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Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ult., information in relation to the destruction of the Negro fort, in East Florida, in the month of July, 1816, &c. &c. February 2, 1819. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union Report of the select committee, on the bill for the relief of Ebenezer Stevens and others. January 20, 1819. Read, and with the bill ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the committee, appointed on the 27th November last, to inquire into the expediency of amending the laws which regulate the coins of the United States, and foreign coins; accompanied with "A Bill, Supplementary to the Act Establishing a Mint," and "A Bill Continuing for a Limited Time, the Currency of the Crowns and Five Franc Pieces of France." January 26, 1819. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky. January 29, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. 1st. Resolved, that it is expedient to establish a military academy on the western waters, upon the principles of the academy at West Point. 2d. Resolved, that it is expedient to establish a school of practice of artillery, in the vicinity of the City of Washington. Report of the Secretary of State, of the names of the clerks employed in the Department of State during the year 1818, and the compensation allowed to each. January 29, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. Spencer's resolutions. February 1, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause all the public deposits in the Bank of the United States, and its several offices of discount and deposit, to be withdrawn on the first day of July next; that after the said day, the bills or notes of the said corporation shall no longer be receivable in any payments to the United States... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the eighteenth instant, information relative to the occupancy of Amelia Island, St. Marks, and Pensacola, &c. &c. January 30, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, of applications by certain of the independent governments of South America to have a minister accredited by the United States, and the answers of the government of the United States to such applications. January 30, 1819. Read, and ordered to be upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of John M'Causland, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 2, 1819. Read twice and committed, with the bill, to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the relief of James Orr. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of James Hughes, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 3, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statement and papers showing the provisions which have been made for the accommodation of seamen; the number of persons accommodated, and the expense attending the same. Prepared in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of April 17, 1818. January 14, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, on the petition of Benjamin Wells, accompanied with a supplement to the act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Benjamin Wells." January 27, 1819. Read twice, and committed, with a bill, to the Committee of the Whole, on the bill for the relief of John Wells. Views of the minority of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the subject of the Seminole War, and the trial and execution of Arbuthnott and Armbrister [i.e., Ambrister]. January 12, 1819. Presented by Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, read, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department in the last year, and the compensation allowed to each. January 20, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of payments made for labor upon roads, and other objects of fatigue duty, to soldiers of the United States' Army. From 1st October, 1817, to 1st October, 1818. January 15, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Extracts from documents in the Departments of State, of the Treasury, and of the Navy, in relation to the illicit introduction of slaves into the United States. January 19, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, on the "Bill in Addition to the Acts Prohibiting the Slave Trade." Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the twenty-sixth ultimo, sundry documents relating to the destruction of the Negro fort in East Florida, in the month of July, 1816. February 1, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, in relation to ships engaged in the slave trade which have been seized and condemned, and the disposition which has been made of the negroes by the several state governments, under whose jurisdiction they have fallen. January 21, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill supplementary to the acts prohibiting the importation of slaves Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the recorder of land titles of the Territory of Missouri, in obedience to the act of Congress of 20th April, 1818, for the relief of James Mackay, of said territory, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 18, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, on the bill for the relief of P.C. Barbour. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, upon the subject of granting to each state one hundred thousand acres of land for the endowment of a university therein. January 18, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information respecting the adjustment and payment of the claims of the friendly Creek Indians, under the treaty of the 9th August, 1814. January 18, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1818, and the compensation allowed to each. January 19, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the trustees of Hancock College, by their committee, A.R. Ellery and E.W. Ripley. January 20, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of debts, credits, and funds, of all the banks in the District of Columbia, not embraced in the terms of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of January, instant. January 20, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Improvement and Organization of the Militia. January 22, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Military Committee, upon the subject of an additional military academy, and a school of practice. January 29, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, transmitting the names of such persons as have settled their accounts at the Treasury since the report of the 18th ultimo, of naval agents, whose accounts then remained unsettled. February 2, 1819. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the committee, to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relates to the civilization of the Indian tribes. January 15, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the district tonnage of the United States on the thirty-first December, 1817. January 14, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure and application of such sums as have been drawn from the Treasury from the 1st October, 1817, to 30th September, 1818. January 14, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of William M'Donald, adm'r of James M'Donald, accompanied with "A Bill Authorizing the Settlement of the Accounts of the Late James M'Donald, Captain 14th Regiment United States Infantry." January 18, 1819. Read, and with the bill committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Josiah [i.e., Josias] H. McComas. January 18, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, on the bill for the relief of P.S. Barbour. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of payments made according to law, at the Treasury during the year 1818, for the discharge of claims not otherwise provided for; of payments made during the same year for the discharge of demands of a civil nature, not otherwise provided for; of contracts and purchases made by the collectors of the revenue service, during the year 1817; and of expenditures for the relief of sick seamen, during the same year. January 18, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the expenditure of moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment of the United States for the year 1818. January 19, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Secretary of War, relative to roads and canals, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th April last. January 14, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of a select committee, upon the subject of fixing a standard of weights and measures. January 25, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting applications from the resident minister of Prussia, and the Senates of the Hanseatic Cities of Hamburg and Bremen, to have extended to Prussia, Hamburg and Bremen the advantages secured by the act of Congress of the twentieth April last, to the Netherlands. February 8, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of moneys, transferred during the recess of Congress, from sundry specific appropriations to other specific appropriations, by authority of the President of the U. States during the year 1818, and the application of the same. February 5, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from Gov. Bibb to Gen. Jackson, connected with the late military operations in Florida. February 6, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the twentieth April last, a statement calculated to show the effect of changing the charges of specific duties on certain imported articles to duties ad valorem, &c. February 8, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the importations of goods, wares, and merchandise in American and foreign vessels; and an aggregate view of both, from first October, 1816, to thirtieth September, 1817. February 10, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of George Williams. February 15, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. Memorial of William Jones, late president of the Bank of the United States. February 8, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the committee, appointed on the 10th day of April last, to inquire into the official conduct of William P. Nan [i.e., Van] Ness, judge of the Southern, and Mathias B. Tallmadge, judge of the Northern Distric, [sic] of New York, and of William Stephens, judge of the District of Georgia. February 17, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of applications by the British minister, in behalf of certain subjects of Great Britain who have suffered in their property by proceedings to which the United States, by their military and judicial officers, have been parties. February 5, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 5, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fourth Auditor of the balances on his books, which appear to have been due more than three years prior to the thirtieth September last, to have remained unsettled on that day. February 10, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in his office during the year 1818, and the compensation received by each. February 9, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, transmitting a statement of the gross amount of duties on merchandise and tonnage for the two first quarters of the year 1817. February 5, 1819. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. |
