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Serial set 301	Expenditure -- Potomac Bridge. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to expenditures for repairs of Potomac Bridge. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of expenditures from the contingent funds of this office and the Patent Office. December 8, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the State Department. State of the finances. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 6, 1836. Read, laid upon the table, and 20,000 copies ordered to be printed. list of reports to be made to Congress at the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in the Office of the House of Representatives, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 1, 1836. Receipts and expenditures -- 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1835. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report -- Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent fund -- House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, submitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives from 1st December, 1835, to 30th November, 1836. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of Chickasaw lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the sale of Chickasaw lands. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Public Buildings. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Office of the Navy Commissioners. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy yards -- Great Barn Island, Perth Amboy, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, upon the subject of establishing Navy yards at Great Barn Island, Perth Amboy, and Jersey City, &c. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1835, and the first and second quarters of the year 1836. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimate of appropriations for 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1837. December 6, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from Mrs. Madison in relation to the publication of Mr. Madison's Notes of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of 1787. December 8, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Library. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the expenditure of the contingent funds of the department. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Janette Taylor, et al. Memorial of Janette Taylor, et al, representatives of John Paul Jones. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Contingent expenses -- Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of the department, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1836. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the coast survey. December 8, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-fourth Congress. December 6, 1836. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.	19
Serial set 302	French spoliations prior to 1800. December 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Alexandria Canal, &c. Memorial from the Corporation of Alexandria, praying assistance &c. December 27, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Fortifications -- estimates for 1837. December 30, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements prepared by the Third Auditor, viz: 1st. Statement of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year. 2d. Statements of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to September 30, 1835. 3d. Abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d of March, 1809, on the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, and which remained unaccounted for on the 30th of September, 1835. December 20, 1836. Laid upon the table. Eleazar Early -- memorial of. December 20, 1836. Referred to the Committee of Claims. Deposite banks -- Georgia and Maine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information of the further selection of banks of deposite. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Plan of the Navy yard -- Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a plan of the Navy yard at Pensacola. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy yard -- Pensacola. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, in relation to the Navy yard at Pensacola. December 29, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Revenue suspended -- fire, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the amount of revenue, the payment of which has been suspended under the "Act for the Relief of the Sufferers by Fire in the City of New York," passed at the last session of Congress. December 29, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Cumberland Road and Ohio River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report supplemental to the report of the Engineer Department, made to the President of the United States, and by him communicated to Congress, at the commencement of the present session of Congress. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Land claims -- southeastern district of Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register and Receiver of the land office for the southeastern district of Louisiana, &c. January 4, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Payment to new states -- public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments made to the new states out of the five per cent. proceeds of the sales of the public lands. January 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Connecticut -- military services. Resolution of the Legislature of Connecticut, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to obtain payment of balance due for military services, &c. during the late war. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Custom-house. January 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. State banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of certain state banks, &c. &c., rendered in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of 10th July, 1832. January 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons imprisoned for debt -- District [of] Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 3d of July, 1836, in relation to persons imprisoned for debt in the District of Columbia, since 1820, &c. December 14, 1836. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Bequest of James Smithson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information in relation to the bequest of James Smithson, late of London, required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Surplus revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the surplus revenue to be deposited to the credit of the several states. January 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Index of decisions -- Comptroller's Office. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate for making [an] index to decisions. December 30, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Estimate -- Revolutionary pensioners for 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 753.) December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Army estimates for the year 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 755.) December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Suppression of Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 752.) Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Hon. C.C. Cambreleng, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, transmitting draught of a bill making further provision for suppression of Indian hostilities. December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Officers and soldiers of militia -- late war, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor, relative to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the militia, volunteers, and rangers of the late war, who entered the service of the United States, and were regularly discharged. December 13, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Building for the Post Office Department. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the immediate erection of a fire-proof building for the accommodation of the Post Office Department. December 21, 1836. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Fortifications for 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 756.) Estimate of the Engineer Department for the service of the year 1837. December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Pensions -- Wayne's Army of 1794. Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, for extending the provisions of the pension law of June 7, 1832, to those who were in the service of the United States up to Wayne's Treaty, in 1795. December 12, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks -- District of Columbia -- condition of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the returns rendered to the Treasury Department, by the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia, for 1836. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian Department -- estimate for 1837. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 757.) Estimate of the sums required for the service of the year 1837, for the department. December 21, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. National Road -- Vandalia to Alton. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the National Road. December 20, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Treaty with Spain -- Ninth article. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, containing the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ultimo, in relation to the causes which have prevented the execution of the 9th article of the treaty with Spain of the 22d of February, 1819. January 5, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the clerks employed in the Secretary's Office and the Office of the Commissioners of the Navy. January 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Intercourse with the Barbary powers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of moneys disbursed from the Treasury, for expenses with the Barbary powers, for the year 1836. January 6, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Black River, New York -- improvement of. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a plan and estimate for improving the mouth of Black River, in the State of New York. January 10, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report respecting clerks employed in the department during the year 1836. January 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Naval depot and dry dock -- Charleston, S.C. Memorial of the merchants and mechanics of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, praying the establishment of a naval depot and dry dock at that place. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Merchants of Newburyport -- French spoliations. Memorial of the inhabitants of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, praying that their claims for French spoliations, prior to the year 1800, may be immediately paid; the government of the United States having virtually assumed the payment thereof, under a treaty with the government of France. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Massachusetts -- French spoliations. Memorial of Perez Morton and others, citizens of Massachusetts, to be remunerated for property seized by France, previous to the year 1800; which property was afterwards converted to the use of the United States, by treaty stipulations, bearing date the 30th of September, 1800. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Salaries -- foreign ministers, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 836.) January 13, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Contingent expenses -- Navy of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Navy, for the year ending on the 30th of September, 1836. January 3, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. Military road -- Plattsburg to White Hall. Petition of William Gilleland and others, inhabitants of the County of Clinton, in the State of New York, praying an appropriation to construct a military road from Plattsburg, in the County of Clinton, to White Hall, in the County of Washington and state aforesaid. December 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Estimates -- branches of the Mint. December 30, 1836. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Merchants of New York. Memorial of merchants of New York, praying for a remission of duty on merchandise destroyed by fire in New York. December 19, 1836. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. [Convention] between the United States and Spain. Message from the President of the United States, upon extending the time for terminating the duties of the Commissioner Under the Act for Carrying into Effect the Late Convention Between the United States and Spain. January 10, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Contingent expenses -- military establishment, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Second Auditor, showing the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Admission of Michigan into the Union. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 815.) January 6, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Condition of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas. December 22, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. National Road -- Vandalia to the Mississippi. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of the Town of Alton, Ill., in relation to the National Road. December 12, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Public moneys in banks of deposite -- 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to the public moneys in the deposite banks, in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836. January 12, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Martha Piatt -- daughter of Captain Huddy. Petition of Martha Piatt, daughter of Captain Huddy, who was hung by the British. December 21, 1836. Referred to a select committee, viz: Mr. Storer, of Ohio; Mr. Harlan, of Kentucky; Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Elmore, of South Carolina; Mr. Schenck, of New Jersey. System of public accounts -- on simplifying the. January 6, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Expenditure -- public buildings. Report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in obedience to the act of the 3d March, 1829. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Post Office estimate. Estimate of appropriations for the Post Office Department, for the year commencing 1st July, 1837. December 28, 1836. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Applicants for pensions not granted. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of applications for pensions which have been refused. December 26, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- War Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department in the year 1836. January 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Pennsylvania, inhabitants of -- reduce postage. Memorial of citizens of Philadelphia, praying that the rates of postage may be reduced. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. State of Michigan. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of admitting Michigan into the Union as an independent state. December 27, 1836. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. New York -- breakwater, Port Kent. Memorial of inhabitants of the northern section of New York, for a breakwater at Port Kent, N.Y. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Petition of the heirs, &c. of George Baldwin, a private in the late war, for retained bounty land, &c. December 26, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Balances -- Second Auditor's Office. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances which remained unsettled on the books of the Second Auditor more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836, &c. December 14, 1836. Read and laid upon the table.	60
Serial set 303	Public works at Michigan City, Indiana. Memorial and joint resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, asking an appropriation for the public works at Michigan City, Ind. January 26, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. John C.F. Salomon -- memorial of. Memorial of John C.F. Salomon, praying Congress to encourage his patent safety steam-boiler. December 31, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Canal and Rail Road Company -- Brunswick, GA. Report on the Brunswick Canal and Rail Road, in Glynn County, Georgia; with an appendix, containing the charter, and the Commissioner's report. December 31, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Claim of United States on United States Bank. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the claim of the United States against the United States Bank, &c. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Wisconsin Territory. January 24, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Mexico and Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, upon the subject of the condition of the political relations between the United States and Mexico; also, on the condition of Texas. January 26, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States for the year 1836. January 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Petition of Nathaniel Bird. January 23, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 864,) to restore to certain invalid pensioners the amount of pensions by them relinquished. Exploring expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to the progress which has been made with regard to the exploring expedition, authorized at the last session of Congress. February 8, 1837. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Exchange of lands with Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 845.) January 17, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Army of the United States. Petition of non-commissioned officers, asking attention to them. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to insolvent debtors of the United States. January 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers ordered for service, and excused, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the names of officers of the Navy who, during the year 1836, have received orders for service, and have asked to be excused, &c. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. N. Sholtewskii Von Shoultz. Petition of N. Sholtewskii Von Shoultz regarding a new method for purifying salt water, used for the manufacturing of salt. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Punishment of incendiaries. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of providing more effectually for the punishment of certain crimes, &c. January 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. United States Mint. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Director of the Mint. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. State of New Jersey -- joint resolutions. Resolutions of the State of New Jersey, in favor of improving the navigation of Newark Bay, and the removal of the bars and obstructions to the navigation of Staten Island Sound, near Elizabeth Port. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Revenue from imports for last four years, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the revenue on imports for the last four years, and the amount of drawback in each year. January 20, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Coal trade -- Richmond. January 20, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on Bill No. 829. Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, for the year 1836. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- Commissioners of the Navy, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy, during the year 1836. January 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Surplus revenue. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in relation to the surplus revenue. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Maryland Legislature -- franking privilege. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, upon the subject of an extension of the franking privilege. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department, for the year 1836, &c. January 18, 1837. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Public buildings and grounds -- estimates for 1837. January 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Louisville and Portland Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, against the purchase by the general government of the stock of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. January 25, 1837. Read, and laid on the table. Additional appropriations -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of further appropriation for the Indian Department for the year 1837. January 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Bank of the Metropolis. Memorial of the President and Directors of the Bank of the Metropolis, requesting an addition to the capital stock. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (No. 869) to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the District of Columbia, &c. Sand bar -- harbor of St. Louis. Memorial from the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis, praying an appropriation sufficient to remove the sand-bar in the harbor of St. Louis. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Appropriations, Navy, &c. -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the service of the year 1836, the amount expended, and the balance on the 31st December last. February 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Gaugers -- New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 896.) Statement exhibiting the amount of the fees of the gaugers at the port of New York, and the amount paid them under the provisions of the 2d section of the act of 27th June, 1834; together with the amount paid for their incidental expenses during said time. January 31, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. John Paul Jones. Statements from the books of the Treasury Department, respecting the prize money obtained by the late John Paul Jones from the government of France. January 30, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Samuel Martin. Petition of Samuel Martin, of Tennessee, asking that Congress will pass a law saying that there shall be a model deposited in each state of every model and specification of each and every patent granted in the Union, &c. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Tennessee Canal. Report of the Tennessee Canal Commissioners, presented to the Legislature of Alabama at the session of 1836. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Tariff. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, upon the subject of the tariff &c. January 30, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of the revenue, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836. February 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveys in Maine. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, with reports of certain surveys made in the State of Maine. April 8, 1836. Read. February 8, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Militia of the United States, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, &c., for the year 1836. February 8, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial for improvement of Allegany River, from Pittsburg to Olean. Memorial of inhabitants of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to make an appropriation for the improvement of the Allegany River. January 16, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Contracts -- Treasury Department, 1835. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting 1. Contracts relative to light-houses, &c., made according to law. 2. Payments in discharge of miscellaneous claims not provided for. 3. Payments from Marine Hospital Fund, for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. 4. Statement of contracts authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the year 1836. January 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks -- District of Columbia. Memorial from the Joint Committee of the Cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, praying for the establishment of a new bank in the City of Washington, with branches in Georgetown and Alexandria. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Bank -- District [of] Columbia. Memorial of sundry citizens of Georgetown, praying for a new bank in the City of Washington, with branches in Georgetown and Alexandria. January 16, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Western boundary of Missouri. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the copy of an act of the Legislature of the State of Missouri, declaring the assent of that state to the act of Congress, entitled "An Act To Extend the Western Boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri River." Approved June 7, 1836. Maine -- duty on coal. Petition of sundry citizens of Portland and vicinity, for a repeal of the duty imposed upon coal. January 23, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 829, to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the government. Contracts -- War Department, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all the contracts made by the War Department during the year 1836. January 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ordnance Department -- estimate. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a special estimate of the further sums which will be necessary for the Ordnance Department during the present year. January 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Survey -- Passaic River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a survey of the bar and obstructions to the navigation of the Passaic River, below the City of Newark, in the State of New Jersey. January 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Western lands. Petition of John Taliaferro, in behalf of the United States. January 31, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. John and Phineas Harford. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Governor of the State of Maine, claiming the reimbursement of certain moneys paid to John and Phineas R. Harford out of the Treasury of that state. February 1, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Revenue cutter and steam tow-boat. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the cost of a revenue cutter, so constructed as to be used as a steam tow-boat. February 1, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Appropriations for 1836, and expenditure. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a statement of appropriations for 1836, the expenditure during the year, and the balance remaining on the 31st of December of the same year. January 31, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Brunswick harbor -- Georgia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report respecting the operations for the improvement of Brunswick harbor, in the State of Georgia. February 1, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Navy yard south of Chesapeake Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of commissioners charged with the examination of harbors south of Chesapeake Bay, with a view to the establishment of a Navy yard. February 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of merchants of the City of New York, praying for the establishment of a national bank. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reduction of the tariff. Memorial of citizens of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, praying for a reduction of duties on imports. January 30, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Massachusetts. Remonstrance of citizens of the County of Berkshire against the passage of the bill reported by the Committee of Ways and Means, (No. 829) "to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the Government." February 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table, under the 45th rule of the House. Calls for volunteers or militiamen. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of orders issued by the department respecting calls for volunteers or militiamen, &c. &c., rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th of December last. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Land office -- Fort Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to the Land Office at Fort Wayne. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Survey of the coast -- Rigolets to Mobile Point. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, in relation to a survey of the coast of the United States from the Rigolets to Mobile Point. February 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims upon Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the United Mexican States. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Survey -- harbor Havre-de-Grace. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. February 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Indian Department -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1836, and the pay and salary of each. February 8, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Trade and intercourse with Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting copies of all such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with disbursements of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1836. February 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Survey of James River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the survey of James River. February 3, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce.	64
