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Serial set 94	Memorial of sundry merchants, traders, and other citizens, of the City of New York, praying a duty on sales by auction. January 5, 1824. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting lists of the names of the clerks in his office, and in the Office of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1823. And the compensation allowed to each. January 13, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Regulations for the granting of land under the Spanish government of Louisiana, and Mr. Gallatin's instructions to the land commissioners in Louisiana and Missouri. January 17, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract, exhibiting the expenditures under the head of contingent expenses, as appears by accounts settled and reported at the Office of the Fourth Auditor from 1st October, 1822, to 30th September, 1823. January 7, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of sundry merchants, manufacturers, &c. of Baltimore. January 19, 1824. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of sundry citizens of the City of New York, proprietors of a dyeing and printing establishment on Staten Island. January 19, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial of a large number of delegates from most of the counties in the State of New York, praying that a duty may be laid upon the importation of any woollen or cotton goods, upon the export of which, to this country, a protecting duty shall be paid by any foreign government to twice the amount of such protection. January 19, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report from the Treasury Department, of the names of the clerks employed therein, and the salary of each. January 19, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of assays at the Mint of the United States of sundry foreign coins. January 19, 1824. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the officers of the Navy of the United States; the period of their admission into the public service; the date of their respective commissions; and the time of their actual service at sea, since Jan. 1, 1815. January 22, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, expressive of their sympathy for the Greeks in their struggle for independence. January 2, 1824. Laid before the House of Representatives by Mr. Poinsett, one of the representatives from South Carolina; read, and laid on the table. Memorial of the members of the House of Representatives and farmers of Pennsylvania, praying a modification of the tariff. January 5, 1824. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia, praying for a general system of bankruptcy. January 5, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the inhabitants of Boston, on the subject of the Greeks. January 5, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of the Secretary of War, in relation to contracts for cannon, cannon shot, muskets, and other small arms, which have been entered into since 1st January, 1820. Prepared in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th ultimo. January 6, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied with a report of the names of persons to whom patents have been granted for new and useful inventions during the year 1823. January 7, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Second Auditor, of accounts upon which balances appear to have been due more than three years prior to September 30, 1823. January 7, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1824. January 9, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia. January 12, 1824. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ult., requesting information in relation to any foreign aid to Spain in recovering possession of her American colonies. January 12, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to Sept. 30, 1823. January 14, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances, on account of the late internal revenue, on the books of the Register which have remained unsettled, and appear to have been due, more than three years prior to 30th September, 1823. January 15, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the value of the trade which the United States held with Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt during the years ending 30th Sept., 1820, 1821, and 1822. January 16, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks in the War Department during the last year, and the compensation of each. January 23, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1823. January 23, 1824. 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 31st December, 1822, with an explanatory letter of the Register of the Treasury. January 24, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the farmers, manufacturers, mechanics, and merchants of the County of Rensselaer, in the State of New York, praying for a revision of the tariff. January 26, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which was referred the "Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports." Report of the Postmaster General, on the subject of the compensation to Deputy Postmasters; presented in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the last session. January 27, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of Thomas Williamson and others, officers engaged in the expedition against the Seminole Indians in 1818, representing that an erroneous construction has been given to an act of Congress for their relief. January 22, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. memorial from two hundred and seven inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying relief from certain disfranchisements and other grievances therein stated. January 26, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. January 12, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of sundry manufacturers, mechanics, and friends to national industry, of the State of Connecticut. January 19, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill to Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Comparative statement of duties as they now exist on goods imported, and those proposed by the bill now before the House of Representatives, to amend the several acts imposing duties on imports. January 19, 1824. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the disbursement for the civilization of the Indians for the year 1823. January 26, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.	34
Serial set 95	Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year, or have balances unaccounted for, which were advanced one year prior to the 30th of September last; statement of accounts in his office which have remained unsettled, or on which balances have been due more than three years, prior to the thirtieth September last; 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, on thirtieth of September last. January 2, 1824. Ordered to lie on the table.	1