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Mint of the United States. February 25, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the report of the Commissioners of the Navy Pension Fund. March 2, 1819. Concurred in by the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, in relation to balances transferred from the Treasury to the United States' Bank, under the second proposition of its agreement with the receiving banks, of 31st January, 1817. February 25, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the committee, to which was referred the petition of the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb persons. February 22, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant, in relation to the balances due by the state banks to the Bank of the United States. February 25, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the committee, on so much of the public accounts and expenditures as relate to the Post Office, accompanied with a bill to amend an act, entitled an "Act Regulating the Post Office Establishment," passed the 30th of April, 1810. February 10, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Monday. Report of the joint committee, on the subject of the public printing. February 19, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, and which remain to be accounted for on the books of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; a statement of balances standing to the debit of individuals on the books of the Third Auditor, on advances prior to the 30th September, 1815, which still remain unsettled; and, a list of those persons who omitted to render their accounts for settlement to the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury within the year 1818. February 18, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments, &c. of the officers of the Customs, for the year 1818, so far as they have rendered the statements required of them by law. February 24, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of sundry persons residing in the Town of Boston and its vicinity, stockholders in the Bank of the United States. February 9, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the joint committee of the two Houses of Congress, appointed to inquire and report what business it will be necessary to act upon during the present session of Congress. February 22, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Register, which appear to have been due more than three years prior to thirtieth September last, or to have remained unsettled on that day. February 24, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Commissary General of Subsistence, the Ordnance Department, the Commissary General of Purchases, and the Engineer Department, in the year 1818. February 25, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information of the sums of money paid to the Attorney General for extra services. March 3, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 25 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Sixteenth Congress; begun and held in the City of Washington, December 6, 1819, and in the forty-fourth year of the sovereignty of the said United States. | 1 |
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In Senate of the United States, February 28, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Newsom, of Kittery, Massachusetts, praying a pension, report: That the petitioner states that he served in the various New Hampshire revenue cutters between twelve and thirteen years... In Senate of the United States, March 2, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of a number of citizens of the United States, inhabitants of Michigan Territory, submit the following report: The petitioners set forth that they suffered great losses of property by the presence of the American Army... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the application of William G. Serviss to be placed on the pension list in consequence of his having been wounded while serving as a second lieutenant of United States' Rangers, during the late war, report... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1820. The Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Larkins praying that he may be placed on the invalid pension list, report... In Senate of the United States, February 17, 1820. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the commissioners appointed to examine and assess the damages occasioned by the troops of the United States in the neighborhood of the City of New Orleans... In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1820. The Committee on the Judiciary to which was referred the petition of Marc Marie Du Plat, report: The committee have examined the same and find the petitioner is a foreigner who wishes to have secured to him by law the exclusive benefit of an invention... In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1820. Mr. Van Dyke, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lathrop Davis, praying an increase of pension, reports... In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Warren, submit the following report: The petitioner states he was a lieutenant on board the Alliance frigate... In Senate of the United States, February 2, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Mortimer, of Connecticut, praying a pension, report: That the petitioner states, that he entered on board the schooner Spy... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1820. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Edward Barry and George Hodge, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States, February 17, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph McNeil, report: The petitioner claims compensation for damages done to a dwelling house... In Senate of the United States, December 15, 1819. Ordered, that the resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as it respects the choice of electors of the President and Vice President of the United States, and the election of representatives in the Congress of the United States, be referred to Mr. Dickerson, Mr. Trimble, Mr. Brown, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Logan, to consider and report thereon... In Senate of the United States, January 20, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Bowie and Kurtz, and others, submit the following report: The petitioners were owners of the ship Alleghany (sic)... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1820. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Chapman, collector of the Customs for the District of Georgetown, in the State of South Carolina, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States, January 3, 1820. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Vreeland, Stephen Vreeland, and James Van Boskirk, surviving executors of Nicholas Vreeland, deceased, report... Statement of the trade between the port of New York and Bermuda, for one year, ending on the 30th September, 1819. Submitted to the Senate by Mr. Sanford. December 29, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Pepper, of Preston, in the State of Connecticut, praying a pension, report: That the petitioner states that he was employed in the privateering business, from the commencement of the Revolutionary War... In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1820. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Hightower, submits the following report: The petitioner alleges he sent his negro to assist in getting out a stalled wagon... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jonathan Crawford, of Bridgewater, in the State of New Hampshire, praying a pension, report: That the petitioner states he served, at different periods of the Revolutionary War, as a private... Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia, respecting the present state of the commerce and navigation of the United States. February 14, 1820. Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, February 16, 1820. Mr. Leake, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate respecting the trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, made the following report... In Senate of the United States, February 17, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Theron Freeman, make the following report: The petitioner represents himself to have been appointed wagon master, during the late war... Petition of a convention of the Friends of National Industry in New Jersey. February 7, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Jacob Barker, referred to him by a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant. February 21, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1820. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee of Finance, made the following report: The Committee of Finance have considered the petition of Andrew Low, Robert Isaac, and James McHenry; the petition of John Tanner; the petition of J.E. White and company; the petition of Gaudry and Dufaure; and the petition of John Shillman; and they submit to the Senate their report upon all these cases... In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1820. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Edward Baker, praying compensation for an improvement in gun locks, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana. March 2, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Catharine Shapley, of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, widow, report: That the petitioner states that her late husband, Captain John Shapley, of Portsmouth, served the United States in the Revolutionary War... Memorial of Major General Andrew Jackson. March 6, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the joint petition of Richard Butler, Zalman Barritt, Barnard Worden, Samuel Baley, William White, and John Fenton, praying pensions, report... In Senate of the United States, February 25, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Stevens and others, submit the following report: The petitioners entered into a contract... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the petition of Henry Remsen and others. Made in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 23d ultimo. March 3, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1820. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the memorial of John Bioren, of the City of Philadelphia, and Edward De Krafft, of the City of Washington, report: The memorialists state, in their memorial, that they have in contemplation the publication of an edition of the Journals of the Old Congress of the United States... In Senate of the United States, March 3, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Clark, relict of the late Major John Clark, an officer of the Pennsylvania line in the American Revolution, (now deceased), praying Congress to grant a renewal and continuance to her of the pension which her late husband received, under the act of 18th March, 1818, report... In Senate of the United States, March 3, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Lefebvre, report: That the petitioner claims compensation for losses and damages sustained in consequence of the occupation of his house... Report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of Robert Swartwout. Referred to him by a resolution of the Senate of the 24th ultimo. March 2, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 6, 1820. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee of Finance, made the following report: The Committee of Finance submit to the Senate their report upon the petition of William C. Kausler... In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1820. