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| Serial set 119 | Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Second Auditor, in relation to the disbursements of Indian agents from 1st September, 1823, to the 1st September, 1824. February 25, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. | 1 |
| Serial set 120 | Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the reports of the commissioners of land claims in East and West Florida. February 22, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. | 1 |
| Serial set 121 | Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year; also, a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances have been due more than three years to the 30th September, 1824. And an abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of [the] Accountant of the War Department, and which remain to be accounted for on the books of the Third Auditor. December 27, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. | 1 |
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Report of the committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message of the 7th of December last as relates to the suppression of the slave trade. February 16, 1825. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Report of the select committee to which was recommitted the bill for the benefit of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, with instructions, &c.; accompanied with a bill for the benefit of the asylums for teaching the deaf and dumb of Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, and of the Territory of Michigan. January 19, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the state of the public debt, accompanied with a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow a sum not exceeding twelve millions of dollars, &c. &c. January 12, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee appointed to prepare rules to be observed by the House of Representatives, in choosing a president, &c. January 26, 1825. Read, and committed to Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Abel Turney. May 4, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. January 25, 1825. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Lemuel Wootten. January 20, 1825. Read, and, with a bill for his relief, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the petition of Catharine Wise, with a bill for her relief. February 11, 1825. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, on the petition of John Hick, and a bill for his relief. February 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 3d ultimo, a memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois upon the subject of a canal communication between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan, accompanied with a bill to aid the State of Illinois in the accomplishment of the same. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel Dale, with a bill for his relief. February 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Select Committee to which was referred, on the 23d ultimo, the petition of sundry claimants under the title of the Marquis de Maison Rouge, to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, accompanied with a bill to authorize the representatives of the Marquis de Maison Rouge to institute a suit against the United States, &c. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the reorganization of the Quarter Master's Department; with a bill to effect the same. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 8th ult. to inquire into the expediency of amending the act of the 3d March, 1817, &c. &c.; accompanied with a bill further to amend the act of the 9th April, 1816, authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy during the late war. April 5, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. December 17, 1824. Re-printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the petition of William Townsend, accompanied with a bill for his relief. May 20, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed for to-morrow. December 22, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of sundry merchants of Baltimore, praying further compensation for injuries done their vessels sunk in the harbor of said city during the late war. December 27, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Smith, of Alexandria, with a bill for his benefit. January 5, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Claims, on the petition of Isaac Pool. January 28, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. December 21, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the select committee to which was referred the petitions of inhabitants of Ouachita, and the owners of the land called Bastrop's Grant; with a bill to authorize a suit against the United States to try the validity of their claims. January 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Duane, with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Mary E. Benton. January 6, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. January 7, 1825. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions, &c. upon the petition of Edmund Brooke. January 7, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Robert Bedford. January 7, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of a judgment against the late General Elijah Wadsworth, at the suit of the United States; accompanied with a bill discharging the said judgment. January 7, 1824 [i.e., 1825]. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Ebenezer Averill, with a bill for his relief. December 29, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, upon the subject of the payment of interest upon certain loans negotiated by the State of Virginia during the late war for the use of the United States, accompanied by a bill to authorize the payment of the same. January 3, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of Edmund Doyle, with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel Baylies, with a bill for his relief. December 30, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Pemberton, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Mary Miller, administratrix of Amos Miller, with a bill for her relief. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Hambly, with a bill for his relief. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the petition of the administratrix of A. Vail. January 10, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 27th ultimo, the petition of Samuel Ward. January 20, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the President's message of the 14th ult. upon the subject of certain lands in the State of Ohio, situate[d] between Roberts' and Ludlow's lines, with a bill to provide for the relinquishment of certain claims to land sold by the United States in the State of Ohio. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee on so much of the public accounts and expenditures as relate to the Department of the Navy; with a bill to provide for the proper application and expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the naval service. January 28, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of Dr. Samuel Peters, claiming under Carver. January 28, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joel Abbott, Jr., with a bill for his relief. January 13, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Sarah Shillito, with a bill for her relief. January 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Report of the select committee on the memorial of Walter S. Chandler. January 24, 1825. Accompanied by a bill which was read the first and second time, and committed for to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of the heirs of N. Soileau, with a bill for their relief. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of James Cooke, with a bill for his relief. January 27, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Paul Chase, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings in the year 1824. January 24, 1825. Ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, in the case of James Barker, with a bill for his relief. January 31, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed for to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, upon the subject of authorizing claimants to land in the Territory of Arkansas of a larger extent than one league square, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims. January 31, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Litle, administrator of Minor Reeves. January 31, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Naval Affairs, in the case of Elias Glen, with a bill for his relief. February 8, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives, on piracy and outrages on American commerce by Spanish privateers. January 31, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the "Bill Providing Additional Means for the Suppression of Piracy." Report in the case of Willie Blount, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the District of Columbia, on the subject of the prisons in the district; with a bill providing for building a new prison. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, accompanying the bill to increase the pay of the sergeants of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. February 1st, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, on the petition of Daniel Small, Elias Foss, Benjamin Day, and Harvey Libby, praying an extension of the provisions of the Revolutionary pension acts. February 2, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Expenditures of the Department of State, for the years 1823 and 1824. February 3, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of Charles D. Brodie, with a bill for his relief. February 4, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Gilbert C. Russell, accompanied by a bill for his relief. February 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Petition of James D. Cobb. February 7, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Report of the select committee to whom was referred the case of Moses Shepherd, accompanied by a bill for his relief. February 8, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the committee to whom was referred the communication of the Speaker of the 3d inst. February 9, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of George Love, with a bill for his relief. February 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the gradual increase of the Corps of Engineers and Topographical Engineers, and for other purposes. January 24, 1825. Accompanied with a bill, which was read the first and second time, and committed for to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Decrits, with a bill for his relief. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred the message of the President of the United States in relation to the Island of Abaco. January 20, 1825. Read, and, by order of the House, laid upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the memorial of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas. January 25, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of David Gilmore, with a bill for his relief. January 28, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Post Office, &c. on the petition of Jarvis Jackson, with a bill for his relief. January 24, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of Johannah Montgomery. January 23, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of purchasing additional land for the completion of the site of Fort Washington, accompanied with a bill providing for the accomplishment of that object. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Martin Thomas, administrator of Frederick Goetz and Charles W. Westfall, with a bill for the relief of Goetz and Westfall. February 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the claim of Richard Hightower, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of a select committee on the subject of erecting monuments to the memories of the late Generals Wooster and Davidson, accompanied by a bill making an appropriation to effect the objects aforesaid. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of David Chambers, of the State of Ohio. February 15, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on drawback on refined sugar. February 14, 1825. Read, and, with a bill allowing a drawback on sugar refined, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the resolution of the 12th of January, on the subject of aiding the State of Indiana in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash River with those of Lake Erie, accompanied by a bill to accomplish that object. February 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, upon the subject of making an appropriation for the extinguishment of the Indian title to land in the State of Georgia, by purchases from the Creek and Cherokee Indians residing within the state. February 18, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris, accompanied with a bill for their relief. February 16, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee appointed on the 14th inst. to examine and report what business ought to be acted upon at the present session. February 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, upon the subject of piracy, accompanied with a bill providing additional means for the suppression of piracy. January 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of a select committee upon the petition of John Crain, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 3, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of modifying the act of Congress in relation to export entries for the benefit of drawback, accompanied with a bill vesting in the Secretary of the Treasury discretionary powers in relation thereto. January 3, 1825. 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Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals, upon the subject of internal improvements, accompanied by a bill "Concerning Internal Improvements." February 26, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the President's message in relation to the sale of the public lots in the City of Washington. February 28, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Reuben Ewing and others, with a bill for their relief. February 23, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the resolution of the Legislature of Illinois in relation to the Comanchee and other Indians. February 25, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, in the case of Samuel H. Woodson, one of the securities of Joseph Crochet, late supervisor, &c. in Kentucky with a bill for his relief. February 25, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed. Report of the Committee on the Library, on the petition of Antonio Meucci. February 25, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 6th of January last, the message of the President of the United States on the subject of his public accounts. February 21, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, upon the petition of John P. Van Ness complaining of the official conduct of B. Thruston, one of the judges of the circuit court for the District of Columbia. February 28, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the joint resolution of the 24th of May last, authorizing the several states in which the public lands lie to levy and collect a tax thereon, immediately after the sale thereof by the United States. February 26, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the memorial of John M. Gamble. March 2, 1825. Read, and ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Library, upon the petition of Robert Waln. February 28, 1825. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed to inquire whether either of the judges of the district courts of Florida have received fees for their services not authorized by law. February 28, 1825. Read, and ordered that it lie on the table. |
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| Serial set 124 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Nineteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1825, and in the fiftieth year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
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Clark M'Pherin. In Senate of the United States, December 20, 1825. Memorial of William King, of Alabama, complaining that the rank of colonel in the Army has been unjustly withheld from him, and praying that same may be restored to him, &c. December 19, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Documents accompanying the President's message to Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Nineteenth Congress. December 6, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1825. The Vice President communicated the following letter, which was ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing his annual report on the state of the finances of the United States. December 22, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 26, 1825. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, communicated the following acts, which were ordered to be printed... Report of the Secretary of the Senate, of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year 1825. (Made in obedience to a resolution of March 1, 1823.) December 5, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from Thomas Randall, relative to the communication of Commodore Porter to the Senate of 27th ult. January 4, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 9, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred that part of the President's message which relates to the expediency of an entire removal of the discriminating duties of tonnage and of impost on the entry of foreign vessels and merchandise into the United States... Memorial of James Gadsden and E.R. Gibson, commissioners appointed by the Legislative Council of Florida to examine into the expediency of opening a canal through the peninsula of Florida. January 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of each description of wines imported since the year 1800; with the rates of duties, &c. &c. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of 27th December.) January 3, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, relative to the application of the appropriation for removing obstructions to the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. January 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of sundry merchants of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying that St. Louis may be made a port of entry. December 30, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial in behalf of sundry officers of the Revolutionary Army residing in the States of New York and New Jersey. January 3, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 5, 1826. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and documents of Demas Deming, respectfully report: That Demas Deming is the bona fide purchaser from Hugh Glenn of a claim upon the government, amounting to $6,971.26... In Senate of the United States, January 17, 1826. Mr. Mills, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Oliver and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company, reported as follows... Unproductive post routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes. January 17, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1825. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a memorial of certain merchants of Baltimore, owners of the vessels that were sunk for the protection of that city during the late war, communicated the following documents... In Senate of the United States, January 17, 1826. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Baltimore, reported: That, in September, 1814, when an attack was meditated by the British troops... |
