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Y 1.1/2:271	Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, 1834. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report of the expenditure of its contingent fund for the year 1834. December 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas H. Smith and Son. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to a compromise with the trustee of the late firm of Thomas H. Smith and Son, authorized by an act of Congress of 15th June, 1832. December 9, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Duties on imports -- excepted articles. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of excepted articles in the tariff of duties on imports. December 11, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Request of Lafayette. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence, bequeathed by the late General Lafayette to the Congress of the United States. December 4, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Repairs of Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. December 10, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury which have remained unsettled more than three years. December 8, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Revenue from imports and tonnage for 1833. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the aggregate amount of revenue collected on imported merchandise and tonnage, &c., in each state of the Union, for the year 1833 ; prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th December, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Estimate of appropriations for 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the year 1835. December 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table John McDonell -- memorial of. December 10, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee of Claims Land office -- St. Stephen's. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office for the Land District of St. Stephen's, Alabama. December 4, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Washington Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to the construction of the Washington Bridge across the Potomac. December 8, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Balances. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained unsettled more than three years. December 8, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Reorganization of the Treasury Department. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the reorganization of the Treasury Department. December 8, 1834. Read, and referred to a select committee, to consist of nine members List of reports to be made to the House of Representatives, at the second session of the Twenty-third Congress, by the Executive Departments. Prepared by the clerk, in obedience to a standing order of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1834 Canal routes -- Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report and maps of a survey of canal routes through Florida. December 9, 1833. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. December 4, 1834. -- Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives District of Columbia. Memorial of the Committee of the Corporation of Washington, in relation to its pecuniary concerns. December 10, 1834. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia Balances on the books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor, under the Act for the Prompt Settlement of the Public Accounts. December 11, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table Expenditures for internal improvements, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements in relation to internal improvement, &c. December 11, 1834. Read, and laid upon the table	18
Y 1.1/2:273	Little Rock and Memphis Road. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Topographical Bureau, in relation to the survey of so much of the Little Rock and Memphis Road as lies between the St. Francis and Mississippi Rivers. January 14, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means James Jackson. Memorial of James Jackson, of England, praying to be paid the sum of three hundred dollars promised to his father by Capt. Paul Jones, and also to be paid the pension due his father for the loss of an arm in battle, on board the ship Bon Homme Richard, in the Revolutionary War. February 2, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims Railroad Company -- Alabama, Florida, & Georgia. Petition of the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Railroad Company, asking a donation of the public lands, &c. February 2, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Indians -- Cherokee. Memorial of a council held at Running Waters, in the Cherokee Nation, in Georgia, November 28, 1834, on behalf of those members of the Cherokee tribe of Indians who are desirous of removing west of the Mississippi. January 19, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs System of discipline for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a revision of the system of discipline for the Army, prepared by Major General Scott. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Harbors -- River Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c. of the condition of the harbors in the River Delaware. January 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Alabama -- Legislature of. Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, on reducing the price of public lands. January 26, 1835. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Suspension of pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to the suspension of the allowance of pensions under the act of 7th June, 1832. January 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Branches of the Mint. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means a communication from the Director of the Mint, in relation to the establishment of branches of that institution. January 23, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Illinois Legislature -- road, Vincennes to Chicago. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, asking an appropriation of a quantity of land for constructing a road from Vincennes to Chicago. February 2, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill H.R. No. 221 Militia of the United States -- 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the returns of the militia of the United States, &c. for the year 1834. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Sinking Fund. Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 4, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. Report of the Second Comptroller, the Chief of Engineers, and the Third Auditor, on the claims of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. January 6, 1835. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. January 12, 1835. -- Ordered to be printed Circulars -- Treasury and War Departments. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of every circular or letter of instruction emanating from the Treasury or War Departments since the 30th day of June last, and addressed to either the receiving or the disbursing officers stationed in states wherein land offices are established, or public works are constructing under the authority of Congress. January 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Roads in Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ultimo, in relation to certain roads in the Territory of Michigan. February 6, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Michigan -- convention of citizens. Memorial of a convention of citizens of Michigan, in relation to the construction of a railroad across the peninsula. January 15, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill No. 201 Marine hospital money -- New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the marine hospital money collected and expended in the State of New York. January 16, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Duties on merchandise -- 1833. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of revenue on merchandise imported during the year 1833. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Fortifications in Boston Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, enclosing the report of the Chief Engineer relative to the fortifications in Boston Harbor. January 13, 1835. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 600) making appropriations for certain fortifications, &c. &c. January 16, 1835. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives Expenditures -- 1791 to 1833. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of expenditures for fortifications, light-houses, public debt, Revolutionary and other pensions, internal improvements, &c., from 1791 to 1833. January 17, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Commissioners of Pennsylvania and Maryland -- tollgates, Cumberland Road. Memorials of the commissioners appointed by the governors of Pennsylvania and Maryland, to erect tollgates on the Cumberland Road, after the completion of the repairs by the United States. January 19, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Bill No. 221 Cumberland River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, in relation to the improvements of the navigation of the Cumberland River, &c. January 13, 1835. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Transportation of merchandise inland to Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 699.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the First Comptroller, showing the mode in which the object specified can be accomplished, &c. February 3, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Custom-house officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information of the amount paid to the Custom-house officers of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, under the provisions of the second section of the Act Making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four. January 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table John E. Smith -- memorial of. December 18, 1834. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. December 23, 1834. -- Referred to the Secretary of State Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of J.N. Reynolds, in relation to islands, reefs, and shoals in the Pacific Ocean, &c. January 27, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Private land claims in Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 669.) Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to private land claims in Missouri. January 22, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of names and compensation of the clerks in the different offices of the Treasury Department. January 17, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Licenses to trade with Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of licenses granted to trade with the Indians within the year terminating on the 10th March, 1834. January 22, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Balances against receivers -- on sales of public lands. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances against receivers of public moneys on account of the sales of public lands. January 13, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Pennsylvania -- Brownsville. Memorial of the delegates of a convention at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, praying for an appropriation for the improvement of the Monongahela River from Pittsburg to Brownsville. February 2, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill H.R. No. 461 Charges on the revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to charges on the revenue. February 3, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Accounts of the Treasurer. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the accounts of his office, for the third and fourth quarters of 1833, and the first and second quarters of 1834, & c &c. December 4, 1834. Laid upon the table Parker, Gill, and Baldwin. Petition and remonstrance of Ashley Parker and others, of Alabama. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Production and manufacture of silk. Petition of Jonathan H. Cobb, of Dedham, Mass., for encouragement in the production and manufacture of silk. January 26, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures Appropriations -- Navy, 1834 -- expenditures, &c. of. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the naval service for the year 1834, and the expenditure of the same. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Hiram A. Hunter. (To accompany Bill S. No. 12.) January 23, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Duties accruing and drawback payable -- 1831, 1832, and 1833. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the duties accruing and drawback payable on articles imported into the United States and re-exported during the years 1831, 1832, and 1833. February 6, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Alabama Legislature -- Bank U.S. Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, in relation to the Bank of the United States; the removal of the deposites; the restoration of the same, and the deposite of the public money in the local or state banks. February 2, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Rochambeau -- grand-daughters of Marshal de. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the claim of the grand-daughters of the Marshal de Rochambeau. January 31, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims Commerce with Cuba and Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the commerce of the United States with the Spanish ports of Cuba and Porto Rico. February 3, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the returns of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia for the year 1834. January 17, 1835. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia New Hampshire -- writ of error -- patent cases. Memorial of inhabitants of the State of New Hampshire, in relation to appeals in cases arising under the patent laws of the United States. January 26, 1835 To exempt merchandise imported under certain circumstances from operation of the act of the 19th May, 1828. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 16.) January 22, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Appropriations, War Department, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the department for 1834, &c. January 31, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Expenditures, contingent -- Army -- 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the appropriations for the military establishment, for the year 1834. January 22, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Clerks -- Navy Department and Navy Commissioners' Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Navy Department and Navy Commissioners' Office. January 14, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Working men of Philadelphia. Fourth resolution of the working men of Philadelphia, in relation to the salaries of the officers of the Navy. January 28, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Cumberland Road in Indiana, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report respecting the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Cumberland Road in Indiana. January 22, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Clerks -- War Department, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks in the Department of War for the year 1834. January 22, 1835. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Improvement of the Cumberland River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the amount of expenditures for the improvement of the Cumberland River. January 31, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Memorial and joint resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in regard to the Pottawatamie and Miami Indians in this state. February 4, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Ship channel -- Falls of Niagara. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 502.) Memorial of citizens of Niagara County, New York, praying for an appropriation for a ship channel around the Falls of Niagara. January 15, 1835. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 502) to authorize examinations, surveys, and estimates, for the construction of roads, and for the improvement of certain rivers and harbors Officers of the Navy -- travelling expenses. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 334.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to travelling expenses of the officers of the Navy. January 31, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Boundary line between land of the United States and Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) January 28, 1835. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Northern boundary of Ohio. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the probable expense for completing astronomical observations, with a view to settle the northern boundary of the State of Ohio. January 27, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table	56