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Wood, reports: That having submitted the case to the Treasury Department... In Senate of the United States, February 28, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander M'Cormick, of the City of Washington, praying indemnification for losses sustained by the plunder and destruction of goods and merchandize by the British troops in 1814, report... In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Aquila Giles, of the City of New York, report: That the petitioner prays the allowance of interest on a balance which he expects in his favor... In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1820. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the memorial of John Bioren and Fielding Lucas, Jr., booksellers, report: The memorialists propose to furnish Congress with a volume... In Senate of the United States, December 28, 1819. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jasper Parrish, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States, December 29, 1819. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Noah Brown, for himself and others, submit the following report, which was read and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate: The petitioners were, during the late war with Great Britain, owners of the private armed brig Warrior... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War shewing how far it may be expedient, or not, to provide, by law, for clothing the Army with articles manufactured in the United States. January 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Phineas Cole, of New-Hampshire, report: That no documents in support of the petitioner's statement were before the Committee... In Senate of the United States, January 13, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Charlton, 2d, and Elisha Douglass, of the District of Maine, praying pensions, report... In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1820. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee of Finance, made the following report: The Committee of Finance submit to the Senate their report upon the petition of Henry Ingraham, Robert Hazlehurst, and William Smith, Junior... In Senate of the United States, January 17, 1820. The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred a memorial from the Legislature of the State of Indiana praying for the establishment of an additional land office in that state, report... In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1820. The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Rhoda Crawford, report... In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of John Nichols, submit the following report: The petitioner claims payment for horses and wagons, which he alleges were lost in the public service... In Senate of the United States, January 28, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Cornelia Schoonmaker, administratrix, and Peter Marius Groen, administrator, of Zachariah Schoonmaker, deceased, late paymaster of the 2d Regiment of United States Volunteer Artillery, report... In Senate of the United States, February 7, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Vincent Grant, of Buffalo, in the State of New York , praying to be indemnified for damage sustained by burning of his dwelling... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1820. The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and executors of John O'Connor, deceased, report: The petitioners pray for a confirmation of their claim to a tract of land containing 800 arpens, lying within the State of Mississippi... In Senate of the United States, February 11, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Martha Youngs, Samuel Youngs, and others, submit the following report: The petitioners represent that their father, Joseph Youngs, deceased, was the owner of a house and farm at the commencement of the Revolutionary War... Report of the Secretary of State, on the memorial of Joseph Krittman, referred to him by a resolution of the Senate of the 15th February, last. February 18, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Sixteenth Congress. December 7, 1819. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 14, 1819. Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Dickerson asked and obtained leave to introduce the following resolution, which was read and passed to a second reading: A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as it respects the choice of electors of the President and Vice President of the United States, and the election of representatives in the Congress of the United States... In Senate of the United States, December 20, 1819. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, made the following report: The Committee of Commerce and Manufactures have considered the official statements which have been hitherto made, of the commerce of the United States with foreign countries... In Senate of the United States, December 20, 1819. Mr. Roberts, from the committee appointed on the 16th instant, who were directed to ascertain whether convenient apartments could be had in the north wing of the Capitol, for the accommodation of the committees and officers of the Senate, reports... In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1820. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Purdy, report: That, in the year 1809, the petitioner was a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, and in command of the troops... In Senate of the United States, February 22, 1820. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of Indiana on the subject of pay, &c. due Captain Bigger's company of rangers, report... In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1819. Mr. Burrill, from the committee appointed to arrange and report the rules for conducting business in the Senate; and, also, such amendments to those rules as they may think proper to be adopted, report... In Senate of the United States, December 28, 1819. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Putney, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States, December 28, 1819. Mr. Logan submitted the following motion for consideration, which was read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate: Resolved, that, as the content and happiness of the people cannot be expected under collisions and the want of harmony between their governments, that, therefore, the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire whether provision may not be duly made, by law, for the removal from any state of the branches of the Bank of the United States, upon the request of the legislature of such state... Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the rules, regulations, and instructions for the naval service. January 3, 1820. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and board of managers of the American Colonization Society. February 2, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, January 4, 1820. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee of Finance, made the following report, which was read, and ordered to be printed: The Committee of Finance submit to the Senate their report upon the petition of Joshua Nevill... In Senate of the United States, January 5, 1820. Mr. Van Dyke, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1819, instructing the said Committee to inquire into the expediency of reviving the act of 1806, entitled "An Act To Provide for Persons Who Were Disabled by Known Wounds Received in the Revolutionary War," which expired at the close of the last session of Congress, report... In Senate of the United States, January 6, 1820. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the Bill for the Relief of Christopher Fowler, submits the following report... In Senate of the United States, January 19, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Williamson, praying a pension, report: That the petitioner states that he served in the First Company, First Regiment in the New-York line... In Senate of the United States, January 20, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel F. Hooker, submit the following report: The claim of the petitioner is now, for the third time, submitted to Congress, amounting to more than 8,000 dollars... In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Taylor, of the City of New York, mariner, praying a pension, report: That the petitioner states he was a regular entered mariner on board the revenue cutter Active... In Senate of the United States, December 29, 1819. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Hodgson, submit the following report: This claim is for the value of a house, estimated to be worth six thousand dollars, the property of the petitioner's late husband, situated in this city, which was destroyed by fire while occupied as an office by the Secretary of War, in the year 1800... |
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In Senate of the United States, March 10, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Potter, submit the following report: The petitioner acted as sutler to the 45th Regiment of Infantry... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of February, last, abstracts of the bonds, or other securities, given under the laws of the United States by the collectors of the Customs, receivers of public moneys for lands, and registers of public lands; paymasters in the Army, and pursers in the Navy, who are now in office, or who have heretofore been in office, and whose accounts remain unsettled; together with a statement of such other facts as may tend to show the expediency, or inexpediency, of so far altering the laws respecting such officers that they may hereafter be appointed for limited periods, subject to removal as heretofore. March 21, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, communicating translations of letters from the minister of Spain to the Secretary of State, received since the message of the 9th instant. May 12, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of State on the memorial of James Smith and others. Referred to him by a resolution of the Senate of the 16th February, 1819. March 22, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 20, 1820. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial and documents of James Brown, a citizen of the State of Tennessee, and Town of Nashville, reports: That the memorialist states he purchased in the City of Philadelphia about the last of October, 1818, a number of German redemptioners... In Senate of the United States, March 21, 1820. The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of George Mayfield, report: That the petitioner is one of those whose claims were presented to the consideration of Congress, by the President of the United States, in his message of the 18th of January, 1816... In Senate of the United States, April 6, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of George Love, respectfully report: The petitioner represents himself to be the only heir of his father... Memorial of John M. Chapron and others, in behalf of the French emigrants to Alabama engaged in the cultivation of the vine and olive. April 4, 1820. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, April 13, 1820. Mr. Leake, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of Jacob Konkopot, and Others, of the Nation of Stockbridge Indians, Residing in the State of New York," reported the same, without amendment, accompanied by the following report... In Senate of the United States, April 24, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Dougherty, praying a pension, report: That the case stated by the petitioner entitles him to be put on the pension list... In the Senate of the United States, March 30, 1820. The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the inhabitants of the Village of Cahokia, report: That the citizens of Cahokia, to whom, by an act of Congress passed on the 20th February, 1812, certain tracts of land were confirmed as a common, being desirous to establish a town... Report of the Secretary of State, on the petition of Susannah Stewart, referred to him by a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant. April 13, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting extracts of letters from our ministers in St. Petersburg and Madrid, upon the subject of our relations with Spain, also, an extract of a letter from Mr. Gallatin, minister at the Court of Versailles, upon the same subject. March 27, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 5, 1820. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of John H. Piatt, with instructions to make a detailed statement of facts connected with the claim of John H. Piatt, presented the following report... In Senate of the United States, April 5, 1820. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States of the 17th ultimo, on the subject of an appropriation for holding a treaty with the Creek and Cherokee Indians, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the memorial of John M. Chapron and others. Referred to him by a resolution of the Senate of the 17th inst. April 21, 1820. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, March 13, 1820. The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of William Connor, report: That the petitioner has resided for many years at a place called the Delaware Towns, in the State of Indiana, which is situated in a tract of country lately belonging to the Delaware tribe of Indians... In Senate of the United States, March 14, 1820. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Gabriel Winter, made the following report: That, upon a cautious investigation of the claim set forth in this petition, it appears to be one of peculiar interest, whether considered in regard to the amount of property, or the importance and extent of the principle it involves... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a statement of the quantity of land which has been sold, the quantity which remains unsold, and the amount of sales in each land district, in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, respectively. March 20, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, a statement exhibiting the amount of the two per cent fund arising from the sale of public lands in the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, to the 30th September, 1819. March 9, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of sundry papers having relation to the treaty of 22d February, 1819, between the United States and Spain, which have been received at the Department of State and have not before been communicated to the Senate. March 9, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 9, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ephraim Hart, report: The petition presents an original certificate, signed Rd. Claiborne, D.Q. Mst. Virg. and countersigned James Hendricks, No. 12, issued to John Willson, for a wagon and horses... In Senate of the United States, March 10, 1820. Mr. King, of New York, submitted the following resolutions for consideration: Resolved, that, from and after the [date blank] the regulations and provisions of the act, entitled "An Act Concerning Navigation," passed on the 18th day of April, 1818, be, and hereby are, extended, and made applicable to the colony or island of Bermuda; to the Providence or Bahama islands, and to all other colonies, islands, and places, under the dominion of Great Britain... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 1st inst., a copy of the letter of the 2d May, 1814, from the Secretary of the Treasury to Jacob Barker. March 7, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 4th of January, 1820, a report from the Secretary of State with a list of fines incurred under the act of Congress, entitled "An Act in Addition to the Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States," which appear, from the records of the Department of State, to have been remitted by the Executive Authority of the United States. March 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, March 9, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Delafield, submit the following report: The petitioner states he is the holder of forty-three loan office certificates... In Senate of the United States, March 21, 1820. The Committee on the Public Lands, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate to "inquire into the expediency of making provision, by law, for the payment to the several deputy surveyors in the Missouri Territory full compensation for the lines which bound each survey..." Documents accompanying the amendment to the military appropriation bill, laid before the Senate by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance. March 22, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 11, 1820. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John B. Timberlake, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon submit the following report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 1st of February, information relative to the execution of the first article of the late treaty of peace and amity between his Britannic Majesty and the United States. March 28, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States In Senate of the United States, March 23, 1820. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Harriet Shackerly, Sarah Shackerly, and Mary Shackerly, children of Peter Shackerly, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report: The petitioners state that their father, Peter Shackerly, was acting as a carpenter on board the United States' frigate Chesapeake at the time she was attacked... Report of the Secretary of State, on the petition of Eliphalet Loud, and others. Referred to him by a resolution of the Senate, of the 13th instant. April 18, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 11, 1820. The committees of conference upon the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Military Service of the United States for the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty," have met... In Senate of the United States, April 5, 1820. Mr. Leake, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing for the abolition of the system of Indian trade, established by a law of the 2d of March, 1811, which has been continued in force until the 3d of March, 1821, and for the disposition of the goods and property of the United States; and for the payment of the proceeds thereof, and of the funds vested in this trade, into the Treasury, made the following report... In Senate of the United States, April 8, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Lemuel Bent, report: That the petitioner, formerly a paymaster in the Army... Documents accompanying the bill to authorize the building of a certain number of small vessels, laid before the Senate by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. March 27, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 24, 1820. The Committee for the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "An Act Concerning the Banks in the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes," respectfully submit the following report... In Senate of the United States, May 2, 1820. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Arkansas, praying the grant of certain sections of land for purposes therein mentioned, made the following report: The petitioners state that they are the representatives of a thinly populated, new, and large country... In Senate of the United States, May 3, 1820. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the resolution to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the said district a delegate to Congress, upon a footing with the delegates from the several territorial governments... Message from the President of the United States, communicating the correspondence which has lately taken place between the Secretary of State and General Vives, the Spanish minister, in relation to the treaty for the cession of the Floridas. May 9, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, May 12, 1820. The joint committee, appointed to inquire and report what subjects before the two Houses are proper to be acted on during the present session of Congress, have had the same under consideration, and report: That, in the opinion of the committee, all bills and resolutions remaining undecided before the Senate may be definitively acted upon... In Senate of the United States, May 9, 1820. The Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred the petition of Herbert Grant, report: That, by the petition and documents, it appears that the petitioner in the year 1818 purchased two cases of Spanish playing cards, that were then in the public store in the city of New York... In Senate of the United States, March 14, 1820. The Committee of Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Susan Berzat, report: That the petitioner states that, in the year 1800, her husband, Gabriel Berzat, entered upon a tract of land then belonging to the domain of his Catholic Majesty the King of Spain... In Senate of the United States, March 10, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted the report heretofore made upon the petition of Samuel F. Hooker, do now further report... In Senate of the United States, March 7, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas L. Ogden, on behalf of himself and others, report: The petitioners were the proprietors of the Village of Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York, during the late war... In Senate of the United States, May 1, 1820. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Archibald B. Lord and others, officers of the United States' cutter Boxer, on behalf of themselves and the late crew of the said cutter, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon submit the following report... Memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for the Encouragement of American Manufactures. April 28, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 28, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rawleigh C. Christians, praying a pension, report: That the petitioner's case, as stated in his petition, does in the opinion of the Committee, entitle him to relief... Memorial of Thomas Sheafe and others, citizens of Portsmouth, N.H. April 28, 1820. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States, April 25, 1820. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred a resolution to inquire into the state of the Journals of the Senate preceding the year 1814, made the following report: That the Committee have found upon inquiry, there is now, in the office of the Senate, the original manuscript Journal... In Senate of the United States, April 26, 1820. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Dean Weymouth, praying an increase of pension, report: That the petitioner states, and the documents accompanying his petition satisfactorily shew, that he served, with fidelity, as a soldier... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 17th inst., statements shewing the amount of capital subscribed and paid to each bank in the District of Columbia; particularly specifying the time and mode of payment, the parts thereof which have been paid, or which consist in stock notes, or in any other species of nominal capital; and to report whether any, and if any, which, of the said banks have, by themselves or their agents, purchased in the stocks of their respective banks; and if any, the amount so purchased. April 26, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia. April 28, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, April 5, 1820. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Timberlake, deputy postmaster at Fredericksburg, in Virginia, report... In Senate of the United States, April 3, 1820. Mr. Pleasants, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, communicated the following, which was read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate: Plan for the defence of our commerce, and the protection of its revenue in the Gulf of Mexico, near to the River Mississippi... In Senate of the United States, April 10, 1820. Mr. Barbour submitted the following motions for consideration which were read, and ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. Resolved, that the federal government is a government of limited powers and can rightfully exercise such only as are expressly given it by the Constitution... In Senate of the United States, April 6, 1820. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mathew Lyon, submit the following report: The petitioner prays for the reimbursement of a fine... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of the 21st of March last, copies of the correspondence between the ministers or other agents of the United States and the ministers or government of Sweden, relative to the seizures, sequestration, or confiscation of the ships or other property of citizens of the United States under the authority of Sweden. April 21, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of the 18th January, 1819, a report from the Secretary of State together with the returns of causes depending in the courts of the United States. May 12, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of War, on the remonstrance of Samuel Blackburn and others, referred to him by an order of the Senate of the 13th ultimo. May 10, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, May 8, 1820. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Peter Cardelli, a native of the ancient City of Rome, now resident at the City of Washington, made the following report: The petitioner states that he is a sculptor by profession... |
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| Serial set 28 | Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of the 12th February, 1819, "an abstract of all bonds for duties on merchandize imported into the United States, which shall have become payable and remain unpaid on the 30th day of September next; exhibiting in such abstract the date of each bond and the time when it became payable, its amount, names of the obligors, distinguishing principals from sureties, and the district of the Customs in which taken, together with such information as will show how much or what parts of such bonds are irrecoverable and lost to the United States." March 1, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. | 1 |
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Message from the President of the United States, stating the interpretation which has been given to the act entitled "An Act in Addition to the Acts Prohibiting the Slave Trade." December 20, 1819. Read, and referred to the committee on so much of the message of the President of the United States as relates to the unlawful introduction of slaves into the United States Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the exports from the United States, during one year, ending on the 30th of September, 1819. December 17, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of a convention of the friends of national industry, assembled in the City of New York, to take into consideration the prostrate situation of our manufactures, and to petition Congress for their relief and protection; composed of delegates from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Ohio. December 20, 1819. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of the Missouri Territory, and a copy of the census of the fall of 1817: amounting to 19,218 males. December 8, 1819. Referred to a select committee. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Sixteenth Congress. December 7, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Petition of a convention of the people of the District of Maine, praying to be admitted into the Union as a separate and independent state, accompanied with a constitution for said state. December 8, 1819. Read, and referred to a select committee. Constitution of the State of Alabama. December 6, 1819. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 13, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th Feb. last, a report of the Secretary of State, in relation to the causes of the imprisonment of William White, an American citizen, at Buenos Ayres. December 15, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements relative to the internal duties and direct taxes. December 17, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, explanatory of the expenditures of appropriations for the naval service during the year 1819. December 20, 1819. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. |
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Remonstrance of the Virginia Agricultural Society of Fredericksburg. January 3, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of Nathaniel Hall Loring, and others, late cadets at the Military Academy, West Point. December 27, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting topographical reports, made with a view to ascertain the practicability of uniting the waters of Illinois River with those of Lake Michigan. December 28, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of expenditures on account of the Navy from the 1st October, 1818, to the 30th September, 1819, and of the unexpended balances of former appropriations remaining in the Treasury on the 1st of October, 1819. January 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolutions of the Legislature of the Territory of Missouri, securing to claimants of land, &c. February 14, 1816. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. March 23, 1816. Bill reported - No. 148. December 23, 1816. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. December 18, 1817. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. December 28, 1819. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Copy of the President's Order of Transfer of Old Balances, in and of the appropriations that were exhausted, 25th August, 1819. December 23, 1819. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the merchants of Baltimore praying that the duties on imported merchandize may be paid in cash. January 3, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. January 5, 1820. Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Committee of Ways and Means, in relation to moneys drawn from the Treasury for the War and Navy Departments, and of repayments of moneys drawn for those Departments. December 28, 1819. Laid before the House, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, giving the result of sundry assays of foreign gold and silver coins. December 28, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the moneys transferred, during the recess of Congress, from sundry specific appropriations to other specific appropriations, by authority of the President of the United States in the year 1819; shewing, also, their application, agreeably to directions contained in the act of 3d of March, 1809, entitled "An Act To Amend the Several Acts for the Establishment and Regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments." December 29, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of duties accruing, and drawback payable, on merchandize exported from the United States during the years ending on the 31st December, 1816, 1817, and 1818. December 31, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of Josiah Meigs, and others, for an act of incorporation of a national vaccine institution for the United States of America. January 5, 1820. Read, and referred to a select committee. Memorial of sundry manufacturers residing in the State of Maryland. December 22, 1819. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the appropriations proposed for the year 1820. December 27, 1819. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York. December 27, 1819. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings. December 28, 1819. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the district tonnage of the United States, on the 31st of December, 1818, &c. December 31, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of balances of money unexpended on 27th December, 1819, remaining in the hands of the Treasurer, as agent for Navy Department. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the aggregate amount of the military peace establishment of the United States since the year 1815. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements shewing the names of the clerks employed in the Navy Department, and in the office of the Commissioners of the Navy, during the year 1819, and the compensation paid to each. January 4, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1819. January 4, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure and application of moneys drawn from the Treasury on account of the War Department, from 1st October, 1818, to 30th September, 1819, and of unexpended balances of former appropriations remaining in the Treasury on the 1st of October, 1818. January 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York. January 6, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. |
