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Serial set 386	Search or seizure of American vessels on coast of Africa, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to seizures or search of American vessels, &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table Passengers who arrived in the U. States -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the number of passengers who have arrived in the United States from foreign countries during the year 1840. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia of the United States -- returns of. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, for the year 1840. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of the Customs -- emoluments of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs; also, statements of the fees of such officers for certificates to accompany distilled spirits, wines, and teas, and for commissions on disbursements as superintendents of light-houses, and as agents for marine hospitals. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- Treasury Department -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of contracts made by the Department for 1840, &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands -- alternate sections on the Miami Canal, &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 the 23d of December last, in relation to lands lying along and adjoining, and within the line of alternate sections, sold since January 1, 1830, to 1st January, 1836; and, also, copies of instructions given from the General Land Office, relating to withholding from sale lands on the route of the Miami Canal. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims for horses, &c. lost in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d December last, respecting claims presented to the Department for horses, &c. lost in the several campaigns in Florida, against the Seminole Indians, &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of tools used -- northern and western lakes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the sale of tools used on the public works on the great northern and western lakes. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Register of the Treasury in relation to the annual statement of commerce and navigation. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. 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 4, 1841. Expenditures, &c., Post Office Department -- 1840. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the expenditures of the Department, for the year ending 30th June, 1840, &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 17th December, 1840, respecting the surplus or additional sections lying along or adjoining the alternate sections on the Miami Canal, in the State of Ohio; and also, respecting the withholding from sale lands on the route of said Miami Canal and on the Auglaize River, &c., &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table.	12
Serial set 387	Attorneys General -- construction of public laws. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of opinions given by Attorneys General, &c., which give construction to the public laws not of a temporary character. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table.	1
Serial set 388	Alteration of Doc. H.R. No. 185 -- Amistad Case. January 4, 1841. Read, and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject General Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 629.) February 12, 1841. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 648.) February 12, 1841. C. de la Hailandiere. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Moses Archer. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. George W. Walton. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Knowlton -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 623.) February 12, 1841. Benjamin Hunt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 666.) February 12, 1841. Humphrey Willard. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Mary Hitchcock. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Samuel Holgate. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Richard C. Langdon. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Benjamin C. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 567.) January 4, 1841. Ann F. Perrine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 587.) January 7, 1841. James Pennoyer. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William Newton. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Citizens of West Florida -- injuries, &c., by troops of United States in 1814. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 639.) February 12, 1841. Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 546.) December 22, 1840. State stocks. December 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. William Waller [i.e., Weller]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 568.) January 4, 1841. David A. Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) January 4, 1841. Huldah Farlow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 571.) January 4, 1841. Ellen Turney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 572.) January 4, 1841. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 573.) January 4, 1841. Jacob Jackson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 574.) January 4, 1841. Emanuel Shrofe [i.e., Srofe]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 575.) January 4, 1841. Joseph M. Rhea. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 576.) January 4, 1841. Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 577.) January 4, 1841. Representatives of David Noble. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 578.) January 4, 1841. David W. Haley and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 579.) January 4, 1841. Robert Whittet. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. John Vanslyck. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Ebenezer Pierce. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Patrick O'Hara. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Samuel Neely. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. George Gale. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Raymond A. Henderson. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. James Maguire. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Reps. of Basil Spalding. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Jabez Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 560.) January 4, 1841. John Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 561.) January 4, 1841. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 562.) January 4, 1841. Charles M. Hyliard. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Major Sylvester Churchill. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Trufton [i.e., Trafton]. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John G. Perkins, James Perkins, and Joseph Perkins. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Holbrook. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel T. Anderson. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Joshua Hillyard. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Elijah S. Bell. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. David Bartlett. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Executors of James Purvis. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Ebenezer Dewey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 570.) January 4, 1841. French spoliations previous to 1800. January 4, 1841. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to which is committed Bill No. 319, on the same subject. Richard Perry. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Anna Swinerton. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Daniel W. Church. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. James S. Hall. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Falling of the chandelier. January 6, 1841. Read, and concurred in by the House. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 595.) January 8, 1841. Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 596.) January 8, 1841. Raub's safety-valves. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 484, 485, and 486.) July 10, 1840. Submitted. January 8, 1841. Reprinted. Littlejohn Wilkins, John Lynch, William P. Ford, and Alexander Patrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 599.) January 9, 1841. Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 600.) January 9, 1841. Roads through public lands in Wiskonsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 516.) July 21, 1840. Laid on the table. January 9, 1841. Printed by order of the House. Navigation of rivers in Wiskonsan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 517.) July 21, 1840. Laid on the table. January 9, 1841. Printed by order of the House. Removal of postmasters. December 23, 1840. Read, and laid on the table, under the rule. Thomas Eldridge. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 603.) January 16, 1841. F.C. Sanford, for the owners of the ship Lexington, of Nantucket. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 604.) January 16, 1841. B. Fearing and others -- owners of the schooner Joseph of Wareham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 605.) January 16, 1841. Extend the Port of New Orleans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 606.) January 16, 1841. Printing and binding public documents. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. George Fisher. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William B. Whitehead. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel B. Tuck. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Doctor F. Wheedon. January 16, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Lavinia York. January 16, 1841. Ordered to lie on the table. William Clendening. January 16, 1841. Laid on the table. Marine Hospital, City Point, Virginia. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Dallam and Hamburgh. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Phillis Tatton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 640.) February 12, 1841. Elizabeth Bishop. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 641.) February 12, 1841. Nathan Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162 [i.e., 642].) February 12, 1841. Mary Reed. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) February 12, 1841. Samuel Patch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 644.) February 12, 1841. Clements, Bryan & Co. (To accompany Bill S. No. 97.) February 12, 1841. Lydia Hoard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 646.) February 12, 1841. Joseph Plumb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 645.) February 12, 1841. Sarah Decker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 647.) February 12, 1841. Raft -- Red River. (To accompany Bill S. No. 57.) February 12, 1841. William R. Joynes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) February 12, 1841. Wilfred Knott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 655.) February 12, 1841. Daniel Chase. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 656.) February 12, 1841. John Hicks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 651 [i.e., 657].) February 12, 1841. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 658.) February 12, 1841. Jonathan Bean. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 659.) February 12, 1841. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 660.) February 12, 1841. George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 661.) February 12, 1841. Samuel Dicy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) February 12, 1841. Hugh Wallace Wormley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 663.) February 12, 1841. John Piper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 664.) February 12, 1841. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 667.) February 12, 1841. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 668.) February 12, 1841. Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 669.) February 12, 1841. Lyman N. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 670.) February 12, 1841. William Butterfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 665.) February 12, 1841. Daniel Pettibone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 672.) February 12, 1841. Hugh Stewart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) February 12, 1841. Pearson Cogswell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 678.) February 12, 1841. Rebecca Guest. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 680.) February 12, 1841. President elect. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. William J. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 617.) February 12, 1841. Charles Holt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 618.) February 12, 1841. John Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 619.) February 12, 1841. Henry J. Defrees and Stephen Jenny. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) February 12, 1841. Rignald, alias Nick Hillary. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) February 12, 1841. Nathaniel Irish -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) February 12, 1841. Heirs of William [i.e., Richard] Shubrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 624.) February 12, 1841. Obed P. Lacey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 625.) February 12, 1841. James Fort Muse et ux. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 626.) February 12, 1841. Valerian Allain. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 627.) February 12, 1841. Rees Bowen Ward. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 628.) February 12, 1841. Enlistment of boys in the Army. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 630.) February 12, 1841. Reimburse Vermont for militia services. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) February 12, 1841. Joseph Morrill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 634.) February 12, 1841. Lieut. James Glynn and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 635.) February 12, 1841. Mary Ripley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 636.) February 12, 1841. Alter term of the sessions of the Legislature of Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 638.) February 12, 1841. Peter Huston. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Shane. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Hugh Mulloy. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Printing and binding public documents. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Gideon A. Perry. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. William Sims. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Jacob Miller. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Reuben W. [i.e., M.] Gibbs. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Philip Anspach. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Jeremiah Wright. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Palmer Branch. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Aston. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. John Johnson. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Davis. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Spears. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James Bailey. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Ellen A. Schmuck, widow of Captain Jacob Schmuck. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Coffin Lamborn. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Peleg Tallman. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Steers. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Elisha Plumb. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. George Miller. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Marshall. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William Parker, a Seneca Indian. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. J.W. Nye, assignee of P. Bargy. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Mason Tutt. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Wm. Jones, late postmaster at Washington City. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Polly Downing, and others -- Revolutionary pension cases. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Samuel Quarles. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Alabama -- inhabitants of Bibb County -- pay postmaster, &c. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Sally C. and Eliza S. [i.e., F.] Wenwood. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Heirs of James Murray. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Ephraim Bowen. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Catherine Telfair, daughter of Captain Isaiah Wool. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Tarlton Woodson's heirs -- for commutation. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Nathan Williams. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Marcus Brown. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Heirs of Captain Joseph Michaux. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Thomas Rutledge. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Joseph Hobson. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Robert Vance. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Goodell. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. Charles Taylor. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Augustin Willett. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Chenoweth -- heirs of. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Biscoe. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James H. Relfe. (To accompany Bill S. No. 140.) February 12, 1841. John C. Reynolds. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 145.) February 12, 1841. Francis Gehon. (To accompany Bill S. No. 139.) February 12, 1841. Walter Loomis & Abel Gay. (To accompany Bill S. No. 127.) February 12, 1841. Narcissa Carmouch. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Thomas -- heirs of. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry A. Rogers and William Rogers. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Frances P. Gardner. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Rosanna McConn. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Frances Barr. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Mary D. Babson. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah A. Bacon. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Commodore James Barron -- ventilation for ships, &c. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Heirs of James Jackson, of England. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Alexander Scott. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Corporation of Jacksonville, Fla. -- charter for. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Criminal court -- St. Augustine, Florida. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Daniel McCarty. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. John B. Fulks. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. John Clark. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Keziah Ransom. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Andrews. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Campbell. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Ebenezer Blackshire -- widow of. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Burning of the steamboat Caroline, and the imprisonment of McLeod. February 13, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Revenue and expenses -- 1841. December 17, 1840. Read, and laid over one day, under the rule. Amend the rules. December 17, 1840. Read, and, giving rise to debate, laid over under the rule. Frauds -- mineral lands -- Wiskonsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 495.) December 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Heirs of Lieut. Jonathan Dye. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358 [i.e., 538].) December 22, 1840. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 540.) December 22, 1840. James Deatly [i.e., Deatley]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 541.) December 22, 1840. Daniel Story. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 542.) December 22, 1840. Vincent Vass. December 22, 1840. Laid on the table. Expenditures -- branch mint at Charlotte, N.C. July 21, 1840. Mr. Stanly, from the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, made the following report, which was laid on the table. December 22, 1840. On motion of Mr. Stanly, resolved, that the report made by the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, relating to the branch mint at Charlotte, North Carolina, be printed. Jeremiah Fields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 545.) December 23, 1840. Wm. P. Rathbone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 547.) December 23, 1840. Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 548.) December 23, 1840. Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 549.) December 23, 1840. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 551.) December 23, 1840. John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 552.) December 23, 1840. Heirs of John Wilkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 553.) December 23, 1840. Benjamin C. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 554.) December 23, 1840. Phelps and Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 555.) December 23, 1840. James Frazier. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph S. Thomas. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Landon C. Peters. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William D. Cheever -- executrix of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 563.) January 4, 1841. John L. Cline. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 564.) January 4, 1841. James Maglenen's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 565.) January 4, 1841. W. Bailey and E. Sweetland, widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 566.) January 4, 1841. Judge Conkling. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Coal consumed in steamboats -- drawback of duties on. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Hopewell Hebb. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William Palms. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. J.W. Nye, assignee of Peter Bargy, Jr. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Harper. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah Graves. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Phillips, administrator of Felt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 584.) January 7, 1841. George H. Slaughter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 585.) January 7, 1841. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 594.) January 8, 1841. Diantha Thompson. February 12, 1841. Laid upon the table. James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 550.) December 23, 1840. Asylum -- military. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 588.) January 7, 1841. John Lybrook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 590.) January 7, 1841. Beriah Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 591.) January 7, 1841. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 592.) January 7, 1841. Maine -- militia services. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 527.) January 7, 1841. Jared Gossage. January 7, 1841. Laid on the table. William A. Houston. January 7, 1841. Laid on the table. Simon Smith. January 7, 1841. Laid on the table. William J. Stillwell. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Rufus Henry. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James K. George. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Hunt. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Sky, an Onondaga chief. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Cottriall. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Murphy. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) February 12, 1841. Francis Griffith. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table Allen Sammons. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table	253