Serial set 96	Statement of the cost of such manufactures as are embraced in the proposed tariff, for the purpose of excluding the foreign supply by protecting duties; with the amount of duties accruing thereon, in the year ending the 30th Sept., 1823. February 12, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Memorial of sundry auctioneers of the City of Baltimore. February 2, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting part of the correspondence between the governments of France and the United States, in relation to claims of citizens of the United States for spoliations upon our lawful commerce. February 5, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 6, 1824. Ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of Jeremiah Elkins, of Washington City. February 9, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of a committee of the citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, against the proposed increase of the tariff. February 9, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports and Tonnage. Memorial of sundry importers and venders of hardware of the City of New York. February 9, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is referred the Bill To Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports and Tonnage. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of Albany, and its vicinity, in the State of New York, praying for an increase of duty on wool imported. February 9, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports and Tonnage. Letter from the Treasury Department, transmitting a statement shewing the amount of money remaining to be paid by the purchasers of public lands prior to 1st July, 1820, &c. &c. January 23, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill to provide for the speedy extinguishment of the debt due by purchasers of public lands prior to 1st July, 1820. Letter from the Treasury Department, transmitting information in relation to a robbery of the land office at Vandalia, in the State of Illinois. January 23, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee upon the Public Lands. Memorial of sundry citizens of the County of Camden, in the State of Georgia, in relation to internal improvements. February 2, 1824. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information and correspondence relating to the treaty with Spain for the cession of the Floridas, not heretofore communicated; rendered in compliance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th of December, 1823. February 2, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to Indian agencies, &c. To accompany the bill for the appointment of two additional Indian agents. February 2, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the service of the year 1823, shewing the amounts appropriated under each specific head, the amount expended under each, and the balance in the Treasury, on the 31st December, 1823. February 3, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Remonstrance of sundry merchants, manufacturers, and others, of the City of Boston and its vicinity, against the Bill To Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports and Tonnage. February 9, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the above-mentioned bill. remonstrance to the Congress of the United States, on the subject of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the occupying claimant laws of Kentucky. February 9, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands, upon the subject of clerk hire allowed to the registers and receivers of the land offices. February 10, 1824. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Memorial of the merchants, &c. of Portland, against the tariff bill. February 12, 1824. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the tariff bill. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending on the 30th September, 1823. February 12, 1824. Ordered to be laid on the table. Memorial of the citizens of Richmond and Manchester, in Virginia, upon the subject of the proposed tariff now before Congress. February 17, 1824. Read, and, referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Comparative statement of duties on certain imported goods shewing the duties heretofore paid, now paid, and as proposed by the new tariff. February 17, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Treasury Department, accompanied with a statement of the duties accruing on merchandise imported, and drawback payable on merchandise exported, during the years ending on the 31st day of Dec., 1820, 1821, and 1822. February 4, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all the contracts made by the Department of War in the year 1823. February 4, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 15th December last) a plan for a peace establishment of the Navy of the United States. January 30, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.	25
Serial set 97	Memorial of sundry inhabitants of Petersburg, in Virginia, upon the subject of the proposed tariff. February 20, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Memorial of the citizens of Beaufort, S. Carolina, and its vicinity, remonstrating against the passage of the tariff bill. February 23, 1824. Read, and, referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th ultimo, in relation to the report of the register of the land office, in the Eastern District of Louisiana. March 4, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certain documents relating to the claim of the State of Massachusetts for services rendered by the militia of that state during the late war with Great Britain. February 23, 1824. Read: Ordered, that it lie upon the table. Memorial of the merchants, ship owners, and mechanics of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire. February 24, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to the construction given by the registers and receivers of the land offices to the act of 1821 for the relief of the purchasers of the public lands, and the instructions given to them relative to said act with regard to fees, or compensation, &c. &c. February 25, 1824. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Memorial of sundry aliens of the City of New York. February 9, 1824. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1823. February 12, 1824. Ordered to be laid on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the naval service for the year 1823; and the unexpended balances of appropriations on the first February, 1824. February 18, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the situation of the Bank of the United States, on the 8th Jan., 1823, and 10th Jan., 1824. February 20, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie on the table. Letter from the Treasury Department, transmitting statements of payments made at the Treasury, during the year 1823, for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for by law; of contracts made by collectors for the Revenue Service for the year 1822; of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen for the year 1822; and of contracts made for oil, light-houses, buoys, &c. February 20, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee upon the Public Lands. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of post routes which have not produced, within the past year, one third of the expense of transporting the mail on the same. February 20, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th inst., in relation to the rules and regulations compiled by General Scott for the government of the Army of the United States. February 23, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to the western boundary line of the Territory of Arkansas. February 23, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War, of the expense which would be incurred by transporting two hundred of the troops now at the Council Bluffs to the mouth of the Columbia River. February 23, 1824. Read, and referred to the select committee appointed on the 29th December last, upon the subject of forming a settlement upon the Columbia River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the reports of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia. February 23, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, with a list of the clerks employed in his office during the year 1823, and the compensation received by each. February 26, 1824. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia. February 26, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill to Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements shewing the amount of postage received at each of the post offices in the United States and the territories thereof during the year 1822. February 26, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th inst., in relation to a suit brought for the recovery of the possession of a tract of land, called the Pea Patch, upon which Fort Delaware is situated, and in which the United States are interested; the sums of money which have been paid for defending said suit; to whom paid, &c. &c. February 26, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Navy, of the expenditures under the acts of 1816 and 1821, for the gradual increase of the Navy; the vessels built and building; the timber purchased and contracted for, &c. February 26, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Remonstrance of the Chamber of Commerce of New Haven, against the tariff bill. February 27, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of the inhabitants of the City of Darien, in the State of Georgia. March 3, 1824. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House; to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of sundry merchants, traders, and other citizens of Baltimore. March 3, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of sundry farmers of the State of Pennsylvania. March 3, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports, &c. Memorial of the inhabitants of Darlington, in the State of South Carolina. March 3, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. March 3, 1824. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.	27
