciting a loan from Congress to the support and advancement of commerce, the fisheries, &c., by exploration in the South Seas. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Polly Hall. Petition of Polly Hall, widow and executrix, and the heirs of Lot Hall, deceased, for remuneration for Revolutionary services and prize money. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Alexandre Vattemare. Memorial of Alexandre Vattemare. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Library. Smithsonian bequest. Memorial of the corporation of the City of Washington on the subject of the Smithsonian bequest. February 5, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards. Petition of Sally Webster and Elizabeth Edwards, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. State of Vermont -- public lands. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Vermont, in favor of a distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several states. February 5, 1840. Read and laid upon the table. |
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Against the use of spirits -- Army and Navy. Memorial of inhabitants of Addison and Steuben Counties, in the State of New York, against the use of ardent spirits in the Army and Navy. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Contracts -- War Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts by the Department for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Illinois -- Legislature -- grant land for internal improvements -- constructing railroads, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of disbursements from the contingent fund of the Department for 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Post Office Department. Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the eleventh annual report of the directors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Real estate taken in execution, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, upon the subject of liens upon property taken in execution, and purchased for the United States, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Expenses of government of Wisconsin, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of February 6, 1840, in relation to the expenses of the government of the Territory of Wisconsin, &c. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reservation at Fort Snelling. Resolutions of the Assembly of Wiskonsin. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Condition of the banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the returns of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Pension laws now in force. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of October last, in relation to the several pension laws now in force, &c. January 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. March 9, 1840. On motion of Mr. Hand, 5,000 copies of this document were ordered to be printed for the use of the members. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1839. 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 the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1839, and the sum paid to each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Indian warfare. Memorial of Stephen R. Riggs et al. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mary W. Thompson. Memorial of Mary W. Thompson, widow of Alexander R. Thompson, late lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, praying for compensation for certain extra services rendered by her late husband, &c. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mechanics -- Navy yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. Memorial of the mechanics of the Navy yard, Brooklyn, New York, for employment. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, on the bill making appropriation for the naval service, for the year 1840. Massachusetts claim. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, concerning claim for services, disbursements, and expenditures, during the late war. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. James Thomson. Petition of James Thomson, agent of British and Foreign Bible Society, for a remission of duties of bibles imported into Canada, through the United States. February 5, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. American Philosophical Society. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of magnetic and meteorological observations. February 5, 1840. Referred to a select committee of nine; consisting of Messrs. J.Q. Adams, Naylor, Davee, Sumter, Wise, Granger, Dawson, Duncan, Montgomery. New Jersey Legislature -- contested election. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on the subject of the contested election of the representatives from that state. February 6, 1840. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Galena Chamber of Commerce. Memorial of the Galena Chamber of Commerce, relative to the obstructions of the navigation on the rapids of the Mississippi River. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Wisconsin. Petition of inhabitants of Wisconsin, to separate the offices of Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Wisconsin; and that the people have leave to elect the Governor, and that the Superintendent reside among the Indians. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Legislature of Louisiana. February 6, 1840. Read and referred, Nos. 4 and 11 to the Committee on the Public Lands, and No. 9 to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Alabama Legislature -- Creek depredations. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking Congress to compensate certain citizens of Alabama for depredations by the Creek Indians, February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Jeremiah Smith. Memorials of the Legislative Assembly of Iowa, in favor of paying Jeremiah Smith for buildings destroyed, &c. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Indians -- Stockbridge, Wiskonsin. Petition from the Stockbridge Nation of Indians in Wiskonsin, for remuneration for the expenses of their removal from New York; and that the title to their lands be guarantied to them by the United States. February 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Massachusetts -- frauds on the revenue. Petition of Parks, Wright, and Company, and others, in relation to frauds upon the revenue. January 13, 1840. Debate -- laid on the table under rule. February 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department -- from October 1, 1838, to September 30, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments made from the contingent funds of the Treasury Department for the year ending September 30, 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department, and the compensation allowed to each. February 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Imports and exports -- 1837 and 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of January, 1839, in relation to the imports and exports of the United States for the years 1837 and 1838. February 12, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- Treasury Department --- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of contracts made by the Department for 1839, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury Department. Miscellaneous claims -- Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of miscellaneous claims paid at the Treasury, &c. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Balances due by receivers of public moneys. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances due by receivers of public money, which have remained due and unpaid more than three years. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Revenue cutters -- expenses of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the annual disbursements on account of each revenue cutter from 1830 to 1837, inclusive. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Consuls -- Barbary powers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amounts drawn from the Treasury in the year 1839, on account of expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Land -- Navy yard -- Charlestown, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in relation to certain lots situated within the limits of the Navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Purchase of island -- confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting proceedings, under joint resolution of Congress of the 13th of February last, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi Rivers. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Pay of officers of the exploring expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the allowance of additional pay to the officers of the exploring expedition. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Appropriations -- naval service, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the annual appropriations for the naval service for the year 1839, and the expenditures of the same. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Navy Department. Clerks -- General Post Office. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks employed, and the compensation of each, for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Survey -- Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., Navy yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports of surveys of the harbors of Beaufort and Wilmington, N.C., with a view to the establishment of a Navy yard, under act of Congress of 3d March, 1837. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Maryland upon the subject of a surrender, to the said state, of the stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company belonging to the United States, &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Operations of the Mint of the United States, 1839. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report showing the operations of the Mint during the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mint at New Orleans -- branch. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of the branch mint at New Orleans for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Engineer Department -- public works. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplementary report of the Chief Engineer, in relation to certain public works under the superintendence of the Engineer Department. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Steam vessels -- Revenue Service. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the employment of steam vessels in the Revenue-Cutter Service. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Biennial Register. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, explaining the causes which have prevented a compliance with the resolution of Congress, for the distribution of the Biennial Register. February 12, 1840. Referred to the select committee on the subject of the public printing. Boundary -- Iowa and Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information from the Governor of Iowa, in relation to the disputed boundary between that territory and the State of Missouri. February 12, 1840. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and the arms, &c., manufactured therein, from the 1st January to the 30th September, 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Clerks -- State Department -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks employed in his Department during the year 1839, and the compensation of each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. Clarke and Force's Documentary History. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the contract with Clarke and Force for the publication of the Documentary History of the United States. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reorganization of the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan for the reorganization of the Indian Department, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of March last. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Contingent expenses -- military establishment, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of moneys, appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment, for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the War Department. Land patents, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of February, 1839, in relation to the correcting, examining, signing, and issuing of patents, &c., &c. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Patent Office -- annual report of Commissioner. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting statements of the operations of the Patent Office for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Patents. Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department -- for 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1839, and of the balances unexpended. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Militia of the United States -- 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, their arms, &c. &c., for the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Indian Department -- persons employed in 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names, &c., of persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1839. February 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Clerks -- War Department, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1839, and the compensation of each. February 12, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditure in the War Department. Printing of the House of Representatives. Memorial of practical printers of the City of Washington, praying to be employed as printers of the House of Representatives of the United States. February 12, 1840. Referred to the select committee upon the subject to which it relates. State of the Treasury -- February 15, 1840. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, &c., &c. February 17, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial -- Indians -- Cherokee delegation. Memorial of the delegation of the Cherokee Nation. March 9, 1840. Presented by Mr. Corwin, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 12, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Tonnage duty on Spanish vessels. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of tonnage duties on Spanish vessels in the ports of the United States. March 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sites for marine hospitals. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by a report of the Surgeon General of the Army, in relation to the selection of sites for marine hospitals, &c. &c. March 12, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Removals from office since 1789. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting lists of officers who derive their appointment from the President and Senate, who have been dismissed from office since the 3d of March, 1789; rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d March, 1839. March 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1839. March 13, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the boundary between the United States and the British Province of New Brunswick, called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant. March 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Wiskonsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wiskonsin, in relation to a military road from Fort Howard to Fort Snelling. March 16, 1840. Laid on the table. R.K. Call. Memorial of Richard K. Call. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Alabama Legislature -- reimburse expenses Indian wars. Preamble and joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, claiming restitution for money advanced by that state on account of Indian hostilities within the same. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Robert Anderson -- plan to provide for old soldiers. March 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. National foundry -- inhabitants of Pennsylvania. Memorial of the inhabitants of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, favorable to the establishment of a national foundry in its anthracite region, and in the vicinity of Pottsville. March 16, 1840. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject of a national foundry. Compensation -- clerks, marshals, and attorneys, U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 28, 1839, respecting the compensation of district attorneys, clerks, and marshals, during the year 1839. March 18, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims -- Florida War. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to claims growing out of the Florida War. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Joseph H. Walters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Topographical Engineer, upon the memorial of Joseph H. Walters. March 18, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Investments in state stocks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of moneys invested in the stocks of the several states, &c. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Horses lost in Creek and Seminole Wars. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th instant, respecting the progress which has been made in the settlement of claims for horses lost in the Creek and Seminole Wars. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Payment of annuities to Indians on the Des Moines River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th ult., in relation to troops employed to guard the payment of annuities to Indians on the Des Moines River. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. City post office -- removal of. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the removal of the Washington City Post Office. March 19, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Allowances to contractors, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of allowances made to contractors within the year preceding the 1st July, 1839, &c., &c. March 19, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Emoluments, &c. -- officers of the Customs, 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Comptroller, of the official emoluments and expenditures, for the year 1839, of the officers of the Customs, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Iowa militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February last, respecting the militia of Iowa, &c. March 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Spanish claims -- St. Augustine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver at St. Augustine, East Florida, upon certain Spanish claims. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Balances on books of the revenue. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances standing on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by the collectors of the Customs and others, and which have been due more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1839. February 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands of the United States in Tennessee. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 10th of February, instant, touching the situation, quantity, quality, and probable value, of the lands of the United States lying within the limits of the State of Tennessee. February 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Trade with China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 7th instant, calling for information respecting the condition of the citizens of the United States doing business in China, the state of the American trade with that country, &c., &c. February 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Land sold and unsold in each state since 1830. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, calling for statements of the quantity of public lands which have been sold, and remaining unsold since 1830, which have been in market for periods of 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years. February 25, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Military Academy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 26.) Estimates of the Engineer Department for 1840. February 29, 1840. Laid before the House by Mr. Vanderpoel, from the Committee of Ways and Means. Foundation for statue of Washington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 244.) March 5, 1840. Smithsonian legacy. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. December 14, 1838. Referred to the select committee, appointed on the 10th December, instant, on the messages of the President of the United States on the same subject. January 10, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. March 5, 1840. Ordered to be reprinted. |
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