Y 1.1/2:283	In Senate of the United States. May 23, 1836. Mr. Davis made the following report The Committee on Commerce having considered the following bills from the House of Representatives .. In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldsborough made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 225. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Employment of Boys in the Merchant Service of the United States," return the same to the Senate, with amendments, accompanied by the following report In Senate of the United States. June 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel Richard Kidder Meade, deceased, reports .. In Senate of the United States. May 2, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the representative of William Mosby, deceased, report .. In Senate of the United States. May 12, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Walker made the following report The select committee to whom was referred the "Bill to Reduce and Graduate the Price of the Public Lands, in Favor of Actual Settlers Only ... ". In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Naudain made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 267. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate of the 29th of April, instructing the committee "to inquire into the propriety of allowing to Captain William East, of Madison County, Alabama, fifty-six dollars, for one hundred and twelve pairs of horse shoes ... " Memorial of John Timberlake and other citizens of Virginia, opposed to the measure proposed for expunging a resolution from the Journal of the Senate. May 2, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the removal of the Creek Indians, contracts made for that purpose, &c. May 14, 1836. -- Read. May 16, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1836. Mr. Southard, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, laid the following document on the table, to accompany Senate Bill No. 265 In Senate of the United States. May 26, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 271. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the widow and children of Joseph C. Megginson, deceased, reports In Senate of the United States. June 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Tasker C. Quinlan, reports In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles made the following report The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Phineas Meigs, praying compensation for a house destroyed by the enemy during the late war, report .. In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Walker made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 295. The select committee on the subject of graduating and reducing the price of the public lands to actual settlers, made the following report In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report, with Act H.R. No. 193. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Sureties of Nicholas Kern," report In Senate of the United States. May 11, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ewing made the following report, upon Bill H.R. 124. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of John Brahan In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldsborough made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 268. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of David Robinson and Ebenezer Robinson, report In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of John P. Zantzinger, a master commandant of the United States Navy, praying additional compensation on account of expenses incurred as "flag captain" in the squadron on the coast of Brazil, report .. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th February, 1836, respecting the enrolments, emigration, and improvements of the Cherokees residing east of the Mississippi. June 16, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Petition of Augustus Jones, of Missouri, on behalf of the Washington Turnpike Company, for right of way, and two hundred feet on each side of said road, through the public lands. April 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Alphonso Wetmore, for a reconsideration of his claim on account of losses in the service of the United States. May 11, 1836. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report The Committee on Commerce, upon the petition of Marcus Quincy and William Gorham, report .. Memorial of sundry individuals of Philadelphia, praying the interposition of the United States in the cause of Texas. May 9, 1836. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with statement of the q[u]antity of public land secured by claimants under acts of Congress granting pre-emptions, &c. May 14, 1836. -- Read. May 19, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting statements relating to the rates of exchange and drafts between commercial towns, as conducted by the deposite banks, compared with those of the Bank of the United States. June 8, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to deposites, and transfers of moneys derived from the public lands from the west to the eastern cities. May 4, 1836. May 5, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 1000 extra copies be sent to the Senate Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, to obtain the passage of a law to prevent the introduction of paupers into the United States. May 2, 1836. Referred to Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolutions passed at a meeting of the citizens of Burke County, North Carolina, in favor of recognising the independence of Texas, &c. May 16, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Documents relating to compensation to pursers in the Navy, &c. June 11, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred a resolution of the 20th ultimo, instructing them "to inquire into the expediency of authorizing an exchange of land in the territory west of the State of Missouri for lands owned by the Miami and other Indians in the State of Indiana .. In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Kent made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 242. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the memorial from the several banks in the District, praying for a renewal of their charters Memorial of the Trustees of the University of Florida, for an appropriation of land for the benefit of that institution. May 4, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, stating the amount of money in the Treasury, and amounts of receipts in March and April, 1836. June 9, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to an increase of salary of clerks in that department. May 5, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the City Council and Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, South Carolina, for the establishment of a Navy yard at that place, report .. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, respecting an increase of the Ordnance Corps. June 3, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 246. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the expediency of providing such defences for Key West as shall render it a safe rendezvous and depot for the Navy Memorial of the Cherokee delegation, east of the Mississippi River, praying the interposition of Congress for securing justice to them from the United States. April 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and that the Committee be discharged from the further consideration of the subjects. Mr. Southard made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed by resolution to inquire into the propriety of establishing a Navy yard at Baltimore, and to report their opinion to the Senate, report .. In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tomlinson made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 241. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Slough, report In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 247. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Gabriel W. Denton, have had the same under consideration, and report to the Senate Memorial of the President and Directors of the Union Bank of Maryland, for the correction of a mistake made by the Commissioners under the Convention with France of 1831, &c. May 24, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. May 26, 1836. -- Resolution S. 20 reported, and a letter with documents from the Secretary of the Treasury laid upon the table by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, which, with this memorial, were ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the resolution relative to exchanging lands with the Pottawatomie Indians, &c Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of the justice and propriety of increasing the salaries of the clerks in that department. May 2, 1836. -- Read. May 5, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Washington in favor of recognising the independence of Texas, &c. May 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to an increase of salary of the clerks in the General Post Office. May 9, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of depredations by the Mexicans on the property of Messrs. Chouteau and Demun. June 15, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 4, 1836. Ordered, that the following report be reprinted, to accompany Bill S. 226. April 11, 1834. -- Mr. Bibb made the following report, which was read and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 9, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain Andrew Gardner, report .. In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution ... to inquire into the propriety of ... payment to the heirs of George Galphin .. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to an increase of salaries of the clerks in that department. May 10, 1836. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to Committee on Finance In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1836. Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Francis Cazeau Memorial of the Directors of the Board of Trade of Pittsburg, that the navigation of the Ohio River be improved upon a plan commensurate with the importance of trade and transportation on that river. May 5, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed Documents relating to the "Bill To Increase the Present Military Establishment of the United States." June 12, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 9, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 249. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of allowing to Benjamin J. Porter, a surgeons' mate in the army Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to increase of the salaries of clerks &c. May 4, 1836. -- Read. May 5, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed Memorial of Commodore Daniel T. Patterson, for remuneration for extra expenses incurred by him as commanding officer of the Mediterranean Squadron. May 4, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th February last, showing the condition of the deposite banks on the 1st May, 1836. May 23, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the "Act To Appoint a Day for the Annual Meeting of Congress." June 10, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th, with statements of transfers of funds from and to certain deposite banks in Ohio. May 25, 1836. Read and ordered to be printed Memorial of the citizens of Wilmington, North Carolina, for a further appropriation for improving the navigation of Cape Fear River. May 12, 1836. Referred to Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Southard made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 262. The Naval Committee, to whom was referred the resolutions of sundry officers of the Navy, in relation to a naval school, make report In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of John Ross and others, on behalf of the Cherokee Indians, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report .. In Senate of the United States. June 14, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the administrator of John Philip De Haas, deceased, reports ..	63
Y 1.1/2:284	In Senate of the United States. June 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leigh made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 303. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which were referred the petitions of the heirs of Margaret Leitch, deceased, and of the heirs of Elizabeth Goodwin, deceased, reports In Senate of the United States. July 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Goldsborough made the following report The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of David Melvill, of Newport, Rhode Island, report: David Melvill complains that, lately holding the office of weigher and gauger in the Custom-house at Newport, he was removed from the same by the collector .. In Senate of the United States. June 16, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shepley made the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Hugg and George W. Hugg, report .. Memorial of Samuel H. Thompson, praying remuneration for the capture and detention of his ship, the Argo, by the officers of the United States on the New Orleans station, &c. July 4, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. July 2, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of the 14th June, 1836, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in regard to depredations committed upon the persons and property of Messrs. Chouteau and Demun, under the authority of the government of New Mexico, in 1817 .. In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report The Committee on Commerce have considered the petition of John H. Jacocks, and report thereon as follows .. In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Webster made the following report The Committee on Finance, who were directed by a resolution of the Senate passed on the 21st of May, 1836, "to inquire into the character, condition, and amount of capital, of the several banking institutions which have been chartered within the last three years, by the Territorial Government of Florida ... ". In Senate of the United States. June 18, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, sundry memorials, and other proceedings of various meetings of the people, all recommending the recognition of the independence of Texas. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the debt due by the late General Brahan, &c. May 9, 1836. -- Read. June 28, 1836. -- Motion to print laid on the table. June 29, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed Documents relating to "Bill for the Increase of the Military Establishment of the United States." June 17, 1836. Laid on the table by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the employment of the Topographical Engineers. June 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, recommending provision for the defence of Narragansett Bay, in that state. June 17, 1836. -- Read. June 18, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to a distribution of the surplus revenue of the United States among the several states, &c. June 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Senate, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," approved July 4, 1836. July 11, 1836. Ordered to be published by said act. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of expunging a certain resolution from the Journal of the Senate. June 28, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relating to the condition of Texas, &c. June 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Letter from William Brent and others, offering a house on Capitol Hill for the Patent Office, &c. June 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of sundry inhabitants of Opelousas, Louisiana, in favor of acknowledging the independence of Texas. June 24, 1836. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Nashville, Tenn., in favor of recognising the independence of Texas. June 27, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of sundry citizens of Kentucky, that the aid of government be extended to the American Colonization Society. June 29, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from Virgil Maxcy, Solicitor of the Treasury, on the case of Francis Cazeau's representatives. June 16, 1836. -- Read, and referred to Committee on the Judiciary. July 4, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting documents relating to frauds, &c., in the sale of Indian reservations of land. July 2, 1836. -- Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report, with Senate Bill No. 305. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Parker Chase, report Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the amount of appropriations made by acts passed at the last session of Congress, &c. July 8, 1836. -- Received. 1,000 additional copies were ordered to be printed, for the use of the Senate, by the resolution of the 25th ultimo Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with a return of the deposite banks to 1st June. June 30, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean made the following report The Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to whom the subject was referred on the 15th of February last, now submit the following report .. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) sundry documents relating to the northeastern boundary of the United States. June 15, 1836. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. June 23, 1836. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 3,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate	27