Serial set 98	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 27th February last, in relation to the suppression of the African slave trade. March 20, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins, late governor of the State of New York. March 24, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the execution of the resolution of Congress ordering a monument to be erected to the memory of General Wooster. March 16, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial of the inhabitants of St. Luke's Parish, South Carolina, to the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives. April 5, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial. The tallow chandlers of New York. December 9, 1823. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of the citizens of New Bedford, in the State of Massachusetts; praying an increase of the duty on imported tallow. December 9, 1823. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. December 22, 1823. Committee on Agriculture discharged, and referred to Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of the inhabitants of Nantucket, praying an increase of duty on imported tallow. December 10, 1823. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. December 22, 1823. Committee on Agriculture discharged, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of Edmund Winchester, et als. tallow chandlers and soap boilers in Boston, remonstrating against the petition of the Nantucket and New Bedford oil merchants, and praying for a repeal of the laws laying duties on imported tallow and allowing drawbacks on exported foreign candles. January 12, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, on Bill of the House of Representatives No. 47. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms, &c. made therein during the year 1823. March 24, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certain papers relating to the compact between the U. States & the State of Georgia, of 1802, &c. April 2, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Memorial & remonstrance of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, upon the subject of the extinguishment of the Indian title to certain lands within the said state. April 5, 1824. Read, and referred to the select committee appointed the 30th ult. on the message of the President of the United States in relation to the compact between the United States and the State of Georgia. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks employed in the General Post Office during the year 1823, and the compensation of each. April 5, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, (in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of 1st March, 1823), information of the number and position of the permanent fortifications of the United States, &c. March 4, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Memorial of a committee of the inhabitants of the Town of Fayetteville, in the State of North Carolina. March 6, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of the citizens of Madison, in Morgan County, in the State of Georgia. March 8, 1824. Read and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. Letter from the Secretary of War, to Mr. Livingston, of Louisiana, transmitting information in relation to the Military Academy at West Point, &c. &c. March 8, 1824. Submitted to the House of Representatives by Mr. Livingston, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the citizens of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, upon the subject of the bill to amend the several acts for imposing duties on imports. March 10, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of sundry citizens of Putnam County, in the State of Georgia. March 11, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th of January last), statements shewing the situation of the Navy Hospital Fund. March 13, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for the Encouragement of American Manufactures. March 15, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Memorial of sundry farmers of the State of Pennsylvania. March 15, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs; as, also, a statement of the fees received in the case of certificates to accompany distilled spirits, wines and teas; commissions on disbursements, as superintendents of lighthouses, and as agents for marine hospitals, for the year 1823. March 17, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Memorial of sundry citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia. March 29, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill To Amend the Several Acts for Imposing Duties on Imports. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War, and of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the salt springs, and lead and copper mines. March 30, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Resolution and memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, upon the subject of the lands set apart for the purposes of public schools. March 10, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.	25
Serial set 99	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a digest of the commercial regulations of the different foreign nations with which the United States have intercourse; in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of Jan. 21, 1823. February 2, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table.	1
Serial set 100	Letter from the Treasury Department, accompanied with all the correspondence between the Secretary and the banks in which the public moneys were deposited between the 1st of January, 1817, and the 8th of May, 1822, not heretofore communicated to the House of Representatives. March 22, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table.	1
Serial set 101	Letters from the Bank of the United States and branches; also, from state banks; commencing Jan. 1, 1817, and ending May 8, 1822, to the Secretary of the Treasury. Vol. II.	1
Serial set 102	Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the number of non-commissioned officers and privates of the Marine Corps, and where stationed. Also, a report of the amount paid to the lieutenant colonel of said Corps, for the past year; his monthly pay and emoluments of office. April 15, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the communication of Ninian Edwards to the House of Representatives, and his proceedings in consequence thereof. April 23, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of John Ross, Geo. Lowrey, Major Ridge, and Elijah Hicks. Delegates from the Cherokee Nation of Indians. April 16, 1824. Read, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th ultimo, in relation to the selection of a suitable site for a national armory on the western waters. April 16, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to a township of land lying within John C. Symmes' patent. April 16, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War, respecting proposals made by certain Cherokee Indians for the cession of their lands to the United States. April 16, 1824. Read, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant), an account of the disbursement of the sums appropriated by the acts of 30th April, 1818, and 3d March, 1819, for improving the President's square, &c. April 20, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Annual report of the Washington Canal