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, information in relation to the illicit introduction of slaves into the United States, with a statement of the measures which have been taken to prevent the same. January 13, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the City of Baltimore. January 10, 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, on the bill for the admission of Missouri into the Union Report of the Secretary of War, of the terms on which contracts have been made for the transportation of the troops ordered on the expedition to the Mandan villages, made in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant. January 19, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons who have invented any new or useful art or machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon; and to whom patents have been issued for the same, from the 31st day of December, 1818, to the 1st day of January, 1820, with the dates and general objects of such patents; and also the residence of the patentees, as far as could be ascertained. January 7, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1819. January 18, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st December, 1819, a report of the Secretary of War of the expenditures on fortifications from the year 1816 to the year 1819, both inclusive; the places at which works of defence have been begun; their contemplated magnitude and present condition; and the estimated sum for the completion of each; also, the mode by which they are built -- whether by contract, or otherwise. January 20, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting abstracts of American seamen, in the several districts of the United States, for the year 1819; and for the year 1818, which had been omitted. January 10, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in relation to the introduction of slaves into the United States. January 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table Memorial of sundry merchants and traders, of the City of New York, praying for cash payment of duties, and high duties on sales at auction. January 7, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. January 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of executions which have been inflicted in the Army of the United States since the year 1815. Prepared in obedience of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourteenth ultimo. January 10, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1819, and the compensation paid to each. January 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount of moneys paid to the Marshal of the District of Columbia, for the expenses of holding courts within the same, since the assumption of jurisdiction by Congress over said district, together with the amount paid during the same period to the circuit judges thereof. January 13, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, a copy of the rules and regulations of the Commissioner, in relation to the execution of the act of the 9th April, 1816, "To Authorize the Payment for Property Lost, Captured, or Destroyed, by the Enemy, While in the Military Service of the United States, and for Other Purposes." January 12, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by that Department during the year 1819. January 17, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial from the United Agricultural Societies of the State of Virginia. January 17, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th January inst., a report of the progress which has been made in the civilization of the Indian tribes, and the sums which have been expended on that object. January 17, 1820. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments made at the Treasury for the year 1819, for the discharge of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for; for the discharge of demands, of a civil nature, not otherwise provided for; of contracts made relative to oil, light houses, buoys, &c.; of contracts and purchases made by collectors for the Revenue Service, during the year 1818; and, a statement of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen during the same year. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the balances of moneys unexpended on the 27th day of December, 1819, remaining in the Treasurer's hands, as agent for the War Department, &c. &c. January 20, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Adjutant and Inspector General of the Army of the United States: exhibiting a comparative view of the Army expenditures before the late war, and the estimated appropriations for the service of the year 1820. January 20, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting a statement of the number and names of the clerks employed in the General Post Office during the year 1819, and the salary allowed to each. Also, a list of the contracts made by the Department during the same year. January 21, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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Memorial of merchants, traders, and others, of Baltimore, Maryland. January 24, 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole, on the bill laying duties on sales of merchandize at auction. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the annual receipts on account of the Navy Hospital Fund from 26th February, 1811, to 30th September, 1819, together with a statement of the disbursement of said fund during the same period, &c. &c. February 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances, on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have been due more than three years, prior to the thirtieth of September last. February 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of sundry merchants and inhabitants of Salem, Massachusetts. January 31, 1820. Read, and so much thereof as relates to drawback of duties referred to the Committee on Commerce; and the residue to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill regulating the payment of duties on merchandise imported, and for other purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the subject of prohibiting the importation of cotton, woollen, and iron manufactures, and his opinion of the effect such prohibition will have on the revenue of the United States. Made in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th ultimo. February 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the President and board of managers of the American Colonization Society. February 3, 1820. Referred to the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, requiring him to report such measures as, in his opinion, may be expedient to enforce the more speedy payment of public moneys due from individuals and corporate bodies. February 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States, from the 4th of March, 1789, to the 31st December, 1819, with sundry explanatory statements. February 16, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, in reply to an order of the House of Representatives of the United States of the twenty-eighth ultimo, referring to him a petition of Joseph Wheaton, with sundry documents connected therewith. February 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letters from the Secretary of State, transmitting lists of the names of persons appointed to publish the laws of the United States during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congress, and first session of the Sixteenth Congress. February 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of sundry merchants and other inhabitants of the City of Baltimore, upon the subject of discontinuing credit on import duties, and denying drawbacks. February 8, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, on the "Bill Regulating the Payment of Duties on Merchandize Imported, and for Other Purposes." Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to sundry resolutions of the 17th ultimo, a statement of the actual balance, &c. in the Treasury on the 1st day of January, 1820; together with a statement of the amount of the public debt redeemable in 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, and 1824; exhibiting also the interest payable in, and the balance of the annual appropriation of $10,000,000 which will remain unapplied at the close of each year. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department, and the compensation received by each. January 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the Department of State during the year 1819, and the compensation allowed to each. January 31, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the whole amount of moneys expended by the government on the Military Academy at West Point; the number and names of the cadets who have been educated there, from each state, district, or territory; together with an estimate of the sums necessary for the support of said institution for the next succeeding three years. January 31, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy, during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth September, 1819. February 4, 1820. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, a report in relation to the sums of money paid Colonel James Johnson, the balance still claimed by him in virtue of his contract with the Quartermaster's Department, and the mode in which that contract was formed. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th inst., a statement of the number of acres of land sold at the several land offices from their institution to 30th September, 1819; of the moneys accruing, and the moneys received, from such sales; and the sums remaining due, and unpaid to the government, &c. &c. January 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the receipts and expenditures of the General Post Office from 1st January, 1814, to 31st March, 1816. February 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th February, 1819, a copy of the rules and regulations for the government of the Military Academy at West Point; together with a list of the cadets attached to the Academy on the 1st January, 1815; the names of those who have been since admitted, &c. &c. &c. February 25, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in obedience of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ult., a report of the Secretary of War of loans made to private citizens of gun-powder, lead, &c. belonging to government. February 18, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of surveying the public lands reserved for naval purposes. February 16, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the number of persons who have been placed on the pension list under the law of the 18th March, 1818, who served for one, two, three years, and during the war, respectively. February 16, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances rendered by the Register of the Treasury, which have been due more than three years prior to the thirtieth of September, 1819. February 16, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Secretary of War, to whom was referred on the seventh February, instant, the petitions of a company of rangers commanded by Captain James Bigger, and of Daniel D. Norton. February 17, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, explanatory of an error in the statement of balances due by individuals to the United States, which accompanied his letter of the 7th of February, instant. February 26, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the state of the Bank of the United States, on the 25th February, the 27th of May, and 29th November last. March 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo., information in relation to a loan of gunpowder made to the firm of Stull and Williams, merchants, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. March 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 1st March, 1819, transmitting statements in relation to the condition of the Bank of the United States and its offices; also, statements in relation to the situation of the different chartered banks in the different states and the District of Columbia, &c. February 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements shewing the expense of furnishing the Army of the United States with rations for one year, ending on the first of June, 1818; the number of rations issued, &c. &c. February 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Documents accompanying the "Bill Making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year 1820." February 23, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to fines, penalties, and forfeitures levied and collected by order of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, from the year 1801 to the close of the year 1819; also, statements designating the expenses incurred on account of the District Court of the United States, and those incurred on account of the sittings of the Supreme Court. March 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, copies of the respective contracts heretofore made with James Johnson, Alexander M'Rea, Elias Earle, and Peter Townsend, for the delivery of gun-powder, &c. &c. March 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Representation of the members of the House of Representatives, from that part of Massachusetts hitherto known as the District of Maine. February 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Commissioners of the Navy Pension Fund, in relation to measures adopted to coerce the payment of balances due to the Fund, from persons indebted thereto. February 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Communication from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Expenditures, upon the subject of diminishing the appropriation for the gradual increase of the Navy; economy in the expenditures for naval purposes, and the accountability of the officers of the Navy Department. February 26, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Expenditures, and ordered to be printed. |