Serial set 389	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, May 31, 1841, and in the sixty-sixth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 390	Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to political offences committed by officers of the government. June 17, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a number of citizens of the City of New York, in behalf of certain American citizens, who were captured by the military forces of Great Britain in the Canadas, and are now prisoners at Van Dieman's land. July 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the appointment of additional clerks in the General Land Office. August 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the cause of delay in answering a call of the Senate, in relation to issues of scrip on Virginia military land warrants. August 20, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York City, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law. June 21, 1841. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to restrict the eligibility of the President to a single term. June 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the establishment of a protective tariff. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Surry County, Va., adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, the establishment of a protective tariff, &c. &c. September 6, 1841. 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 advances made to collectors and disbursing agents. September 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. September 8, 1841. Mr. Bayard, from the select committee appointed the 3d July last, reported the following resolution; which was read, passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents. Resolution for the employment of a corps of reporters of the Senate... Motion by Mr. Bayard, to rescind a resolution of the Senate, passed the 16th January, 1837. September 8, 1841. 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 investment of Indian moneys in state stocks. September 9, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Sussex County, Va. Adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the establishment of a protective tariff. September 9, 1841. 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, correspondence with disbursing officers and agents, in relation to their deposits in banks. September 9, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Knox County, Ohio, adverse to the measures of the dominant party in Congress, &c. September 10, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Albemarle County, Virginia, disapproving the measures of the dominant party in Congress. September 10, 1841. 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 payment of the money to the United States, from the Pennsylvania Bank of the United States. September 11, 1841. 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, the reports of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of the public buildings, and the conduct of the superintendents thereof. August 25, 1841. Read. September 11, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. September 13, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Benton, to the motion submitted by Mr. Bayard, to rescind a resolution of the Senate... Statements showing: 1st, the appropriations made during the 1st session of the 27th Congress; 2d, the offices created, and the salaries thereof; and, 3d, the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase during the same period. September 14, 1841. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. June 3, 1841. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, 1841. June 3, 1841. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a national bank. June 7, 1841. Referred to the select committee, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions declaring the nature of the business to be transacted during the present session of Congress. June 7, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several states. June 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. June 10, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Philadelphia, praying the adoption of measures for the defense of the River Delaware, and the protection of that city. June 11, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Prince George's County, Maryland, praying the recharter of the banks in the Town of Alexandria, District of Columbia. June 14, 1841. 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 payment of the balance due from the Bank of the United States. June 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the receipts and expenditures during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. June 15, 1841. 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 payment of balances due from banks to the United States. June 15, 1841. Read, 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 appointment of a Board of Commissioners to investigate the condition of the public works in the District of Columbia. June 17, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the re-eligibility of the President of the United States, and to the limitation of the office to a single term. June 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of making provision for indemnification for French spoliations committed prior to the year 1800. June 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,500 additional copies, with the bill annexed, be furnished for the use of the Senate. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 5.) Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, submitted the following report: The Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relates to a uniform currency and a suitable fiscal agent capable of adding increased facilities in the collection and disbursement and security of the public revenues... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the return of the Mediterranean squadron to the United States. June 21, 1841. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the establishment of a national bank. June 21, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a retrospective bankrupt law. June 21, 1841. Presented, 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 payment of Florida claims since the 4th day of March last. June 21, 1841. Read, 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, a report of the survey of the coast from Appalachicola Bay to the mouth of the Mississippi River. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in relation to the disposal of the public lands. June 22, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to restrict the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law, and of the establishment of a national bank. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session. June 23, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. June 23, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, abstracts of the returns of the census. June 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1841. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 2.) Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom were referred so much of the President's message as relates to that subject, "A Bill To Appropriate for a Limited Time the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," resolutions of several of the states, and resolutions of the Senate on the same subject, have had the same under consideration, and report... Memorial of a number of citizens of New York City, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. June 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. June 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, recommending an extension of time for completing the enumeration and returns of the sixth census. June 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. June 30, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment or assumption of state stocks by the general government. June 30, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, correcting an error in his report of the 12th ultimo, showing the receipts and expenditures during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. July 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Camden, South Carolina, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. July 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence with the Prussian government, in relation to the duties levied on tobacco in the German states of the Custom Union. July 3, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and a protective tariff. July 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Superintendent of standard weights and measures, announcing the completion of the ounce weights. July 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the number and description of the muskets and pistols belonging to the naval service, with an estimate of the cost of altering the same. July 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Schenectady County, New York, remonstrating against the establishment of a national bank. July 7, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Barbour County, Alabama, praying the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law, and the establishment of a national bank. July 10, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the progress and actual condition of the commission under the Convention with Mexico. July 10, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sales and titles of the public lands. July 10, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Belmont County, Ohio, remonstrating against the repeal of the independent Treasury law, the establishment of a national bank and a protective tariff, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the assumption of the state debts by the general government. July 12, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report on the improvement of Red River. July 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the general council and municipalities of the City of New Orleans, adverse to the extension of the limits of that port. July 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted by a number of citizens of Buckingham County, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and an increase of the tariff. July 17, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of public money placed in the hands of disbursing officers and agents, since the 4th of March last, and the amount yet unaccounted for. July 19, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a public meeting in the City of New York, adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the contraction of a loan, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. July 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, praying the incorporation of a national bank. July 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a public meeting at Syracuse, New York, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. July 19, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of Centresville, Ohio, in relation to the policy and measures of the present administration. July 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Belmont County, Ohio, remonstrating against the repeal of the independent Treasury law, the establishment of a national bank and a protective tariff, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the assumption of the state debts by the general government. July 21, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the establishment of a Navy yard, naval depot, and naval station, upon the Gulf of Mexico. July 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying that the banks in the District of Columbia may be rechartered for a limited time. July 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Letter from H. Bingham, presenting to Congress a copy of Hawaiian Bible. July 27, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of E. Gonon, praying the adoption of a system of telegraphs invented by him. July 29, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New Orleans, praying that the limits of the port of that place may not be extended. July 30, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York praying that no revenue law may be passed during the present session of Congress. August 2, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants in the City of New York, praying the modification of the bill "Relating to Duties and Drawbacks." August 2, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of New York, in favor of the incorporation of a national bank. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Rochester, New York, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Niagara County, N.Y., remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (H.R. 4) to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Alabama, praying the aid and protection of the general government in forming a settlement in the Oregon Territory. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Cumberland County, Virginia, adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, the assumption of the state debts by the general government, and the establishment of a protective tariff. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the fortifications on the frontier of Arkansas. August 4, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Sevier, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a list of all articles imported and subject to a duty less than 20 per cent. ad valorem, with the amount of duties paid on, and the value of those articles, imported in each of the years 1837, 1838, and 1839. August 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens residing on the northwestern frontiers, praying an increase of the maritime and military forces on the lakes and frontiers. August 11, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted by a number of citizens of Licking County, Ohio, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the creation of a national debt, &c. &c. August 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of Philadelphia, praying the modification of the Bill (H.R. 12) "Relating to Duties and Drawbacks." August 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Norfolk County, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. August 13, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for information in relation to alterations in mail routes. August 14, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, with his objections, the bill entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Subscribers to the Fiscal Bank of the United States." August 16, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 6,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Letter from a number of citizens of the City of New York, on the subject of increasing the duties on watches, jewelry and laces. August 16, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Wright, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Buckingham County, Virginia, in relation to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the public lands, and the passage of the loan, bankrupt, and revenue bills. August 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John M. Nail, in behalf of a number of Choctaw Indians, praying that provision may be made for satisfying outstanding claims to reservations under the Treaty of Dancing-rabbit Creek. August 17, 1841. Ordered to be printed; to accompany Bill Sen. 8. Memorial of John Farr and others, praying that cream of tartar may be admitted free of duty. August 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (H.R. 20.) "Further To Extend the Time for Issuing Military Land Warrants to the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army." August 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolution directing an inquiry into certain disturbances on the occasions of the passage and veto of the bill to incorporate the subscribers to the fiscal bank of the United States. August 18, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Goochland County, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, a protective tariff, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. August 20, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, submitting, for the consideration of Congress, a plan of a fiscal agent of the government. August 21, 1841. 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 surveys and sales of the public lands. August 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying that chloride of lime may be made subject to duty. August 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Petersburg, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, a protective tariff, a system of internal improvement, and the distribution of any portion of the revenue among the several states. August 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Boston, praying the modification of the Bill (H.R. 12) "Relating to Duties and Drawbacks." August 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Orange County, Va., adverse to the creation of a national debt, and a protective tariff; the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the incorporation of a national bank. August 30, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Brunswick County, Virginia, adverse to the principles and measures of the present administration. September 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Amelia County, Va., adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. September 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the changes in the post routes in Missouri and Arkansas, since the 4th March last. September 2, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-seventh Congress. June 1, 1844 [i.e., 1841]. -- Read, and ordered that 3,500 copies of the message, and 1,500 copies of the message and documents, be printed for the use of the Senate Resolution calling for statements of the accounts of disbursing officers and agents since the 4th March last. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to deposites in banks, by disbursing officers and agents. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for information in relation to the issues of Treasury notes since the 4th March last. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for a schedule of the payments from the Treasury, during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the payment of the balance due from the Bank of the United States. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the payment of the balances due from banks to the United States. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the receipts and expenditures during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the payment of Florida claims since the 4th March last. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan of a bank and fiscal agent of the government. June 12, 1841. Read, referred to the select committee on that subject, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolution calling for information in relation to certain malpractices in the Indian Department. June 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions in relation to the direction and control of a proposed fiscal agent of the government. June 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of a number of members of the New York Chamber of Commerce, against the establishment of a National Bank. June 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the issues of Treasury notes since the 4th day of March last. June 17, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for a statement of the removals from office or public employment since the 4th March last. June 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed.	123
Serial set 391	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, May 31, 1841, and in the sixty-fifth [i.e., sixty-sixth] year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 392	Legislature of Alabama. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, responsive to those of South Carolina on the subject of controversy between the States of Maine and Georgia. June 12, 1841. Read and laid upon the table Seizure of American vessels -- slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in relation to the seizure of American vessels by British armed cruisers, under the pretence that they were engaged in the slave trade; and also correspondence with Consul Trist, upon the subject of the slave trade, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 21st ultimo. July 14, 1841. Read and laid on the table Receipts and expenditures -- Post Office Department for the year ending 1st July, 1840. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the year ending 1st of July, 1840. June 10, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Drawback on rum. Memorial of Josiah Stickney and others, of Massachusetts, on the subject of the drawback on rum. July 16, 1841. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Consuls -- United States. Memorial of Stephen Powers, Basle, Switzerland, and Dr. J.G. Flugel, Leipsic, Saxony. June 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. New Post Office building. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th instant, respecting the new Post Office building. August 11, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriations -- Treasury Department, 1841. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury of transfers of appropriations under the act of the 3rd March, 1809. June 3, 1841. Read and laid on the table. Pennsylvania Legislature -- anti-sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Pennsylvania legislature, relative to the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law. June 12, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Veto -- fiscal corporation. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives (in which it originated) the bill to provide for the better collection, safe-keeping, and disbursement of the public revenue, by means of a corporation to be styled the "Fiscal Corporation of the United States," with objections. September 9, 1841. Read, ordered to be printed, and consideration postponed until to-morrow at 12 o'clock. 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. September 13, 1841. Finances. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, &c. June 3, 1841. Read and laid on the table. Light-house at Bayou Bonfouca. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, praying for a light-house at Bayou Bonfouca. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Massachusetts Legislature -- north eastern boundary. Resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the north eastern boundary. June 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Estimate -- additional appropriations -- War Department, 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of additional appropriations required by the War Department, for the year 1841. June 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Remains of the late President of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the removal of the remains of the late President of the United States from the City of Washington to the State of Ohio. June 22, 1841. Read, and referred to the select committee appointed on the 1st instant, upon the subject of the death of William Henry Harrison, the late President of the United States. Maryland. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the establishment of a national bank. June 24, 1841. Referred to the Select Committee on the Currency. I.K. Lippincott. Letter and memorial of Isaac K. Lippincott, on the manufacture of iron and the operation of the present tariff laws. June 22, 1841. -- Laid on the table. June 23, 1841. -- Motion to print, debated. House adjourned without coming to a decision. June 24, 1841. -- Ordered to be printed. Plan of a fiscal agent. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a plan of a fiscal agent, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 21st instant. June 24, 1841. Read, and referred to the select committee appointed on the subject of the currency, and ordered to be printed. New Hampshire -- national bank, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, relating to the constitutionality and expediency of a national bank; to a connexion between the United States Treasury and banks; to the creation of a national debt; to a distribution of the public revenue, whether from public lands or other sources, and to a protective tariff. June 29, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Public domain -- Connecticut. Report of a joint select committee of the State of Connecticut upon the subject of the public domain. June 29, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the execution of the law for taking the sixth census. July 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mrs. Harrison. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence with Mrs. Harrison, widow of the late President of the United States. July 1, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. New York -- inhabitants of that city. (Memorial not printed -- 2,961 signatures.) Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of 2,961 citizens of the City of New York, praying for the passage of a general bankrupt law. July 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Explanations -- appropriations for fortifications, &c. With Bill H.R. No. 8. Statements submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. July 7, 1841. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Revenue -- Treasury notes, &c. Statements laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. July 9, 1841. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Survey, delta of the Mississippi, and payment of Georgia militia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing communications from the Secretary of War, respecting additional estimates of appropriations required for that Department. July 13, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Standard weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler respecting ounce-weights. July 13, 1841. Read and laid on the table. Sub-Treasury -- manner of carrying into effect, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information relative to the manner in which the act of 4th July, 1840, commonly called "the Sub-Treasury Law," has been carried into effect; transmitted in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d June. July 16, 1841. Read and laid on the table. Fortifications -- unexpended balances of appropriations for 1841. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the unexpended balances of appropriations for fortifications for the year 1841; communicated in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th inst. July 17, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which the bill making appropriations for fortifications is committed. Crimes and punishments. Message from the President of the United States, notifying the House that the act of the 10th of March, 1838, entitled "An Act Supplementary to the Act Entitled 'An Act in Addition to the Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States,'" &c., expired by its own limitation on the 10th March, 1840, and recommending that it be now revived. July 19, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. American citizens -- prisoners in Van Dieman's land. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, in relation to the American citizens now British prisoners of state in Van Dieman's land. July 20, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Additional clerks -- Auditor of Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the Auditor of the Post Office Department, in relation to the business of his office, accompanied by an estimate for the employment of additional clerks. July 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Outfits of ministers, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting [a] communication from the Secretary of State respecting appropriations required for outfits of ministers, &c. July 27, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Banks in District of Columbia. Memorial of inhabitants of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in the District of Columbia, &c. July 27, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimate -- Treaty with the Miami Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of funds required to carry into effect the Treaty with the Miami Indians, of the 28th November, 1840. August 3, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Statue of Washington. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the Statue of Washington, by Greenhough [i.e., Greenough]. August 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. New Post Office building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster General, asking a further appropriation for completing the new Post Office building, &c. August 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Commerce and navigation with France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the commerce and navigation with France. August 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Additional clerks -- Auditor Post Office Department. (To accompany Bill No. 25.) Statements submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. August 7, 1841. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Failure of the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to failure of the mails. August 7, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Claims on Mexico. Memorial of claimants on Mexico. August 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Census documents, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the census of pensioners and binding the census documents. August 13, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Statue of Washington. (With Bill H.R. No. 29.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the receipt of the officer in command at the Navy yard, Washington, for the statue of Washington, &c., &c. August 16, 1841. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Funeral expenses. (With Bill No. 31.) Funeral expenses of William Henry Harrison, late President of the United States. August 16, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Post Office Department -- funds deficient. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) Letter from the Postmaster General, upon the subject of an appropriation to discharge certain claims on the Department. August 17, 1841. Committed, with Bill H.R. No. 30, to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Rhode Island -- Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to the presidential term -- discriminating duties. August 19, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis A. Dickins -- awards under treaty with Mexico. Memorial of Francis A. Dickins, relating to awards under treaty with Mexico. August 19, 1841. Read and laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Riotous proceedings near the President's House. August 25, 1841. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Removals from office. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Executive departments respecting removals from office, &c., rendered in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo. August 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Troops stationed at Forts Gibson, Towson, Smith, and Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of troops stationed at Forts Gibson, Towson, Smith, and Wayne. August 31, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Harbor of Newcastle. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the survey of Newcastle harbor. September 4, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Marine hospital at Wheeling, Virginia. Memorial of inhabitants of Wheeling, Virginia, upon the subject of marine hospitals on the western waters. September 4, 1841. 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-seventh Congress. June 1, 1841. Read and laid on the table, and 10,000 copies extra, with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed New York -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the public lands. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pennsylvania -- national foundry. Memorial of inhabitants of Danville, Pa., praying for a national foundry at Danville, in said state. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Steamship on the Mississippi. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, for a steamship of war to be built on the waters of the Mississippi. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Fortifications at the mouths of the Mississippi. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking that the fortifications at the mouths of the Mississippi be completed and mounted. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Alabama -- protective policy. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, responding to resolutions of Connecticut, on the protective policy of the United States. June 12, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Louisiana -- courts of equity. Memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking the act of 1824 to be so amended as to place Louisiana on an equal footing with other states, and to adopt the proceedings in civil cases for equity causes, and prevent the chancery law of Great Britain from being introduced in such causes. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Private land claims in Louisiana. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, upon the subject of private land claims in said state. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. General bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of a general bankrupt law. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. National currency. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, presenting a plan of national currency and depositories of the public moneys, and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. June 12, 1841. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject of the currency. Buoys at mouths of Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, praying buoys to be placed at the mouths of the Mississippi River. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	63
Serial set 393	Naval ordnance and ordnance stores. (With Bill No. 9.) July 7, 1841. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Rules and orders. September 11, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Navy Pension Fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 6.) June 29, 1841. Read, and, with the Bill, H.R. No. 6, "To Provide for the Payment of Navy Pensions," committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Home squadron. (To accompany Bill No. 10.) July 7, 1841. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Recharter banks -- District of Columbia. (With Bill H.R. No. 15.) July 21, 1841. Bankruptcy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 16.) July 21, 1841. Seminole Indians. July 29, 1841. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Robert Grant -- gas lights. August 7, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Repair of the Potomac Bridge. (With Bill No. 22.) August 9, 1841. Repair of Pennsylvania Avenue. (with Bill H.R. No. 23.) August 9, 1841. Workmen on public buildings. August 24, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. David Levy. September 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table.	12
Serial set 394	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1841, and in the sixty-sixth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 395	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, comparative statements of the condition of the public defences, and of the strength of the Army, on the 1st day of January, 1829, and on the 1st day of January, 1841. December 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance, in part, with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of War respecting the defences of the country. December 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department, during the year ending November 30, 1841. December 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Navy for the year ending 30th September, 1841. December 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the contingent expenses of his office, and of the office of the Navy Commissioner, for the year ending September 30, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, 1841-42. December 14, 1841. Resolution to provide for the appointment of a Standing Committee on Printing. December 14, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-seventh Congress. December 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate	8
Serial set 396	In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1842. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah L. Thistle, report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of William Ramsay, a surgeon's mate in the Revolutionary War, praying commutation pay, respectfully report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the mutiny on board the brig Creole, and the liberation of the slaves who were passengers in the said vessel. January 20, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of E. Gonon, praying reimbursement of expenses incurred in making experiments... In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Thomas, William Donalson, and Curtis H. Butler, trustees of School Township No. 27, range six, south of the Wabash River, in the County of Wabash, in the State of Indiana... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, calling for copies of correspondence relative to the right of search. December 30, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of the passage of a law to make compensation for French spoliations committed prior to 1800. January 10, 1842. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Robert H. Saunders... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maine, rescinding certain resolutions adopted March 18, 1840, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 2, 1842. Laid on the table, 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 for the year 1841. February 2, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 141. Mr. Mangum submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Reynell Coates and Walter R. Johnson... Resolution to inquire into the expediency of providing for a permanent peace establishment of the Navy. December 15, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 20, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. December 21, 1841. Ordered, that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 36. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Samuel Norris and Frederick Saugrain, of Arkansas," report... In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 37. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Henry Wilson, of Arkansas, with His Petition and Documents," report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of changing the mode of proceeding in civil cases, in the courts of the United States, for that state. December 20, 1841. 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 surveys and sales of the public lands in the State of Louisiana. December 20, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. December 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement exhibiting the value of the imports and exports during the year ending 30th September, 1841. December 27, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Town Council and citizens of Erie, Pa., praying an appropriation for the improvement of Presque Isle Harbor. December 22, 1841. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing, and memorial referred to the Committee on Commerce. December 23, 1841. Report not to print. December 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 27, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. December 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate and 500 additional copies for the General Land Office. In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1841. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill No. 51. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Adam D. Stuart," respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1841. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill No. 95. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill "To Confirm the Survey and Location of Claims for Lands in the State of Mississippi, East of Pearl River, and South of the 31st Degree of North Latitude," report... In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury submitted the following report: In the case of the petition of Charles Brennan [i.e., Brenan]... In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 110. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Clark Woodrooff, of Louisiana, report... In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1842. Submitted and ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill Senate, 111. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the executor of David Gelston, deceased, late collector of the port of New York, praying an equitable settlement of the account of said deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1842. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred (by resolution of the 29th December last) the claim of Samuel Milroy, late register of the land office at Crawfordsville, in the State of Indiana... Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying an appropriation for the completion of the National Road in that state. January 6, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Vermont, in favor of the establishment of a protective tariff. January 6, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Manufacturers, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Vermont, relative to the re-elegibility [i.e., re-eligibility] of the President of the United States. January 6, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Vermont, relative to the election of the President and Vice President of the United States. January 6, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 74. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill to perfect the titles to lands south of the Arkansas River, held under New Madrid locations and pre-emption rights... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 100. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill to Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act To Appropriate the Proceeds of the Public Lands, and To Grant Pre-emption Rights,'" report... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 149. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, who were directed by resolution of the Senate to inquire into the expediency of authorizing a warrant to issue for bounty land due for the services of Archibald Parker... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mangum submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary J. Babbitt, report... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Low and Charles F. Moulton, report... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of Henry W. Andrews, report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of allowing pensions to those who served in Wayne's campaign. February 2, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Lieutenant Joseph Blackwell, an officer of the Revolutionary Army, praying allowance of commutation pay, report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Doctor William Rumney... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Patience Babcock, widow of Phineas [i.e., Phinehas] Babcock, report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 89. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the representatives of Jos. Morris, praying the allowance of seven years' half-pay, together with the Bill (No. 89) for their relief, report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 75. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the heirs of Captain John De Treville... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 158. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Fillebrown, Jr., respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 134. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom the petition and papers of George Nix were referred... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 136. Mr. Mangum submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Patten, report... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 137. Mr. Mangum submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Isaac Hull, of the United States Navy... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 138. Mr. Mangum submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Daniel Kleiss, report... Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, praying the completion of the harbor at that place. January 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 22, 1842. Report not to be printed, and agreed to. January 25, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 140. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Richard Higgins, report... Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the fourth quarter of 1839, and the first and second quarters of 1840. December 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, in favor of adopting a plan for a mail communication between the United States and foreign ports, by means of war steamers. December 20, 1841. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing, and the memorial referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. December 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan of a fiscal agent of the government. December 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the annual product of the duties on bank-notes, bills of exchange, and bank discounts, from 1814 to 1818 inclusive. December 22, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. December 23, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 23, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, having considered the petition of John S. Harris, assistant marshal for the District of Rhode Island, praying compensation, beyond the amount allowed him under the law of March 3, 1839, at the Department of State, for his services in taking the 6th census, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 143. Mr. Prentiss submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins, report... In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 144. Mr. Miller submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial for the relief of Francis A. Harrison, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating statements of the funds of the Chickasaw Indians. January 26, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 155. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Horatio Alden and Philura Alden, his wife, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, representatives of Silas Deane, deceased, with the report from the Treasury Department, made under an order of the Senate, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Enoch K. Withers... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James McCrory, report... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of William Saunders and William R. Porter, two of the sureties of William Estis, late a paymaster of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain John Hawkins, praying commutation pay, report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition and papers of Peter H. Willard... Resolutions of the General Assembly of South Carolina, on the subject of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. February 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copies of a report and letter from the commissioners appointed for the exploration and survey of the northeastern boundary. February 8, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the necessity and practicability of establishing a Navy-yard, naval depot, and station, upon the Gulf of Mexico. February 3, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Petition of John McKinley, praying an alteration in the judicial circuits of the United States. February 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the representatives of John Brooks... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain the passage of a law to authorize the inhabitants of a reserved township in that state, to enter a section of land for the use of schools. January 10, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the annual imports and exports of gold and silver coin and bullion since the 1st October, 1820; and the annual amount of gold and silver coinage at the Mint and its branches since the establishment of the Mint. January 10, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the public debt on the 3d of March and 23d of December, 1841. January 10, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the number and rule of appointment of the cadets at West Point. January 10, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 117. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition and papers of James Kiser and Barnett Foley, report... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Sarah Levy, of Camden, South Carolina, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Nicholas Fleanor and John J. Beck, praying remuneration each for a horse killed in the military service of the United States, at the Battle of Tippecanoe, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 120. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of citizens of Illinois, praying that the Polish claim to certain lands in that state may be vacated, and the right of pre-emption secured to the settlers upon the same, report... In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 121. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah L. Thistle, praying payment for a horse which was killed and eaten by the Army in Florida, respectfully report... Resolution calling for information as to the most economical mode of supplying the deficiency in the public revenue, occasioned by the Distribution Act. January 17, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 124. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Thomas M. Isett, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the operation of the "Act To Appropriate the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands, and To Grant Pre-emption Rights." January 12, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating a list of the rejected applications for Navy pensions during the year 1841. January 20, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Amendment proposed by Mr. Rives, to the resolution submitted by Mr. Allen, "calling for information as to the most economical mode of supplying the amount of deficiency in the public revenue occasioned by the Distribution Act"... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, adverse to the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and refusing to receive any part thereof. January 21, 1842. Read and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in favor of the admission of Texas into the Union. January 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at the City of Chicago. January 21, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William E. Wells and others, report... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mangum submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Abigail Fuller, report... Memorial of Francis Lieber, praying a modification of the tariff in regard to the duties on books. January 22, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of William Hudgins, report... In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of Joseph Paxton... In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Waller... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, in relation to the repudiation of state debts. January 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, concerning the soldiers of the Revolution. January 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of John Pritchett... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Watts, praying remuneration for certain sums of money expended by him in detecting frauds upon the United States, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the widow of Ebenezer Ridgway, deceased, late an officer in the United States Navy, praying a pension... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to procure an appropriation for the completion of the harbor of St. Joseph, on Lake Michigan. February 2, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maine, to procure an appropriation for the construction of a military road in that state. February 2, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of the erection of a marine hospital at Cleveland, in that state. February 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the pay and emoluments of the officers, seamen, and marines, in the service of the United States, and of Great Britain, and the number of officers, seamen, and marines, in the service of the United States, during the year 1841. February 9, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. February 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of South Carolina, in relation to the controversy between the States of New York and Virginia, on the subject of surrendering fugitives from justice. 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Serial set 397	In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of John Burke, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings adopted by the Executive in reference to the case of the brig Creole. February 21, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing; with motion to print 1,000 additional copies. February 23, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate In Senate of the United [S]tates. March 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Aurelia Lewis, widow of Captain Andrew Lewis... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Townley, praying remuneration for supplies furnished the United States during the Revolutionary War, report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 170. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill granting a pension to Elizabeth Fitch, widow of Dr. Wm. Fitch, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. April 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. McRoberts submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander M. Cumming, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 152. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 152), "For the Relief of Jonathan Britton," report... In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Amendments intended to be proposed by Mr. Preston to the resolutions submitted by Mr. Clay, "on the subject of augmenting the rates of duties on imports, and of diminishing the expenses of the government"... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to procure appropriations for the improvement of the western rivers, and for the purchase of the snag-boat invented by Henry M. Shreve. February 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that so much thereof as relates to the improvement of rivers be referred to the Committee on Commerce, and so much as relates to the snag-boat be referred to the select committee on that subject. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of William Sanford... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of Henry Waller, report... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the memorial of N. & L. Dana & Co., inhabitants of the City of Portland, in the State of Maine, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 129. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Joseph Campau, report... Report from the Secretary of War, showing the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1841. March 10, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the appointments in the Navy since the 4th March last. March 10, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Conrad House," have considered the same, and report... Document relating to the improvement of the harbor of Chicago, on Lake Michigan. March 10, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 11, 1842. Report, not to be printed. March 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and Committee discharged. In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 194. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Brownell for a pension, report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Connecticut Farms, in the State of New Jersey, report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the documents relative to the claim of the representative of Francis Vigo, report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Brooks and Maria M. Brooks... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Everard Meade... In Senate of the United [S]tates. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the claim of the representatives of John Jordan... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 56. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Jane Fertinbaugh [i.e., Fertinburgh], deceased, the widow of Captain Hawkins Boone [i.e., Boon], late an officer in the Revolutionary Army... In Senate of the United States. March 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. McRoberts submitted the following report: The Committee upon Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate directing them to inquire into the propriety of making compensation to Stockton, Falls & Co., for damages sustained by them as mail contractors, in consequence of the damage done to the Potomac bridge by the freshet of 1840, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the expenditures of the government for the last quarter of the year 1841. March 16, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. March 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 128 [i.e., 228]. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amey Babbitt, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 63. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives for the relief of Elizabeth Jones and others, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 147. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Joel Tiffany, report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 154. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of James Phelps, report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the claim of John Polhemus, praying remuneration for a final settlement certificate, alleged to have been lost, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the purchase of domestic water-rotted hemp for the use of the Navy. March 11, 1842. Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance in part with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the names, &c., of the agents employed in that Department without authority of law. March 29, 1842. Read. April 1, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. April 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to appropriations for Navy-yards since 1834; the completion of the Navy-yard at Pensacola, and the defence of the Gulf of Mexico. March 8, 1842. Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolution to establish an additional joint rule. April 5, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 145. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 145) for the relief of Elizabeth Gresham... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in part compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of War, showing the removals from, and appointments to, office in that Department from the 4th March, 1829, to the 30th September, 1841. April 4, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, asking the early attention of Congress to the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the sixth census. April 6, 1842. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, on the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States. April 6, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, in relation to the navigation of the western rivers. April 6, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 128. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Isabella Hill, Widow, and John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel Hill, Children and Minor Heirs at Law, of Samuel Hill, Deceased," report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 18th ultimo, showing the strength of the Navy, and the expenses thereof, during the years 1822, '23, '24, '39, '40, and '41. February 10, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. February 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to procure an appropriation for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. February 11, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of designating the same day throughout the United States for the election of President and Vice President of the United States. February 11, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the claim of Samuel Milroy... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Major Leonard Bleeker... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Prudence Barton, widow of Rufus Barton, report... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Mounts, report... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Esther Lefferts, report... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: Pension Office, September 21, 1841. Sir: Your statement respecting the steps taken to establish the claim of Rhoda Briggs... Resolution proposing certain amendments to the bankrupt law. February 16, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution to establish an additional joint rule. February 3, 1842. Submitted. February 15, 1842. Considered, and ordered to lie. February 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial, and sundry documents, pertaining to the claim of the heirs of Robert Fulton against the United States, having considered the same, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Rosati, Bishop of St. Louis... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 174. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Zachariah Jellison, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the executor of Thomas Griffin, heir of Corbin Griffin, a hospital surgeon in the Revolutionary Army, praying for bounty land, report... In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Dr. Samuel Y. Keene, late a surgeon's mate in the Revolutionary Army, praying the allowance of commutation pay, report... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill 176; and that 3,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge submitted the following report: The Select Committee, to whom was referred the "report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a plan of a fiscal agent of the government," respectfully report... Resolution of the General Assembly of New Jersey, in favor of the establishment of a protective tariff. February 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 173. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, asking for the passage of a law to allow the county commissioners... In Senate of the United States. February 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jeremiah Basye, report... In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Heston... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of Littleton Dennis Teackle... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heir of Captain Robert White, late of the Revolutionary Army, praying the allowance of commutation pay, report... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the executor of Captain John Spotswood, late of the Revolutionary Army, claiming commutation, report... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Dearborn... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 69, to authorize the payment of the seven years' half pay on account of the Revolutionary services of Captain William Kelly, report... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Richard Livingston... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza H. Causin, daughter of John H. Stone, a colonel in the Revolutionary Army, report... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 168. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 168), "For the Relief of Amos Hunting," report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in favor of increasing the Navy. March 23, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the proceedings of the commissioner appointed to run the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas. March 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. March 24, 1842. Ordered that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 50. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Perkins, James Perkins, and John G. Perkins," report... In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of Ezra St. John, report... Report from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report and correspondence of the Superintendent of the Upper Mississippi lead mines. March 18, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Joint Resolution, Senate 8. Mr. Morehead submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to provide for the payment of certain Cherokee claims, under the treaty of 1835 and 1836, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Amendments intended to be proposed by Mr. Rives to the resolutions submitted by Mr. Clay, "on the subject of augmenting the rates of duties on imports, and of diminishing the expenses of government..." In Senate of the United States. March 31, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 210. Mr. Prentiss submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of providing for the publication of a stereotyped edition of the laws of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Simpson, who represents himself as "one of the heirs and legal representatives of George Simpson, of Philadelphia, who died intestate," report... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Nelson, report... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John P. Foulk, report... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anna Watson... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mangum submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Olive Rindge Watts, the mother of Edward Watts, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Colburn, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the representatives of Louis La Beaume, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Banks and George Banks (surviving brothers of the late John Banks and Henry Banks), and of Jane Cabiness and Samuel Slaughter... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of Richard C. Allen, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heir of Francis Le Baron Goodwin, a surgeon's mate, in the Army of the Revolution, praying the allowance of commutation pay, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 80. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 80) for the relief of Charles Morgan... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in favor of the establishment of a protective tariff. March 3, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury submitted the following report: In the case of the petition of L.D. Teackle, as administrator of the estate of John Teackle... In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of A.H. Evans, report... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heir of Thomas West, late a captain in the Revolutionary Army, praying the allowance of commutation-pay, report... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the executor of Isaac Bronson, late a surgeon's mate in the Army of the Revolution, praying for commutation pay, report... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heir of Doctor Gustavus B. Horner... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heir of Moses Elmore [i.e., Elmer], late a surgeon's mate in the Revolutionary Army, praying the allowance of commutation pay, report... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Preserved Clapp, praying remuneration for services rendered by him during the Revolutionary War, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in favor of designating the same day throughout the United States for the choice of electors of President and Vice President of the United States. March 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 182. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy B. Hickman, the daughter and principal legatee of William Hull, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. March 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 183. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the documents in support of a claim of Benjamin Murphy, report... In Senate of the United States. March 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pension[s], to whom was referred the petition of Rachel Morey, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. March 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Bartlett, Alpheus Deming, and Luther Hilliard, respectfully report... Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operation of the Patent Office during the year 1841. February 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 23, 1842. Ordered to be printed, with a portion of the documents; and order reconsidered. March 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office; ordered to be printed, with a portion of the documents, and that 3,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert P. Currin... In Senate of the United States. March 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 142. Mr. Prentiss submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, for the relief of Esther Parrott... In Senate of the United States. March 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Asahel Kingsley, report... In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of Thomas Cutts... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heir of William Meredith... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Israel Honeywell, deceased, for compensation for property destroyed by the enemy during the Revolutionary War, report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the representative of Benjamin Harrison, a deputy paymaster in the Revolutionary Army, report... Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the adjustment of claims arising under the 14th and 19th articles of the treaty of Dancing-Rabbit Creek with the Choctaw Indians. March 16, 1842. Submitted by Mr. Morehead, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Stockbridge Nation of Indians in Wisconsin, praying the payment of their interest in certain lands purchased by the United States; and that the title to the lands now occupied by them, may be guaranteed to them, &c., &c. February 10, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of refunding to General Andrew Jackson, with interest and cost, a fine imposed on him for official responsibility incurred in 1815. March 21, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander Thompson, report... Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the report of the survey of the boundary between the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin. March 8, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. March 31, 1842. Ordered to be reprinted with the maps. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the comparative tariffs of foreign nations upon imports. March 30, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 31, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the construction of a war-steamer for the upper lakes. March 28, 1842. Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 31, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Document relating to the apportionment of representatives among the several states, according to the sixth census. March 30, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. March 31, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the claim was referred, in behalf of Mary P. Lawrence, report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the representatives of James Trabue, report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Theodore Gaillard, report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans submitted the following the report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Hart, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 213. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the petition of J.K. Tefft, administrator of Francis Didier Petit de Villers, praying to be released from the payment of the balance of a judgment standing open against the estate of the said deceased, at the suit of the United States, ask leave to report... Documents relating to the Bill (S. 222) "For the Relief of Caspar W. Wever." April 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from Professor Hassler, showing the progress made in the fabrication of standards of liquid capacity measures. April 8, 1842. Laid on the table, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that 400 additional copies be furnished for the use of Professor Hassler. In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Piatt, who represents himself to be the son and heir of Daniel Piatt, deceased, an officer of the Revolutionary Army, report as follows... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the surveys and sales of the public lands during the years 1841 and 1842. April 9, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the sale of the lead mines in the State of Illinois, and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa. April 6, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 12, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that 100 additional copies be printed for the use of the War Department. In Senate of the United States. April 12, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. Mansun... Resolutions on the subject of augmenting the rates of duties on imports, and of diminishing the expenses of the government. February 15, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. March 1, 1842. Considered, and ordered to be reprinted, with the amendments proposed by Mr. Wright, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics.	131
