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| Serial set 49 |
Memorial of the auctioneers of the City of New York. January 3, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of 20th December last, a report of the number and station of all the military posts in the United States, and of the distribution of the Army; designating the number and grade of the officers, and the number of men at each. January 3, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks employed in that Department, and the compensation allowed to each. January 4, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th November last, information in relation to the annual fees of the clerks, district attorneys and marshals of the respective courts of the United States; also, a report from the Treasury Department in relation to naval officers, surveyors, and collectors of the Customs. January 4, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Documents accompanying the "Bill To Amend the Act, Entitled An Act for the Gradual Increase of the Navy of the United States." January 5, 1821. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Naval Committee, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the quantity of land sold under the provisions of the act of the 24th April, 1820, making further provision for the sales of the public lands, &c. Made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th of May last. December 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fourth Auditor of persons who have failed to render their accounts within the year; also, an abstract of balances remaining unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September last. December 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d November last, information in relation to the naval protection afforded to the commerce of the United States in the West India islands, &c. &c. January 2, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of goods, wares & merchandise exported from the United States to foreign countries during the year ending 30th September, 1820. December 29, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th inst., statements shewing the number of soldiers recruited for the Army during the year 1820, and the fund from which the expenses thereof have been defrayed, &c. January 2, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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| Serial set 50 | Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second and Third Auditors of the Treasury, which have remained due more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1820; a list of the names of persons who have failed to render their accounts to the said Auditors within the year; and a list of advances made prior to 3d March, 1809, by the War Department, which remained to be accounted for on the books of the Third Auditor of the Treasury on 30th September, 1820. November 27, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. | 1 |
| Serial set 51 |
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th ultimo, information on the subject of the African slave trade. January 5, 1821. Referred to the committee to which is referred so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements shewing [i.e., showing] the amount of expenditures at the Military Academy at West Point, from the establishment thereof, in the erection of buildings and repairs; also, the aggregate amount of expenses up to the present time, for pay, &c. to teachers, officers, and cadets; and the number of cadets educated at said Academy, &c. &c. January 9, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of a committee of the citizens of Philadelphia in favor of the passage of a law to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy. January 9, 1821. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons to whom patents have been issued, for any useful invention, during the year 1820. January 5, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th December last, a statement of expenditures and receipts in the Indian department; also, the nature and extent of contracts entered into, and with whom, from the 2d of March, 1811, to the present period. January 5, 1821. Ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements which shew the names of clerks employed in his office, and in the office of the Commissioners of the Navy, and the compensation allowed to each. January 8, 1821. Ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the expenditures of moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1820. January 9, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Statement of allowances which have been made to the officers of the Army of the United States for the transportation of baggage, quarters, and fuel, in the Office of the Third Auditor, from 1st January, 1817, to 31st December, 1819, and in the Office of the Second Auditor, from 1st January, 1816, to 31st December, 1819. December, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of field service & police, and a system of martial law, for the government of the Army of the United States. Submitted, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 22d of December, 1819. December 26, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An act giving the assent of the State of Virginia to an act of Congress for laying out and making a road from the Potomac River to the State of Ohio. January 9, 1821. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditures and application of the moneys drawn from the Treasury on account of the Navy, from the 1st of Oct., 1819, to the 30th Sept., 1820, inclusive, and of the unexpended balances of former appropriations. January 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 52 |
Statement of real property sold for direct taxes, in the First Collection District in the State of New York, under the law of 1814, which remains unredeemed. January 15, 1821. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of payments made at the Treasury during the year 1820 for the discharge of miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided for; of payments made during the same year for the discharge of such demands of a civil nature as are not provided for; a statement of contracts made relative to oil, light houses, buoys, stakeages, &c.; a statement of contracts and purchases for the revenue during the year 1819; and a statement of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen, for the year 1819. January 13, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Commissioners of the Navy, of the sums of money which will be requisite to complete existing contracts made in pursuance of the Act for the Gradual Increase of the Navy. January 16, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the ninth instant, in relation to the Agency of the Treasury of the United States for the War and Navy Departments, and whether the same may not be discontinued without detriment to the public service. January 26, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the Second Comptroller, shewing the balance of each distinct appropriation for the Navy remaining in the Treasury, and in the hands of the Treasurer, an agent for the Navy Department, on the first of January, 1821, &c. January 16, 1821. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Navy Commissioners. First. In relation to the cost of the rations of seamen, &c. 2d. On the subject of commuting the rations to officers, into money. 3d. The number of officers, of each grade, necessary for the service of the year 1821. 4th. Statement of the number of pursers at this time on the rolls, and the necessity of continuing the whole in service. 5th. On the subject of dispensing with the services of superintendents, storekeepers, &c. 6th. Relating to a new organization of the Marine Corps; and 7th. An estimated average cost per annum of various classes of vessels of war. January 17, 1821. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Naval Committee, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, in relation to the militia in service during the late war, &c. &c. January 17, 1821. Read, and referred to the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the militia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint of assays made of several species of foreign silver coins. January 17, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War containing the information required by the resolution of the House respecting the negotiations with the Six Nations of Indians in the State of New York. January 19, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the amount of merchandise on hand, at the different Indian trading houses; and in the hands of the Superintendent of Indian Trade in Georgetown, at cost. Prepared in obedience to a resolution of the 13th instant. January 19, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the Berkshire Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. January 22, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th inst., a statement of the money in the Treasury on the 1st of January, 1821; together with a statement of the money in the hands of the Treasurer, as agent for the War and Navy Departments on that day. January 22, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the field officers commanding the Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gun-Men, in the Seminole campaign, &c. January 24, 1821. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill from the Senate for the relief of the officers and volunteers engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts on the subject of privateering. January 26, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, requiring information of the number of inspectors, weighers, gaugers, and measurers employed in each port of the United States; and the compensation allowed to each for the last five years; also, a statement of the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury exhibiting the names of persons employed as agents for building and supplying light-houses, revenue cutters, and marine hospitals, for the last five years, with the compensation paid to each of them. January 29, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of sundry citizens of Hampshire County, State of Virginia. January 29, 1821. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, on the bills to regulate the duties on imports, and for other purposes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the law of the 21st of April, 1808, statements exhibiting the contracts made by the Quartermaster General, Commissary General of Subsistence, the Ordnance Department, the Commissary General of Purchases, and the Engineer Department, in the year 1820. January 29, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report from the Comptroller of the Treasury, in obedience to the resolution instructing him to report whether, in the statement of balances which accompanied his letter of the 27th of November last, there have been made the discriminations and suggestions required by the fourteenth section of the act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts. January 30, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount of drawback on merchandise exported during the years 1817, 1818, and 1819, compared with the amount of duties which accrued on the same respectively. January 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the General Post Office, and the compensation allowed to each. January 11, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th ultimo, information of the number of French vessels which have arrived, and are expected to arrive, in the present year, in the River St. Mary's since the first of July last. January 13, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of Secretary of State relating to negotiations for the suppression of the slave trade. January 15, 1821. Referred to the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1820, and the compensation allowed to each. January 15, 1821. Referred to the select committee on the subject of retrenchment of salaries, &c. &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy during the fiscal year ending with the 30th September, 1820. January 15, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. [Letter] from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement, shewing the tonnage of vessels of the United States which entered from, and cleared for, ports in France, together with the tonnage of French vessels which entered ports of the United States during the years 1816, 1817, 1818, and 1819. January 20, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. |
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| Serial set 53 |
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the unproductive post roads. February 1, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds applicable to the payment of the stock created by the act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory, passed the 31st March, 1814, rendered in obedience to a resolution of the 24th instant. January 30, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with copies of the instructions given to the commissioners for locating a road from Wheeling, in Virginia, to the Mississippi River; also, copies of the report of said commissioners of the progress made in the execution of the duties assigned to them. January 31, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, a report of the strength of the Marine Corps at head quarters, and the annual expense of the Quartermaster and Paymasters' departments; showing the pay and emoluments of all the officers. February 12, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy, during the year 1820. January 19, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Post Office Department during the last year. Also, a statement of contracts made in a former year, which were then casually omitted. January 31, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ult., a list of all the lands and buildings which have been purchased by the United States for military purposes, from the 1st day of July, 1800, to the present time, the cost of each site, and the buildings, as far as is practicable, together with remarks on the estimated present value of the same, &c. &c. February 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from Ethan A. Brown, governor of the State of Ohio, transmitting a report of the joint committee of both houses of the General Assembly, on the subject of the proceedings of the Bank of the United States against the officers of the state, in the United States' Circuit Court. February 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. February 3, 1821. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. January 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. February 5, 1821. Taken up, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the Navy Department for the year 1820, and the balance in the hands of the Treasurer as agent for the said Department. February 6, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the War Department for the year 1820; and the balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer, as agent for the said Department. February 6, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Statement of allowances to the different grades of the officers of the Army, accompanying the bill to fix and regulate the pay of the officers in the Army of the United States. February 7, 1821. Committed with the bill to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 7, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1820; and the compensation allowed to each. February 8, 1821. Read and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the people of the District of Spartanburgh, S.C. against the proposed increase of the tariff. February 10, 1821. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the tariff bill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Mint of the United States. March 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 54 |
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the precise amount of the special deposites to the credit of the Treasury of the United States, which is referred to in his supplementary report of the 28th ultimo, as not being available during the current year. February 19, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list, prepared by the Register of the Treasury, of the balances standing on the books of receipts and expenditures, and which appear to have been due or unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September last. February 9, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting lists from the books of the Register of balances which appear to have been due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th September last, from collectors of the Customs, supervisors, collectors, &c. of the old internal revenue and direct tax, and receivers of public moneys for lands sold. February 13, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, information in relation to the progress of the Board of Engineers in the selection of sites of fortifications, &c. February 15, 1821. So much of the within report as relates to appropriations referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to the Committee on Military Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a ratified treaty of amity, settlement, and limits, between the United States of America and his Catholic Majesty. February 23, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. list of the members of the House of Representatives at the second session of the 16th Congress and the delegates from territories, designating the place where each was born, so far as the same has been ascertained. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, and a statement of the coinage for the last year. February 16, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the quantity of salt imported and the duty accruing thereon; the amount of bounties and allowances to fishing vessels from the commencement of the government to the 31st December, 1819; also, the quantity of salt re-exported without benefit of drawback from the 1st of October, 1804, to the 30th of September, 1819. February 21, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1820. February 21, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of the United States for the year 1820, with an account of the arms, accoutrements, &c. belonging to the same. February 26, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the number and tonnage of American and British vessels cleared from the ports of the United States for Bermuda, the Bahamas, and other West India islands during the years 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, & 1820. March 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting two statements of goods, wares, and merchandise imported in American and foreign vessels; together with an aggregate view of both, from the 1st of Oct., 1818, to the 30th Sept., 1819. Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of 29th May, 1798. January 23, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 55 |