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence referred to in a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d ultimo, in relation to the Florida treaty. March 9, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. March 20, 1820. Read and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the final adjustment of land claims in the State of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statements from the Treasury Department in relation to the annual receipts and expenditures of the marine hospital money, collected under the acts of sixteenth July, 1798, and second March, 1799. March 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, copies of contracts made for building and repairing fortifications, &c. since the year 1815; statement of moneys actually paid on account thereof, to whom, and when; and information in relation to public notice of said contracts, and the solvency of the security of contractors. April 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Register of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the trade of the United States with the West Indies and the British American colonies, for the four years preceding the 1st of October, 1818. March 24, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill concerning navigation, &c. &c. Letters from the Secretary of State, to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, upon the subject of the treaty with Spain for the cession of the Floridas. March 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the sums of money which have been paid, since the peace establishment, to the general officers and their staff attached to the Army of the United States. March 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint for the year 1819. March 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statements of expenditures in constructing the Cumberland Road, from the year 1806 to the year 1820. March 17, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury of the progress made in the erection of the light house at the mouth of the Mississippi. March 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1819. February 29, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia. March 11, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill regulating the payment of duties on merchandise imported, and for other purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Privateer Pension Fund, rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th instant. March 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an abstract of the militia of the United States. March 30, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to a present from the viceroy of Lima, to the commander of the U.S. ship Ontario; to passengers, &c. transported in said ship; and orders of Navy Department to commanders of public vessels respecting admitting passengers and effects on board of said ships. April 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting extracts of letters from our ministers in St. Petersburg and Madrid, upon the subject of our relations with Spain, also, an extract of a letter from Mr. Gallatin, minister at the Court of Versailles, upon the same subject. March 27, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. |
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Memorial of John Johnson, Junior. April 24, 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the "Bill To Regulate the Duties on Imports and Tonnage, and for Other Purposes." Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of an act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act To Prevent Kidnapping." April 18, 1820. Referred to the select committee appointed, on the 18th of March last, to consider of providing more effectually for reclaiming persons held to service Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post roads for the year 1819. April 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the operations of the Mint of the United States. April 10, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, transmitting documents shewing the proceedings of the executive, hitherto, in negotiating with Great Britain in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British American colonies; and with France, in relation to the general commerce between that country and the United States. April 22, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the American Society of the City of New York for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures. April 24, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill laying duties on sales of merchandize at auction. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of importation of goods, wares, and merchandize in American and foreign vessels. For the year ending on the 30th Sept., 1818. March 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the correspondence which has lately taken place between the Secretary of State and General Vives, the Spanish minister, in relation to the treaty for the cession of the Floridas. May 9, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State on the subject of claims of citizens of the United States for Spanish spoliations upon their property and commerce. May 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th ultimo, statements of the amounts and costs of goods furnished annually to Indian trading houses since the year 1815. Specifying, also, the kinds and quantity of furs, &c. &c. annually received, since that period, of said factories. April 13, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. April 18, 1820. Referred to the select committee appointed on the 13th January last, to enquire into the expediency of continuing in force, for a limited time, "An Act Regulating the Currency, within the United States, of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the Crowns of France, and Five Franc Pieces," as relates to the gold coins of those countries. Regulations for the granting of land under the Spanish government of Louisiana, and Mr. Gallatin's instructions to the land commissioners in Louisiana and Missouri. April 19, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a court martial for the trial of Colonel William King, of the Fourth Infantry, and sundry orders and documents connected therewith. May 3, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, communicating translations of letters from the minister of Spain to the Secretary of State, received since the message of the 9th instant. May 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of J. and D. Hunt and Joseph Forman, accompanied with a bill for the relief of the heirs of Abijah Hunt and William Gordon Forman. March 8, 1820. 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 James Mackay, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Thomas W. Todd. January 5, 1820. Read and ordered to lie on the table. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business. December 31, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Archer, and proposition of Mr. Whitman to amend the same. January 20, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Lowndes' motion. December 28, 1819. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Philip C.S. Barbour, accompanied with " A Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representative of Philip Barbour, Deceased." December 16, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee on the Expenditures upon the Public Buildings. March 21, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, in the case of Richard S. Hackley, accompanied with a bill for his relief. April 11, 1820. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John M'Grew, et al. February 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the public buildings. January 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of William M'Intosh, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 6, 1820. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. resolution to amend the sixth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States. January 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 25, 1820. Read the second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. March 28, 1820. Considered, amended, and ordered to lie on the table. Amendment proposed by Mr. Cocke to the report of the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Nathaniel H. Loring, Thomas Ragland, C.R. Vining, Charles R. Holmes, and Wilson M.C. Fairfax, late cadets at U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Resolutions presented by Mr. Speaker, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. April 4, 1820. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Alvin Bronson. March 22, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. March 23, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Lowndes, in the House of Representatives. April 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Speaker to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. March 28, 1820. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Ambrose Whitlock. January 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 5, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of Francis B. Languille. March 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Illinois referred on the 10th instant. January 27, 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole, on the Bill No. 59, confirming certain claims to land in the State of Illinois. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Thaddeus Mayhew. January 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of John Gooding and James Williams, accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 5, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole, to-morrow. December, 13, 1819. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of John B.C. Lucas, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 27, 1819. 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 Joseph Janey (i.e., Janney). January 19, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Hugh M'Cullough. December 27, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of Eli Hart. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, upon the subject of reducing or suspending the expenditures on fortifications. April 24, 1810. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report upon the claims of Thomas Carr, Andrew Jackson, and others, accompanied with a "Bill for the Benefit of Thomas Carr, and Others." December, 14, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report, in part, of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, upon the subject of the manner in which the act of the 18th March, 1818, has been executed, &c. &c. December 28, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John Cowen [i.e., Cowan]. January 4, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Jacob Purkill. January 6, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the committee to whom was referred, at the commencement of the present session of Congress, so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade, accompanied with a bill to incorporate the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. May 8, 1820. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the bill from the Senate, to continue in force "An Act To Protect the Commerce of the United States, and Punish the Crime of Piracy," &c. &c. Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, against the repeal of the law of 18th March, 1818. January 4, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Josias H. McComas, accompanied with a bill for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Willis. February 11, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill for the relief of John McGrew and others. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Samuel Gibbs. February 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Alexander Roddy. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Stephen Baxter. February 4, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations, on the claim of the owners of the Danish brigantine Henrick, and her cargo. February 8, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the memorial of the heirs of Baron De Kalb. February 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the petition of John Wells, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 26, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relate[s] to foreign affairs, accompanied with a bill to authorise the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Florida, and establish a temporary government therein. March 9, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of a select committee on the petition of sundry Indians of the Stockbridge Nation, accompanied with a bill confirming their title to certain lands. February 24, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred, on the 10th instant, the memorial of the officers of the Revolutionary Army, accompanying a bill for their relief. December 20, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 10th day of December last, to inquire whether any moneys appropriated by Congress for the pay and subsistence of the regular Army of the United States since 4th March, 1815, have been applied to the support of any army or detachment of troops raised without the authority of Congress. February 28, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Moses White, executor of Moses Hazen. February 28, 1820. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs upon the subject of reducing the expenses of the naval establishment of the United States. March 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report in the case of James Shields, by the Committee on Private Land Claims. March 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the petition of General James Wilkinson, accompanied with a bill for his relief. March 9, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report Report [sic] of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of John Wilmot. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Ether Shipley, administrator of Thomas Buckminster, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 28, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee on the memorial of the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, accompanied with a bill in behalf of said Institution. December 28, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Whole House to-morrow Report of the committee appointed on the 7th ult. in relation to the publication of the laws in the newspapers. March 20, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Henderson. December 29, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Alexander Worster. December 29, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of William Coffin and others, accompanied with a bill for their relief. December 29, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, with the bill. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Stephen Jenks and Sons. January 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Samuel Dale. January 10, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Edward Smith, executor of Philip Bush. January 10, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Elections, on the petition of James Guyon, Junior, contesting the election of Ebenezer Sage. January 12, 1820. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the report of the Committee of Elections, on the case of contested election, Rollin C. Mallary vs. Orsamus C. Merrill. Report in the case of Christopher Miller, accompanied with a bill for his benefit. January 12, 1820. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee on the subject of clothing the militia when called into the service of the United States, with a bill for that purpose. January 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of Illinois. January 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Martha Flood, with a bill for her relief. January 18, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Strother. January 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Hoel Laurence. January 17, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred so much of the President's message, at the commencement of the present session, as relates to the revenue of the United States. April 14, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of a select committee, on the petition of John Webster, accompanied with a bill for his relief. April 11, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Military Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Nathaniel Hall Loring, and others, late cadets at West Point. April 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Jacob Shafer. January 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 20, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed by a resolution of the House of Representatives, to inquire into the expediency of so modifying the act establishing a Board of Commissioners of the Navy, as to make the Secretary of the Navy, for the time being, the presiding officer of that Board; and, also, of so limiting the tenor of the commissions to the members thereof, as to secure the accumulating experience and talents of our naval commanders in that Department, by a periodical rotation in office. May 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of William Bayard, and others. May 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of H.B. Livingston. January 27, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Samuel Demarest. January 26, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Henry Bedinger. January 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John B. Regnier, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 31, 1820. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the benefit of Thomas Carr, and others. February 7, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Additional report of the Committee on the Public Buildings. February 16, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the case of Samuel Hughes. December 15, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of William M'Donald, administrator of James, accompanying "A Bill for the Relief of William M'Donald, Administrator of James M'Donald, Deceased," &c. December 14, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole, to-morrow. Report of a select committee, on the petition of J.B.C. Lucas and Clement B. Penrose. December 15, 1818. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Jennings O'Bannon. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 4, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of James Hughes, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 16, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Spiller Fillmore, accompanied with a bill for the relief of the heirs of Anthony Burk. December 23, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Rebecca C. Appling, with a bill for the relief of the legal representative of Colonel Daniel Appling, et al. December 27, 1819. 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 Clement B. Penrose, with a bill for his relief. December 27, 1819. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Joshua Rutledge. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee for the District of Columbia, on the subject of renewing the charters of the banks of the said district; and of preventing the said banks, or other corporations therein, issuing notes of a denomination under five dollars. February 2, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of John S. Polereczky. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the expenditures which have been, and are likely to be incurred, in fitting out and prosecuting the expedition to the Yellow Stone River, and other objects connected with the said expedition; together with a statement of the distribution of the Army of the United States, its total strength, and the strength of garrisons, &c. &c. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee for the District of Columbia, on the petition of John Law and Jonathan Elliot. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Elections, on the petition of Rollin C. Mallary, contesting the election of Orsamus C. Merrill, and praying to be admitted to a seat in his stead. January 5, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the bill from the Senate, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Officers and Volunteers Engaged in the Late Campaign Against the Seminole Indians." March 27, 1820. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole on the report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John Cowan. March 29, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the Senate for the relief of Samuel Ward. January 21, 1820. Read, and, with the said act, committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the act of the Senate for the relief of the legal representatives of Nicholas Vreeland. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of the Levy Court of Calvert County, Maryland. January 10, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 20, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Resolutions authorizing the President of the United States to negotiate with foreign governments on the means effecting an entire abolition of the African slave trade, and for other purposes. May 8, 1820. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, on the bill from the Senate, entitled "An Act To Continue in Force 'An Act To Protect the Commerce of the United States, and Punish the Crime of Piracy,'" &c. &c. Report on Brownstown Treaty by a select committee appointed on the 26th January last. May 12, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. Report in the case of Capt. Louis Joseph Beaulieu, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 14, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. |
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