Company. April 21, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Address of Ninian Edwards, presented to the House of Representatives by the Speaker, April 19, 1824. April 24, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of a final settlement of the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins, late governor of the State of New York, &c. April 28, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Resolution of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, approving of the declaration of the President of the United States in favor of the cause of liberty in the Western Hemisphere. May 3, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the committee to whom was referred the address of Ninian Edwards. May 11, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 10th of March last), statements exhibiting the names of the officers of the Army who have been brevetted, the amount paid on account of such brevet rank, &c. May 11, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to provisions & stores furnished the squadron in the Pacific Ocean, &c. &c. May 13, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting: first, a list of balances from the collectors of the Customs; second, balances on account of old internal revenue and direct tax; third, balances due from receivers of public moneys for the sale of public lands. All of which have been due more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1823. May 13, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Memorial of Thomas Law, Walter Jones, and Elias B. Caldwell, a committee appointed at a meeting of the inhabitants of the City of Washington to memorialise Congress on the subject of a national currency. April 16, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Treasury Department, accompanied with a list of balances due by receivers of public money on account of sales of public lands which have remained due and unpaid more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1823. May 14, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Navy, accompanied with the proceedings of a court martial lately held at Norfolk for the trial of Lieut. Beverly [i.e., Beverley] Kennon. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 25th April, 1824.) May 18, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the names of postmasters who are defaulters to the government for the sixteen years immediately preceding the 1st of July last; the sums by them respectively due; and the proceedings of the Department in each case. April 7, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie on the table. Letter from the Treasury Department, accompanied with statements in relation to the two and three per cent. funds arising from the sale of public lands in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, & Louisiana. Prepared in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 17th December, 1823. April 13, 1824. Read: Ordered that they lie upon the table.	20
Serial set 103	Letter from the Treasury Department, accompanied by sundry statements in relation to the operations of the Mint of the United States. May 21, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a table showing the extent of the post roads, amount of postages collected, compensation of postmasters, &c. in the years 1820, 1821, 1822. May 21, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the contracts made by the Post Office Department, upon the 22d of September, 1823. May 7, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Secretary of State, made in compliance with the act of Congress of the 2d March, 1819, regulating passenger ships & vessels, of the persons arriving in the different ports of the U. States from the 1st October, 1822, to 30th September, 1823. May 7, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, transmitting documents in relation to land claims in Florida. May 18, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report shewing what amount of money has been refunded to the government by the several prize agents since 1st March, 1823; the amount paid by each, and when paid; and the legal proceeding against delinquents. May 22, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of David Shriver, Superintendent of the Cumberland Road, stating the manner in which the appropriation made at the last session has been expended, &c. May 24, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Department of State, in relation to the intercourse and trade now carried on between the United States, (and particularly the people of the State of Missouri), and the Mexican provinces, &c. May 24, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of Alexander Hamilton, one of the commissioners of land titles in East Florida, with sundry documents relative thereto. May 18, 1824. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. May 21, 1824. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. May 24, 1824. Referred again to the Committee on the Public Lands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th ultimo, requiring information relating to spoliations committed on American commerce by French ships of war between the years 1793 & 1800, &c. May 25, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, with an abstract of American seamen in the several districts of the United States. February 9, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table.	11
Serial set 104	Index to the executive communications made to the House of Representatives, from the commencement of the present form of government until the end of the Fourteenth Congress, inclusive; First, by a reference, in alphabetical order, to the printed, and, also, to the manuscript, reports, according to the subject-matter. Second, by a reference to the same matter arranged under the head of the department whence it came. Also, an index to all the printed committee reports, alphabetically arranged. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the accounts of his office from 1st July, 1822, to 30th June, 1825. April 8, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table.	2
Serial Set 104, pt. 2	Index to the executive communications made to the House of Representatives, from the commencement of the present form of government until the end of the Fourteenth Congress, inclusive	1
Serial set 105	Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the case of Penelope Denny, with a bill for her relief. December 19, 1823. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Barnard Thooft, with a bill for his relief. January 16, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals, upon the subject of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, accompanied with a bill to improve the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. February 28, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of William Dixon and James Dixon [i.e., Dickson]. January 28, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred a memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Arkansas, in relation to certain settlers on the public lands, accompanied with a bill concerning pre-emption rights in the Territory of Arkansas. February 4, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th ult., directing them to inquire into the expediency of building ten additional sloops [of] war, accompanied with a bill authorizing the building of ten sloops of war. January 20, 1824. 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 Garrett Fountain. December 15, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of R.S. Foreman, with a bill for his relief. January 21, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of William Kendall. December 23, 1823. Read, and, with an accompanying report, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, on the petition of Elliott Rucker, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 6, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the memorial of the corporation of St. Anne's Church, Detroit, accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 16, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Francis G. Macey and others, accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 16, 1824. 