Serial set 398	In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 164. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. 164) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Howe," report... In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 258. Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report: The petition of William Wynn, of the State of Arkansas, sets forth, that in December, 1835, he purchased of Joseph Jones three several settlement rights... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the number and names of the agents employed by that Department without express provision of law. April 20, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 192. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 192, granting a pension of two hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum during life to Hugh Wallace Wormley, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. June 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 162. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Mary Wolfe... Documents relating to the sale of the mineral lands in the State of Illinois and Territories of Iowa and Wisconsin. June 22, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of planters and sugar manufacturers in the State of Louisiana, praying an increase of the duties on imported sugar. June 23, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. June 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolution. Calling for information as to the proceedings of the authorities and people of the State of Rhode Island in relation to the constitution of that state. April 18, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, 1841-'42. April 20, 1842. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence of the Agent and Minister of the United States at the Court of Austria, in relation to the commercial interests of the United States. April 14, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the average monthly strength of the Army, including the Military Academy, during the year 1841, and the expense of the same for the same period. March 16, 1842. Read. April 5, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. April 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of retrenching the expenditures of that Department. April 15, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. April 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of New York, in favor of the repeal of the "Act To Appropriate the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands, and to Grant Pre-emption Rights." April 20, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 237. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Sympson, report... In Senate of the United States. April 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 97. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 97) for the relief of Eyre and Massey, report... Report from the Secretary of War, communicating, in part compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the report of a survey of the northwestern lakes. February 15, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 46. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom had been referred a bill "To Continue in Force the Act for the Final Adjustment of Private Land Claims in Missouri," approved July 9, 1832... In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson moved to recommit the Bill (S. 216) "To Provide for the Satisfaction of Claims under the 14th and 19th Articles of the Treaty of Dancing-Rabbit Creek, Concluded in September, 1830,"... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of War, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the names of the agents employed by that Department without express provision of law. April 20, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. April 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of paying for certain horses lost by the Missouri volunteers in 1837, report... In Senate of the United States. April 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 187. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred a bill to indemnify Major General Andrew Jackson for damage sustained in the discharge of his official duty... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 157. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill granting a pension to Esther Sawyer... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 162. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Mary Wolfe, of Pennsylvania, report... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 165. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 165) for the relief of Sarah Besley [i.e., Besly]... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 185. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House, for the relief of Samuel B. Hugo... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Margaret A. Askins, report... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 242. Mr. Benton submitted the following report: The Military Committee of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel Thompson, of the United States' Army, having considered the same, report... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Slye, report... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Allen... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 206. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Jacob Greaves... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 243. Mr. Choate submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Andrew Forrest, with the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Glasgow, Harrison, Boyd & Co., praying that the charges made at the Mint for refining imported bullion may be discontinued, report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 90. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the bill from the House, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of James Tongue, John Scrivner [i.e., Scrivener], and the Legal Representative of William Hodson, Deceased," report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 225. Mr. Choate made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase for the United States, the right to use Babbit's anti-attrition metal, present the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 244. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: the Committee on Public lands, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Rockwell... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the application of Johnson & Strader, for compensation for carrying the mail between Louisville and New Orleans during a part of the year 1833, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, adverse to the bankrupt and distribution laws, the establishment of a protective tariff, and the incorporation of a national bank. April 29, 1842. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States. April 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of the right of search, and the case of the brig Creole. April 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, to procure the erection of a light-house on St. Joseph's Island. April 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying a grant of land to the inhabitants of the Chickasaw cession in that state for the use of schools. April 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of the speedy adjustment of claims to land under the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. April 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of regulating the rates of postage by the federal currency. April 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 185. Mr. Bayard submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill "Respecting Furloughs in the Naval Service," report... In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate [i.e., H.R.] Bill 181. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 181) for the relief of George Newton, report... In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Mary Neal, report... In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 153. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill (H.R. 153) for the relief of John Black, of the State of Georgia, report... In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 146. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 146) for the relief of the heirs of Joseph Plumb, report... In Senate of the United States. May 3, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 5th of April, 1842, instructing said committee to inquire into the expediency of passing a law authorizing the Commissioner of Pensions to place the name of William Bilsland, of the State of Illinois, on the pension-roll, report... In Senate of the United States. May 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, who were instructed by the Senate "to inquire into the propriety of authorizing Robert Graham to locate certain lands confirmed to him by the Governor of the Western Territory," have examined the papers referred to them... In Senate of the United States. May 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 248. Mr. Graham made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Stalker & Hill, praying compensation for a steamboat lost in the public service, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, on the subject of abolishing the franking privilege, and of reducing and regulating the rates of letter postage. May 10, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 249. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Wareham Kingsley, report... In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted, on the 21st day of April, 1842, the petition and papers of Littleton Dennis Teackle, which had been originally referred to the Committee on the 9th, and reported adversely upon on the 28th day of February previous, respectfully present to the Senate the following supplemental report... In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Flanagan, report... In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1842. Ordered, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following report of the majority, and views of the minority of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and that they be printed. May 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed, in confidence, for the use of the Senate. Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 4th March last, nominating sundry officers for promotion in the Navy, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information touching the proceedings under the convention of the 11th April, 1839, between the United States and the Mexican Republic. June 13, 1842. Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. June 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the opening of new books, and the demands and expenditures in that Department since the 4th of March, 1841. June 9, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. June 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elijah Sanborn, report... Memorial of a number of persons concerned in printing and publishing, praying an alteration in the mode of levying duties on certain books, and remonstrating against the enactment of an international copy-right law. June 13, 1842. Ordered that so much thereof as relates to duties be referred to the Committee on Manufactures; that so much thereof as relates to a copy-right law be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and that the motion to print be referred to the Committee on Printing. June 15, 1842. Ordered that so much thereof as relates to an international copy-right law, be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. Blake, praying that a law may be passed to authorize him to import a quantity of shot-iron, and sprue of iron, free of duty, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence with the Government of Mexico. June 15, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. June 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 96. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 96), entitled, "An Act for the Relief of the Owners of the Ship Lexington of Nantucket," report... In Senate of the United States. June 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 279. Mr. Crafts submitted the following report: The Committee on Printing, in pursuance of a resolution referred to them, have had that subject, generally, under consideration, and submit, thereupon, the following report... In Senate of the United States. May 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom have been referred the petition and papers of David Stone, report... In Senate of the United States. June 7, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Bacon, Elizabeth Root, and Amena Robson, who state that they are the children of the late Phebe Root, report... In Senate of the United States. June 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conrad made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Roby, respectfully report... Letter from the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, communicating a copy of certain correspondence on the subject of the northern boundary line of that state. January 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. April 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 12, 1842. Submitted. April 15, 1842. Concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads have had under consideration the resolution of the Senate directing them "to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Postmaster General to pay to Kinkle & Caruthers..." In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury submitted the following report: In the case of the memorial of Thomas S. Clarke, praying for additional compensation for the hire of the steamboat Dayton, the Committee of Claims ask leave to report as follows... Message from the President of the United States, recommending measures for the suppression of hostilities in Florida. May 11, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 30, 1842. Mr. Archer, from the select committee appointed the 26th instant, reported the following resolution; which was read, passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. Resolution for the employment of a corps of reporters for the Senate. In Senate of the United States. May 31, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 96. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Bill No. 96, submitted the following report... In Senate of the United States. June 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry McKavett, for himself, and sundry other officers of the United States Army... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the conduct of N.P. Taylor, present register, and former clerk, in the land office at St. Louis. June 1, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. June 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Joint Resolution No. 14. Mr. Young submitted the following report: The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the application of the State of Maryland for a surrender and transfer of the stock held by the United States in the "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company," report... Document relating to the completion of the Cumberland Road in the State of Illinois. February 4, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and motion to print, referred to the Committee on Printing. February 8, 1842. Report not to be printed. June 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. McRoberts to the resolution submitted by Mr. Merrick, "relative to the disposition of papers concerning nominations for office pending before the Senate"... Resolution relative to the disposition of papers concerning nominations for office pending before the Senate. May 13, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Bean, praying an increase of his compensation for carrying the mail... In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 149. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 149) for the relief of Sarah Woodward... In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 160. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 160) for the relief of Grace Sears... In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 12. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Samuel Collins... Resolution of the General Assembly of New York, in favor of refunding to General Andrew Jackson, the amount of a fine imposed on him at New Orleans, with interest and costs. May 18, 1842. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1842. Mr. Allen submitted the following resolutions. May 18, 1842. Ordered to lie. May 23, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 23, 1842. Intended to be proposed by Mr. Tallmadge as a substitute for the resolutions submitted by Mr. Allen on the 17th instant, relating to the rights of the people of Rhode Island, and the powers and obligations of the general government... In Senate of the United States. May 23, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 263. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the memorial and papers of Henry Newman... Document relating to the compensation and permanent employment of certain temporary clerks in the Post Office Department. May 24, 1842. Submitted by Mr. Merrick, to accompany Senate Bill 264, and ordered to be printed. Documents showing the value of railways for the defence of the country, and for the speedy and cheap transportation of the mails. April 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and motion to print, referred to the Committee on Printing. June 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 283. Mr. Preston submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the following resolution... Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reducing the Army of the United States... In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Quantril, report... In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Bartlett, report... In Senate of the United States. June 23, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims respectfully submit to the Senate the following report on the petition of William Strong, praying to be indemnified for losses sustained... In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Selah Van Duzer, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. June 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 276. Mr. Henderson made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Hugo Krebs, made the following report...	95
Serial set 399	In Senate of the United States. August 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 262. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 262) for the relief of Margaret McMurtry, report... In Senate of the United States. July 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of John Phillips, as administrator of Jeremiah Phillips, and also of W. Walker, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the receipts and expenditures of the United States during the first half of the year 1842. July 25, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. July 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Joseph Wheaton, an officer of the Revolutionary Army, report as follows... In Senate of the United States. August 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill S. 267. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of J.R. Vienne, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report on the second invention of Thomas S. Easton, for preventing explosions of steam-boilers. August 19, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. August 22, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 276. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 276) for the relief of Mary Pike, report... Statements showing: First -- appropriations made during the second session of the 27th Congress; Second -- the officers created, and the salaries thereof; Third -- the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. October 10, 1842. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act of July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." In Senate of the United States. August 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana in favor of allowing pensions to those who served in Wayne's Campaign, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. August 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 264. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Hannah Waldo, report... In Senate of the United States. August 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 151. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 151) granting a pension to Daniel Story, report... In Senate of the United States. August 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 287. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (287) for the relief of Jeremiah Kimball, report... In Senate of the United States. July 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 155. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Asahel Kingsley... In Senate of the United States. August 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Wootten, report... In Senate of the United States. August 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 60. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (H.R. 60) for the relief of Thompson Hutchinson, report... In Senate of the United States. August 22, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of a number of citizens, praying that the port of entry, in the district of Miami, Ohio, may be removed from "Maumee City" to Toledo, within said district, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. August 23, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition in behalf of William Churchill, report... In Senate of the United States. August 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom were referred several memorials, praying for remission of duties on certain importations into the United States, report... Motion by Mr. Bayard, to rescind a resolution of the Senate, passed the 16th January, 1837. August 31, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 31, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Benton, to the resolution submitted by Mr. Bayard, to rescind a resolution of the Senate, passed the 16th January, 1837... Memorial of a number of distillers of spirit in Boston, Mass., praying that the drawback on domestic spirit manufactured from foreign molasses may not be abolished. July 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Bright... In Senate of the United States. July 30, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Markle, report... In Senate of the United States. July 30, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the children and representatives of John Gunby, deceased, report as follows... In Senate of the United States. July 30, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Robert Dickerson, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the custody of the public deposites since the repeal of the independent system. August __, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 176. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Jared Gossage, report... In Senate of the United States. August 6, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 137. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of William Fitzgerald, report... In Senate of the United States. August 6, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 255. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (255) for the relief of George Morris, report... In Senate of the United States. August 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bills H.R. 171 and H.R. 275. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the act for the relief of Mary [i.e., Sally] McCraw and the act for the relief of Mary Congleton, severally praying pensions... In Senate of the United States. August 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 312. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Pension, to whom was referred the memorial of David Welch, report... In Senate of the United States. August 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bills H.R. 170 [i.e., 172] and H.R. 272 [i.e., 270]. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the act for the relief of the heir of Seth Chapin, and the act for the relief of the representatives of Oliver Parish, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount annually appropriated, since 1835, to satisfy private claims. August 3, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. August 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 281. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (281) for the relief of John E. Wright, report... In Senate of the United States. August 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 254. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (254) for the relief of John Keith, report... In Senate of the United States. August 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 259. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (259) for the relief of Samuel Hutchinson... In Senate of the United States. August 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Nelson, report... In Senate of the United States. August 4, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial and accompanying documents of William G. Burges, administrator of Rane C. Ragland, deceased, having considered the same, report... Report from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the report on the impediments to navigation in Lake St. Clair; and of the report and survey of the Straits of Detroit. July 15, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. July 25, 1842. Reported in favor of printing report and not the maps. Ordered to be postponed until to-morrow. August 5, 1842. Resumed: report as to maps disagreed to, and the report and maps ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Margaret Blennerhasset [i.e., Blennerhassett], ask leave respectfully to report... In Senate of the United States. August 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 260. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 260, granting a pension to Catharine Allen, widow of Henry Allen, report... In Senate of the United States. August 8, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Esther Olmsted, report... In Senate of the United States. August 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 173. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 173) for the relief of Samuel Edgecomb, report... In Senate of the United States. June 12, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Crapin, for arrears of pension, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. July 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petitions of "the widow of William Davis," "Elizabeth Norwood," and "Jane Burgess," sundry widows of Revolutionary soldiers... Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the invention of Thomas S. Easton, for preventing explosions of steam-boilers. June 24, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. June 25, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which committee was referred the memorial of Menon, on behalf of the heirs and representatives of Philip Renaut... Memorial of Joshua Leavitt, praying that, in the revision of the tariff laws, the principle of discrimination may be inserted in favor of those countries in which American grain, flour, and salted meat, are admitted duty free. June 23, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. July 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that 3,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. July 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that 3,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Simmons submitted the following report: The Committee on Manufactures, to whom was referred "so much of the message of the President of the United States of the 7th December last, as relates to a tariff of duties,"... In Senate of the United States. July 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 69. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was recommitted the bill authorizing the payment of seven years' half-pay, on account of the Revolutionary services of Captain William Kelley [i.e., Kelly], report... In Senate of the United States. July 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Joint Resolution Senate 18. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, who were instructed "to inquire what legislation is necessary to enable Lydia Conine to obtain her pension, and to provide for cases similarly circumstanced," respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Dunscomb, report... In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Martin, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Uriah Jones was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 135. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 135, for the relief of Job Hawkins, report... In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 280. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 280, for the relief of William Slocum, report... In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 321. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Josias Thompson, deceased (being House Bill No. 321), respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. August 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 163. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 163) for the relief of Samuel Patch, report... In Senate of the United States. August 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 156. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 156) for the relief of Mary Ripley, report... In Senate of the United States. August 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 62. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 62) for the relief of James Deatley, report... Resolution directing an examination into the claim of the municipality No. 1, of the City of New Orleans. August 18, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John Sarchet, in relation to the tariff. July 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. July, 25,1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 25, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 90. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the bill from the House entitled "An Act for the Relief of James Tongue, John Scrivner [i.e., Scrivener], and the Legal Representatives of William Hodson, deceased," respectfully submit the following supplemental report... In Senate of the United States. July 25, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred certain documents relating to the claim of Hiram H. and William T. Lewis, for horses alleged to have been lost in the military service of the United States, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the repeal of the "Act To Appropriate the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands, and To Grant Pre-emption Rights." July 25, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the repeal of the bankrupt law. July 25, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of a discriminating tariff, and of abolishing the credit system. July 25, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of abolishing the Military Academy at West Point. July 25, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 148. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Mary Francis, report... Resolution calling for information relative to the acquisition, surveys, and disposition of the public lands. July 26, 1842. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill Senate 307. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was recommitted the petition of Thomas B. Parsons, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. July 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was recommitted the petition of the heir of Daniel Piatt... In Senate of the United States. July 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Davis... In Senate of the United States. July 26, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 140. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 140, for the relief of Mary Campbell, widow of John Campbell, deceased... In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel Richard K. Mead... In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of John Baldwin, W.N. Parrott, G.L. Thompson, and others, in relation to the claims of themselves, and others, citizens of the United States, against the government of Mexico... Message from the President of the United States, disclaiming any intention to approve certain charges made by claimants under the Convention with Mexico of the 11th April, 1839, against the umpire between the commissioners under said convention. August 9, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. August 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 129. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims have again had under consideration the bill for the relief of Joseph Campau, with the accompanying papers, and ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. July 20, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 2d instant, together with certain resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, of date February 24, 1842, submit the following report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending September 30, 1841. July 21, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. To accompany Senate Bill 69. Mr. McRoberts submitted the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads to whom was referred Senate Bill 69 for the relief of the Nantucket Steamboat Company... In Senate of the United States. July 1, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 172. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill Extending the Right of Pre-emption to Certain Settlers in the Territory of Iowa,"... Memorial of a convention of citizens holding claims on the government, held at Washington City, praying the adoption of measures by Congress to facilitate the adjustment of private claims. June 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the corporate authority of the City of Georgetown, expressing the assent of that city to the transfer of the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the State of Maryland, and the Cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria. June 29, 1842. Laid on the table, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. July 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Corporation of the City of Alexandria, assenting to the joint resolution transferring the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company to the State of Maryland, and the cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria. June 29, 1842. Laid on the table, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. July 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the removal of the superintendents of the public armories at Springfield and Harper's Ferry. June 29, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. July 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the names of the officers of the Engineer and Ordnance corps who are entitled to double rations. June 30, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. July 2, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed to examine into certain matters connected with the public buildings in the City of Washington. June 25, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings, and motion to print, referred to the Committee on Printing. July 5, 1842. Ordered to be printed, with a portion of the documents. In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill "For the Relief of Catharine W. Callender," report... In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 279. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 279, report... In Senate of the United States. July 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition and proofs of Thomas J. Stone... In Senate of the United States. July 14, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany H.R. Bill 92. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the bill from the House entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Barnabas Palmer,"... In Senate of the United States. August 9, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 271. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (271) for the relief of Elisha Davis, report... In Senate of the United States. August 11, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 266. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 266) for the relief of Nathan Baldwin, report... In Senate of the United States. August 13, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Lataille, report... In Senate of the United States. August 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Senate Bill 9. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 9) granting a pension to Pamela Allen, report... In Senate of the United States. August 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Susannah White, report... In Senate of the United States. August 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 159. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 159, granting a pension to Mary Summers, report... In Senate of the United States. August 16, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 256. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 256) for the Relief of George Sutherland, report... In Senate of the United States. August 17, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Archer, report... In Senate of the United States. August 18, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 444. Mr. Woodbridge submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 444) entitled, "An Act Making an Appropriation for Filling Up the Ground in the Rear of the Sea-wall at St. Augustine"... In Senate of the United States. August 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 272. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (272) for the relief of Amy Van Wart, report... In Senate of the United States. August 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 143. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill (No. 143) for the relief of Maria Fowler, report... In Senate of the United States. August 19, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that provision may be made for those officers and soldiers who served under General Anthony Wayne against the northwestern Indians, report... In Senate of the United States. July 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 273. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Sally Day, report... In Senate of the United States. July 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 263. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Catharine Wilson, report... In Senate of the United States. July 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 258. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Presley Gray... In Senate of the United States. July 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. -- To accompany Bill H.R. 284. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the act for the relief of William Glover, report... In Senate of the United States. August 29, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d March, 1842, requiring, "a statement showing the construction given by him in practice to the act of 4th July, 1836, confirming the reports of the board of commissioners appointed to investigate private land claims in Missouri, under the act of 9th July, 1832, and 2d March, 1833, and whether, in his opinion, further legislation is necessary to carry out effectively and justly said act of July 4, 1836," have considered of the matters submitted, and instructed me to report...	109
Serial set 400	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States at the second session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, December 6, 1841, and in the sixty-sixth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 401	Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-seventh Congress. December 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table, and 10,000 extra copies with the accompanying documents ordered to be printed Indians -- Choctaw citizens of Mississippi. Memorial of the Choctaw citizens of the State of Mississippi, to the Congress of the United States. December 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Relations with Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, touching the relations between the United States and the government of Texas. December 13, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Navy contingent fund -- expenditures from. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of expenditures from the contingent fund of the Navy for the year 1841, as required by the act of March 3, 1809. December 13, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Board of Exchequer. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a draught of a bill for the establishment of a Board of Exchequer at the seat of government, with agencies, &c. December 21, 1841. Referred to the Select Committee on the Currency. list of reports to be made to Congress, at the 2nd session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 6, 1841. Small arms, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the subjects embraced in the resolution of the House of Representatives of September 2, 1841, relative to small arms, &c. December 13, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State, including publishing and distributing the laws, &c., from the 1st of December, 1840, to the 30th November, 1841, inclusive. December 13, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, pursuant to the 8th section of the act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors," approved March 2, 1831. December 13, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and the Navy Commissioners. December 13, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent funds -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of expenditures from the contingent funds of the Department and its offices for the year ending September, 1841. December 13, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting accounts for the fourth quarter of 1839 and the first and second quarters of 1840. December 13, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Contracts -- Commissioner Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of contracts made in his office from 1st December, 1840, to the date hereof. December 13, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings. Transfer of appropriations, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, relating to the transfer of appropriations, &c. December 13, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contingent expenses House of Reps. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the appropriation of the contingent expenses of said House for the year 1841. December 13, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Accounts. Silk business in Louisiana. Letter of Henry Bry, of Monroe, Louisiana, relative to the culture of silk. December 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Caddo Indian Treaty. Testimony taken under a commission from the Committee on Indian Affairs, under an order of the House of Representatives of the United States, by R.V. Marye, Esq., and Judge C.E. Greneaux. December 15, 1841. Presented to the House, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Finance. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the state of the finances. December 20, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriations for the year 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the appropriations for the service of the year 1842. December 20, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Annual report -- Commissioner General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 27, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Smith. Memorial of John H. Smith, formerly Commissioner of Virginia Revolutionary Claims. December 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Maria L. Nourse. Memorial of Maria L. Nourse, widow and legal representative of Joseph Nourse, deceased. December 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American registered seamen in each port of entry of the United States, from 1st October, 1840, to 30th September, 1841. December 21, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Custom-house -- New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th September last, relating to the furniture, &c., of the Custom-house in New York. December 21, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing a copy of the sixth census, as corrected and printed by the Department of State; also, a calculation for the apportionment of representatives, &c. December 23, 1841. Ordered to lie on the table, and the same number of copies of the papers in manuscript to be printed as have been directed by law to be printed of the census.	25
Serial set 402	Harbor of St. Joseph, Indiana. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, relative to the harbor of St. Joseph, on Lake Michigan. February 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Temporary Post Office building. Letter from the Postmaster General, on the subject of an appropriation for repairs done to the building lately temporarily occupied by the Post Office Department. February 15, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Statistics of the United States -- sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report upon the subject of the printing the statistics of the United States, taken under the acts relating to taking the sixth census. February 18, 1842. Sixth census, by counties. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report and statement, from the Secretary of State, of the aggregate amount of each description of persons within the several districts of the United States. January 6, 1842. Referred to the Select Committee on the Apportionment of Representatives, &c. February 9, 1842. Committee discharged; ordered to lie on the table French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, on the subject of French spoliations prior to the year 1800. January 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Bounty land. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, in regard to bounty land. February 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Judge McKinley -- petition of. Petition of John McKinley, one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, praying an alteration in the judicial circuits of the United States. February 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Alabama Legislature -- National armory at great falls of Tallapoosa River. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to a national armory. January 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Northeastern boundary -- United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the commissioners for the exploration and survey of the boundary line between the States of Maine and New Hampshire, and the conterminous British provinces, &c. February 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of the United States, with their arms, &c. February 8, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Militia. Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of the Patent Office during the year 1841. February 8, 1841. Applicants for pensions in 1841. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of applicants for pensions and increase of pensions in 1841. December 27, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress made therein up to the present time. January 3, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Issue of Treasury notes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 67.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, showing the necessity for the issue of Treasury notes to supply the immediate wants of the Treasury. January 5, 1842. Laid before the House, and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks employed in the State Department during the year 1841, and the compensation allowed to each. January 6, 1842. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the disbursements made from the contingent fund of the Department during the year 1841. January 6, 1842. Referred to Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department during the year 1841. Cumberland Road. Memorial from the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of an appropriation for the continuation of the Cumberland Road. January 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Naturalization laws. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, on the subject of the naturalization laws. January 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Contracts -- War Department, 1841. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all contracts entered into by the Department during the year 1841. January 8, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Seminole War -- slaves captured. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives of August 9, 1841, in relation to the origin of the Seminole War, of slaves captured, &c. January 29, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table Savings Institute -- Louisville, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, in relation to public moneys deposited in the "Savings Institute" of Louisville, Kentucky. January 31, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Applicants for Navy pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of applicants for Navy pensions, submitted in compliance with the joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress of 29th May, 1830. January 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Revenue at each post office in the United States for 1841. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the nett revenue at each post office in the United States for the year ending on the 30th June, 1841. January 31, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Maine. Memorial of inhabitants of Portland, on the subject of the colonial trade with Great Britain. February 7, 1842. Presented by Mr. Fessenden. February 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, 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 for the year 1841. February 8, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations for the Navy for 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual statement of the appropriations for the Department for the year 1841. February 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Appropriations unexpended, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d June, last, respecting appropriations unexpended and outstanding on the 4th of March last, &c. December 23, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates -- Post Office Department, 1842. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the service of the Department for the year 1842. January 6, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Land claims -- Opelousas, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, together with the papers accompanying the same, for the action of Congress thereon. January 6, 1842. Northeastern boundary of Maine. Report of a joint select committee of the Legislature of the State of Maine, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary of the said state, &c. February 3, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Marine hospital -- Cleveland, Ohio. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in relation to the erection of a marine hospital at Cleveland. February 4, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Apportionment of representatives. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, upon the subject of the apportionment of representatives under the sixth census. February 7, 1842. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Banks of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the several incorporated banks in the District of Columbia, at the close of the year 1841. January 12, 1842. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Clerks -- Navy Department, 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the names of clerks in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1841, and the compensation of each. January 12, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Indian affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names, &c., of all persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1841. January 13, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Bernard McCredy. Letter concerning the tariff, currency, and foreign exchanges. January 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Delaware -- repair of piers at Newcastle. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, relative to the repair of piers at Newcastle. January 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners, 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the Navy Commissioners for supplies for the service for 1841. January 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Clerks -- War Department, 1841. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the clerks in the Department during the year 1841. January 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Northern boundary of Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the State of Missouri, transmitting a correspondence on the subject of the northern boundary of said state. January 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. American citizens captured near Santa Fe. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to American citizens captured near Santa Fe, &c. January 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Penitentiary -- report of inspectors. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the inspectors of the penitentiary for 1841. January 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Boundary -- United States and Texas. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the boundary between the United States and Texas. January 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The tariff. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, on the subject of the tariff. January 20, 1842. Laid upon the table. Legislature Rhode Island -- suspend for one year the bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, requesting a suspension of the bankrupt law. January 20, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Institution for the Promotion of Science. Memorial of the officers and directors of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science. January 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Chickasaw fund. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the fund for the benefit of the Chickasaw Indians, &c. January 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Coast survey. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th June, 1841, respecting the expenditure, &c., for the survey of the coast of the United States. January 31, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons employed -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the number of persons employed in the public service, the duties required by law, the time required in such duties, and the compensation therefor ; together with the names of persons removed from office between 4th March, 1829, and 30th September, 1841, &c. January 31, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenditures -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Treasury Department, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1841. January 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Clerks -- Post Office Department, 1841. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks in the Post Office Department during the year 1841, with their names and salaries. January 31, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Russ & Roach. Report from the Secretary of War, of the settlement of the account of Joseph Russ and Stephen Roach, conformably to the act of the 17th of February, 1836, as reported by the Quartermaster General. January 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Appropriations and expenditures, 1841. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the amounts of appropriations and expenditures for the year 1841, and the balances in the Treasury on the 31st December of that year. January 31, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Custom-house -- New York. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th February, 1842, upon the subject of the investigation of the concerns of the New York Custom-house, &c. February 12, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Iowa -- expenses of a convention to form state constitution. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the Territory of Iowa, relating to the expenses of a convention to form a state constitution. February 12, 1842. Laid upon the table. Iowa appropriation to complete penitentiary. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Iowa, for an appropriation to complete the penitentiary. February 12, 1842. Laid upon the table. Iowa -- expenses southern boundary. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the southern boundary of that territory and the State of Missouri. February 12, 1842. Laid upon the table. School lands -- half-breed reservation. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to procuring a donation of lands for school purposes, in half-breed Sac and Fox reservation. February 12, 1842. Laid on the table. Purchase of lands -- Sac and Fox Indians. Resolution of the Legislature of the Territory of Iowa, in relation to the purchase of lands belonging to the Sac and Fox Indians. February 12, 1842. Laid upon the table. Light-house, &c. -- at Belvidere. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to building a light-house and improving the harbor at Belvidere, at the mouth of the Clinton River, on Lake St. Clair. February 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. French spoliations prior to 1800. Resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to French spoliations prior to 1800. February 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which Bill H.R. No. 57 is committed. Massachusetts military claim. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, respecting the claim of Massachusetts upon the United States for military services. February 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Apportionment of representatives. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the apportionment of representatives. February 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Repudiation of state debts. Resolutions of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in relation to the repudiation of state debts. February 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina. February 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Revolutionary pensions. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, in relation to Revolutionary pensions. February 14, 1842. Referred to Select Committee on Wayne's Campaign. Military bounty lands. Resolutions of the Virginia Legislature, asking for an additional appropriation of land, to satisfy the outstanding military bounty land warrants issued, under the authority of that commonwealth, to the officers and soldiers of the Revolution, or their legal representatives. February 14, 1842. Laid upon the table. Proceeds of sales of public lands and pre-emptions. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, on the subject of the act for the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, &c. February 14, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Tariff. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on the subject of the tariff. February 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Soldiers of the Revolution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, concerning soldiers of the Revolution. February 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Water-rotted hemp. Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, for an agency in that state for the inspection, &c., of water-rotted hemp for the use of the Navy. February 14, 1842. Referred to a select committee of five members. Military road in Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, respecting estimates of the cost of a military road in the State of Maine, &c. February 15, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Minister U.S. at St. James to Commodore Hull. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of letters written by the minister of the United States at the Court of Great Britain, in 1841, to the commander of the squadron of the United States then in the Mediterranean. February 15, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Salaries of foreign ministers &c. -- payment of. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of paying foreign ministers and other public agents. February 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Assay of foreign coins. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the fineness and value, by weight, of certain gold and silver coins, &c. February 19, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Cost of steam ships Mississippi and Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the cost of the steam ships Mississippi and Missouri. February 19, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of balances on the books of the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled more than three years. February 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Marine hospitals -- western waters. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the purchase of sites on the western waters for the erection of marine hospitals, &c. February 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Licensing Indian traders. Resolution of the Legislature of the Territory of Iowa, upon the subject of the trade with certain Indian tribes. February 23, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Colonial history of New York. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in relation to the colonial history of the State of New York. February 23, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, in relation to the negotiation between the United States and Great Britain, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary of the State of Maine. February 26, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments and expenditures of officers of the Customs -- 1841, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs, &c., for the year 1841. February 26, 1842. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Trial of Captain W.C. Bolton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a record of proceedings of the naval court martial, &c., in Captain William C. Bolton's case. February 26, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. General Andrew Jackson. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to General Andrew Jackson. February 28, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay of Michigan militia. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to the claim of certain companies of Michigan militia. February 28, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Subject banks, &c. to bankrupt law. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in relation to the general bankrupt law. February 28, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Saginaw and Mackinac road. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, relative to the survey of a route for a military road, by the general government, leading from Saginaw to Mackinac. February 28, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Relations with England. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, relative to the state of affairs between the United States and Great Britain. February 28, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Resurvey of Sac and Fox reservation. Joint resolution of the Legislative Assembly of Iowa Territory, in relation to a resurvey of Sac and Fox reservation. March 2, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Public printing -- Thomas Allen. Letter from Thomas Allen, in relation to the printing of the compendium of the sixth census. March 2, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Colored mariners in ports of South Carolina. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 2d February ultimo, in relation to an act of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, directing the imprisonment of colored persons arriving from abroad in the ports of that state, &c. March 2, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Printing, &c., Executive departments. Report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of printing, stationery, and binding of the Executive departments, &c., rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th February, 1842. March 2, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Claims. American citizens arrested by Mexicans. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to certain American citizens captured by a military force of Mexicans. January 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Annual report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting a statement of the expenditures on the public buildings for the past year. January 13, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings	94
Serial set 403	Duties -- Spanish vessels Maria and Lancero. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the remission of the duties on the cargoes of the Spanish vessels Maria and Lancero, which vessels sailed from Malaga before information of the tariff of September, 1841, had been received at that port. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Western armory. March 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Doctor Thomas Harris -- Bureau of Medicine, Navy United States. March 21, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Custom-house -- Savannah, Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the erection of a Custom-house in Savannah, Georgia. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures on account of the national armories, &c. March 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Report on the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations: comparative tariffs; tabular statements of the domestic exports of the United States; duties on importation of the staple or principal productions of the United States into foreign countries, &c. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of State, in compliance with the resolutions of the House of Representatives of September 3, 1841, and January 30, 1842. Lead mines in Illinois, Wiskonsan, and Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, relative to the leasing and management of the lead mines in Illinois, Wiskonsan, and Iowa, and the collection of rents, &c. February 4, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Maison Rouge land claims. Transcript of proceedings in the case of Lauderneau vs. Coxe and Turner, containing evidence in relation to the Maison Rouge land claims. March 14, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Plan of a fiscal agency. March 14, 1842. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Virginia ironmasters -- for an increase of duty on imported iron. Memorial of a number of ironmasters at Lexington, Virginia, in relation to an increase on duty on imported iron. March 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Admit Texas into the Union. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, for the admission of Texas into the Union, &c. March 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. General Jackson's fine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, concerning the fine imposed on General Jackson by the district judge of Louisiana. March 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Tariff. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, on the subject of the tariff. February 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Election of the President and Vice President. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, relative to the election of President and Vice President. February 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Members of Congress -- applicants for office. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to applications of members of Congress for office. March 23, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Slavery in the District of Columbia. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, on the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia. March 24, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Increase of Navy and defence of Chesapeake Bay. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, in relation to an increase of the naval force and the defence of Chesapeake Bay. March 24, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. John T. Howard. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, relating to John T. Howard, a prisoner in Mexico. March 24, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Additional finances, &c. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the condition of the finances, and recommending the repeal of the land distribution bill, the funding of fifteen millions of dollars, &c. March 25, 1842. Read, and postponed until to-morrow. Treasury notes -- correction of errors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the correction of errors contained in his report to the President of the 7th March. March 26, 1842. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Extra pay to General Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th ultimo, in relation to extra compensation allowed to General Scott, in addition to his full pay, &c., as a major general of the Army of the United States, &c. March 4, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Public moneys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of receiving, keeping, transferring, and disbursing the public moneys. March 4, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Explosion of steam boilers. Memorial of Thomas S. Easton, in relation to the prevention of explosions of steam boilers. March 7, 1842. Referred to the select committee upon the subject of steam boilers. Treasury of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the probable demands upon the Treasury, and the means of meeting the same. March 8, 1842. Read. Steamboat Caroline -- second arrest. Message from the President of the United States, announcing that another citizen of Canada has been arrested under the laws of New York, charged with being concerned in the burning of the Caroline, &c. March 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Pay and rank of engineers of steam ships of war. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 253.) Documents submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in relation to the employment of engineers in the Navy, &c. March 8, 1842. Agriculture and tariff. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, on the subject of the American tobacco interest. March 8, 1842. Laid upon the table. Post Office regulations, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the transmission of letters and the transportation of passengers in foreign steam vessels. March 26, 1842. So much as relates to transmission of letters referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads; and so much as relates to the transportation of passengers in foreign steam vessels referred to the Committee on Commerce. In relation to the loan bill. Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of the loan bill. March 16, 1842. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. South Carolina, Virginia, and New York controversy. March 17, 1842. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Expenditures -- light-houses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the expenditures of the light-house establishments, &c. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. 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 ultimo, in relation to the boundary line between the State of Missouri and the Territory of Iowa. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of expenditures made during the year 1841 from the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department. Claims against the Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th ultimo, relating to the settlement of claims of citizens of the United States against the Pottawatomie Indians. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Balances on books Register Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Register, which have been due and unsettled three years prior to 30th September, 1841. March 19, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Foreign letters. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to the receipt and transmission of foreign letters. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Boundary between Michigan and Wiskonsan. Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsan Territory, in relation to the boundary between Michigan and Wiskonsan. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Loan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to an inquiry of the House of the 16th instant, "whether any offers were made to take the balance of the loan authorized by the act of the 21st July, 1841." March 19, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Collection of tonnage duties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of instructions relative to the collection of tonnage duties, &c., rendered in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo. March 19, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Job printing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of job printing, stationery, binding, &c., executed for that Department. March 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Survey of Sapelo Inlet. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of a report of Lieutenant Glynn of his survey of Sapelo Inlet, in the State of Georgia. March 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Members of Congress -- applicants for office. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant. March 26, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Trade and mail arrangements with Texas. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the trade and mail arrangements between the United States and Texas. March 31, 1842. So much as relates to trade referred to the Committee on Commerce; so much as relates to mail arrangements referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Disbursements to the Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of money, goods, or effects, for the Indians, &c. March 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment of which Mr. Gilbert is chairman.	44
Serial set 404	Murders on the neutral ground. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 22d ultimo, calling for a report of the names of American citizens lately murdered by the Indians on the neutral ground, in the Territory of Iowa, &c. May 12, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Coasting trade -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the coasting trade of the United States, and also to the conveyance of newspapers from one port thereof to another. March 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Overslaugh in Hudson River--Delta of the Mississippi. May 4, 1842. Submitted to the House by Mr. Bayard, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Postmasters appointed after April 4, 1841. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the postmasters appointed between the 4th April, 1841, and the 21st March, 1842; also, a list of persons, other than postmasters, appointed by the Postmaster General during the same period. May 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mississippi Legislature -- right of search, and case of the brig Creole. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in reference to the right of search, and the case of the American brig Creole. May 10, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Armory, Springfield, Massachusetts. Report of the board convened at Springfield, (Mass.) August 30, 1841, to examine into the condition and management of Springfield armory. May 9, 1842. Submitted to the House by Mr. Goggin, and ordered to be printed. Appointments to office -- War Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a list of all appointments to office that have been made since the 4th day of April, 1841, in the Department of War. April 20, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. William Fuller. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th of April last, in relation to the claim of William Fuller for carrying the United States mail on route no. 2,358, from Augusta to Savannah, Georgia, during the year 1834. May 23, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Post Office Department -- persons employed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th July last, respecting the number, duties, and compensation of all persons employed in the Post Office Department, &c. March 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Water-rotted hemp. Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to water-rotted hemp for the use of the Navy of the United States. April 8, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Agents of Ordnance Department sent to Europe, and cadets graduated since 1812. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, in relation to agents sent to Europe since 1825, on business connected with the Ordnance Department, &c.; also, a report of the number of cadets who have graduated since the year 1812, at West Point, &c. April 20, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin F. Butler. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from Benjamin F. Butler, in relation to the report of the commissioners appointed to examine into the affairs connected with the New York Custom-house. May 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Owners of the Spanish ship Sabina. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, and documents, in relation to the claim of the captain and owners of the Spanish ship Sabina. April 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Appointments to office--Treasury Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, respecting appointments to office, &c., since 4th April, 1841. April 20, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations for light-house on Flynn's Knoll. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the amount of money expended of the appropriation made for the erection of a light-house on Flynn's Knoll. April 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in relation to the report of the commissioners appointed in March last to inquire into the condition of the public buildings, &c. April 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings. Heirs of Henry Van Dyke. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, in relation to the claim of the heirs of Henry Van Dyke. April 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Postages, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 10th of September, 1841, requiring information respecting the number of letters carried by the public mails, &c. April 20, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Repeal of the distribution law. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of New York, for the repeal of the distribution law. April 21, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. War steamers -- northwestern lakes. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the 12th instant, in relation to the construction of steamers or other vessels for the defence of the northwestern lakes. April 22, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Depredations by Indians and United States troops in Georgia. April 22, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, with instructions. Survey of the coast -- Appalachicola to the mouth of the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieutenant L.M. Powell, of the survey of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, from Appalachicola to the mouth of the Mississippi River. April 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Maine -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of repealing the act for the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. April 5, 1842. Laid upon the table. Contracts and payments at the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements: 1st, of contracts relating to light-houses; 2d, of payments of miscellaneous claims; 3d, expenditure from Marine Hospital Fund; 4th, contracts authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. April 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Amendments of the Constitution of the U.S. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to amendments of the Constitution of the United States. April 8, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Navigation of the western rivers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the navigation of the western rivers. April 8, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Duties on tobacco -- France and Great Britain. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the duties imposed on tobacco by France and England. April 8, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Discrepancies in estimates for fortif[i]cations. April 27, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Appropriation -- Navy pensions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) April 27, 1842. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Memorial of citizens of Allegany County, Maryland, for the surrender of the United States stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the State of Maryland. April 28, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Navy yard, Norfolk. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports of the Commissioner appointed to made an investigation of the Gosport Navy Yard, &c. March 4, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. May 5, 1842. Committee discharged, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Florida. Constitution adopted by the people of Florida, December, 1838. May 9, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Revised tariff. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes. May 9, 1842. Laid upon the table, and 10,000 copies extra ordered to be printed. Resolutions on the subject of postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New York, on the subject of postage. May 9, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Clerks of courts southern district of New York and southern district of Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives respecting the clerks of the district and circuit courts of the southern district of New York, and of the southern district of Mississippi. May 10, 1842. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mississippi Legislature -- duties and powers of government. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, in relation to the acts of the extra session of Congress of 1841. May 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi Legislature -- postage in national currency -- reduce postage, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in relation to the rates of postage. May 10, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Post Office, &c., and ordered to be printed. Mississippi Legislature -- annexation of Texas to the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in relation to the annexation of Texas to the United States. May 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations for fortifications, repairing old works, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 352.) Documents submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to appropriations for fortifications, &c. April 12, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Launching of certain vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, respecting the order for launching or not launching certain ships of war; also, the suspension of work in the Navy yards. June 7, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1841, and the compensation of each. June 7, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of the Navy -- pay, emoluments, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the service, pay, and emoluments of officers of the Navy, &c. March 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reorganization -- Navy Unites States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th instant, in relation to the reorganization of the Navy. March 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Fortifications of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th August, 1841, respecting the number of fortifications within the United States, &c. March 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mails of the United States on railroads, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the amount paid for transporting the mails of the United States on railroads, &c. March 31, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Defence of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the defence of the seacoast and inland frontier of that state. March 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Rumsey's steam engine. April 15, 1842. Appointments to office -- Navy, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of the appointments to office in the Navy and Marine Corps, and in the Navy Department, since 4th of March last, &c. April 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Charges against officers of the penitentiary, District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th ultimo, in relation to charges preferred against certain officers of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, &c. April 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Standards of liquid capacity measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report showing the progress made in the fabrication of standards of liquid capacity measures. April 8, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Coast Survey. Persons employed in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th July last, in respect of persons employed in the State Department, &c. April 8, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. British colonial trade. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the British colonial trade. April 11, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Embarrassed Treasury -- foreign relations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in relation to the embarrassed condition of the public Treasury and the critical state of our foreign relations. April 11, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of Treasury. Letter from the Acting Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Treasury, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September, 1841. April 12, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. International copyright. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence between the governments of the United States and Great Britain, in relation to the international law of copyright. April 12, 1842. Referred to the select committee appointed the 14th of March, 1842, upon the subject. Legislature of Mississippi -- light-house on St. Joseph's. A resolution of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, concerning the erection of a light-house on St. Joseph's Island. May 10, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Passengers arrived in the United States in 1841. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of passengers arrived in the United States during the year 1841. May 12, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Marine Corps. Document submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. May 12, 1842. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Navy pensioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the names of all Navy pensioners under the act of 3d March, 1837, together with the aggregate amount each has received up to the 1st January last. May 28, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo, relative to the affairs of the Cherokee Indians. June 3, 1842. Read, and motion pending to refer to Committee on Indian Affairs when House adjourned. June 4, 1842. Considered, referred to Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Indian hostilities in Florida. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of a system of defence for the Territory of Florida, &c. May 12, 1842. Read, and postponed until to-morrow. Defenceless condition of the southern coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico. Statement submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs to the House of Representatives, in relation to the defenceless condition of the southern coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico. May 12, 1842. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Public defences on Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo, in relation to the public defences on Lake Ontario, the River St. Lawrence, &c. May 18, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay, &c., of officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports showing the pay and emoluments of the officers of the Army above the grade of second lieutenant, &c. May 18, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamers Oneida and Telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th of April ultimo, respecting the pay by government for the use of the steamers Oneida and Telegraph, in the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, in transporting troops, &c. May 18, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Defence of the State of Georgia. Documents submitted to the House of Representatives, relating to the defence of the State of Georgia against the Indians in Florida, by the Hon. Mark A. Cooper. May 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Samuel Lawrence and William W. Stone -- defence against Mr. Poindexter's report. May 20, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Choctaw Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information called for on the 14th of February last, in relation to the Choctaw Academy for the education of Indian youths, established at the Great Crossings, in Kentucky. May 20, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriation for home squadron. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information called for by resolution of the 18th May instant, in relation to the application of the appropriation made for the Home Squadron. May 20, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamer building on Lake Erie. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th ultimo, in relation to the steamer ordered to be built on Lake Erie, &c. July 7, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. James D. Doty. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 14th instant, respecting payments made to James D. Doty out of the appropriations for public buildings in the Territory of Wiskonsan. May 28, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Territories. Tobacco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the exports and imports of tobacco, with the import into Great Britain, &c. May 28, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Appointments to office, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a list of appointments to office since the 4th of April, 1841, either by the Executive or Secretary of State, &c. April 8, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Electors of President and Vice President. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to fixing the time for the choice of electors of President and Vice President. April 11, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table.	74
Serial set 405	Colored persons in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 1st instant, respecting colored persons employed or enlisted in the Army of the United States. August 16, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table Indemnities for slaves on board the Comet and Encomium. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) June 10, 1842. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Quintuple Treaty -- African slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, calling for a copy of the Quintuple Treaty between the five principal powers of Europe, for the suppression of the African slave trade, &c. June 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Light-house establishment in France. July 23, 1842. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Relations with Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of papers upon the subject of the relations between the United States and the Mexican Republic. July 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Imports and exports of sugar from 1821 to 1842, and drawbacks of duty on railroad iron. July 9, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Armories -- Springfield and Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, calling for information in respect to disbanding the hands and closing the shops of said armories, &c. August 26, 1842. 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. August 31, 1842. Transfer of appropriations -- naval service. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an account of the money appropriated for the naval service in 1841, transferred for the service of 1842, under the act of June 30, 1834. August 26, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Corn and sugar furnished by General D.L. Clinch. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, in relation to Indian corn and sugar cane furnished by General D.L. Clinch, and the sums paid for the same. July 29, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of a deficiency of means in the Treasury of the United States, &c. August 20, 1842. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Claims of citizens of U.S. on Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, and a copy of the report of the commissioners on the part of the United States under the late convention between the United States and Mexico. August 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Clerks in the General Land Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of a diminution of the number of clerks employed in the Office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, &c. August 26, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Loan and Treasury notes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 607.) August 26, 1842. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Mineral lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers received from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to mineral lands. August 8, 1842. Laid before the House, and ordered to be printed. Fortifications. June 14, 1842. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Statement relative to annual estimates of the Engineer Department for 1842. Reported by Mr. Fillmore, from the Committee of Ways and Means, in explanation of House Bill No. 80, for fortifications. Officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report and draught of a bill in relation to the appointment, number, duties, &c., of the officers of the Customs, &c. June 25, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Debts of several states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d September last, in relation to the debts of the several states and territories, as far as has been furnished to the Department. June 25, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Geological survey of the Territories of Wiskonsan and Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the report of the geological survey of the Territories of Wiskonsan and Iowa, made by David Dale Owen, Esq. June 29, 1842. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Custom-house expenses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the number of Custom-houses and ports of entry in the United States at which the expenses exceed the amount of revenue received, &c. July 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the relations between the United States and the Republic of Texas. July 22, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Collection of duties subsequent to 30th June, 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the collection of duties on imports subsequent to the 30th June, and his views and opinions thereon. July 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. July 8, 1842. Committee of Ways and Means discharged, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. July 23, 1842. Report made, No. 943, and Bill No. 547. Laws and resolutions of France as to the importation of tobacco. Report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th of April last, calling for information in relation to laws and regulations of the Kingdom of France on the subject of the importation of tobacco into France. July 23, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1841. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements respecting the commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries, in the year ending on the 30th of September, 1841, &c. July 23, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table, and ten thousand extra copies ordered to be printed. Duties on imports, &c., since June 30, 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant in relation to duties received on imports since June 30, 1842, &c. August 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties on imports. (To accompany the Revenue Bill (No. 472) reported by the Committee of Ways and Means.) June 17, 1842. Submitted to the House by the Committee of Ways and Means, and 5,000 copies extra ordered to be printed. Distribution of returns of sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an estimate of an appropriation which will be required for a distribution of the aggregate returns of the sixth census, &c. June 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mechanics and laborers at Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a table showing the increase since the 1st of January, and the dismissals since the 1st of May, 1842, of the number of mechanics and laborers in the several Navy yards. June 18, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure in 1841 -- Florida Indians, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th May, 1841, respecting the expenditure of $15,000 for expenses of the delegation of Indians, west of the Mississippi, to the Florida Indians; also, the expenditure of $100,000 for the benefit of such Seminole Indians as surrendered for emigration. June 18, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. New York Custom-house commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the late New York Custom-house commission. June 18, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks in the Post Office Department. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 264.) Documents relating to the permanent employment of certain temporary clerks in the Post Office Department. June 22, 1842. Pre-emption to settlers, amend laws, &c. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 100.) June 23, 1842. Submitted to the House by Hon. Z. Casey, and ordered to be printed. Steamers between Havre and New York. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Minister of France to the Secretary of State, upon the subject of a line of steam vessels between the ports of Havre and New York. June 24, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Aaron Leggett. Memorial of Aaron Leggett, of the State of New York in relation to claims on the Republic of Mexico. July, 21, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Improvements of harbors, &c., (old works.) (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement in relation to the improvements of certain harbors and other public works. July 21, 1842. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. The tariff -- veto. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the bill "To Extend for a Limited Period the Present Laws for Laying and Collecting Duties on Imports," with his objections to the same. June 29, 1842. Read, and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the support of the Army and Military Academy. Documents to accompany bill of House of Representatives (No. 75) "Making Appropriations for the Support of the Army and Military Academy for the Year 1842." July 1, 1842. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Bill H.R. No. 73, for an apportionment of representatives among the several states according to the sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of the exposition of the reasons of the President of the United States for giving his sanction to the bill for the apportionment of Representatives, &c. July 4, 1842. Read -- motion to refer to Select Committee on notification of approval of same act, and to print, pending. July 6, 1842. Ordered to be printed, and referred to the Select Committee, as above. Expenditures from March 4, 1841, to March 4, 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures from the 4th March, 1841, to the 4th March, 1842, so far as the books of the Register of the Treasury show the same. July 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Counsel to assist district attorneys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments to counsel for assisting district attorneys in suits wherein the United States were interested. July 7, 1842. Referred to Committee on Public Expenditures. Fines, &c. -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of fines imposed and deductions made from the pay of mail contractors, during the year ending June 30, 1841. July 7, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Claimants upon the government. Memorial of Richard S. Coxe and others, a committee of citizens holding claims upon the government of the United States. July 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Claims. George Johnson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives, information relative to proceedings of this government in the case of George Johnson, a citizen of the United States, aggrieved by acts of the Republic of Uruguay, &c. July 14, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Veto -- tariff of duties, &c. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives (in which it originated) the bill to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes, with objections. August 9, 1842. Read, ordered to be printed, and consideration postponed until to-morrow. Thomas Allen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an account of Thomas Allen, &c. August 10, 1842. Referred to the select committee appointed on the 1st of April last, of which Mr. Hopkins is chairman. Liabilities of the Treasury, March 4, 1841. August 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Finances -- Post Office Department -- 1841. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the finances of the Post Office Department for the year ending the 30th June, 1841. August 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Colored persons in the Navy of the U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information called for by a resolution of the House of the 1st instant, asking what number of colored persons there are at this time in the Navy. August 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table Payments made to Joseph M. Hernandez and General Duncan L. Clinch. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, respecting allowances to Joseph M. Hernandez and General Duncan L. Clinch. August 10, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Armories and arsenals of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the arsenals and armories of the United States, where the same are situated, when established, &c. August 16, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Hugh A. Garland to the House of Representatives, 27th Congress. July 26, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. Title to the Pea Patch Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the House of Representatives, in relation to the Pea Patch Island, &c. June 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Correspondence -- Secretary of War and Commanding Officer in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the correspondence between the War Department and the Commanding Officer in Florida, since the 1st of January last. July 7, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs	53

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