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Memorial of the State of Missouri, and documents in relation to Indian depredations upon citizens of that state. March 6, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 1, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the select committee, to whom was referred the proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States with respect to the appointment of senators and representatives to offices under the federal government, reported... In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred a resolution of the Senate, and two memorials of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, on the subject of a canal communication between the navigable waters of the Wabash and those of the Miami of Lake Erie, made the following report... In Senate of the United States, January 25, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of certain merchants of Baltimore praying that the present duty, of one dollar per quintal on imported dried fish, may be repealed, and that a duty of fifteen cents per quintal may be imposed in lieu thereof, reported... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1826. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying documents of a company of rangers, commanded by Captain James Bigger, in the years 1813 and 1814, reported: That it appears, from the documents accompanying said petition, that the services of the petitioners were accepted by the President in the month of April, 1813, as mounted rangers, for one year... In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1826. Chap. CIX. An Act for the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation. (5th July, 1825.)... In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1826. Mr. Chase, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Amasa Stetson, of Boston, presented the following report: That, at the commencement of the late war with Great Britain, the said petitioner was appointed a deputy commissioner general of purchases, and performed the duties of that office... Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, on the construction of a canal to unite the waters of Lake Michigan with the Illinois River. February 23, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a resolution directing an inquiry into the expediency of making an appropriation for the removal of the obstructions and improving the navigation of the bay and harbor of Mobile... In Senate of the United States, February 17, 1826. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Otway Burns, reported: That it appears from the petition and the vouchers submitted in its support that, on the 14th of August, 1818, a brig bearing the name of "Fortuna" entered the port of Beaufort, North Carolina... In Senate of the United States, February 20, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the Mayor and aldermen of the City of Savannah, reported: The memorialists state it was considered necessary during the War of the Revolution for the common defense, and especially for the protection of the City of Savannah, that obstructions should be placed in the channel of the river... Counter memorial of sundry citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that a charter may be granted by Congress to enable them to institute a medical college, &c. February 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1826. Mr. Easton, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Lieut. Alfred Flournoy, reported: That he was a lieutenant in the United States' Army; and, at Pensacola, in Florida, in 1814, by a shot from a Spanish battery... Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to leases of lead mines and salt springs. February 22, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, Nineteenth Congress, first session, 1825-'6. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a statement of lands originally subject to sale that have been sold, and the quantity that remains unsold. Made in pursuance of a resolution of December, 1825. January 17, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the select committee, to which was referred the several resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States, reported, in part... In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Survey of a Route for a Canal between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico," reported... Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with the report of the officer appointed to examine the harbors of Charleston and St. Mary's, on the expediency of establishing a Navy yard at either of those places, &c. January 23, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 23, 1826. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, to which was referred the memorial of Henry Rice and others, reported: That the port of Castine was taken possession of by the enemy during the late war, and held until the peace... In Senate of the United States, January 24, 1826. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of James Beddo, reported: That, in order to give a correct view of this case, the committee refer to the three papers marked A, B, and C, containing the facts and remarks of the party claiming and his counsel, and those of the Post Office Department... In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred sundry documents relative to certain roads in the Territory of Florida, reported... In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, to which was referred the memorial of William Dixon and James Dickson, reported: That William Dixon, a British subject, and James Dickson, a citizen of the United States, lately co-partners, and trading at Liverpool... In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr. Mills, from the select committee, to whom was referred sundry petitions of officers who were in the service of the United States in the line of the Continental Army at the termination of the Revolutionary War, submitted the following report... In Senate of the United States, January 27, 1826. Mr. Clayton, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of James Leander Cathcart, submitted the following report: One item of the memorialist's demand is for the sum of $5,383.20... Resolutions of the Legislature, and message of the Governor, of the State of Alabama. February 7, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 6, 1826. Mr. Smith, as Chairman of the Committee on Finance, laid on the table the following documents in relation to the finances of the United States, which were ordered to be printed... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1826. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorials of certain captains of the Army of the United States, praying for an increase of their compensation, reported... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 15th Dec., 1825), reports, &c. relative to lead mines and salt springs. February 8, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Mayor and City Councils of Baltimore, praying the establishment of a Navy yard at that city. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of sundry citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that a charter may be granted by Congress to enable them to institute a medical college, &c. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 14, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 58. Statement of all the Customhouses and warehouses built or purchased for the United States, the cost of each, and the appropriation out of which the money was paid. Memorial of the merchants, ship owners, and manufacturers of the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland. February 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the City Council of Charleston, South Carolina, by Joshua Johnson, esq. intendant, reported: The memorialists allege that some time in the year 1804 they entered into a contract with the then Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Gallatin, to relieve the United States from the charge of the marine hospital at Charleston... Memorial of the professors in the medical department of the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of sundry citizens of the District of Columbia, praying that another medical college may not be incorporated in the City of Washington. February 22, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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Petition of Charles Dehault Delassus, of Missouri, for return of moneys forcibly taken from him for public purposes, at the capture, &c. of Fort and District of Baton Rouge, in 1810. March 24, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 17, 1826. Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee on Agriculture, made the following report: That this important branch of our national industry is now compelled to sustain one burthen very severe and partial in its operation. It is the duty imposed upon imported salt... In Senate of the United States, March 21, 1826. Mr. Clayton, from the select committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard W. Meade, made the following report... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending on the 30th September, 1825. March 31, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the U. States. In Senate United States, March 31, 1826. Mr. Bell, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Moses White, executor of the will of General Moses Hazen, deceased, reported: That the petitioner represents that General Moses Hazen was appointed a colonel in the Army of the United States on the 22d day of January, A.D. 1776, and that he was entitled to a lieutenant's half pay for life from the British government; and that in consideration of his entering into the service of the United States... In Senate of the United States, March 30, 1826. Resolution by Mr. Branch, as modified by him, and ordered to be printed. The President of the United States, in his opening message at the commencement of the present session, informed Congress that invitations to this government to attend and take part in the deliberations at the Congress of Panama... In Senate of the United States, March 7, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana on the subject of the location of the Cumberland Road through that state, reported... In Senate of the United States, March 7, 1826. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John S. Stiles, of Baltimore, executor of George Stiles, deceased, reported... In Senate of the United States, March 8, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported a bill "For the Better Regulation of the Fur Trade," and laid on the table the following documents in relation thereto. In Senate of the United States, March 20, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred a letter from the Secretary of War on the subject of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and the memorial of sundry owners, masters, and pilots of steam boats navigating said rivers, made the following report... Documents in relation to a bill for the relief of Thomas A. Smith and John Miller. March 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 31, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the merchants, ship-owners, and manufacturers of the City of Baltimore, made the following report: The memorialists state: "That Great Britain having lately opened the trade of her North American and West India colonies..." In Senate of the United States, March 21, 1826. Mr. Findlay, from the Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the memorials of a number of agriculturists in Pennsylvania, and the Court, Grand Jury, and Bar of Franklin County, in the same state, praying that the importation of foreign spirits may be prohibited, or the duties thereon increased... In Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th ultimo, a statement showing the number of cases, and the amount and circumstances thereof, in which certificates or debenture have been issued, &c. &c. March 24, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 27, 1826. Mr. Bell, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Caleb Stark, made the following report: That the petitioner states that he served in the Army of the United States on the Continental establishment, from the commencement to the termination of the Revolutionary War... The executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States, on the subject of the mission to the Congress at Panama, together with the messages and documents relating thereto. March 22, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, with documents relative to the claim of Maryland for interest on money expended in the late war for defence of that state, &c. March 9, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 13, 1826. Mr. Johnston, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of John Donly, made the following report... In Senate of the United States, March 7, 1826. Mr, Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the message of the President on the subject of the arsenal near Augusta, in Georgia, reported... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1826. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Jarvis Jackson, made the following report... Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands, with a statement shewing the quantity of land relinquished, and that fully paid for, under the provisions of the act of the 18th May, 1824. March 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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In Senate of the United States, May 11, 1826. Mr. Dickerson, from the committee to whom was referred the resolution proposing to divide among the states annually a portion of the revenues of the general government, for the purposes of education and internal improvement... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating copies of instructions to collectors of the Customs in the State of New York, relative to the collection of tonnage duties on boats employed in transportation on the canals in that state. May 22, 1826. Printed by other of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 21, 1826. Mr. Benton laid the following document on the table. Washington City, March 25, 1826. Dear Sir: I observe in the National Journal of the 21st a resolution, offered by Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, "instructing the Committee on Indian Affairs to inquire into the expediency of regulating and equalizing the compensation of the Superintendent and agents of Indian Affairs..." Memorial of citizens of the State of Ohio, praying the establishment of an uniform system of bankruptcy. April 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 7, 1826. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported a bill to discontinue certain post roads, and laid the following letter on the table... In Senate of the United States, April 12, 1826. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Smith, of the parish of St. Eustache, in the District of Montreal, in Lower Canada, attorney for all the heirs of the late Francis [i.e., Francois] Cazeau, report: That the petitioner's claim is for indemnity and compensation for losses sustained, and services rendered to the United States... In Senate of the United States, April 21, 1826. Mr. Benton laid the following letter on the table: Washington City, 25th March, 1826. Sir: In answer to your letter of this day's date, inquiring "if I did not, under orders of the Department of War, make a reservation of certain public grounds in the town of St. Louis..." In Senate of the United States, May 4, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the select committee, to which was referred the proposition to inquire into the expediency of reducing the patronage of the executive government of the United States, made the following report... Message from the President of the United States, with a report from the Secretary of War, and proceedings of a court martial for the trial of Col. Talbot Chambers, &c. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th April, 1826. May 10, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States. May 9, 1826. Relating to amending Bill S. 116. In Senate of the United States, May 17, 1826. Mr. Benton, from the Committee of Conference appointed by the Senate, on the disagreeing vote between the Senate and House of Representatives on the amendment adopted by the Senate, to the bill appropriating money to carry into effect the treaty lately concluded with the Creek Indians, report... Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the practicability of accelerating the southern mail in its passage to Washington. Also, in answer to an inquiry relative to the conduct and management of the post office at Washington. May 20, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of War, relative to additional means of defence for the Mississippi River. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 28, 1826. May 8, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, May 8, 1826. Mr. Van Buren made the following report: The Judiciary Committee, on the message from the House of Representatives proposing a conference on the subject of the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment proposed by the Senate, to the bill entitled "An Act Further To Amend the Judicial System of the United States..." In Senate of the United States, May 10, 1826. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee of Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorials of certain underwriters and others, of Philadelphia and Baltimore, stating that the amount provided by treaty with Spain for indemnity to claimants against the government of Spain was insufficient... In Senate of the United States, May 8, 1826. Mr. Barton made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands have had under their consideration the petition of William Biggs, of the State of Illinois, with the accompanying documents, and report: That the petitioner was a lieutenant in the regiment of Colonel George Rogers Clark, for whom a reservation was made, by the State of Virginia... In Senate of the United States, May 20, 1826. Mr. Tazewell submitted the following motion: Resolved, that it is expedient for the United States to cede and surrender to the several states, within whose limits the same may be situated, all the right, title, and interest of the United States to any lands lying and being within the boundaries of such states... Report from the Joint Library Committee of Congress, relative to application of the appropriations for purchase of books, &c. from 18th July, 1821, to 16th May, 1826. In Senate of the United States, May 12, 1826. Mr. Eaton submitted the following statement: General McArthur's claim. For detailed and particular information, in relation to the merits of the bill referred, "A Bill Providing for Quieting the Purchasers of Certain Lands Sold by the United States in the State of Ohio,"... In Senate of the United States, May 2, 1826. Documents relating to the bill for the relief of Clark McPherrin. In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, praying for an appropriation to aid in opening a passage for vessels over the bar at the east pass of the mouth of Pascagoula River, made thereon the following report... In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1826. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, laid the following documents on the table relative to the bill "Authorizing the Corporation of Georgetown To Erect a Bridge over the River Potomac, within the District of Columbia..." In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, from the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, who "were instructed to inquire into the expedience of providing by law that, on board each vessel employed in foreign commerce and belonging to citizens of the United States, there shall be apprentices engaged in proportion to the tonnage of such vessels," made the following report... In Senate of the United States, April 19, 1826. Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, made the following report: The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred several resolutions of the Senate on the subject of providing for the surveys of canal routes in the State of Indiana, and of various routes for roads and canals in the State of Maine... Petition of John Smith T. and Wilson P. Hunt, sureties of Alpha Kingsley, late paymaster in the service of the United States, praying to be released from a "supposed balance" on account of gross neglect and delay in the settlement of his accounts, &c. December 15, 1825. Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. |
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| Serial set 130 | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Nineteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1825, and in the fiftieth year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
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School lands in Ohio. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, for authority to dispose of the school lands in that state. December 9, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. December 13, 1825. Bill reported, No. 2. Slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence with Great Britain in relation to the convention for suppressing the slave trade. December 27, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table Breakwater in Delaware Bay. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia, upon the construction of a breakwater in the Bay of Delaware. December 12, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Postage. Letter from the Postmaster General, accompanied by a statement of the nett amount of postage which accrued at each post office in each state and territory of the United States during the year ending March 31, 1825. December 15, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Petition of Revolutionary officers. A petition in behalf of sundry officers in New Jersey, of the Revolutionary War. December 9, 1825. Referred to a select committee. Petition of Revolutionary officers. Petition of delegates from Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Carolina in behalf of the officers of the Revolutionary Army. December 9, 1825. Referred to a select committee. Furniture in President's house. Letter from the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, transmitting an inventory of the furniture in the President's house. December 7, 1823. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Nineteenth Congress. December 6, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. State of the finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing his annual report on the state of the finances of the United States. December 22, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Unsettled accounts. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of unsettled accounts on the books of the Office of the Second Auditor. December 12, 1825. Ordered to lie on the table. Kentucky Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Memorial of the Kentucky Institution for the Tuition of the Deaf and Dumb. December 12, 1825. Read, and referred to a select committee Fortifications: harbor of Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to a survey and estimate of the harbor of Pensacola, with a view to fortifications. December 23, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Unsettled accounts. Letter from the First Comptroller, transmitting lists of unsettled accounts of the following officers, viz. collectors of the Customs, collectors of old internal revenue and direct tax, receivers at the land offices, and on the books of receipts and expenditures. December 12, 1825. Ordered that it lie on the table. Contingent expenses H. of Representatives. Annual report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the names of the clerks, messengers, &c. in the service of that House, and of the expenditure of the contingent fund of 1825. December 13, 1825. Ordered to lie on the table. Armory on western waters. Petition of sundry inhabitants of Pendleton County, in the State of Kentucky, upon the subject of a national armory in the west. December 19, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Dismal Swamp Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, containing the information called for by the House of Representatives in relation to the Dismal Swamp Canal. December 27, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Indian treaty at Fort Jackson. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the instructions and correspondence relating to the treaty subsequently concluded with the Creek Indians at Fort Jackson. December 27, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of West Florida, under the Act To Extend the Time for the Settlement of Private Land Claims in the Territory of Florida. December 28, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Light-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a report of the Fifth Auditor, upon the subject of light-houses. December 28, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. |
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Clerks in the Department of State, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Department of State during the year 1825, and the compensation allowed to each. January 5, 1826. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Clerks of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1825, and the salary of each. January 16, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Site for an armory -- Louisville, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence with the President, directors, and company of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company in Kentucky, upon the subject of a site for a national armory. January 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, showing the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1825. January 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. District tonnage of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the district tonnage of the United States on the 31st of December, 1825. January 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks in the Treasury Department during the year 1825, and the compensation allowed to each. January 10, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Estimate of appropriations for 1826. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the appropriations proposed for the service of the year 1826. January 5, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contingencies of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy for the year ending September 30, 1825. January 6, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Survey of northwest coast. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of employing a sloop of war in exploring the northwest coast of America; made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ult. January 4, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting lists of the clerks in his office, and in the office of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1825, and the compensation of each. January 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Rules for settling militia claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th January instant, in relation to the rules adopted in the settlement of the militia claims of the several states; and the reports of the Third Auditor on the claim of the State of Massachusetts for the services of the militia of that state. Jan. 9, 1826. Read and laid upon the table. Journals House of Representatives. Statement exhibited by the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the number of copies of the Journal of said House, from the 1st to the 15th Congress, inclusive, which are now in the possession of the House. January 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Observatory at Brunswick, Maine. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the State of Maine. January 9, 1826. Referred to the select committee appointed on the 7th ult., on so much of the President's message as relates to a national university and an astronomical observatory. Pilots on the Ohio and Mississippi. Memorial of sundry owners, masters, and pilots of steam boats navigating the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. January 9, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Captains of the Army of the United States. Memorial of the captains in the Army of the United States, stationed at Fortress Monroe. January 9, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Clerks of the General Post Office. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the General Post Office during the year 1825, and the compensation allowed to each. January 3, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, communicating documents touching the Treaty with the Cherokee Indians, ratified in 1819. January 3, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental and final report of the Register and Receiver of the land office for the Western Land District of Florida. January 5, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Road, Miami of Lake Erie to Detroit. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief Engineer, showing the proceedings under the act of 26th May, 1824, for surveying and making a road from the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie to Detroit. January 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Light house on Dutch Island, and beacon on Warwick Neck. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the erection of a light house on Dutch Island, in Narraganset Bay, and a beacon light on Warwick Neck, in the State of Rhode Island. Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th December, 1825. January 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of Fourth Auditor, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fourth Auditor, of the balances remaining on his books for more than three years prior to 30th September, 1825, together with a list of officers who have failed to render their accounts for settlement according to law. January 16, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Statement showing the quantity of land surveyed in the several land districts, the quantity sold from their institution to the thirtieth June, 1825, and the quantity remaining unsold. January 13, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. National armory. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, in relation to the establishment of a national armory on the western waters. January 16, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Publishing of the laws, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the newspapers in which the laws of the United States have been published during the years 1824 and 1825; and the papers in which the publication thereof has been directed to be made during the year 1826. January 16, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Citizens of Newburyport. Memorial of the citizens of Newburyport, on the subject of depredations by France, Holland, Naples, and Denmark. January 16, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. Unproductive post routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes. January 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Desertions from the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting (in part) the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th ult. in relation to the deaths and desertions which have occurred in the Army during the three years next preceding the 30th Sept., 1825. January 18, 1826. Read and laid upon the table. Navy contracts for the year 1825. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1825. January 18, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of the persons to whom patents have been issued for the invention of any new or useful art, or machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon, from January 1st, 1825, to January 1st, 1826. January 3, 1826. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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Report on the sinking fund. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Land warrants issued for Revolutionary services, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to the number of land warrants which have been issued to the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, &c. January 23, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements, showing: 1st. Payments at the Treasury during the year 1825 for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for. 2d. Contracts made relative to oil, light-houses, beacons, buoys, stakeages, &c. 3d. Contracts and purchases made by the collectors for the Revenue Service for the year 1824. 4th. Expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen for the year 1824. January 31, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Moneys paid James Monroe, late President. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th ultimo, statements showing the amount of moneys paid to the late President of the United States as compensation for his services in various other offices; also, of his claims upon the government which have not been allowed. January 23, 1826. Read, and referred to a select committee. System of fortifications. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolutions of the House of Representatives of 6th May, 1824, and the 5th January last, in relation to a system of fortifications contemplated by the Board of Engineers. March 1, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Revolutionary pensioners. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the rules by which the Department has been governed in giving effect to the acts of 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820, making provision for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. January 25, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Fortifications -- Charleston, S.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th instant, respecting the fortifications contemplated for the defence of Charleston, S.C. January 24, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Road from Wheeling to Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied by a report of the Chief Engineer, in relation to the survey, location, and progress of the road from the right bank of the Ohio opposite to Wheeling to the State of Missouri. January 21, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Desertions from French ships. Correspondence in relation to deserters from French ships. January 23, 1826. Read, with a bill to provide for the apprehension and delivery of deserters from French ships in the ports of the United States, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 16th instant, in relation to the cadets of the Military Academy at West Point. January 24, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims, St. Helena District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplementary report of the Register and Receiver of the land office for the District of St. Helena, under the provisions of the act of the 26th May, 1824. January 24, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty with the Florida Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th ultimo, in relation to the instructions given to the commissioners for negotiating with the Florida Indians, &c. &c. February 6, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Expenditure, naval appropriation for 1825. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the amount of appropriations for the naval service for the year 1825, and the expenditure of the same. February 6, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Throg's Point, Long Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the twenty-third instant, in relation to the purchase of Throg's Point on Long Island Sound. January 26, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Payments on lands forfeited to the U.S. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of Jan. 21, 1826, a statement of the amount of money paid by the purchasers of public lands which have become forfeited to the United States, from the commencement of the land system to the present time, &c. &c. February 7, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer in relation to a survey and location of a road from Detroit to Chicago. February 1, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Cotton cordage and canvass. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th ultimo, in relation to the experiments which have been made to test the utility of cotton for cordage and sail cloth. February 1, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Report -- Register of Opelousas. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register of Opelousas, rendered in obedience to the act of Congress of eleventh of May, 1820. February 7, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Expenditure of appropriations for 1825 -- military. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the service of the year 1825, shewing the amount appropriated under each specific head; the amount expended under each; and the balance unexpended on the 31st of December, 1825. February 1, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Lands relinquished and resold. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to lands relinquished to the United States, the price at which they were originally sold, and the medium price at which they were resold, &c. Rendered in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th January, instant. January 27, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Buzzard's and Barnstable Bay Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the survey for a canal route between Buzzard's and Barnstable Bay. February 7, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey at Nantucket. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st ultimo, in relation to a survey of the island of Nantucket, &c. February 6, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. January 27, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Boundary on the Pacific Ocean. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence with the British government in relation to the boundary of the United States on the Pacific Ocean. January 31, 1826. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill to authorize the establishment of a military post, or posts, on the Pacific Ocean, and to provide for the exploration of its coasts and waters. Land claims in St. Helena District. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of the District of St. Helena, on land claims in that district. December 29, 1825. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 1, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Banks of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting returns of the incorporated banks of the district showing their condition on the 31st of December, 1825. February 7, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, in relation to an increase of the number of cadets at the Military Academy at West Point. January 26, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Desertions from the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Adjutant General, in relation to desertions from the Army. January 26, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of Marblehead and Holmes' Hole. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st ultimo, in relation to a survey of the Harbor of Marblehead and Holmes' Hole. February 6, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Examination of the Muscle Shoals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ult., in relation to the examination of the Muscle Shoals with a view to a canal to connect the waters of the Tennessee with those of the Coosa Rivers [sic]. February 1, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Report of the Register and Receiver of the land district south of Red River, in Louisiana, upon the land claims situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine. January 13, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. |
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Affairs of the Bank of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the monthly statements of the concerns of the Bank of the United States for the year 1825. February 24, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Settlement of accounts of Farrow & Harris. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the execution of the law of the 3d of March, 1825, for the relief of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. February 24, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and the arms, &c. made therein during the year 1825. February 22, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Real estate purchased for the U. States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to real estate acquired by the United States since the fourth of July, 1776. February 17, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Ordnance Department, in relation to the site of the arsenal of the United States at Augusta, in the State of Georgia. February 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Fortifications of Pensacola Bay. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 8th instant, in relation to the commencement of the fortifications at the entrance of Pensacola Bay. February 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Deaf and dumb. Memorial of the trustees of the Kentucky Institution for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons. February 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is referred the bill for the benefit of the said Institution Preservation and civilization of the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanied by a bill for the preservation and civilization of the Indian tribes within the United States. February 21, 1826. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Claimants under the Florida treaty. Memorial of the Philadelphia claimants under the Florida treaty. February 7, 1826. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Post at St. Mark's. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th ultimo, respecting the post at St. Mark's. February 9, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Governor of the State of Virginia, transmitting a copy of an act passed by the legislature of that state, entitled "An Act To Amend the Act Entitled An Act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company." February 9, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Memorial of sundry citizens of the State of New Jersey. February 6, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Real estate purchased by the United States since fourth July, 1776. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the late Secretary of War, to the late President of the United States, in relation to the purchases of real estate in behalf of the United States since July 4, 1776. February 13, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Restoration of deserters. Letter from the Chevalier Huygens to the Secretary of State, accompanying a Bill (No. 97), To Provide for the Restoration of Deserters from Foreign Vessels within the Jurisdiction of the United States. February 13, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Live oak timber. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Board of Navy Commissioners, in relation to the probable cost of certain lots of live oak timber and the expense of providing for the preservation of the same. February 10, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. National armory -- Ohiopile Falls. 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 establishment of a national armory on the western waters. February 13, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Naval affairs. Documents relating to the Bill Concerning the Naval Establishment of the United States. February 13, 1826. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill Concerning the Naval Establishment of the United States. Lands surveyed and not yet offered for sale. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th inst.) statements shewing the quantity of public land which has been surveyed and not yet offered for sale, &c. February 13, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenses of naval courts martial. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 12th January last, in relation to the expenses incurred by each court martial and court of inquiry held by order of the Navy Department since 1st Jan., 1824. February 14, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Vaccination in the Army U.S. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th inst. upon the subject of vaccinating soldiers of the Army of the United States. February 14, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Exports with benefit of drawback. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report upon the subject of extending the time within which merchandise may be exported with benefit of drawback, from one to two years. February 15, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Custom houses and public warehouses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, in relation to the expenditures for the purchase or erection of Customhouses, warehouses, ports in which such buildings are situated, &c. &c. February 15, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Annual return of the militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the general annual returns of the militia of the United States and their arms, accoutrements, &c. February 15, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts for 1825. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all the contracts entered into by the Department in the year 1825. February 21, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. British colonial trade. Memorial of the merchants, ship owners, and manufacturers of the City of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland. February 20, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. |