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 Arthur H. Henley, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 20, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Documents to accompany the Bill (H.R. No. 73) for the relief of John Donnelson, Stephen Heard, and others. January 21, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the claim of John B. Smith. January 20, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. January 21, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of the heirs and representatives of the late Don Miguel Eslava, accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 21, 1824. 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 Frederick Purley. January 16, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. January 22, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. The petition of Wm. King, praying to be allowed to substantiate lost vouchers. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the Georgia militia claims of 1792, 1793, and 1794. January 28, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Nathaniel Childers. January 16, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. January 29, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Jacob Shafer, with a bill for his relief. December 17, 1823. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Jacob Babbitt, with a bill for his relief. December 17, 1823. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, in the case of Thomas W. Bacot, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 18, 1823. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the petition of Julia Lawrence, with "A Bill Further Extending the Term of Half Pay Pensions to the Widows and Children of Officers, Seamen, and Marines, Who Died in the Public Service." December 19, 1823. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, to which was recommitted, on the 18th instant, their report on the petition of the Levy Court of Calvert County, in the State of Maryland. December 19, 1823. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 5th instant, to take into consideration the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States, in respect to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States; accompanied with a joint resolution to effect that object. December 22, 1823. Read, and, with the said resolution, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Brintnel Robbins, with a bill for his relief. December 22, 1823. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of John Jenkins. December 23, 1823. Read, and, with the accompanying bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Richard G. Morris. January 5, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Janney. January 5, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. January 7, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Buildings, in relation to the operations on said buildings during the last year, and to their present state. February 12, 1824. Accompanied by a bill making appropriations for the public buildings. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Giffin and Hoag. January 9, 1824. Read, and, with a bill for their relief, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Edmond Booker. January 9, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the memorial of the legal representatives of John H. Piatt, accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 9, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, on the petition of Henry Cotheal, David Cotheal, and Abraham S. Hallett. January 12, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 9th of December last, sundry resolutions in relation to lands in the State of Louisiana. January 12, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st January, 1824, instructing said committee to inquire into the expediency of appropriating $5,000 for the use of the Library of Congress, accompanying a bill for effecting that object. February 24, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the select committee in the case of Willie Blount. February 24, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, upon the subject of continuing in force the provisions of the "Act for the Relief of the Purchasers of Public Lands Prior to the 1st July, 1820." January 12, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, on the petition of John Hecks. January 13, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Elections, on the petition of John Biddle, contesting the election of Gabriel Richard. January 13, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the claim of John Thomas and Company, with a bill for his relief. January 15, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Joshua Aubin, and others, merchants, who imported goods into Castine during the late war, accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 15, 1824. 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 Alexander Macomb. January 20, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of the heirs of William Forbes. January 23, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the bill from the Senate for the relief of Josiah Hook, Jun. January 24, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, in the case of Joseph Marechal, with a bill for his relief. January 26, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Adelaide Brush, with a bill for the relief of the representatives of Elijah Brush. January 26, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 7th inst. relating to the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins, late governor of the State of New York, accompanied with a bill appropriating a certain sum of money for the relief of Daniel D. Tompkins. December 10, 1823. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of M. Burns. January 30, 1824. Read, and, with the bill for his relief, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Mercer Duval. February 2, 1824. Read, and, with a bill for his relief, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Lemuel Arms. February 2, 1824. Read, and, with a bill for his relief, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, in the case of certain distillers, of Berks County, Pennsylvania, with a bill for their relief. December 24, 1823. 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 Enos Terry. December 26, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Charles Minifie. December 19, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. December 30, 1823. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Elections, on the petition of Parmenio Adams, contesting the election of Isaac Wilson. December 30, 1823. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Commerce, in the case of the brig Union, now called the William, with a bill authorizing the issuing a register to the brig William, of New York. February 3, 1824. 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 Henry Lee. February 5, 1824. Read: To lie on the table. February 9, 1824. Recommitted to Committee of Claims. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Catherine Louderman, with a bill for her relief. February 11, 1824. 