Documents in relation to the claim of James Johnson for transportation on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. March 1, 1821. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Secretary of State, upon weights and measures, prepared in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourteenth of December, 1819. February 22, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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| Serial set 56 |
Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the names of persons who were indebted to the Post Office Department, on the 30th day of September last, and the amount due from each. February 3, 1821. Referred to the select committee, appointed on the 19th of December last, to investigate the affairs of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the payments to inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers, &c. employed in the collection of the Customs in the years 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, & 1820. Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th January, 1821. March 2, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 57 |
Report of the committee to which was referred so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade. February 9, 1821. Read and ordered to lie upon the table Resolutions submitted by Mr. Rich. January 2, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, that the Committee on Manufactures be instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting, (except for the export trade), the importation... Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, on the petition of James May, accompanied with a bill for the relief of James May and the legal representatives of William Macomb. January 24, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of William W. Hall. January 5, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Sarah Dewees. December 20, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Bowie and Kurtz, &c. accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 3, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Francis B. Languille, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 3, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for relief of John Rodriguez. Resolution submitted by Mr. Archer, of Va. January 4, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire whether there be at this time existing and in force in Missouri any legal tribunals or tribunal, derived from the authority of the United States, invested with competent jurisdiction and powers, for the examination and determination of cases of controversy which have arisen, or may arise therein... Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, instructed by a resolution of the House of Representatives to inquire into the expediency of increasing the compensation to persons employed to transmit votes for President, &c. January 4, 1821. Read, and concurred in. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of the heirs of the late Baron De Kalb. January 9, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the act of the Senate, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of Gabriel Berzat, Deceased." January 13, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel T. Anderson, with a bill for his relief. January 26, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee for the District of Columbia, upon the subject of the lotteries which have been instituted within the district by virtue of the act of Congress of the 15th May, 1820, to incorporate the inhabitants of the City of Washington. January 26, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, upon the subject of the employment of officers of the Army as clerks in the departments, and the extra pay allowed to them for such service. February 13, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of M. Dockery, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 13, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Resolution submitted by Mr. Clark. February 15, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolved, by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that Missouri shall be admitted into this Union on an equal footing with the original states... Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Major General John Thomas, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 13, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Statements accompanying the report of the Committee on Manufactures, on the various memorials praying for and remonstrating against an increase of the duties on imports. January 15, 1821. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on Manufactures, on the various memorials praying for, and remonstrating against, an increase of the duties on imports. January 15, 1821. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of James Brady, with a bill for his relief. January 15, 1821. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, on Bill No. 173. Report of the committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing imprisonment for debt on process issuing from the courts of the United States. February 24, 1821. Accompanied with a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of John M'Hatton. January 17, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the memorial of the Legislature of Illinois respecting the title to the land on which their seat of government is located, accompanied with a bill confirming the location of the seat of government of the State of Illinois, and for other purposes. January 24, 1821. Read twice, and, with the bill, ordered to lie on the table. Report of the committee, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th of December last, directing an inquiry into the situation of the settlements on the Pacific Ocean, and the expediency of occupying the Columbia River; accompanied with a bill to authorize the occupation of the Columbia River, &c. January 25, 1821. Read, and, with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole, to-morrow. Report of the Naval Committee, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th January instant, to inquire into the expediency of limiting by law the number of seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, to be annually employed in the service of the United States; and, also, into the expediency of reducing the number now in actual service. January 29, 1821. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on the Public Buildings, with a bill making appropriations for the public buildings. January 30, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the bill making appropriations for the support of government for the year 1821. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of Jesse Powel, with a bill for his relief. January 31, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Hannah Richardson and Moses Noyes. January 31, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, accompanied by a bill to regulate the issuing of patents of military bounty land. February 1, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee on the Currency, on the expediency of increasing the relative value of the gold hereafter to be coined at the Mint of the United States. February 2, 1821. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee on Agriculture, on the memorial of the delegates of the United Agricultural Societies of sundry counties in the State of Virginia. February 2, 1821. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the select committee, to which was referred so much of the President's message as relates to the progress and expenditures of the commissioners, under the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent; accompanied with a bill establishing the salaries of the commissioners and agents appointed under said treaty. February 3, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 4th of December last, to inquire respecting certain loans of lead and gunpowder by the Ordnance Department to certain individuals. February 7, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Mary Sears. January 10, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Motion of Mr. Gross, of New York. November 17, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, that the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to prepare, and report to this House, as soon as may be, a list of all the expenditures, under their proper heads... Mr. Linn's motion. November 20, 1820. Read and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, that the expediency of reducing the compensation allowed to members of Congress... Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of William M'Intosh, accompanied with a bill for his relief. November 22, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of Nicholas Jarrot, accompanied with a bill for his relief. November 22, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Cobb. November 22, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the committee, to whom was referred the constitution of the State of Missouri. November 23, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the case of Daniel Seward, accompanied with a bill for his relief. November 24, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Laurence Muse. January 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. November 27, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Jacob Hunsinger, accompanied with a bill for his relief. November 28, 1820. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Manufactures, on sundry petitions from inhabitants of Belfast, Maine, and Richmond, Virginia, relating to drawback of duties. November 30, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the select committee, on the petition of Daniel McDuff, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 1, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Eustis' motion. December 4, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, that the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims be instructed to report a bill... Report of the committee, to whom was referred on the 21st ult. the petition of Matthew Lyon. December 4, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Daniel McDuff. December 4, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution to establish the boundary line between the State of Ohio and the Territory of Michigan. December 6, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Resolution submitted by Mr. Foot. December 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, that the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of the "Act for the Better Government of the Navy of the United States" as authorizes the infliction... Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of sundry citizens and merchants of Baltimore, praying compensation for damages done their vessels sunk in the harbor of Baltimore during the late war, accompanied with "A Bill for the Relief of Sundry Citizens of Baltimore." December 11, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Rosalie P. Deslonde, accompanied with a bill for her relief. December 11, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the petition of Benjamin Tyler and John Tyler, accompanied with a bill for their relief. December 15, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of John M'Cartney. December 15, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Resolution submitted by Mr. Eustis. December 19, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and it is hereby declared, that, on the __ day of __ next ensuing, the State of Missouri shall be admitted into the Union... Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Wheaton. December 19, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of James Wood. December 19, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the case of Hannah Davis. December 20, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Joint Committee on Unfinished Business. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 2d of February, instant, the resolution from the Senate declaring the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union. February 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolution submitted by Mr. Butler, of New Hampshire. February 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolved, by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that the people of Missouri be, and they hereby are, authorized to form a new constitution, or to alter the constitution which they have already formed and presented to Congress... Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Peggy Mellen. January 9, 1821. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of James M'Farland, with a bill for his relief. January 10, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of P. De la Ronde, with a bill for his relief. January 10, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill for the relief of Rosalie P. Deslonde. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the bill from the Senate for the relief of the officers and volunteers engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians. January 10, 1821. Read, and committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Jean B. Jerome, et al. January 10, 1821. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of William Pope, accompanied with a bill to regulate the location of land warrants and the issuing of patents in certain cases. January 11, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill extending the time for issuing and locating land warrants to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of the inhabitants of Niagara County, New York, sufferers by the enemy during the late war. January 15, 1821. Referred to the Committee of the Whole to which is referred the petition of Eli Hart. Report in the case of John Girault's heirs, by the Committee on Private Land Claims, with a bill for their relief. February 16, 1821. Read, and committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of John Meldrum. January 17, 1821. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, in the case of Robert Buntin, with a bill for his relief. January 17, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the "Bill Regulating the Payment of Debts Due from the Purchasers of the Public Lands." Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Benjamin Freeland, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 17, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the relief of Matthew Dockery. Report of the select committee to whom was referred the investigation of the affairs of the Post Office Department. February 28, 1821. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred so much of the President's message, at the commencement of the session, as relates to the finances. February 28, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Expenditures in the Navy Department. February 28, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the select committee appointed on the 26th December, to whom was referred the documents and award, relative to the transportation of troops, &c. in the expedition to the Yellow Stone River. March 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee upon the memorial and the petition of the widow and children of John Wager, Jr. deceased, accompanied with a bill for their relief. March 3, 1821. Read, and, with the bill, ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Post Office Department. March 3, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Public Buildings, on the practicability of making such alterations in the hall of the House of Representatives as will better adapt it to the purposes of a deliberative assembly, &c. January 19, 1821. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Jacob and Henry H. Schieffelin. January 19, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 20, 1821. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Alvin Bronson. January 21, 1821. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the report in the case of Septa Filmore. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of the revenue. February 6, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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In Senate of the United States, February 4, 1822. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Gooding and James Williams, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon submit the following report: This petition was presented to the Senate at the last session and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs... In Senate of the United States, February 15, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Matthew M'Nair, report: That the schooner Columbia appears to have been the sole property of the petitioner, and was chartered to the United States by William Gallagher, the master... In Senate of the United States, January 3, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Paul Lanusse and F. Bailey Blanchard, merchants of New Orleans, praying for certificates of debenture on certain goods exported from the port of New Orleans in 1819, report... In Senate of the United States, February 12, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Edmund Kinsey and William Smiley, sureties of Henry Phillips, late a paymaster in the Army of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States, January 2, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Janney, report: The petitioner's claim is for the value of certain buildings... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 22d ult., a copy of a patent which issued under an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of June, 1796, "Conveying to the Society of United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, Three Tracts of Land of Four Thousand Acres Each, To Include the Towns of Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrun, and Salem, on the Muskingum, in the State of Ohio, in Trust for the Sole Use of the Christian Indians Formerly Settled There." March 5, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, relative to such leases or contracts as may have been agreed upon and entered into between him and the owners of the new building on the Capitol Hill, for the use and accommodation of Congress. (Pursuant to a resolution of the Senate, of the 4th instant.) February 15, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 2, 1822. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Shields, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon submit the following report: The Committee observe that this case was before the Senate at the last session of Congress... Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report of the commissioner at St. Helena. January 28, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 7, 1822. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Walker, of Indiana, reported: The petitioner states that, during the late war with Great Britain, the Indians had become troublesome... In Senate of the United States, February 8, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Alfred Moore and Sterling Orgain, praying for the payment of one hundred and twenty dollars for blacksmith work furnished the Tennessee volunteers, report... Report of the Secretary of War (in obedience to a resolution of the 29th ult.) of the number of persons placed on the pension roll, in virtue of the act, entitled "An Act To Provide for Certain Persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th of March, 1818. February 8, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Documents relative to Indian trade, submitted to the Senate by the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 11, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 11, 1822. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jacob Barker, of the City of New York, report... In Senate of the United States, January 22, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Hodgson, report: That the said claim, with the papers and documents exhibited in support of the same, have repeatedly heretofore been submitted to different committees... In Senate of the United States, January 22, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of John Caldwell and others, purchasers of lots in Shawneetown, in the State of Illinois, report... In Senate of the United States, January 28, 1822. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Noble Osborne and William Doake [i.e., Doak], praying a right of pre-emption, made the following report... In Senate of the United States, January 28, 1822. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. Nott and others, in behalf of the creditors of George T. Philips, made the following report: George T. Philips was a merchant at New Orleans, where he died the latter part of 1808, much embarrassed in his circumstances... In Senate of the United States, March 5, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Monett, report: That, from the evidence referred to them it appears that, in the years 1818 and 1819, Captain Rogers, assistant deputy quartermaster general of the Army, was superintending the erection of public works... In Senate of the United States, March 5, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph C. Boyd, of Portland, in the State of Maine, late district paymaster of the United States Army for said state, report... In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1822. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Reuben Shapley, report: That, if relief be due in the case of R. Shapley, the same ought to be claimed in the manner in which relief for maritime injuries are commonly claimed... In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1822. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Henderson and family, report... In Senate of the United States, March 12, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of J. Remsen, Holmes, and Co. praying relief from the duties on goods consumed by fire, report: That, by the petitioners' statement and the evidence in the case, the petitioners shipped from Liverpool in the brig Retrieve, certain merchandise... In Senate of the United States, March 12, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Jesse Hunt, praying relief from the duties on goods consumed by fire, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th Jan. last, communications from the agents of the United States with the governments south of the U. States which have declared their independence; and the communications from the agents of such governments in the United States with the Secretary of State, as tend to shew the political condition of their governments, and the state of the war between them and Spain. March 13, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 13, 1822. Mr. Lanman, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to which the subject was referred, made the following report: That, until the central building of the Capitol shall be completed, the most convenient place to deposit the third painting... In Senate of the United States, March 15, 1822. Mr. King, of New York, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the memorial of R. Appleby and others, of the Colleton District, South Carolina, and the resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Baltimore, praying for the repeal of the laws closing the ports of the United States against British vessels, employed in the trade between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies, report... In Senate of the United States, March 15, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of John Gilder and others, a committee of superintendence of the East Florida Coffee Land Association, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of the 29th January last, statements shewing the number of officers and soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War from the State of Virginia on continental establishment...March 15, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the American Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures. January 19, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, to both houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Seventeenth Congress. December 5, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 15, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Lawrence [i.e., Laurence] Muse, of Tappahannock, in the State of Virginia, report: That the petitioner states that, some time in the fall of 1814, he was engaged by Buller Cocke, Navy agent of the United States, to receive into his warehouse... In Senate of the United States, February 18, 1822. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the report of the said Committee on the petition of Rebecca Hodgson, for the purpose of laying before the Senate a summary of the evidence upon which the claim is founded, make the following report... In Senate of the United States, February 20, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Antoine Bienvenue, of the State of Louisiana, report: That the claim of the petitioner is for damages done to his dwelling house... In Senate of the United States, February 20, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jumonville de Villier[s], of Louisiana, report: That, during the late invasion of Louisiana by the British, after the enemy had landed near the City of New Orleans... In Senate of the United States, February 22, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Charlotte J. Bullus, widow and administratrix of John Bullus, deceased, late Navy agent at New York, report: The memorialist states that her deceased husband, John Bullus, faithfully performed the duties of Navy agent... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th inst., information of the annual disposition which has been made of the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, appropriated by an act of Congress of the year 1802, to promote civilization among friendly Indian tribes; shewing to what tribes that evidence of the national bounty has been extended; the names of the agents who have been entrusted with the application of the money; the several amounts by them received; and the manner in which they have severally applied it to accomplish the objects of the act. February 24, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 25, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Holden W. Prout, administrator on the estate of Joshua W. Prout, report... Memorial of the American Philosophical Society, of Philadelphia, praying a repeal of the existing duty on books imported, or amendments to the act, as therein suggested. January 15, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of William Phillips and Gardner Greene. January 15, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 16, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of George Simpson, praying for compensation for his services in negotiating a loan, report... In Senate of the United States, January 16, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Daniel W. Coxe, of the City of Philadelphia, praying the confirmation of the title to a tract of land in Louisiana, granted by the Spanish government to the Marquis de Maison Rouge, report... In Senate of the United States, January 8, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of the trustees of the Transylvania University, praying for a repeal of the duties on books imported into the United States, report... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of William Corrie, in behalf of Adam Corrie, submit the following report: The memorialist states that, by the operation of the act of Congress passed on the 24th of April, 1820, reducing the minimum price of the public lands... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the President and directors of the Planters' Bank of New Orleans, report: The petitioners state that, in the autumn of the year 1815, the directors of the said Planters' Bank of New Orleans were informed that J.T. Pemberton, esq., then paymaster of the United States troops stationed in New Orleans, was unprovided with the necessary funds... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d inst., copies of the rules and instructions given to the ministers, consuls, or other agents of the United States in foreign countries, concerning allowances to, or on account of, sick or disabled American seamen; and, also, accounts of the money so advanced in the years 1818, 1819, and 1820, and the number of seamen so annually relieved. January 29, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 30, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and inhabitants of the City of New Orleans, report: That the President of the United States was authorized, by an act of Congress passed on the 20th of April, 1818, to demolish Fort St. Charles... Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives. January 31, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 1, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Eliza Dill, Jane Jervis, and of Louisa St. Clair Robb, daughters of the late General S[t]. Clair, report... In Senate of the United States, February 1, 1822. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas Ware and Wm. A. Carr, executors of Thomas Carr, deceased, made the following report: In February, 1784, the State of Georgia, with a view to ascertain the precise quality and situation of that portion of her western territory... Report of the Secretary of War, transmitting (in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of the 16th ult.) a statement of the amount of money furnished to the agent at the Bank of Vincennes, in the State of Indiana, for the purpose of paying pensioners in said state, &c. February 4, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1822. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Vaughan, have duly considered that subject, and report: The petitioner states, that, during the late war, an expedition in two open boats... In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Henry I. Jones, praying relief from a judgment on a debenture bond, report... In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Henry W. Delavan & Co. praying relief from several appraisements of goods imported into the port of New York, report... In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1822. The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred "An Act To Provide for the Due Execution of the Laws of the United States within the State of Missouri, and for the Establishment of a District Court Therein," report... In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Weir, of Kentucky, with the accompanying documents, have considered the same, and report: That it appears, from the record of a suit in the Circuit Court of Fayette County, in Kentucky, between the Bank of Kentucky plaintiffs... In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1822. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Josiah Hook, made the following report: The petitioner states that he was collector of the port of Penobscot, and, on the 20th of September, 1814, in the due execution of his office, he seized twenty-one oxen... In Senate of the United States, January 14, 1822. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, laid before the Senate the following communication from Thomas L. M'Kenney, Superintendent of Indian Trade; which was read, and, on his motion, ordered, to be printed for use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, January 21, 1822. Mr. King, of New York, from the committee appointed on the part of the Senate, jointly with the committee on the part of the House of Representatives, to revise the rules and orders by which the business of the two Houses shall be regulated, reported... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. December 13, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama. December 19, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1821. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Merrill, report: The petitioner states that he served as a soldier during a part of the Revolutionary War... In Senate of the United States, February 11, 1822. The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Abel Pratt, made the following report: That the petitioner sets forth in his petition that Phineas Pratt, his father, about the year 1800, invented a new and useful improvement in machines for making combs... |
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In Senate of the United States, April 3, 1822. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, supplementary to the acts to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, on the subject of certain detailed information from the Navy Department, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 11th instant. April 2, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, (in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 25th inst.), sundry papers relative to the recognition of the independence of the South American colonies. April 26, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial and resolutions of the merchants and others of the Town of Portsmouth, N.H., in relation to the acts restricting the West India trade. March 15, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 16, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Woodland, report: That the petitioner states he was an inhabitant of Dorchester County, Maryland, and in the year 1814 was the owner of a schooner called the Betsey... In Senate of the United States, March 18, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of St. Augustine, report: That the memorialists pray Congress to grant to the said city certain squares and public grounds... In Senate of the United States, March 19, 1822. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Simpson, report: That the petitioner have leave to withdraw... In Senate of the United States, March 19, 1822. Mr. Noble, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Redman, report: That the petitioner have leave to withdraw... In Senate of the United States, March 19, 1822. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John S. Larrabee, Moses Sheldon, and John Morton, sureties for Walter Sheldon, district paymaster in the State of Vermont, reported: That Walter Sheldon was originally appointed paymaster of a regiment... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Lefebvre Desnoettes and others, French emigrants in Alabama, engaged in the cultivation of the vine and olive, praying a modification of the condition of their grant. March 20, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 21, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Issachar Thorp, Joseph Siddall, and James Thorp, cotton manufacturers and calico printers, of Philadelphia, trading under the firm of Thorp, Siddall & Co. report: That Calender Irvine, esq., Commissary General of Purchases, on the 9th day of September, 1813, entered into a contract with one Thomas Parker, of Philadelphia, woollen manufacturer, for the purchase of a large quantity of woollen kerseys... In Senate of the United States, March 26, 1822. The Committee of Finance, to whom was recommitted the petition of Paul Lanusse and F. Bailey Blanchard, and the additional evidence, report: That, upon a re-examination, it does not appear that the goods for which debenture certificates are prayed, were shipped... Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of fortifications on Dauphine Island and Mobile Point. March 27, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 28, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of William C. Jones, report... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 10th of January last, a statement of the duties which have accrued on books imported into the United States during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820 and 1821. April 2, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 2, 1822. Mr. Holmes, of Maine, submitted the following motions for consideration; which were read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to furnish the residue of the information required by the resolution of the 11th of March, 1822... In Senate of the United States, April 3, 1822. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of James W. Files, report: That it is inexpedient to grant the prayer of the petitioner... In Senate of the United States, April 3, 1822. The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Samuel Buel, report... Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional statements of the amount of duties which have accrued on books imported into the United States. April 4, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 21st December, 1821, of the names and compensation of deputies and clerks employed in the offices of collectors, naval officers, & surveyors of the Customs, during the years 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821. April 8, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 15, 1822. Mr. Elliott, from the Military Committee, made the following report: The Military Committee, to whom was referred the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of providing for the final settlement of the militia claims of the State of Georgia, for services rendered... In Senate of the United States, April 15, 1822. The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the bill for the relief of James Morrison, of Lexington, Kentucky, with instructions to make a special report of the facts, submit the following report: Colonel Morrison was appointed a deputy quartermaster, September 18, 1812... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry papers relating to transactions in East and West Florida, received at the Department of State since his message of 28th January last, with copies of two letters from the Secretary of State upon the same subject. April 19, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 24, 1822. The Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting the importation of foreign spirits, report... In Senate of the United States, April 25, 1822. The Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred the act of the Legislature of Mississippi making appropriations for the Natchez Hospital, beg leave to report... Document submitted by Mr. Holmes, of Mississippi, in relation to the Natchez Hospital. April 26, 1822. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, April 30, 1822. Ordered, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following proceedings and documents, and that they be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information respecting the practical operation of the present system of subsisting the Army; pursuant to a resolution of the Senate. May 1, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of 20th April, a report of the Attorney General relative to the introduction of slaves into the United States contrary to existing laws. May 6, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting the lead mines of Missouri. May 7, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of 29th Jan. last, an abstract of all bonds for duties on merchandise imported into the United States, which shall have become payable and remain unpaid between the 30th of September, 1819, and the 30th of Sept., 1821, &c. February 28, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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| Serial set 61 | Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the general account of his office from 1st July, 1820, to 30th June, 1821; also, the War and Navy accounts from 1st October, 1820, to 30th September, 1821. February 22, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. | 1 |
| Serial set 62 | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Seventeenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1821, and in the forty-sixth year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
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Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Seventeenth Congress. December 5, 1821. Read, and referred to a committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Memorial of the Rector and visitors of the University of Virginia. December 10, 1821. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. December 12, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letters from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, in relation to a partial appropriation for the year 1822. January 4, 1822. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Message from the President of the United States, accompanied with a report upon the subject of the light-houses ordered to be built by the act of third of March, 1821. December 17, 1821. Referred to the Committee of Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the execution of the resolutions directing the journal of the convention which formed the Constitution, and the secret journal and foreign correspondence of the old Congress, to be printed. December 17, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting sundry documents relating to taking the fourth census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States. December 20, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the commissioners of the Naval Hospital Fund. December 26, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, of the amount of unimproved property in the City of Washington belonging to the United States; and an estimate of its probable cash value. Made in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st inst. December 26, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of such officers as have not settled their accounts within the year, for moneys advanced prior to 30th September, 1821. A list of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years, prior to the 30th September, 1821. And an abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, and which remained to be accounted for on the books of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, on the 30th September, 1821. December 31, 1821. Ordered to lie upon the table. |
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Report of the Secretary of War, relative to disbursements for the Indian Department, made in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 10th January, 1822. January 16, 1822. Read, and committed to that Committee of the Whole to which is committed the bill making partial appropriations for the military service for the year 1822. Report of the Secretary of State, of the names of the clerks employed in his office, and the compensation allowed to each. January 2, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department, and the compensation received by each. January 21, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements shewing the application and expenditure of the sum of thirty thousand dollars, appropriated by an act of Congress passed the 11th April, 1820, for the purpose of holding treaties with the Creek and Cherokee tribes of Indians. January 22, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements shewing the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of that Department, and the compensation of each. January 15, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement shewing the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of public lands in Indiana, subsequent to the 1st December, 1816; Illinois, subsequent to 1st January, 1819; and Missouri, subsequent to 1st January, 1821. January 15, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a report of the commissioners appointed to view and inspect the Cumberland Road. January 15, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Memorial of the American Philosophical Society, of Philadelphia, praying a repeal of the existing duty on books imported or amendments to the act, as therein suggested. January 15, 1822. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to fines imposed on the militia of Pennsylvania for non-performance of military duty in the late war, &c. &c. January 16, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings. January 17, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, giving the result of assays of the several foreign coins still current in the United States. January 4, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, shewing the application of the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, and the description of seamen relieved thereby. January 4, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in his office, and in the office of the Board of Navy Commissioners, and the compensation allowed to each. January 7, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint of the United States for the year ending December 31, 1821. January 7, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the district tonnage of the United States on the thirty-first December, 1820. Together with the explanatory letter of the Register of the Treasury. January 7, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting a list of the names of the clerks in the Post Office Department, and the compensation allowed to each. January 8, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons to whom patents have been issued for any new or useful art, or machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or improvement thereon, for one year prior to the 1st January, 1822. January 8, 1822. Ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting extracts from the registers' and receivers' reports of proceedings, under the act of 2d March, 1821, for the relief of purchasers of public lands, prior to 1st July, 1820. (Pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 26th ult.) January 9, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. January 9, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Joint resolutions of the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of the Borough of Norfolk, passed the 17th day of December, 1821; and memorial of sundry citizens of the same place. January 11, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of the American Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures. January 21, 1822. So much thereof as relates to sales of goods at auction, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue, to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is referred the resolutions of Mr. Baldwin, of the 7th instant, proposing certain alterations in the laws laying and collecting duties on importations, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1822. January 21, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, of the contingent expenditures of that Department during the year ending on the 30th September, 1821. January 21, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. |