Serial set 304	French spoliations prior to the year 1800. List of memorialists to Congress, during the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d Congresses, on account of French spoliations committed prior to 1800. March 3, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Legislature -- Rhode Island. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, instructing the senators of that state to vote for expunging the resolution of the Senate (from its journal) of 28th of March, 1834, in relation to the President of the United States; and to vote for R.M. Johnson, of Kentucky, for Vice President of the United States, &c &c. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of the Bank of the United States. February 25, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Amendment -- Constitution of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Indiana on the subject of amending the Constitution of the United States. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Tariff. Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against the passage of the Bill (H.R. No. 829,) to reduce the revenue of the United States to the wants of the government. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents in relation to the survey of the Mississippi River. February 25, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Patents for inventions -- expired in 1836. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of all patents for useful inventions which have expired within the year 1836. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers resigned in 1836, and companies employed in Seminole War. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Auditor's Office -- Post Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Auditor's Office of the Treasury for the Post Office Department for the year 1836, &c. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers -- detached service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of officers of the Army, so employed as to separate them from their regiments or corps during the year 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of lands in Illinois and Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of Ways and Means, accompanied by a report from the Surveyor General of Illinois and Missouri, in reference to surveys in those states. February 28, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Post Office Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 932.) February 14, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Illinois -- settlers on unsurveyed lands -- pre-emption. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Delaware. Resolutions of the Legislature of Delaware, on the subject of repealing the tax of hospital money on all those engaged in the coasting trade and the fisheries. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Hostilities with Creek Indians. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 1st of July last, in relation to the hostilities then existing with the Creek Indians, &c. &c. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Harbors on Lake Michigan. Joint resolution from the Legislature of Indiana, for harbors at Indiana City and City West. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Confirmed land claims -- Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to confirmed land claims in Louisiana. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charts of harbors in Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 21st of March and 11th of April last, requiring charts of the harbors of Provincetown, Nantucket, Great Point, and Holmes's Hole. February 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, to relinquish the surplus revenue to the states. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Indiana Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the public lands suspended from sale on the line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Passengers who have arrived in the United States in 1836. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in the United States from foreign countries during the year 1836. February 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Patents for useful inventions -- 1836. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting lists of patents granted for useful inventions during the year 1836, &c. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Congressional documents. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, upon the subject of printing a compilation of Congressional documents, &c., &c. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce & navigation of the United States, 1836. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the operations of the national armories during the year 1836. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments -- officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the official emoluments and expenditures for the year 1836, of officers of the Customs, &c. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Franking privilege to members of state legislatures. Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, in relation to the franking privilege. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Washington Corporation -- due-bills destroyed. Letter from the Mayor of Washington, transmitting a report of the Register, in relation to the due-bills of the corporation withdrawn from circulation and destroyed. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- transportation of mail. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. March 13, 1837. Balances due from postmasters. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of balances due by late postmasters, as appear by the books of the department. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Authors of Great Britain. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Additional appropriation for suppressing Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 922.) February 14, 1837. Laid before the House, by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Treaty with Morocco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a Treaty of Peace and Commerce between the United States and the Empire of Morocco. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Sculpture for the Capitol. Memorial from the Philadelphia Artist Society in favor of Luigi Persico employed to execute some sculpture for the Capitol. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Petition of William Brent, Jun., praying that an entry on the Journal of the House of Representatives, of January 10, 1825, may be expunged. February 13, 1837. (Referred, so much thereof as relates to the correction of the journal, to the Committee on the Judiciary; and the residue to the Select Committee on Amending the Constitution.) Jurisdiction north of 45 [degrees] north latitude. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire in relation to the claim of that state for expenses incurred in maintaining jurisdiction over that portion of their territory north of 45 [degrees] north latitude. February 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Bridge over the Kankakee River. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a bridge over the Kankakee River. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Delaware. Resolutions of the Delaware Legislature, on the subject of piers in the River Delaware. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Balances on books of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list received from the Register, of balances on the books of the Treasury which have remained unsettled by receivers of public money more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1836. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Duty on coal. Memorial from citizens of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, remonstrating against a repeal of the duty upon foreign coal. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Harbors -- southern coast of Lake Michigan. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of harbors on the southern coast of Lake Michigan. February 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of Reuben M. Whitney. February 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Post Office Department. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tudor, Junior. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th ultimo, in relation to the correspondence of William Tudor, &c. February 21, 1837. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representatives of William Tudor, Junior. Harbor of Whitehall. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and plan for the improvement of the harbor of Whitehall, in the State of New York. February 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table.	46
Serial set 305	D.W. Haley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 926.) February 14, 1837 Harbors and rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 895.) January 31, 1837. Robert Keyworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 910.) February 4, 1837. James McMahon. January 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Weeks. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ransom Mix. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 77.) February 2, 1837. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. John McCormick. January 19, 1837. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. G.T. Rhodes. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Abigail Fuller. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Abigail Morgan. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Asa Armington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 791.) December 30, 1836. John Stevens, executor of Albert Stevens. January 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 835.) January 13, 1837. Claims between the Rio Hondo and Sabine Rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) December 30, 1836. Presly Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) January 3, 1837. Samuel J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 800.) December 30, 1836. Pre-emptions to settlers on public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 802.) January 3, 1837. William Wickham. December 30, 1836. Hiner Stigermire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) January 3, 1837. Daniel T. Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) December 30, 1836. Ralph Reeder. December 30, 1836. Thomas H. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) December 30, 1836. William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) December 30, 1836. Chauncey Rice, of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) January 3, 1837. Gurdon Robbins. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Warehouse system, &c. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 913 and 914.) February 8, 1837. J.P. Hutchinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 849.) January 17, 1837. James J. Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 809.) January 3, 1837. Jean Baptiste Grainger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 759.) December 21, 1836. Heirs of John Brahan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) December 21, 1836. Pensions to persons engaged in Indian wars, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 353.) December 12, 1836. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. William Baker, of New York. December 22, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 824.) January 10, 1837. Thomas Graves. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. On the surplus revenue. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 829.) January 11, 1837. Jerusha Ripley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) January 7, 1837. William Glover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 763.) December 22, 1836. Richard Allen. January 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James Rundlet. December 22, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Lucas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) January 7, 1837. Ferdinand Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 813.) January 4, 1837. Henrietta Morfit. January 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Sawney York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) January 4, 1837. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) January 5, 1837. Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) January 4, 1837. Elihu Noyes. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Salmon Tryon. December 23, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Hernandez. December 26, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Catharine C. Read. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. John Reilly. December 28, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Olive Grover. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) December 23, 1836. Heirs of Lydia Cranston, deceased. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Jarvis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) December 28, 1836. Lewis Hatch. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Fay, alias Facy -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Wiley Harben. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Huldah Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 768.) December 23, 1836. William Walker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) December 23, 1836. Heirs of John Tupman. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. John Dawson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 783.) December 28, 1836. John Quin. December 28, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 839.) January 13, 1837. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 838.) January 13, 1837. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 831.) January 13, 1837. Charles Ridgely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 846.) January 17, 1837. Scrip on military land warrants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 833.) January 13, 1837. Reuben Butler -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel B. Perkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 832.) January 13, 1837. John Sutton. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 847.) January 17, 1837. Edward L. Young. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James Wood, administrator of Edward Wood. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Miles King -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah Gordon. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Wilson Thorp. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Leslie Malone. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Bowman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 859.) January 20, 1837. Matthews & Wood, and James Hall. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 856.) January 19, 1837. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 853.) January 18, 1837. Illinois Central Rail Road Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) January 17, 1837. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Freeman Brady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 850.) January 18, 1837. Conflagration -- Post Office Building. January 20, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James M. Edwards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 857.) January 19, 1837. Mary O'Bannon. January 19, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah Eldridge. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 854.) January 18, 1837. Anna West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 855.) January 19, 1837. Albert Vanderveer. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Satterly. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Hayden. January 17, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Tabitha Bosworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 861.) January 20, 1837. Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) January 19, 1837. Neil McNeil. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 863.) January 20, 1837. John Campbell -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 881.) January 25, 1837. George Geortner. January 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James (or William) Kilgore [i.e., Kilgour]. January 27, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. George Allen and John Reynolds. January 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Vawter -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. 883.) January 26, 1837. Asa Merrill. January 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Doctor John P. Briggs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 872.) January 24, 1837. William Jenkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 880.) January 24, 1837. Simeon Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 882.) January 25, 1837. Isaac Hilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 871.) January 24, 1837. Empson Hamilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 873.) January 24, 1837. Elijah Barden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 876.) January 24, 1837. Joshua Dodge -- consuls' fees, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) January 28, 1837. Heirs of Thomas Houghton, et al. January 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Executive departments. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 886.) January 27, 1837. Protections to American seamen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 904.) February 2, 1837. Captain Elisha Ely. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas West. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 900.) February 1, 1837. William A. Poor. January 31, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Loomis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 903.) February 2, 1837. John Cayford. January 31, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hampton Lovegrove. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William R. Custis. February 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tudor, Jun. -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 919.) February 8, 1837. Indiana militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 917.) February 8, 1837. Baily [sic] and Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) February 2, 1837. Read, and resolution contained therein concurred in. Christopher Dennison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 918.) February 8, 1837. Niagara Ship Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 921.) February 14, 1837. Inhabitants of St. Augustine, Florida. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Joines. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William G. Sanders. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Baltimore and Susquehannah Rail Road Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 925.) February 14, 1837 Representatives of Captain Joshua Huddy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 935.) February 14, 1837. Levi Todd's heirs. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Oliver H. Perry, son of Samuel Perry. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Clay and James Lowell. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Cozad. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hiram Saul. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 924.) February 14, 1837. Frederick Hill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 930.) February 14, 1837. Elizabeth Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 929.) February 14, 1837. John Midwinter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) December 30, 1836. Jonathan Boone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) January 3, 1837. Erastus Pierson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 788.) December 30, 1836. Investment of the Navy Pension Fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 787.) December 30, 1836. Heirs of Oliver Parish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 804.) January 3, 1837. John Bosworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) December 22, 1836. John Davis -- heir of. January 6, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben Chapman -- heirs of. January 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Eli Eastman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 817.) January 7, 1837. Solomon Ketcham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) January 10, 1837. Ezekiel Burnham. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin McCullock [i.e., McCulloch]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 818.) January 7, 1837. Jacob Moon's heir. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James A. Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) December 13, 1836. Andrew Lynam. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) January 7, 1837. Primus Hall, alias Trask. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) January 7, 1837. Daniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) January 4, 1837. Eleanor Gardiner. January 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James L. Kenner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 762.) December 22, 1836. Samuel T. Winslow. January 7, 1837. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Graham. January 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Marinus W. Gilbert. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Jennett Willis, assignee of James Minnie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 841.) January 13, 1837. H.W. Russel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) January 13, 1837. Zebulon Wade. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Card. December 26, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Woodall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 770.) December 23, 1836. Polly Lemon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) December 27, 1836. Charles Coffin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 837.) January 13, 1837. James Wyman. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Holmes. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James Francher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 843.) January 14, 1837. William Camp -- heirs of. January 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Deshields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 780.) December 28, 1836. James Ware, Anthony Mendes, and John W. Blye. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Jehu Hollinsworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) December 23, 1836. Lot Davis. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Willson. December 26, 1836. Read, and the resolutions therein concurred in by the House. William Yorke [i.e., York]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 769.) December 23, 1836. William James Aarons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 773.) December 23, 1836. Monument to Gen. Wooster. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 766.) December 23, 1836. Sarah Pemberton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 868.) January 23, 1837. John D'Wolf. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Pursers of the Navy United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 834.) January 23, 1837. Eli Eastman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 867.) January 23, 1837. John McClellan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 874.) January 24, 1837. Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 885.) January 26, 1837. Samuel Miller. January 25, 1837. Read, and, with Senate Bill No. 11, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Elisha Moreland, et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 866.) January 23, 1837. Isaac Austin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 875.) January 24, 1837. Samuel Brown. January 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Veazie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 879.) January 24, 1837. Frederick Frey & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 884.) January 26, 1837. Mary Sroufe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 877.) January 24, 1837. George Dyer, Jr. -- schooner Three Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 865.) January 23, 1837. Benjamin Gannett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 890.) January 31, 1837. Samuel Edgcomb [i.e., Edgecomb]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 898.) February 1, 1837. Capt. James Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 899.) February 1, 1837. Abraham Forbes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 888.) January 28, 1837. Satterlee Clark. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Stokes. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Sellers. January 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Abigail Appleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 897.) February 1, 1837. Jacob Sammons -- heirs of. February 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 907.) February 3, 1837. Simon Burton, Jr. February 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Krepps. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 906.) February 3, 1837. James Roddy [i.e., Roddey] -- executors of. February 4, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 905.) February 2, 1837. Tennessee volunteers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 916.) February 8, 1837. Votes for President and Vice President. February 4, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Charles Waldron. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 928.) February 14, 1837. Jacob Houseman [i.e., Housman]. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Columbian Institute. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 934.) February 14, 1837. President United States Elect. February 11, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 927.) February 14, 1837. John R. Williams. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of John Waters. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. George L. Phillips, and others. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann S. Heileman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 931.) February 14, 1837. Gideon Sheldon. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Duncan and Taylor. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Moses Van Campen. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 90.) February 14, 1837. Drawback of duties. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 3.) February 16, 1837. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Elizabeth Burmer. February 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John M. Jewell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 860.) January 20, 1837. William Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) December 30, 1836. Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 796.) December 30, 1836. Ebenezer Conant. December 30, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas King. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 794.) December 30, 1836. John Perham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) December 30, 1836. Eli Darling. December 27, 1836. Read, and laid upon the table.	226
Serial set 306	Cornelius Manning. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 962.) February 28, 1837 Benjamin Hodges -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 941.) February 18, 1837 William Purcell. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Privateer Pension Fund. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 920.) February 14, 1837. Charles B. Bristol. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Commutation to surgeon's mates. February 22, 1837. John McArann. February 25, 1837. Read, and postponed until Tuesday next. Charles G. Hunter. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 103.) February 28, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Maine -- advances to John and Phineas R. Harford. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. E. and T. Fairbanks. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 203.) February 22, 1837. Richard Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 952.) February 22, 1837. Northam & Whitehorne. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip Lightfoot. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Oliver's heirs. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Radcliff [i.e., Ratcliff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964 [i.e., 954].) February 22, 1837. John Vannethen and company. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel W. Going. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 950.) February 22, 1837. Charles Park. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. James McPherson. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Hogan, administrator of Michael. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) February 22, 1837. Captain Samuel Warren. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 82.) February 24, 1837. Edward Kearney. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Kern and John D. George. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 946.) February 22, 1837. William Jones. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 951.) February 22, 1837. John Broome. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. D.G. Farragut. February 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Regulation of pilots. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Mexico. February 24, 1837. Postponed until to-morrow. Heirs of James Broadus. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. George Innes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 949.) February 22, 1837. Alabama troops -- three companies under Maj. Holt. February 22, 1837. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Jesse Potts. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Larkin Smith -- representatives of. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Nathaniel Patten. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of sloop of war Boston. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 29.) February 22, 1837. Charles F. Sibbald. March 3, 1837. Read, and the resolutions therein contained concurred in by the House. John Kelly. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure -- public buildings. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Paintings for the Rotundo. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Rardon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 963.) February 28, 1837. Francis Allyn. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 122.) March 3, 1837. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House this day. Ann Bloomfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 937.) February 16, 1837. Don Juan Madrazo. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table James Callan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 943.) February 22, 1837. William Crooks and James Crooks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 942.) February 22, 1837. George Wood. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. William Tharp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 936.) February 16, 1837. Independence of Texas. February 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Huldah Pennyman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 938.) February 16, 1837. Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 944.) February 22, 1837 Elisha Smith. February 16, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John P. Converse and Henry J. Rees. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 945.) February 22, 1837. Railroad in District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 939.) February 16, 1837. David Melville. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Wright Groom. February 16, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Tobacco. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 25.) February 18, 1837. Peter Yarnall, et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) February 16, 1837. Resolutions reported from the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union on the President's message at the commencement of the session. December 13, 1836. Reported to the House, and ordered to be printed. Road -- Memphis to Fort Gibson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 947.) February 22, 1837. Matilda Drury. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Avery, Saltmarsh, & Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) February 23, 1837. Notes of the Bank of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 956.) February 22, 1837. L. Bissel [i.e., Bissell]. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Silk. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Relief to the Corporation of Alexandria. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Adam Hall. February 22, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Robert Gilmore, et al. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964.) March 1, 1837. Martha McKee. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Hugh McDonald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 972.) March 3, 1837. William Vaughan. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Impressment of property, and Indian depredations in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Levacher De Van Brun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 966.) March 1, 1837. Augusta, Georgia -- advances -- Florida war. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Military Academy -- West Point. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) March 1, 1837. Steam navigation -- James Rumsey -- heirs of. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Fulton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 965.) March 1, 1837. Levy Court -- Calvert County, Maryland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 969.) March 2, 1837. Corporation of Mobile. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 115.) March 1, 1837. Loomis & Gay. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) March 2, 1837. Jacob Shade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 971.) March 2, 1837. Elias Wallen. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 973.) March 3, 1837. James Tongue. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Mail between the United States and Great Britain. March 2, 1837. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Claim on Denmark -- William C. Parke. March 1, 1837. Postponed until Friday next. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 968.) March 2, 1837. William T. Smith -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 970.) March 2, 1837. Amendment of the Constitution [of the] United States. February 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry F. Lamb. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Benedict I. [i.e., J.] Heard. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Case of Judge Thruston. March 3, 1837. Laid upon the table, and printed by order of the House. David Melville. February 22, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Shaw. February 24, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Banking companies. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. David Goorley. February 25, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Ohio -- Miami Exporting Company. March 2, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Wilkes County, Georgia -- advances -- Indian war. March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table.	99
Serial set 307	Journal of the select committee appointed to inquire whether the several banks employed for the deposite of the public money have all, or any of them, employed an agent to reside at the seat of government to transact their business with the Treasury Department. Agent -- deposite banks. March 1, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Administration of the Executive Departments. Views of the majority. Mr. Wise, from the committee appointed on the 17th of January last, to inquire into the condition of the Executive Departments, &c., made the following report: March 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table.	3
Serial set 308	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America: Being the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, September 4, 1837, and in the sixty-second year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 309	Memorial of a number of citizens of Columbiana County, Ohio, against the incorporation of a national bank, and praying an increase of the circulation of gold and silver. October 2, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, against the incorporation of a national bank. September 21, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works at Black Rock; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d March, 1837. September 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the necessity of making further appropriations to prosecute the war in Florida. September 21, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Wright as explanatory of the Bill of the Senate No. 10, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Claiborne Co., Mississippi, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 22, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th February, 1837, on the subject of the bursting of cannon at Major Clarke's foundry, in July, 1833, and August, 1834. September 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of importing merchants of New York, praying an extension of the time for payment of duty bonds. September 18, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Columbiana County, Ohio, for an increase of the circulation of gold and silver, and opposed to the creation of banks and paper money. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of a number of post routes. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, praying the establishment of a national bank. September 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. September 5, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the creation of a national bank. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Carroll County, Mississippi, praying the creation of a national bank. September 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, presenting a plan of a national bank, and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. September 8, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Schuyler County, Illinois, praying the creation of a national bank. September 15, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance. September 21, 1837. Report adverse. September 25, 1837. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Mobile, Alabama, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 23, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Rahway, New Jersey, praying the incorporation of a national bank. October 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants and others of Baltimore, praying the incorporation of a national bank, or the substitution of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania. September 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements showing the coinage and imports and exports of specie during the year 1837. September 19, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. September 18, 1837. The following bill, introduced by Mr. Benton, on leave, the 10th June, 1836, was ordered to be printed. A Bill To Re-establish the Currency of the Constitution for the Federal Government... Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of extending the franking privilege. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of officers appointed to examine the improvements in fire-arms, made by Hall, Cochran, Colt, and the Baron Hackett; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th January, 1837. September 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1837. September 8, 1837. Memorial convention of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to construct a macadamized road from the National Road to Erie. September 7, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. September 5, 1837. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of a number of manufacturers, tradesmen, and other citizens of Brooklyn, New York, against the present system of finance, and in favor of a separation of the trade of banking from affairs of state. October 14, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Levi Hamilton and others, citizens of McDonough County, Illinois, praying to be allowed the benefit of pre-emption laws. September 30, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a number of democratic citizens of Hamilton County, Ohio, approving the measures proposed by the Executive, &c. October 10, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements of all appropriations made during the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress; and of the offices created, and the salaries thereof. October 17, 1837. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act, approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Memorial of a number of citizens of Wheeling, Virginia, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 25, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Board of Public Works of the State of Illinois, requesting donations of land in aid of the internal improvements in that state. October 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Henry Perrine, for a grant of land, for the encouragement of the growth of tropical plants. September 29, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, praying Congress to adopt a plan suggested by him for the relief of the country. October 4, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of William Brent, Jr., of Virginia, praying a more general distribution of the printed documents and laws of the United States. October 4, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of officers appointed to examine the improvements in certain fire-arms; in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th January, 1837. October 3, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Statement showing the imports and exports of specie since the 19th of September, 1837. October 9, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Lewis Feuchtwanger, praying Congress to substitute his invention, called "German silver," in place of the copper coinage of the United States. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.	37