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 Charles Bradford, with a bill for his relief. February 11, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, in the case of Elisha Wade and of John Salady. January 7, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Nathaniel Jones. February 13, 1824. Read, and with a bill for his relief, reported herewith, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John Holliday, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 13, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to compensation to a company of rangers commanded by Captain James Bigger. January 23, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. February 13, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of George Harlin. February 13, 1824. Read, and committed, with a bill for his relief, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States in relation to the representatives of the late Caron de Beaumarchais. February 16, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Naval Affairs, on the petition of Jonas Duncan, with a bill for his relief. February 17, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred a letter and documents from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the loss of a sum of money by the receiver of the land office at Vandalia. February 17, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was recommitted the bill for the relief of Sarah Perry, mother of the late Oliver H. Perry. February 23, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, on the subject of fixing an amount of annual income which shall exclude the applicant from a pension, under the law of March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. January 12, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Private Land Claims, in the case of Judah Alden, with a bill for his relief. February 26, 1824. Read, and, with the bill committed for to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, in the case of Henry Lightner, accompanied by a bill. February 26, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Elections, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th ultimo, instructing them to report whether any other members returned to this House "were not, at the time of their election, inhabitants of the state from which they were respectively returned." March 3, 1824. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the report of the Committee of Elections in the case of John Bailey. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 9th ultimo, the memorial of Dr. James Smith, accompanied with a bill to encourage vaccination. March 4, 1824. 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 John Chalmers. March 5, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John P. Cox. March 5, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joshua Bennett, with a bill for his relief. February 4, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 31st of December last, to consider and report upon the petition of Augustus F. Cammann. February 4, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Thomas Cox, and others. February 4, 1824. Read; ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Elections, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of the District of Norfolk, in the State of Massachusetts, remonstrating against the return of John Bailey, esq. as a representative of said district, in the 18th Congress. February 20, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.	80
Serial set 106	Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations, on the petition of Jonathan S. Smith. March 26, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Mr. Rich's resolution. In the House of Representatives, January 24, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Pelatiah Littlefield. January 7, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. April 23, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, upon the subject of the claim of the State of Massachusetts for services rendered by the militia of said state during the late war, with "A Bill Providing for the Settlement and Payment of Said Claim." May 3, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 29th of December last, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of occupying the mouth of the Columbia River. April 15, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations, respecting French spoliations from 1793 to 1800. March 25, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Mr. Cook's motion to appoint a board of commissioners to decide land claims. December 23, 1823. Debated until the arrival of the time for passing to the Orders of the Day. Resolution proposed by Mr. Abbot. February 6, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, respecting the introduction of persons of color into the states. Resolution submitted by Mr. Webster, with Mr. Poinsett's amendment. December 8, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Jacob Snider. December 22, 1823. Read; ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of John Stealey. January 7, 1824. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, who were instructed, by a resolution of the House of Representatives, to inquire into the expediency of repealing the act making provision for the civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier settlements of the United States, &c. &c. March 23, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, in the case of William F. Gray. March 24, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the message from the President of the United States of the 25th ultimo, in relation to the recession of certain tracts of land to the United States by the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, accompanied by a bill providing for the disposition of said land. April 2, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives of 27th February last, instructing said Committee to inquire into the expediency of making appropriation to compensate the friendly Creek Indians for property lost and destroyed during the late Creek War. April 5, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the President's message of the 30th March, 1823, relating to the compact of 1802 between the United States and the State of Georgia; also, a memorial of the legislature of the said state upon the same subject. April 15, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, in the case of Dean Weymouth, with a bill for his relief. April 15, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of the executors of James Roddey, deceased. April 16, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of John Topp, with a bill for his relief. April 20, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, upon the subject of granting a right of pre-emption to settlers on the public lands. April 23, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report made to the House of Representatives on the 24th April, 1824, and agreed to. In the House of Representatives of the U.S. May 3, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the select committee appointed on the 6th ultimo, to inquire into the expediency of providing for the relief of certain purchasers of the public lands lying between Ludlow's and Roberts' lines, in the State of Ohio, whose titles may be affected by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Doddridge's lessee versus Thompson and Wright, accompanied with a bill to accomplish that object. May 4, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the committee to which was referred that part of the President's message which relates to the repairs of the Cumberland Road. May 7, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred so much of the President's message as relates to piracies committed on the commerce of the United States in the neighborhood of the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. May 19, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Commerce, accompanied by a bill for regulating of steam boats, and for the security of passengers therein. May 22, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Commerce. May 22, 1824. Laid on the table. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, on the petition of Archibald Gracie and others. May 24, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie on the table. Report of the select committee to whom was referred the address of Ninian Edwards. May 25, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the execution of the Act To Abolish the Indian Trading Establishments, &c. &c. May 25, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, relative to land claims in Florida. May 26, 1824. Read and laid upon the table. Unfinished business of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the close of the 1st session of the 18th Congress. May 27, 1824. Report of the select committee on the address of Ninian Edwards. June 21, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Clay, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. January 20, 1824. Ordered to be printed. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: That the people of these states would not see, without serious inquietude, any forcible interposition by the Allied Powers of Europe, in behalf of Spain... Resolution submitted by Mr. Kent. December 16, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 8th ult. to inquire into the expediency of amending the act of the 3d March, 1817, &c. &c.; accompanied with a bill further to amend the act of the 9th April, 1816, authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy during the late war. April 5, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Francis Zock. March 12, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. April 5, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John Mitchell, with a bill for his relief. April 24, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, on a resolution and memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, in relation to a sale of a tract of land called the Scioto Salt Springs, with a bill to authorize the sale thereof. May 14, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals, upon the subject of connecting the waters of the Tennessee with those of the Alabama River, and also, upon connecting the waters of the Tennessee with those of the Coosa River, by means of a canal. May 17, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Resolution submitted by Mr. Owen. February 26, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the resolution instructing it to inquire into the expediency of issuing ammunition to Captain Alden Partridge for instruction of his pupils in practical gunnery, accompanied with a bill, &c. March 3, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the President of the United States to direct the sale of unserviceable ammunition and military stores, &c. with a bill to effect such purpose. March 8, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on a resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of amending the act which provides for the distribution of arms, &c. among the different states and territories. March 10, 1824. Read, and with an accompanying bill concerning the distribution of arms to the militia, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, in the case of James Steptoe and others. March 11, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, in the case of David Beard, accompanied with a bill for his relief. March 13, 1824. 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 Thomas L. Ogden and others, with a bill for their relief. March 15, 1824. 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 Solomon Sibley, with a bill for his relief. March 16, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, who were instructed by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st December, 1823, to inquire into the title and right of the United States in and to one township of land, reserved for certain purposes, in the contract entered into by John C. Symmes. March 16, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Agriculture, upon the subject of increasing the duties upon articles of foreign growth or manufacture. March 19, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in the case of Josiah Jordan. March 22, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims in the case of Goldsmith and Roderick, with a bill for their relief. March 22, 1824. 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 Samuel Cleveland, Jr. with a bill for his relief. April 7, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Col. William Cocke, with a bill for his relief. April 9, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Expenditures on the Public Buildings. April 13, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Charles Wilkins. March 29, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Jacob Slough, with a bill for his relief. March 31, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Resolution submitted by Mr. Webster. December 8, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the committee to which was referred the message of the President of the United States, bearing date 22d January, 1823, upon the subject of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, accompanied with a bill appropriating money to assist the States of Kentucky and Ohio to open a canal around the falls at Louisville, Kentucky. March 31, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the message of the President of the United States, relative to the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins. April 14, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a resolution of the 26th of February last, instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of granting the right of pre-emption to certain actual settlers in the District of St. Helena Court House, Louisiana. April 14, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill granting a right of pre-emption to certain actual settlers in that part of the former province of West Florida, included in the District of Jackson Court House. Mr. Stewart's motion. (To apply certain funds to the making [of] internal improvements.) January 15, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee upon the memorial of the superintending committee of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, accompanied with a bill for the benefit of the Asylum. May 4, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow	63
Serial set 107	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Eighteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1824, and in the forty-ninth year of the independence of said United States.	1
Serial set 108	Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 7, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. January 3, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Petition of Lewis Tarascon (and others), praying the opening of a wagon road from the River Missouri, north of the River Kansas, to the River Columbia. December 13, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of sundry merchants, (and others), citizens of New York, praying Congress to take into consideration the subject of piracies committed on the commerce of the United States by vessels from the island of Cuba, &c. December 13, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1825. The Committee on Foreign Relations submit a report on so much of the President's message as relates to piracies... Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the Senate, of 10th May last), the names of all the pensioners on the pension list, &c. &c. up to the fourth of September last. December 20, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 30, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. United States' Commercial Agency. Be it known, that, on the day of the date hereof, before me, John Mountain, Vice Commercial Agent of the United States of America, at the City of Havana, personally came and appeared... Answers of Augustus Storrs, of Missouri, to certain queries upon the origin, present state, and future prospect of trade and intercourse between Missouri and the internal provinces of Mexico, propounded by the Hon. Mr. Benton. January 3, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Postmaster General, on the subject of the most practical post route from New Orleans to Washington City. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate.) December 15, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.	9