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Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a return of the marshal of South Carolina of the enumeration of inhabitants of the District of Kershaw, in that state. January 24, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War, of the expenditures made under the act to provide for the civilization of the Indian tribes. January 22, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the expenditures of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1821. January 22, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Report by the Second Auditor of the Treasury, of accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances appear to have been due more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1821; as appears from the books of his office. And, also, of officers who have failed to settle their accounts within the year terminating on the 30th September, 1821. January 23, 1822. Ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1821. January 23, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements shewing the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending the 30th September, 1821. January 24, 1822. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 16th inst.) information in relation to abuses committed upon the persons of the officers and crews of American vessels at the Havana and other Spanish ports in America; and the conduct of the Spanish authorities in relation thereto. January 31, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, a report of the Secretary of State, with the documents relating to a misunderstanding between Andrew Jackson, while acting as governor of the Floridas, and Elijius [i.e., Eligius] Fromentin, judge of a court therein; also, the correspondence between the Secretary of State and the minister of Spain on certain proceedings in that territory, &c. &c. January 29, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the seamen of New York. January 28, 1822. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the War Department during the year 1821. January 28, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, shewing the quantity of wool imported into, and exported from, the United States, during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, and the three first quarters of 1821; also, the duties which have been charged thereon. January 30, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the manner in which the several land offices have been examined, by whom examined, the moneys paid for such examinations, &c. January 30, 1822. Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of James Morrison. January 30, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of moneys drawn from the Treasury, by the Secretary of the Navy, during the year ending the 30th September, 1821. February 1, 1822. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. |
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Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor, which have remained due more than three years prior to the 30th of Sept., 1821; abstracts of balances which have remained due more than three years, and which have been certified for suit; an abstract of balances which have remained due more than three years, and come within the provisions of the act for the prompt settlement of public accounts; a list of officers who have failed to settle their accounts within the year; and an explanatory letter from the Fourth Auditor. February 7, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, made in pursuance to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th inst., in relation to cases of bankruptcy which occurred under the act of 4th April, 1800, in the Districts of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and the District of Columbia. January 31, 1822. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the "Bill To Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States, with the exception of the names of the bankrupts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of payments made at the Treasury, during the year 1821, for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for; of contracts for oil, light-houses, buoys, &c.; of contracts made by the collectors, for the Revenue Service, for the year 1820; and of expenditures, for the same year, on account of sick and disabled seamen. February 1, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report supplementary to his report of the 2nd March last, in relation to payments made to inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers, & markers, employed by the collectors of the Customs, during the years 1816, 1817, 1818, and 1819. February 1, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee of Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d ultimo, accompanied with sundry statements, in relation to the transactions of the Bank of the United States for the year 1821. February 2, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 7, 1822. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, (in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives), a report of the ordnance and ordnance stores, now on hand in the several fortifications and arsenals of the United States; also, estimates of the amount required to provide all which are deemed necessary for the public service. February 7, 1822. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from John H. Bell, acting agent for the Indians in Florida, to the Hon. John Floyd, of the House of Representatives of the U.S., relative to Indian settlements in Florida. February 7, 1822. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of William Lambert, on the subject of the longitude of the Capitol of the United States. January 9, 1822. Read, and such part thereof as relates to compensation, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; the residue to lie upon the table. |
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Memorial of the citizens of Charleston, praying the establishment of an uniform system of bankruptcy. February 8, 1822. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Establish an Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required (by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d ultimo), in relation to the progress made by the commissioners under the fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent. February 7, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. February 8, 1822. Referred to a select committee, and printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ult.), information in relation to the Superintendency of Indian Affairs, in the Territory of Michigan during the year 1820, and part of the year 1821. February 11, 1822. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the bill making a partial appropriation for the military service for the year 1822. Memorial of sundry citizens of the City of Troy, in the State of New York, (against a system of bankruptcy). February 11, 1822. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the appropriations for the service of the year 1821, the amount expended for each specific object, and the balance remaining unexpended on the 31st of December, 1821. February 12, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of contracts made in 1821; and of those made in 1820, not heretofore communicated to Congress. February 13, 1822. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual statement of the several sums appropriated for the naval establishment for the year 1821, and the unexpended balance of each appropriation on the 1st day of January, 1822, &c. February 13, 1822. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, requiring information in relation to the banks in which the moneys arising from the sales of the public lands since the 1st January, 1818, have been deposited, &c. &c. &c. February 15, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Vaccine Agent, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. February 7, 1822. Read, and referred to a select committee. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War, of the measures hitherto devised and pursued for the civilization of the several Indian tribes within the United States. February 11, 1822. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. |
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