Y 1.1/2:286	Michigan -- Constitution, &c. -- state government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a constitution and form of government by the inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, with a view to the admission of the said territory into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states. December 10, 1835. Read, and referred to a select committee Transfer of appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of transfers of appropriations in that department, made in pursuance of law. December 10, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Finances. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 8, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas H. Smith & Son. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the terms of a compromise of the claim of the United States against Thomas H. Smith & Son. December 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-fourth Congress. December 8, 1835. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Private land claims in Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of January last, in relation to private land claims in the Territory of Michigan. December 16, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims Levees -- Mississippi, and other rivers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of constructing levees on the Mississippi, Red, Arkansas, and Missouri rivers. December 16, 1835. (Read, and laid upon the table.) Spanish claims to land in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 25th of February last, in relation to Spanish claims to land in the Territory of Florida. December 16, 1835. (Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.) Estimate of appropriations for 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the year 1836. December 8, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Boundary -- Ohio and Michigan. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, on the progress made in astronomical observations, in relation to the northern boundary of the State of Ohio, &c. December 10, 1835. Read, and referred to a select committee Treasury accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting statements of accounts settled by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department. December 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Private land claims in Missouri. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the report of the Commissioners to Settle Private Land Claims in the State of Missouri, &c. December 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Balances on the books of the Register and Fourth Auditor of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of balances on the books of the Register and Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, which have remained due more than three years prior to the 30th of September last. December 16, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table Operations of land offices -- 1834 and 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the operations of the several land offices during the year 1834, and the first, second and third quarters of the year 1835. December 8, 1835. Read, and laid upon the table	14
Y 1.1/2:290	Works of internal improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in relation to certain works of internal improvement. April 14, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Northeastern territory of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts upon the subject of the northern territory of the United States, the title to which is still claimed by Great Britain. April 5, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Balances on books of Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances standing on the books of the revenue which have remained unsettled by collectors of the Customs, and which appear to have been due more than three years prior to 30th September, 1835. April 14, 1836. Read, and laid on the table Contracts -- Post Office Department, 1835. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of all the contracts which have been made by the Post Office Department during the year 1835. March 31, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Emoluments, &c. -- officers of the Customs, 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the official emoluments and expenditures of the Customs for the year 1835, of those officers who have rendered the statements required of them. April 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce John L. Dickey. Letter respecting the location of the National Road, &c. April 11, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Amend the Constitution of the United States. Memorial of citizens of North Carolina, upon the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States. April 6, 1836. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Southern boundary of Michigan. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Detroit, and memorial of inhabitants of Michigan, upon the subject of the southern boundary thereof, &c. &c. April 11, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Canal -- Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the construction of a canal from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. April 16, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Survey -- Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, in relation to a survey of the Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River. April 7, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Organization -- General Land Office -- clerks, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No 469.) April 6, 1836. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Banks. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Senate, in compliance with a resolution of that body, with statements of the deposite banks, &c. -- laid before the Senate on the 24th March, 1836. April 11, 1836. Two thousand copies directed to be printed by order of the House of Representatives Polish exiles. Letter upon the subject of lands granted by the government to the exiled Poles, and the location of the same, &c. April 15, 1836. (Printed by order of the House of Representatives.) Pre-emption rights -- frauds, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the subject of frauds under the pre-emption laws, and the effect of such laws upon the sales of public lands, &c. April 14, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Pay of officers of the Army -- 1833 and 1834. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of all accounts and allowances which have been paid to and allowed to officers of the Army for the two fiscal years ending September 30, 1834. April 4, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Michigan -- inhabitants of Monroe County. Remonstrance of citizens of the Township of Whiteford, on the disputed tract, against the bill reported in the House of Representatives giving that tract to the State of Ohio. April 1, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Virginia -- bridge across the Shenandoah River. Memorial of inhabitants of Loudoun and Jefferson Counties, praying Congress the passage of an act authorizing the building of a bridge across the Shenandoah River, at Harper's Ferry. April 7, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. April 12, 1836. Bill reported, No. 552	17
Y 1.1/2:292	Don Juan Madrazo. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 6th of May last, in relation to the claim of Don Juan Madrazo. June 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee of Claims Fortify Narragansett Bay. Resolutions of the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. June 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table National armories -- operations in 1835. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements in relation to the operations of the national armories in the year 1835. July 2, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the transactions of the Mint. June 20, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Purchase of Negroes from Seminole Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a call for information in relation to the purchase of Indian Negroes in the Seminole Country. June 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Seminole hostilities. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental report respecting the causes of the Seminole hostilities, and the measures taken to suppress them. June 3, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Treaty with Venezuela. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a Treaty of Peace, &c., between the United States and the Republic of Venezuela concluded on the 20th of January last. June 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Cherokee Treaty. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report relating to the Cherokee Treaty. June 28, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union James Elliot -- petition of. June 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Land claims in Missouri -- arguments, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, accompanied by opinions and arguments respecting claims to land in Missouri, embraced in the reports of the Board of Commissioners at St. Louis, &c. June 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Memorial of E.T. Langham and A.W. McDonald. June 6, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Indian hostilities to suppress -- estimate. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 733.) June 18, 1835. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating the melancholy intelligence of the death of James Madison, Ex-President of the United States. June 30, 1836 Expense of the increase of the Army. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 185.) June 23, 1836 Estimates -- Indian treaties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 695.) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of appropriations necessary to carry into effect certain Indian treaties. June 15, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Bridge across the Potomac River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information on the subject of the injury done to the Washington Bridge by the late freshet in the river, and an estimate of the expense necessary to its repair. June 7, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia Maryland. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, recommending the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. April 11, 1836. To lie until Monday next. June 6, 1836. Ordered to lie on the table Banks. Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, on the subject of banks. June 6, 1836. Laid upon the table Memorial and protest of the Cherokee Nation. (To accompany Bill R.H. [i.e. H.R.] No. 695.) Memorial of the Cherokee representatives, submitting the protest of the Cherokee Nation against the ratification, execution, and enforcement of the treaty negotiated at New Echota, in December, 1835. June 22, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (R.H. [i.e. H.R.] No. 695) making further appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties Banks -- District of Columbia. Memorial of citizens of the District of Columbia, in favor of rechartering the district banks. June 20, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. July 11, 1836 Maryland Legislature -- expunging resolutions -- Senate. April 11, 1836. To be on the table until Monday next. June 6, 1836. Ordered to be on the table Duties and drawback -- 1832, 1833, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the amount of duties received, and drawbacks payable, during the years ending 31st of December, 1832, 1833, and 1834. July 2, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table J.H.B. Latrobe -- memorial of. June 27, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Duties on imports, &c. 1834. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements relative to duties on merchandise imported during the year ending on the 31st of December, 1834. July 2, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting documents in relation to hostilities of Creek Indians. June 6, 1836. Laid upon the table Connecticut Legislature -- independence of Texas. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut. June 25, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Michigan -- Convention of Delegates -- Monroe County -- southern boundary. May 28, 1836. To lie one day upon the table. June 6, 1836. Ordered to lie on the table Estimate of cost of Treasury Building. Estimate from Messrs. Town and Elliot, architects, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Buildings	29
Y 1.1/2:294	Benjamin Oden. March 3, 1836. Read, and ordered to lie on the table William Piatt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 521.) April 1, 1836 William H. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) March 3, 1836 William Cox. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Weights and measures. March 21, 1836. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Nathan Smith and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 502.) March 25, 1836 George Innes. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) March 21, 1836 Thomas Forster, Jun. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table James Clyman. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table James Brewer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 473.) March 24, 1836 James Fling. March 25, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table James J. Pattison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 414.) March 3, 1836 James Adams. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table James Witherell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) March 3, 1836 John Woodward. March 29, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Martin Chandler, Asa Holden, James Hunt, and Thos. Ridgeway. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Francis Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 494.) March 25, 1836 George C. Willard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No 527.) April 5, 1836 Alabama -- purchasers of land, 1818, &c. for prompt payment. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) March 3, 1836 Daniel Warner -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 404.) March 3, 1836 Gold coinage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 510.) March 26, 1836 Daniel Trabue. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 507.) March 26, 1836 Thomas Baytop's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) February 18, 1836 Wm. C. Hazard -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 391.) March 3, 1836 Samuel Jackson. March 31, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Tillet. February 19, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Sell school land -- Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 472.) March 24, 1836 Peter Cornyn and Arthur Taggart. April 5, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Peter Alba. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) March 3, 1836 Patrick McEwen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 398.) March 3, 1836 Change Cumberland Road. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 370.) February 19, 1836 James Baker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 425.) March 3, 1836 William McBride. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table James McFarland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) March 24, 1836 William Faris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) March 3, 1836 John Chilton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 395.) March 3, 1836 Col. Stephen Moylan -- heirs of. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Regulate pay of the Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 508.) March 26, 1836 Amos W. Brown. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John P. Becker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 378.) February 24, 1836 Luther and John Waterman. March 25, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John Abbott, John Williamson, and others. April 5, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Benj. H. Mackall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 403.) March 3, 1836 Noah Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) February 18, 1836 Richard Severson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) March 21, 1836 Mathias Travers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 423.) March 3, 1836 John De Treville -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 400.) March 3, 1836 Navy Pension Fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) March 21, 1836 Joel Chandler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 504.) March 25, 1836 Pay of storekeepers of arsenals. March 21, 1836. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed Bill [H.R.] No. 409, to fix the pay of the officers of the national armories Heirs of Joseph Scott. March 25, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Northern boundary of Ohio, and admission of Michigan into the Union. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) March 2, 1836 Dudley Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 422.) March 3, 1836 Representatives of Theodore W. Maurice. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 97.) April 5, 1836 Albion T. Crow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 493.) March 25, 1836 William Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 384.) March 3, 1836 A.D. Ostrander. (To accompany Bill S. No. 74.) March 21, 1836. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Remove troops from Fort Gibson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 457.) March 21, 1836 Thomas Murray. February 19, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John Jordan -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 531.) April 5, 1836 Nathan Winteringer. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Moses Treadwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 478.) March 24, 1836 Joseph Tuttle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 421.) March 3, 1836 Jonas Comins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No 499.) March 25, 1836 Mr. Darlington, from the Committee on Expenditures for the Public Buildings, made the following report : the Committee on Expenditures for Public Buidings, report : February 17, 1836, read, and laid upon the table. Frederick Wilheid. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) March 21, 1836 Joshua Penn. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Robert Grant. April 5, 1836. Read, and concurred in by the House Arsenal -- North Carolina. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.) February 24, 1836 Charles A. Grignon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 520.) March 31, 1836 William Baker, Suffolk Co., N.Y. February 18, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table James W. Osborn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 532.) April 5, 1836 Major Dade, and others -- pensions to widows and children. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 426.) March 3, 1836 Uriah Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) March 24, 1836 Robert Farmer -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358.) February 18, 1836 Barney Monrow. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Lot Leonard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.). March 21, 1836 Tennessee -- settlers on reservation four miles square. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 372.) February 19, 1836 Heir of Alexander White. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table G.T. Beyer. April 1, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John McCartney [i.e. M'Cartney]. April 5, 1836. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow John B. Ashe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) February 19, 1836 Robert Craddock. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Walter Dyer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) March 3, 1836 Peoria Land District, Illinois. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 368.) February 19, 1836 John S. Devlin. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Lewis B. Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 445.) March 12, 1836 James Bradford, of Louisiana. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 392.) March 3, 1836 Poas Hadgo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) March 25, 1836 Custom-house -- Boston. March 21, 1836. Read, and the subject referred to the Committee of Ways and Means James Lent. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 380.) February 24, 1836 Armory on the western waters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) February 24, 1836 Alpheus Hutchins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) February 18, 1836 Choctaw reservation. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) March 24, 1836 Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 413.) March 3, 1836 Custom-house officers, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 484.) March 24, 1836 Cornelius Russel -- representatives of. March 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Ann Evans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) March 24, 1836 Lieutenant Joshua Fanning -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) March 24, 1836 Henry Guthrie. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Ephraim F. Gilbert. (To accompany Bill H.R. 359.) February 18, 1836 William Hogan, adm'r. of Michael. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 31.) March 29, 1836 Ebenezer Dewey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 497.) March 25, 1836 Heirs of Ludwick Rough, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 516.) March 30, 1836 Etiene (Stephen) La Lande. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 509.) March 26, 1836 Benjamin Parkhurst and Daniel Havens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 498.) March 25, 1836 Jeremiah Goldsmith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) March 3, 1836 Representative of William Vause, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) March 21, 1836 Surveyor's Office -- west of Lake Michigan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.) March 24, 1836 John H. Wendel's representatives. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Dry dock at Pensacola. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) March 8, 1836 William Eaton. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John Johnston's administratrix. March 25, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Benjamin Hewitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 500.) March 25, 1836 Daniel Malone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 491.) March 25, 1836 Illinois Central Rail Road Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) March 31, 1836 Report on the memorial of the Missouri and Mississippi Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 387.) March 3, 1836 William Pollard's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 496.) March 25, 1836 Doctor Samuel Kennedy -- heirs of. March 25, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Beales -- heirs of Turberville. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John Boone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) March 21, 1836 Job Daniels. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 506.) March 26, 1836 Jubal B. Hancock. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 441.) March 21, 1836 Elisha Forster. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) March 3, 1836 Saunders & Porter, sureties of Estis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) March 21, 1836 Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 424.) March 3, 1836 Reuben Chapman -- heirs of. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Joseph Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 466.) March 24, 1836 William Delesdernier. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Spencer C. Gist. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 366.) February 19, 1836 Lieutenant Colonel Richard Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) March 24, 1836 Charles Blake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 412.) March 3, 1836 Representatives of James Burton, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 434.) March 21, 1836 Milley Yates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) March 21, 1836 Jonathan Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 486.) March 24, 1836 John J. Beck. February 19, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Improve Tennessee and other rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 505.) March 25, 1836 Daniel Sherwood. March 24, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John Whitsitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) February 19, 1836 Godfrey Vought. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 373.) February 19, 1836 John H. Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) February 24, 1836 William H. Bell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 376.) February 24, 1836 Herring and Richardson. March 25, 1836. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Bryan Smith. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Woodward High School. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Benjamin Coit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 511.) March 29, 1836 Bailey and Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) February 19, 1836 Henry M. Shreve. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 388.) March 3, 1836 Officers of the national armories. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 409.) March 3, 1836 Josiah Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.) March 24, 1836 Repair and extend arsenal -- Charleston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) March 21, 1836 James Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) March 21,1836 John T. Addoms, executor of John Addoms. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) March 30, 1836 William R. Taylor -- adm'r of Jonathan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 513.) March 29, 1836 Winthrop Sears and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) March 25, 1836 Edward B. Martin. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Isaac Ruland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 503.) March 25, 1836 Ebenezer Wilcox. March 24, 1836. Read, and referred to the Third Auditor of the Treasury of the United States Representatives of Roswell Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 428.) March 21, 1836 Alexander Stewart. March 21, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Elias Johns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 530.) April 5, 1836 Joseph Danforth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 443.) March 21, 1836 Contested election -- Newland vs. Graham. February 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed Missouri -- extension of western boundary. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) House of Representatives, February 12, 1836. On motion of Mr. Ashley, Resolved, that the Committee on Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire whether the Indian title is or is not extinguished to the slip of land lying between the western boundary of the State of Missouri and the Missouri River, and if not to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for its entire extinguishment. February 26, 1836 Frederick C. De Krafft. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 357.) February 18, 1836 Allen R. Moore. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 528.) April 5, 1836 Charles Goodspeed. March 24, 1836. Read, and referred to the Third Auditor of the Treasury John McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 371.) February 19, 1836 Merchants, Boston -- Custom-houses, &c. Memorial of the merchants of Boston, in relation to an increase of the officers of the Customs, &c. and enlarging the public stores. April 1, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Samuel D. Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447.) March 21, 1836 Richard Watkins. February 19, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table William Slaughter -- heirs of. February 18, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Solomon Sturges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) March 21, 1836 Lieutenant Landon N. Carter. March 3, 1836. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow William Boyce, deceased -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) March 3, 1836 Protect western frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 406.) March 3, 1836 Thomas F. McCanless. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 430.) March 21, 1836 Major William Langbourne. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 405.) March 3, 1836 Major Trueman Cross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) March 21, 1836 Benjamin Kimball. March 3, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table John Herrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 467.) March 24, 1836 Jonathan Dow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) March 21, 1836 William Hooker Smith, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 495.) March 25, 1836 Jacob Wallace. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 444.) March 21, 1836 Benjamin Adams and Company, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 399.) March 3, 1836 Elizabeth S.W. Bacot, widow of Thomas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 525.) April 5, 1836 David Caldwell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 397.) March 3, 1836 Heirs of John Marks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) March 24, 1836 Washington Monumental Society. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 487.) March 24, 1836	191
Y 1.1/2:299	Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with reports of certain surveys made in the State of Maine. April 8, 1836. -- Read. March 3, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the cause of the destruction by fire of the building in which was the General Post Office, the city Post Office, and the Patent Office, report .. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Ordnance Department, made in obedience to the act of Congress of 2d April, 1794, in reference to armories. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1837. Mr. Grundy made the following report, which was read, and ordered to be printed. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of the Honorable Ambrose H. Sevier, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and estimate in reference to the survey of the Eastern Shore Railroad, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Statements of all appropriations made during the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress ; of the offices created and the salaries thereof ; and of offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 27, 1837. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act approved July 4, 1836, "to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes." Proceedings of the Military Court of Inquiry, in the case of Major General Scott and Major General Gaines. Printed in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of March 3, 1837 Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the St. Francis River ; in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of 28th February. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the claims of Eleazer W. Ripley. March 2, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Postmaster General, of all the contracts made in his department between the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July, 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of commerce and navigation, ending on the 30th September, 1836. March 3, 1837. Ordered to be printed, with 2,000 copies for the Senate, in addition to the usual number Report from the Secretary of War, with a copy of the survey of the harbor of Milwaukee; in compliance with a Resolution of the Senate. February 27, 1837. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 3, 1837. -- Discharged. March 9, 1837. -- Ordered to be printed	12
Y 1.1/2:301	Contingent expenses -- Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the department, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1836. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of expenditures from the contingent funds of this office and the Patent Office. December 8, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the State Department Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1835, and the first and second quarters of the year 1836. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table List of reports to be made to Congress at the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in the Office of the House of Representatives, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 1, 1836 Coast survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the coast survey. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Estimate of appropriations for 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1837. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Navy yards -- Great Barn Island, Perth Amboy, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of establishing Navy yards at Great Barn Island, Perth Amboy, and Jersey City, &c. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Expenditure -- Potomac Bridge. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to expenditures for repairs of Potomac Bridge. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from Mrs. Madison in relation to the publication of Mr. Madison's Notes of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of 1787. December 8, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Library Contingent fund -- House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, submitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives from 1st December, 1835, to 30th November, 1836. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Receipts and expenditures -- 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1835. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Sale of Chickasaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the sale of Chickasaw lands. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the expenditure of the contingent funds of the department. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Office of the Navy Commissioners. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table Janette Taylor, and others Memorial of Janette Taylor, and others, representatives of John Paul Jones. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims	15