Serial set 109	In Senate of the United States, February 4, 1825. Mr. Brown, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana requesting an appropriation of money for the purpose of cutting a navigable canal from Lake Pontchartrain to the River Mississippi, reported... Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the fulfillment of the contract for erecting fortifications on Dauphin Island, and of damages sustained by R. Harris and N. Farrow, the contractors. February 9, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Governor of the State of Maryland, transmitting a copy of an act of the legislature of said state, entitled "An Act To Confirm an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Entitled 'An Act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.'" February 2, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 2, 1825. Mr. Brown, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred so much of the memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan as relates to roads... Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois praying a modification of the laws relating to the sale of public land, so as to authorize the sale of certain lands at fifty cents per acre. February 3, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 7, 1825. Mr. Holmes, of Maine, from the Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Thatcher, made the following report: The petitioner states that, being collector of the District of Passamaquoddy, in the State of Maine... Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to an appropriation to render the post road through the Indian Country between Columbus and Jackson, Mississippi, fit for the transportation of the mail from the City of Washington to Natchez and New Orleans, &c. February 7, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Petition of Thomas Cooper, President of South Carolina College, praying the restoration of a fine, with interest, incurred under the Sedition Law of 1798, for a libel against the then President U. States. February 14, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the examination which has been made by the Board of Engineers, with a view to internal improvements, &c. February 14, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the construction of a dry dock. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of 25th May last.) January 5, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Petition of Reuben Shapley, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the owner of schooner John, and cargo, captured by a British ship of war in 1815. January 5, 1825. Printed by order of the United States. Memorial with accompanying documents, of Richard W. Meade, in relation to his claims. January 10, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to American canvass, cables, and cordage, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 17th May last. January 10, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1825. Mr. Lloyd, of Maryland, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was recommitted the bill "For the Relief of the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia," with instructions... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to piratical depredations, &c. furnished in pursuance of two resolutions of 21st and 23d December last. January 13, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of 21st ultimo), relative to light houses and buoys on the coast of Florida and Gulf of Mexico. January 17, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the amount of duties on importations accruing within three quarters ending 30th June, 1824, and amount which would have accrued at such higher rates as were imposed by the new tariff, &c.; in compliance with resolution of Senate, 17th May, 1824. January 18, 1825. Ordered to be printed for the Senate of the United States. Statement furnished by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, at the request of the Hon. Mr. Benton, of the Senate, shewing the quantity of public land surveyed and remaining unsold on the 30th day of June, 1823; and since that period up to the 30th day of June, 1824, &c. &c. January 20, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from Governor Cass, of Michigan, on the advantage of purchasing the country upon Lake Superior where copper has been found: addressed to the Hon. Thomas H. Benton, of the Senate. January 21, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1825. Mr. Kelly, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported: That, in pursuance of a resolution by the Senate, the Committee on Indian Affairs have had the petition of Ann Eccles, Timothy D. Pettigrew, and Robert A. Pettigrew, under their consideration... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry documents in relation to the various tribes of Indians within the United States, and recommending a plan for their future location and government. January 27, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Finance, in relation to smuggling on the northwestern frontier of the U.S. January 28, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of John Owings, of Baltimore, the inventor and patentee of a certain machine therein described; praying the purchase of it by Congress. February 14, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 11, 1825. Ordered to be re-printed. The following report was made 10th February, 1824. Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Oliver and others, directors of a corporation called the New England Mississippi Land Company, &c...	24
Serial set 110	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States during the year ending on the 30th September, 1824. February 17, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the U.S. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, relative to grants of land to the inhabitants of the County of New Madrid, who suffered by earthquakes. February 21, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Address from the Choctaw delegation of Indians in Washington relative to their condition in common with other tribes, and praying that the same may be improved. February 21, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, in relation to the connection of Lake Erie with the Ohio River by means of canal navigation. February 22, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 22, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the U.S. To the Committee of the Senate of the United States on Public Lands, Gentlemen: I have just read the report of the Land Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, in the case of the Hon. General McArthur... In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1825. Mr. Dickerson, from the select committee to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Cooper, President of the South Carolina College, reported: That the petitioner states that, in the month of April, 1800, at the City of Philadelphia, he was indicted and found guilty of having printed and published what was alleged to be a libel against Mr. John Adams, the then President of the United States... In Senate of the United States, February 25, 1825. Mr. Noble, from the Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of War made in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 10th May last, accompanied by documents showing the names of, and amount of money paid to, each pensioner... In Senate of the United States, March 2, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Partial report: The special committee, to whom was referred several resolutions, which are hereto annexed, in relation to the establishment of a permanent fund out of the proceeds of the public lands, for the purpose of education and internal improvement... Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses of the Navy during the year ending on the 30th September, 1824. January 6, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1824. January 6, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of State, on the memorial of Richard W. Meade, rendered in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant. February 28, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.	11
Serial set 111	Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the accounts of his office from 1st July, 1823, to 31st March, 1824. February 24, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting (in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of the 25th of May last), statements of the amount received by the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps in addition to monthly pay and rations. Together with his opinion as to such alterations as are necessary in the present organization of the Navy. January 10, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.	2
Serial set 112	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Eighteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1824, and in the forty-ninth year of the independence of the United States.	1

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