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Commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th ultimo, relating to the proceedings of the Joint Commission of Indemnities, due under the award of the Emperor of Russia, for slaves and other private property carried away by the British forces in violation of the Treaty of Ghent. March 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Expedition up the Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 1st inst. respecting the movements of the expedition which lately ascended the Missouri River, &c. March 6, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Officers, &c. of frigate Chesapeake. Letter from the Navy Department, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, in relation to the officers and crew of the frigate Chesapeake who were killed or wounded at the time of her capture. March 1, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, shewing the operation of that institution for the year 1825. March 1, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Loan office and final settlement certificates. Statement of the loan office and final settlement certificates, outstanding and unpaid, January 1, 1826. March 1, 1826. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Operations of the Mint of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements shewing the operations of the Mint during the year 1825. March 1, 1826. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Land claims in East Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th inst. in relation to the claims to land in East Florida, with the general report of the commissioners of that district. February 23, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 24, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Florida Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in relation to the present suffering condition of the Indians in Florida. March 1, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. March 3, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Licenses to trade with the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of licenses granted to citizens of the United States to trade with the Indians during the year ending on the 1st September, 1825. March 6, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Major General William Lewis. Memorial of inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, in behalf of the family of the late Maj. Gen. William Lewis. March 6, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Document to accompany the joint resolution authorizing the delivery of rifles promised to Captain Aikin's volunteers at the siege of Plattsburg. March 7, 1826. Laid before the House by Mr. Ward, of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Protection to commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to an inquiry on the part of the House of Representatives of 23d ultimo, "If there are a sufficient number of vessels now in commission to enable him to extend adequate protection to our commerce, to the Empire of Brazil, and to the Republic of Buenos Ayres." March 7, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Slave ships in Alabama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the proceedings of the Court and Marshal of the U. States for the District of Alabama, in relation to the cargoes of certain slave ships, &c. March 8, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Amend the revenue laws. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce. February 6, 1826. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Assays of foreign coins. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of assays of foreign coins made at the Mint of the United States during the year 1825. March 1, 1826. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. |
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Captive African slaves. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in relation to certain African captives seized in the harbor of Pensacola. March 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table Fraud in the resale of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, in relation to legislative provision to guard the public interest against the fraudulent combinations of individuals in the resale of relinquished lands, &c. &c. &c. March 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Breakwater at the capes of Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th ultimo, requiring information in relation to the effect of a breakwater at the capes of the Delaware, as a shelter from storms, to the public and private vessels of the United States, &c. March 14, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Drawback in 1822, 1823, & 1824. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of drawback payable on merchandise exported during the years 1822, '23, & '24, compared with the amount of duties received, &c. March 17, 1826. Read, and laid on the table. Sand bars of the Ohio River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, in relation to the measures which have been taken to improve the navigation over the sand bars in the Ohio River, &c &c. March 31, 1826. Read, and committed to the Committee on Commerce. Road between Jackson and Columbus, Mississippi. Documents to accompany the bill from the Senate (No. 41), appropriating a sum of money for the repair of the post road between Jackson and Columbus, in the State of Mississippi. March 18, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American seamen in the several districts of the United States for the year 1825. March 29, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Commerce. Desertions from the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a further report from the Adjutant General, in relation to desertions from the Army of the U. States. March 29, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill from the Senate entitled "An Act To Prevent Desertions from the Army, and for Other Purposes." Commercial relations with Colombia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information on the subject of the commercial relations between the government of the United States and the Colombian government, &c. March 31, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ult., in relation to the nett revenue derived from imposts and tonnage from the 1st of January, 1790, from ports within the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, New York, and Boston; also, the expenditures at the same places, from the same period, to aid commerce or for the purposes of defence. March 25, 1826. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pledge of the U. States to the governments of Mexico and S. America. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th instant, in relation to the instructions given to the minister of the U. States to the government of Mexico; as also in relation to any pledge on the part of the United States to the governments of Mexico or Southern America, &c. March 30, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Superintendency of Indian Affairs. Documents submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanied by a Bill for the Establishment of a General Superintendency of Indian Affairs in the Department of War. March 31, 1826. Emoluments -- officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures for the year 1825 of those officers of the Customs who have rendered the statements required by law. March 31, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Allowances to Revolutionary officers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, relating to certain resolves of the Congress of the Confederation concerning allowances to the officers of the Revolutionary Army. March 22, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Paymasters, &c. -- Marine Corps. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the compensation allowed to the paymaster and quartermaster of the Marine Corps for the two years preceding the 1st Jan., 1826. March 25, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Docks for repairing ships of war. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th inst., upon the subject of constructing docks for the preservation and repair of the vessels belonging to the Navy of the United States. March 31, 1826. Read and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 27th December, in relation to fraud practised, or attempted, upon the revenue laws of the United States. March 23, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. March 24, 1826. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Civilization of the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a report of General Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in relation to the preservation and civilization of the Indians. March 9, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the preservation and civilization of the Indian tribes within the United States. Survey of the waters of Virginia & N. Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Engineer Department, in relation to a survey of the waters of Virginia and North Carolina in reference to a system of internal navigation. March 1, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill for a Subscription of Stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal. Washington Canal Company. Annual report of the President and directors of the Washington Canal Company. March 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table. Congress at Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 5th ult. in relation to the proposed congress to be held at Panama, &c. &c. March 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Boundary line -- Georgia and Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, with a correspondence of the Governor of that state, relating to the boundary line between the State of Georgia and the Territory of Florida. March 17, 1826. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Nett revenue in 1824, and tonnage in foreign trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the value of merchandise on which duties acccrued [sic] during the year 1824, and the net revenue which accrued that year. Also, a statement of the American and foreign tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United States during the same period. Documents in relation to Tygart's Valley River as a site for an armory. March 17, 1826. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on Bill No. 116, for the location of an armory on the western waters. Memorial of the Columbian Institute. March 6, 1826. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. |
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