Y 1.1/2:303	Survey -- harbor Havre-de-Grace. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. February 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Survey of the coast -- Rigolets to Mobile Point. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to a survey of the coast of the United States from the Rigolets to Mobile Point. February 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Tariff. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, upon the subject of the tariff &c. January 30, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Petition of Nathaniel Bird. January 23, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 864,) to restore to certain invalid pensioners the amount of pensions by them relinquished National bank. Memorial of merchants of the City of New York, praying for the establishment of a national bank. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Appropriations, Navy, &c. -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the service of the year 1836, the amount expended, and the balance on the 31st December last. February 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Samuel Martin. Petition of Samuel Martin, of Tennessee, asking that Congress will pass a law saying that there shall be a model deposited in each state of every model and specification of each and every patent granted in the Union, &c. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Gaugers -- New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 896.) Statement exhibiting the amount of the fees of the gaugers at the port of New York, and the amount paid them under the provisions of the 2d section of the act of 27th June, 1834; together with the amount paid for their incidental expenses during said time. January 31, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Massachusetts. Remonstrance of citizens of the County of Berkshire against the passage of the bill reported by the Committee of Ways and Means, (No. 829) "to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the Government." February 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table, under the 45th rule of the House Exchange of lands with Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 845.) January 17, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Western boundary of Missouri message from the president of the United States, transmitting the copy of an act of the legislature of the state of Missouri, declaring the assent of that state to the act of Congress, entitled "An act to extend the western boundary of the state of Missouri to the Missouri River." John C.F. Salomon -- memorial of. Memorial of John C.F. Salomon, praying Congress to encourage his patent safety steam-boiler. December 31, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Maine -- duty on coal. Petition of sundry citizens of Portland and vicinity, for a repeal of the duty imposed upon coal. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 829, to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the government Revenue cutter and steam tow-boat. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the cost of a revenue cutter, so constructed as to be used as a steam tow-boat. February 1, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Trade and intercourse with Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting copies of all such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with disbursements of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1836. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Surveys in Maine. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with reports of certain surveys made in the State of Maine. April 8, 1836. Read. February 8, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Bank of the Metropolis. Memorial of the President and Directors of the Bank of the Metropolis, requesting an addition to the capital stock. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 869) to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the District of Columbia, &c. Brunswick harbor -- Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report respecting the operations for the improvement of Brunswick harbor, in the State of Georgia. February 1, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Louisville and Portland Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, against the purchase by the general government of the stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. January 25, 1837. Read, and laid on the table Mexico and Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, upon the subject of the condition of the political relations between the United States and Mexico ; also, on the condition of Texas. January 26, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Militia of the United States, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, &c., for the year 1836. February 8, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Coal trade -- Richmond. January 20, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 829 Claim of United States on United States Bank. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the claim of the United States against the United States Bank, &c. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Contracts -- Treasury Department, 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting 1. Contracts relative to light-houses, &c., made according to law. 2. Payments in discharge of miscellaneous claims not provided for. 3. Payments from Marine Hospital Fund, for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. 4. Statement of contracts authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the year 1836. January 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Memorial for improvement of Allegany River, from Pittsburg to Olean. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to make an appropriation for the improvement of the Allegany River. January 16, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives John and Phineas Harford. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Governor of the State of Maine, claiming the reimbursement of certain moneys paid to John and Phineas R. Harford out of the Treasury of that state. February 1, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Bank -- District [of] Columbia. Memorial of sundry citizens of Georgetown, praying for a new bank in the City of Washington, with branches in Georgetown and Alexandria. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department, for the year 1836, &c. January 18, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means N. Sholtewskii Von Shoultz. Petition of N. Sholtewskii Von Shoultz regarding a new method for purifying salt water, used for the manufacturing of salt. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures Reduction of the tariff. Memorial of citizens of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, praying for a reduction of duties on imports. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Claims upon Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the United Mexican States. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Western lands. Petition of John Taliaferro, in behalf of the United States. January 31, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States for the year 1836. January 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Additional appropriations -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of further appropriation for the Indian Department for the year 1837. January 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Officers ordered for service, and excused, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the names of officers of the Navy who, during the year 1836, have received orders for service, and have asked to be excused, &c. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Wisconsin Territory. January 24, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Indian Department -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1836, and the pay and salary of each. February 8, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Appropriations for 1836, and expenditure. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a statement of appropriations for 1836, the expenditure during the year, and the balance remaining on the 31st of December of the same year. January 31, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Banks -- District of Columbia. Memorial from the Joint Committee of the Cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, praying for the establishment of a new bank in the City of Washington, with branches in Georgetown and Alexandria. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia John Paul Jones. Statements from the books of the Treasury Department, respecting the prize money obtained by the late John Paul Jones from the government of France. January 30, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Maryland Legislature -- franking privilege. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, upon the subject of an extension of the franking privilege. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Insolvent debtors -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. January 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table State of New Jersey -- joint resolutions. Resolutions of the State of New Jersey, in favor of improving the navigation of Newark Bay, and the removal of the bars and obstructions to the navigation of Staten Island Sound, near Elizabeth Port. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Exploring expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to the progress which has been made with regard to the exploring expedition, authorized at the last session of Congress. February 8, 1837. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Survey of James River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of James River. February 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Revenue from imports for last four years, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the revenue on imports for the last four years, and the amount of drawback in each year. January 20, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Ordnance Department -- estimate. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a special estimate of the further sums which will be necessary for the Ordnance Department during the present year. January 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Survey -- Passaic River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a survey of the bar and obstructions to the navigation of the Passaic River, below the City of Newark, in the State of New Jersey. January 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Army of the United States. Petition of non-commissioned officers, asking attention to them. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Land office -- Fort Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to the Land Office at Fort Wayne. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands Public works at Michigan City, Indiana. Memorial and joint resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, asking an appropriation for the public works at Michigan City, Ind. January 26, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Contracts -- Commissioners of the Navy, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy, during the year 1836. January 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Navy yard south of Chesapeake Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of commissioners charged with the examination of harbors south of Chesapeake Bay, with a view to the establishment of a Navy yard. February 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Canal and Rail Road Company -- Brunswick, GA. Report on the Brunswick Canal and Rail Road, in Glynn County, Georgia ; with an appendix, containing the charter, and the Commissioner's report. December 31, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Contracts -- War Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all the contracts made by the War Department during the year 1836. January 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Sand bar -- harbor of St. Louis. Memorial from the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis, praying an appropriation sufficient to remove the sand-bar in the harbor of St. Louis. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Surplus revenue. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in relation to the surplus revenue. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, for the year 1836. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Tennessee Canal. Report of the Tennessee Canal Commissioners, presented to the Legislature of Alabama at the session of 1836. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Balances on books of the revenue, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836. February 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Calls for volunteers or militiamen. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of orders issued by the department respecting calls for volunteers or militiamen, &c. &c., rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th of December last. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands	61
Y 1.1/2:306	Don Juan Madrazo. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table William T. Smith -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 970.) March 2, 1837 Wright Groom. February 16, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Railroad in District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 939.) February 16, 1837 Larkin Smith -- representatives of. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table George Innes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 949.) February 22, 1837 Independence of Texas. February 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 968.) March 2, 1837 Alabama troops -- three companies under Maj. Holt. February 22, 1837. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union David Melville. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House George Wood. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House William Purcell. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Philip Lightfoot. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Peter Yarnall, and others (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) February 16, 1837 L. Bissel. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Mail between the United States and Great Britain. March 2, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Ann Levacher De Van Brun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 966.) March 1, 1837 Richard Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 952.) February 22, 1837 Road -- Memphis to Fort Gibson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 947.) February 22, 1837 D.G. Farragut. February 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Regulation of pilots. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table John McArann. February 25, 1837. Read, and postponed until Tuesday next Cornelius Manning. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 962.) February 28, 1837 John P. Converse and Henry J. Rees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 945.) February 22, 1837 Charles G. Hunter. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 103.) February 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 950.) February 22, 1837 Huldah Pennyman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 938.) February 16, 1837 Loomis & Gay. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) March 2, 1837 Charles Park. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table David Goorley. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Case of Judge Thruston. March 3, 1837. Laid upon the table, and printed by order of the House Elias Wallen. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Levy Court -- Calvert County, Maryland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 969.) March 2, 1837 Joseph Radcliff. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964.) February 22, 1837 Charles F. Sibbald. March 3, 1837. Read, and the resolutions therein contained concurred in by the House Robert Gilmore, and others March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Mr. Chilton Allan's propositions to grant lands to the original states, &c. January 7, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Banking companies. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Jacob Shade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 971.) March 2, 1837 James Tongue. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 937.) February 16, 1837 William Oliver's heirs. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table William Jones. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Officers of sloop of war Boston. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 29.) February 22, 1837 Amendment of the Constitution [of the] United States. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Francis Allyn. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 122.) March 3, 1837. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House this day Edward Kearney. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Ohio -- Miami Exporting Company. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table James McPherson. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table William Shaw. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Resolutions reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union on the President's message at the commencement of the session. December 13, 1836. Reported to the House, and ordered to be printed Avery, Saltmarsh, & Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) February 23, 1837 Nathaniel Patten. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table John Vannethen and company. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 951.) February 22, 1837 Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 973.) March 3, 1837 Privateer Pension Fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 920.) February 14, 1837 John Broome. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table John Kelly. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Expenditure -- public buildings. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Silk. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Matilda Drury. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Hugh McDonald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 972.) March 3, 1837 Mexico. February 24, 1837. Postponed until to-morrow William Vaughan. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Wilkes County, Georgia -- advances -- Indian war. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964.) March 1, 1837 Commutation to surgeon's mates. February 22, 1837 Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 944.) February 22, 1837 John Kern and John D. George. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 946.) February 22, 1837 Martha McKee. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Military Academy -- West Point. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) March 1, 1837 David Melville. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Notes of the Bank of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 956.) February 22, 1837 Maine -- advances to John and Phineas R. Harford. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Corporation of Mobile. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 115.) March 1, 1837 Captain Samuel Warren. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 82.) February 24, 1837 Charles B. Bristol. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Impressment of property, and Indian depredations in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Benjamin Hodges -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 941.) February 18, 1837 William Hogan, administrator of Michael. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) February 22, 1837 James Callan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 943.) February 22, 1837 William Tharp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 936.) February 16, 1837 E. and T. Fairbanks. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 203.) February 22, 1837 Jesse Potts. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Heirs of James Broadus. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Augusta, Georgia -- advances -- Florida war. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Henry F. Lamb. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Adam Hall. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House Tobacco. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 25.) February 18, 1837 Steam navigation -- James Rumsey -- heirs of. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table William Crooks and James Crooks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 942.) February 22, 1837 Benedict I. [i.e. J.] Heard. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Claim on Denmark -- William C. Parke. March 1, 1837. Postponed until Friday next Northam & Whitehorne. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Relief to the Corporation of Alexandria. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Robert Fulton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 965.) March 1, 1837 Daniel Rardon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 963.) February 28, 1837 Elisha Smith. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table	99
Y 1.1/2:307	Administration of the Executive Departments. Views of the majority. Mr. Wise, from the committee appointed on the 17th of January last, to inquire into the condition of the Executive Departments, &c., made the following report March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table.	1
Y 1.1/2:309	In Senate of the United States. September 18, 1837. The following bill, introduced by Mr. Benton, on leave, the 10th June, 1836, was ordered to be printed. A Bill To Re-establish the Currency of the Constitution for the Federal Government Memorial convention of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to construct a macadamized road from the National Road to Erie. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of extending the franking privilege. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Carroll County, Mississippi, praying the creation of a national bank. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Mobile, Alabama, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 23, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of merchants and others of Baltimore, praying the incorporation of a national bank, or the substitution of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania. September 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of officers appointed to examine the improvements in fire-arms, made by Hall, Cochran, Colt, and the Baron Hackett ; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th January, 1837. September 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of a number of post routes. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Statements showing the coinage and imports and exports of specie during the year 1837. September 19, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Lewis Feuchtwanger, praying Congress to substitute his invention, called "German silver," in place of the copper coinage of the United States. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Rahway, New Jersey, praying the incorporation of a national bank. October 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Columbiana County, Ohio, for an increase of the circulation of gold and silver, and opposed to the creation of banks and paper money. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Statement showing the imports and exports of specie since the 19th of September, 1837. October 9, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. September 5, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, praying Congress to adopt a plan suggested by him for the relief of the country. October 4, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Board of Public Works of the State of Illinois, requesting donations of land in aid of the internal improvements in that state. October 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. September 5, 1837. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Memorial of a number of citizens of Wheeling, Virginia, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, praying a more general distribution of the printed documents and laws of the United States. October 4, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Columbiana County, Ohio, against the incorporation of a national bank, and praying an increase of the circulation of gold and silver. October 2, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, praying the establishment of a national bank. September 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of officers appointed to examine the improvements in certain fire-arms ; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th January, 1837. October 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Levi Hamilton and others, citizens of McDonough County, Illinois, praying to be allowed the benefit of pre-emption laws. September 30, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of manufacturers, tradesmen, and other citizens of Brooklyn, New York, against the present system of finance, and in favor of a separation of the trade of banking from affairs of state. October 14, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the creation of a national bank. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1837. September 8, 1837 Memorial of a number of citizens of Claiborne Co., Mississippi, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 22, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Statements of all appropriations made during the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress ; and of the offices created, and the salaries thereof. October 17, 1837. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act, approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th February, 1837, on the subject of the bursting of cannon at Major Clarke's foundry, in July, 1833, and August, 1834. September 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of importing merchants of New York, praying an extension of the time for payment of duty bonds. September 18, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of Henry Perrine, for a grant of land, for the encouragement of the growth of tropical plants. September 29, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, presenting a plan of a national bank, and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. September 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Schuyler County, Illinois, praying the creation of a national bank. September 15, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance. September 21, 1837. Report adverse. September 25, 1837. Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, against the incorporation of a national bank. September 21, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of a number of democratic citizens of Hamilton County, Ohio, approving the measures proposed by the Executive, &c. October 10, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works at Black Rock ; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d March, 1837. September 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the necessity of making further appropriations to prosecute the war in Florida. September 21, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Wright as explanatory of the Bill of the Senate No. 10, and ordered to be printed	37
Y 1.1/2:318	Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, to obtain a settlement of the claims of the Wyoming sufferers. May 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the message of the President of the United States, dated 21st of May last, with the documents which accompanied it, and the report of the Secretary of War of the 24th of the same month, on the subject of an appropriation for the benefit of the Cherokee Indians .. In Senate of the United States. May 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 325.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton .. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of James Caldwell .. In Senate of the United States. May 25, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 338.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Cochran, praying for the passage of a law granting him the right of pre-emption .. Petition of a number of merchants and others, citizens of Hartford County, Connecticut, praying the establishment of a national bank. May 31, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 206.) The Select Committee, to which was referred a bill to authorize the President of the United States to occupy the Oregon Territory .. In Senate of the United States. May 16, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 30,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report (To accompany the Joint Resolution S. No. 11.) The Committee on Finance, to which was committed, on the 2d instant, the joint resolution "relating to the public revenue and dues to the government," .. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, according to the order of the Senate, have had under consideration the petition of Patience Babcock, the widow of Phineas Babcock .. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) The Committee on Naval Affairs of the Senate, to whom was referred the bill "To Establish and Regulate the Navy Ration, and for Other Purposes," report the same with amendments .. In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report ... Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of importing one or more sets of the most approved apparatus now employed on the coast of Europe in the light-houses In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 334.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the five claims to lands, situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine, beg leave to report .. In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 333.) That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation in Florida .. In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 337.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the President and directors of the Gainesville and Narkeeta Railroad Company, report .. In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 340.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Richard T. Banks .. In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 336.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred on the 27th of December last, a resolution of the Senate of that date, and a communication from the president of the Wetumpka and Coosa Railroad .. Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying that the treaty made with the Cherokees at New Echota may be annulled. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of Grafton Tyler, and others, praying the establishment of a department of the government to promote the interests of agriculture, of science, and of the mechanical and fine arts. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Jamaica, New York, opposed to the Sub-Treasury Bill, and praying the establishment of a national bank. May 31, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of Charles Dehault Delassus, praying the repayment of a sum of money forcibly taken from him, for public service, at the capture of Baton Rouge, in 1810. April 24, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 315, to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of officers of the Army of the United States, that the allowance of ardent spirits to soldiers on fatigue duty may be discontinued. May 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Petition of the Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the City of Chicago, in Illinois, praying Congress to grant to the corporation of said town a certain military reservation. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Racine, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying that no law may be passed to authorize the location of certain floats on the lands settled and improved by them. May 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Dorset, Vermont, praying that the treaty with the Cherokee Indians, providing for their removal, may not be enforced. May 3, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, praying an examination of that place in reference to the selection of a site for a national foundry. June 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1838. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Resolved that the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to cause, for the term of one year, each officer employed in the collection of the Customs to keep a daily account Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed Memorial and resolutions of a number of citizens of Carteret County, N.C., in relation to the improvement of the navigation of Core Sound from Harbor Island to the port of Beaufort. May 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Report and resolutions from a committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the northeastern boundary. May 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Documents in support of the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, for the preservation of the piers at Reedy Island. April 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, praying the adoption of measures to facilitate the intercourse between that city and the ocean, during the winter season, and for the preservation of the piers at Reedy Island. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the northeastern boundary. May 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Maine in relation to the northeastern boundary, and the claims of Ebenezer S. Greely, John Baker, and others. May 23, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Message from the Governor, and resolutions of the Legislature, of Maine, in relation to the fortifications on the frontiers of that state. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 23, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the establishment of a fiscal agency for the government, and asking a charter of incorporation. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Reports from the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th March last, with statements of the names and compensation of, and advances to, pension agents. April 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th February, 1838, transmitting statements of the rates of exchange and prices of bank notes at different periods. May 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th March last, in relation to the settlement of the mining country in the Territory of Wisconsin, and State of Illinois. May 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of merchants of Boston, praying an alteration of the laws regulating the admiralty courts of the United States in relation to salvages on wrecked property. May 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Motion by Mr. Morris, in relation to the adjournment and meeting of Congress. June 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, praying a grant of the public land in aid of that institution. May 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Rahway, New Jersey, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th March last, in relation to the investment of money belonging to the Indians. May 10, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy, of the Postmaster General, and of the Attorney General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th March last, in relation to the compensation and classification of the clerks in the several Executive departments. May 15, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of merchants and underwriters, of Philadelphia, praying an alteration of the laws regulating the admiralty courts of the United States, in relation to salvages on wrecked property. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Motion by Mr. Allen, in relation to the banks in the District of Columbia. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed Memorials of James P. Espy and of the Philadelphia Lyceum, praying the aid of the general government in making a series of meteorological observations. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th of January last, in relation to the relinquishment of certain Indian school lands. June 5, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Boston, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed Documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 281, "Granting to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company the Right of Way Over the Public Lands of the United States, and for Other Purposes." May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed Documents in relation to the Senate Bill No. 318, "To Authorize Payment To Be Made to Certain Missouri Volunteers, for Services in the Years 1829 and 1836." April 26, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of General Jacob Bayley .. Memorial of Edwin Green, and others, praying the establishment of an agricultural and mechanical department of the government. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th ultimo, in relation to the fortifications and a system of defence by means of armed steamers. May 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War on the claim of Econchatta Nico. April 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Message from the Governor and resolutions of the Legislature, of Maine, in relation to the northeastern boundary of that state. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying Congress to reconsider the treaty made with the Cherokee Indians, at New Echota, in the year 1835. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, on the subject of instructions to receivers and collectors in relation to the receipt of bank notes in payments to the government. May 24, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey and assignment of the lands of emigrated Indians. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, to obtain the passage of a law to suppress the practice of duelling. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 320.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the petition of Elisha Eldridge, have had the same under consideration, and report .. In Senate of the United States. May 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred a communication from the acting Secretary of War, dated the 19th of April last, and the papers which accompanied it, asking that a law may be passed providing for the survey and assignment, in severalty, of lands belonging to the emigrated tribes of Indians west of the River Mississippi .. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, transmitting a statement of the condition of the state banks. May 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Documents N to the application of the Portage Canal Company, for a pre-emption right to a tract of land. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 343.) March 5, 1838. Referred, with motion of Hon. Mr. Linn, to the Committee on Public Lands. May 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the reconsideration of the treaty made with the Cherokees, at New Echota, in the year 1835. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 304.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds .. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, in relation to the receipt of bank notes by postmasters in payment to the government. May 28, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of merchants, and others, of Philadelphia, praying that New Castle, on the River Delaware, may be made a port of entry. May 2, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peters and Mississippi Rivers. April 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed, to accompany the Senate Joint Resolution 10 Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 350.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Clark, with the accompanying documents, report .. In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 310.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Benefit of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company," report .. Memorial of the delegations of the Choctaw and Creek Nations of Indians, against the passage of the bill "To Provide for the Security and Protection of the Emigrant and Other Indians West of the States of Missouri and Arkansas." April 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard, from the select committee appointed on the 26th of March, on the subject of the 47th rule of the Senate Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying Congress to reconsider the treaty made with the Cherokee Indians at New Echota, in 1835. May 3, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, in relation to a reply from the Cherokee delegation to a communication addressed to them by him. May 25, 1838. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. May 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed Memorial of the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia, praying Congress to adopt a pacific and benevolent policy towards the Indian tribes. April 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Documents in relation to the Senate Bill No. 68, to settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 352.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Andrew Forrest ..	82
Y 1.1/2:319	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a report of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. July 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. July 4, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Buchanan submitted the following report The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the "Bill To Provide for Surveying the Northeastern Boundary Line of the United States, According to the Provisions of the Treaty of Peace of Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-three," have had the same under consideration, and now report .. In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, directing certain inquiries as to various provisions of an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Deposites of the Public Money, " passed on the 23d day of June, 1836, respectfully report .. In Senate of the United States. July 3, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge submitted the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, of the City and State of New York, claiming to have made new and important discoveries in magnetism .. In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 358.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Register and Receiver of the Ouachita land district, in the State of Louisiana .. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, on the subject of disturbances with the Indians on the frontier of Arkansas. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th June last, with a statement of the annual expenditures incurred in the collection of the revenues derived from imports and Customs. July 7, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following statement Showing the amount of the annual estimates submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, and annual expenditures, exclusive of the public debt, from 1823 to 1837, inclusive .. In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 367.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of W.B. Stokes, surviving partner of Stockton & Stokes, and J.C. Stockton, report .. In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 32.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred a bill to amend the act entitled "An Act To Amend the Several Acts Respecting Copyright" .. Petition of Origen Bacheler, praying Congress to propose to the governments of France and Mexico to settle the controversy existing between them by arbitration. June 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of merchants of New Haven, Connecticut, praying the repeal of the law which prevents collectors and receivers from taking in payment the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th July, 1836. June 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Petition of a number of citizens of Westmoreland County, Virginia, praying the establishment of a national bank. July 4, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, transmitting a copy of a circular to collectors and receivers of public moneys. June 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th May last, in relation to the imports and duties for the year ending May 10, 1838. June 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying a separation of the government from banks, and for the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of State, with statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, to obtain an amendment of the Constitution of the United States, in relation to the power of appointment to, and removal from, office. June 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, in favor of a separation of the government from banks, and in favor of the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Statements of all appropriations made during the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress ; and of the offices created, and the salaries thereof ; and of offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. August 13, 1838. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act, approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the 2d May last, transmitting returns of the condition of the state banks. June 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the act of April 2, 1794, in reference to the operations of the armories during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from Major General Jesup of his operations whilst commanding the Army in Florida, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant. July 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Proceedings of a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Proceedings of certain banks in the City of New Orleans, in relation to the resumption of specie payments. July 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of February last, transmitting a statement of the accounts of such collectors of the Customs as have been reported as defaulters at the present session of Congress. June 25, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate Document in relation to the mode of lighting, and the general management of the light-houses, light-ships, &c. of the United States. July 7, 1838. Ordered to be printed Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832. June 6, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 355, to the Committee on Claims. June 15, 1838. Ordered to be printed Memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, praying the aid of Congress to enable him to perfect and secure the benefits of his invention for determining the variation of the needle, and for finding the latitude and longitude by the aid of magnetism, &c. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Documents in relation to the compensation and classification of the clerks in the Executive departments and bureaus. June 28, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, to accompany Senate Bill No. 370, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Board of Commissioners of the Associated Banks in Boston, to obtain the repeal of the law which prevents collectors and receivers from taking in payment the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th July, 1836. June 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Documents relating to Senate Bill No. 350, "To Create the Office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the State of Michigan." June 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of April last, in relation to a system of defence by means of armed steamers. June 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, in relation to an exchange of lands with the Pottawatamie and other Indians. June 25, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th February last, transmitting statements of the amount of revenue lost by the non-payment of duty bonds, since the year 1789. July 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of John A. Brevoort and O.S. Fowler, praying an extension of the benefits of the copyright and patent laws, to artists engaged in taking busts, castings, and modelings in plaster, porcelain, &c. June 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the granddaughters of Marshal Rochambeau, in relation to their claim for remuneration for his services during the War of the Revolution. July 7, 1838. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a convention of delegates from the banks in Ohio, praying a repeal of a law which prevents the receipt, in the payment of dues to the government, of the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th of July, 1836. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Motion by Mr. Morris, to cede the unsold public lands to the states in which they lie. June 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed	39
Y 1.1/2:322	Whale's Back light-house. Sundry documents from the Treasury Department, relating to the light-house on Whale's Back, in the State of New Hampshire. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Wyoming claims -- Revolution. Petition of the sufferers at Wyoming, during the Revolutionary War, for relief. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims Treasury building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the architect of the public buildings, with a plan of the Treasury building now in process of erection, &c. December 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings Tarlton Woodson. Petition of Tarlton Woodson, of the State of Virginia. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims Petition of Nathan Williams, (orphan son of Captain Nathan Williams, killed in battle in 1777,) praying for remuneration for the loss of a horse, and other property ; and also for seven years' half pay. December 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims Mississippi election. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) December 22, 1837. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Suspension of specie payments. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, (in obedience to a resolution of the House,) with copies of the laws enacted by state legislatures in relation to the suspension of specie payments by the banks Tennessee Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Paymaster General on the claims of certain Tennessee Volunteers. December 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Pay Revolutionary and other pensioners. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) December 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr. December 29, 1837. Referred to a select committee consisting of Mr. Petrikin, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Borden, Mr. Owens and Mr. Taylor Treasury circular -- July 11, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the monthly returns of the receivers of public moneys to the Department, required by circular order of July 11, 1836, &c. December 11, 1837 Massachusetts. Memorial of inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts 1st. Upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the Mexican government ; 2d. Praying that the government of the United States do invite the governments of the Christian world to a congress of peace. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, in compliance with the act of the 2d March, 1831, for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States. December 21, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Contingent expenses -- War Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Department during the year ending the 30th September, 1837. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Sherlock S. Gregory. Petition of Sherlock S. Gregory. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the execution of criminals sentenced to death, in prison-yards. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Massachusetts. Memorial of 282 citizens of Sutton and 325 citizens of Millbury, in the State of Massachusetts, against foreign emigration. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Telegraphs for the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the subject of a system of telegraphs for the United States. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Coast survey, and weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of Professor Hassler's report on the survey of the coast of the United States, and the progress which has been made in the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Peace Society of New York. Petition of the members of the New York Peace Society, and other individuals friendly to the peace cause. December 28, 1837. Referred to Committee on Foreign Affairs Rhode Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island against the annexation of Texas to the Union. December 29, 1837. Read and laid on the table Contingent expenses -- Department of State, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of incidental and contingent expenses of the State Department from 1st December, 1836, to 30th November, 1837. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Light-houses, buoys, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information upon the subject of executing the law for building light-houses, buoys, &c. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Neutrality -- Canadian frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Marshal of the Northern District of the State of New York, respecting disturbances on the Canadian frontier. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Balances on books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year ; of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years ; also, an abstract of moneys advanced prior to the 3d March, 1809, on the books of the accountant of the War Department, &c. December 29, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Harmon Kingsbury, of Cleaveland, Ohio, praying the repeal of that part of an act of Congress regulating the Post Office Department, which requires postmasters to deliver letters, &c. on Sunday Protection of western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting various reports in relation to the protection of the western frontier. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, with a statement of the names and compensation of the clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1837. January 3, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Estimate for Indian Department for 1838. (To accompany Bill No. 269.) January 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Massachusetts militia claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of March 1836, upon the subject of the claims of the State of Massachusetts for militia services and expenditures during the late war with Great Britain. December 27, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table John McGrew and others Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a special report on the land claims of John McGrew and others December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Estimate of appropriations -- Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) January 5, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- naval -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses, as settled at the Office of the Fourth Auditor, from October 1, 1836, to September 30, 1837. December 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations necessary for the service of the year 1838. December, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Transfer of appropriation. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of a transfer of appropriation from a particular branch of expenditure to another branch of expenditure. December 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Navy yard, Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the establishment of a navy yard at Charleston, South Carolina. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Finances -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, containing an account of the finances of the Post Office Department, rendered in obedience to the 6th section of the act of 2d July, 1836. December 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Washington monument. Memorial of John Ely, a Revolutionary soldier, praying for the erection of a monument to Washington. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds Dry docks -- New York Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports of examinations, not heretofore made, with a view to the establishment of dry docks in New York Bay, &c. December 19, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the Post Office Department for the year 1837. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Pennsylvania armory -- Falls of Beaver. Memorial of inhabitants of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, praying for the establishment of a national armory at the Falls of Beaver. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs Fortifications of the United States for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 89.) December 22, 1837. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland, presenting a plan of national currency and state banks ; and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. December 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Sherlock S. Gregory. Petition of Sherlock S. Gregory. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, in reference to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingencies of the Treasury Department. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Pennsylvania. Memorial adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia City and County, in relation to the finances of the country. January 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Possession of U.S. territory by foreign powers on Columbia River. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th of October last, respecting the possession of United States territory by a foreign power. December 27, 1837. Read, and laid on the table Light-houses -- southern coast. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of surveys of the coast south of the Chesapeake, with the view to the establishment of light-houses, &c. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Appropriations for 1838. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 224.) Documents explanatory of items mentioned in the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill. December 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Light-house system. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Navy Commissioners of their proceedings under the act of 3d March, 1837, making appropriations for light-houses, &c. &c. December 22, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Memorial of the Erie Convention, Pennsylvania, praying for the construction of a road, from some suitable point in the National Road, to Erie. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals Sale of Chickasaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds received under the treaty with the Chickasaw Indians of the 20th of April, 1836, to the 1st of November, 1837. December 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table Registered seamen -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the number of registered seamen in the ports of the United States, for the year 1837. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Farish Carter & Charles Williamson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 159.) January 3, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives	56
Y 1.1/2:323	Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Second Auditor, showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1837. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Northern frontier. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the disturbance on the northern frontier of the United States. January 8, 1838. So much as relates to an appropriation referred to the Committee of Ways and Means ; the residue to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Court of inquiry -- operations in Florida, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the proceedings of a court of inquiry, convened at Fredericktown, in relation to the operations against the Seminole and Creek Indians, &c. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Capture of the Mexican brig Urrea. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, respecting the capture and restoration of the Mexican brig of war Urrea. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Banks of District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia at the close of the year 1837. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Mexico -- Texas -- Canada. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th January instant, &c. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Canada frontier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, requiring information of any acts endangering the relations of friendship between the United States and Great Britain. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Clerks -- Department of State -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the State Department during the year 1837, and the compensation of each. January 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table	8
Y 1.1/2:324	Condition of state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 10th July, 1832, in relation to the condition of the state banks, &c. January 8, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table	1
Y 1.1/2:325	Appropriations -- Navy Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the Navy Department for the year 1837, the expenditure of the same, and the balance remaining in the Treasury on the 31st December, 1837. January 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Defence western frontier -- organization staff, Army. Documents submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. January 18, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Pennsylvania -- importers of hardware. Petition of importers of hardware, of the City of Philadelphia, asking for the repeal of the provisions in the 10th, 11th, and 12th clauses of the 2d section of the act of July 14, 1832, entitled "An Act To Alter and Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports." January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Northern frontier -- defence -- estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 393.) January 12, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Applicants for pensions -- not allowed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements, showing the names of persons who have applied for pensions, which have not been allowed. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Alleged frauds upon the Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the causes which have prevented a compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of 24th February, 1837, in respect to alleged frauds committed upon the Indians. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs National armory -- western waters. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the commissioners appointed under the act of March 3, 1823, to establish a national armory on the western waters. January 18, 1825. Read, and ordered that it be laid upon the table. December 6, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives Harbor and river improvements. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) January 12, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Letters, &c. by express mail. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 11th January inst. in relation to postages paid on letters transmitted by the War Department by the express mail. January 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Express mail -- in operation, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of all the express mail routes under contract and in operation in the United States, &c. January 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Pension laws now in force. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th October last, in relation to the several pensions laws now in force, &c. January 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Memorial of the Native American Association. January 8, 1838. Motions to refer pending Memorial of a delegation of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the instrument of writing (treaty) of December, 1835. January 15, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Report from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting information in relation to the duties of his office for the year 1837. Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in obedience to the act of the 3d March, 1829. Clerks - Treasury Department -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department during the year 1837, and the compensation of each. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Public defaulters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to public defaulters. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Harbor of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied with a chart of the harbor of Provincetown, &c. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Postage -- express mail. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting postages paid by the Department on letters by express mails. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in relation to the Cherokee Indians east of the Mississippi. January 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Survey Kennebec River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a survey of Kennebec River, &c. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Clerks Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the names of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and Navy Commissioners, during the year 1837, and the sum paid to each. January 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Indiana -- Michigan City harbor. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in relation to the harbor at Michigan City. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee of the Whole to which is committed Bill No. 394, "to provide for certain harbors," &c. War Department -- appropriations &c., 1837. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1837, and of the balance unexpended. January 12, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Jail, lunatic hospital, and court-house, in the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents, &c., in relation to a new jail and a lunatic asylum in the City of Washington, and a new court-house in the City of Alexandria. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia Public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th September last, in relation to the public lands. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Postage on newspapers and pamphlets. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, respecting postage received on newspapers and pamphlets for six months, ending June 30, 1837. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Oliver M. Spencer. Petition of Oliver M. Spencer. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Biennial Register. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the delay which has occurred in the publication of the Biennial Register, &c. January 10, 1838. Read, and laid on the table Estimate Post Office Department, 1838. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means Suppression of Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 330.) January 17, 1838. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Express mail. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, respecting postages paid by the Department on letters, &c., transmitted by the express mail, &c. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Document to accompany Senate Bill No. 26, to revive the act authorizing certain soldiers of the late war to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes. January 10, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives General Post Office -- express mail. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to postages on letters conveyed by the express mail. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks in the War Department, during the year 1837, and the compensation allowed to each. January 24, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table New Jersey. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, on the subject of the embarrassed condition of public affairs. January 8, 1838. Ordered to lie on the table Kentucky -- Transylvania University. Asking donation of land. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Ohio -- public lands. Petition of D.H. Nash, and others, of Litchfield, Medina County, Ohio, praying the right to buy government lands on certain specified conditions. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands Explosion of steam boilers. Memorial of Jonathan Morgan, Esq. January 15, 1838. Ordered to lie upon the table Postage -- Navy Department -- express mail. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, respecting postages paid on letters transmitted by express mail. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Survey -- Cuyahoga River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, plans, and estimates, in reference to the survey of the harbor of Cleveland, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, in the State of Ohio. January 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce New York. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New-York, praying that the pilot law (so called) may not be repealed. January 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce Payments of Treasury drafts in specie, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the amount paid in specie by the deposite banks on the checks of the Treasury Department. January 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Supplemental estimates Engineer Department, with documents. January 12, 1838. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Pennsylvania. Memorial of inhabitants of Philadelphia. Against an international copyright law. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary	45