Serial set 310	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: Being the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, September 4, 1837, and in the sixty-second year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 311	Annexation of Texas. Remonstrance of Sarah Chapman and 3,028 other women, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas to the United States, as a slave-holding territory. October 9, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table National bank. Memorial of 161 citizens of Mount Vernon and its vicinity, in the State of Indiana, praying for the establishment of a specie-paying national bank. September 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Unexpended appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in further answer to a resolution of the 11th instant,) transmitting information in relation to unexpended appropriations, &c. September 22, 1837. Ordered to lie on the table. Indians in military service. Letter from the Secretary of War, (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 18th September,) in relation to Indians employed in the military service. September 21, 1837. Ordered to lie on the table. Public deposites -- Bank of Missouri. September 20, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Unpaid duties, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in obedience to a resolution of the 20th of September,) with statements in relation to the amount of unpaid duties, &c. September 21, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Estimated state of the Treasury on the 1st of October, 1837. September 18, 1837. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Payment of members of Congress in specie. September 7, 1837. Laid on table for consideration. September 8, 1837. Mr. Robertson moved to amend. Ordered to be printed. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of the 13th instant, upon the subject of the northeastern boundary of the United States. September 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of sundry citizens of Vergennes and its vicinity, in the State of Vermont, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National currency. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland; with a plan of national currency and distribution; and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by the Congress of the United States. September 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mode of collecting the revenue in Great Britain and France. September 14, 1837. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Mooresville, and of Plainfield, and of their vicinities, in the State of Indiana, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Duty bonds. Memorial of merchants, &c. of New York, praying for an extension of credit on duty bonds. September 20, 1837. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. National bank. Memorial of one hundred and forty-six citizens of Franklin County, Virginia, praying the incorporation of a national bank. September 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Petition of certain citizens of Irwinton, in the State of Alabama, praying the establishment of a United States bank. September 15, 1837. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of the Pennsylvania anti-bank convention. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Pay members of Congress in specie, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to the offer to pay members of Congress in specie, &c. September 15, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. September 25, 1837. National bank. September 28, 1837. Brigadier General Wool. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in the case of Brevet Brigadier General Wool. October 9, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi election. September 25, 1837. Read, and the consideration thereof postponed until Wednesday next. Bank of Metropolis. Memorial of James H. Causten, praying, for reasons set forth in his memorial, that the charter of the Bank of the Metropolis, in the City of Washington, may be revoked. October 9, 1837. To lie on the table. October 13, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Virginia. Memorial of inhabitants of Halifax County, in the State of Virginia. October 9, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Grain imported within the last twelve years. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the quantity of grain imported within the last twelve years; in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo. October 7, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Duty bonds -- renewal of -- &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, in relation to the number of duty bonds which will be renewed or extended, and the charges thereon, if the bill which has passed the Senate, giving further time, shall become law. September 29, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Safe keeping of public moneys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th instant, in relation to the methods which have been adopted for the safe keeping of the public funds, &c. September 23, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the opening of the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. list of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in the office of the House of Representatives, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. September 4, 1837. Finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. September 5, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, upon the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the right of petition. September 18, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Georgetown, Vermilion County, in the State of Illinois, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of inhabitants of Quincy, in the Territory of Florida, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. National bank. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Rules of the House. September 13, 1837. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Appropriation -- Seminole War. September 18, 1837. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. National bank. Memorial from the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, praying Congress to establish a national bank. September 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Substitute for copper. Memorial of Lewis Feuchtwanter. September 13, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Treasury notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of his correspondence with individuals, banks, &c., in relation to an issue of Treasury notes under authority of the government of the United States. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William B. Stokes et al. Report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, in the case of William B. Stokes and others. December 26, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. October 14, 1837. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Currency. Memorial of Thomas H. Baird, of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of the currency. October 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's weekly statement. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the Treasurer's weekly statement, showing the amounts to his credit in the deposite banks, &c. October 6, 1837. To lie upon the table. Boundary -- United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th ultimo, concerning the boundary between the United States and the Republic of Mexico. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Annexation of Texas to the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant, respecting an annexation of Texas to the United States. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. South Sea exploring squadron. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, in relation to the detention of the sailing of the exploring squadron, &c. October 13, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th ultimo, upon the subject of the tobacco trade. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. John Golder. Memorial of John Golder, of New York. Presenting his views of finance. September 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Sub-Treasury system. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the probable expenses attendant upon a Sub-Treasury system. September 30, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of 3,355 merchants and traders of the City of New York, for the creation of "a specie-paying national institution." September 28, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Deposite banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 14th September,) transmitting information in relation to the transfers and payments of the instalments to the states; the condition of the deposite banks; and respecting treasury drafts protested for non-payment of specie, &c. September 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Orange H. Dibble. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the case of Orange H. Dibble. October 10, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tudor. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence of the late William Tudor, while Charge d'Affaires of the United States to Brazil. September 26, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Receivers of public moneys. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, calling for copies of the monthly returns of receivers of public moneys, &c. October 3, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. Loss of horses in the military service. (To accompany Bill No. 11.) October 12, 1837. Hamilton County, Ohio. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Hamilton County, Ohio, approving the views of the President and Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the existing pecuniary embarrassments; enclosed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by Moses Dawson, chairman of a committee of said meeting, with a request that these proceedings be laid before the House of Representatives. October 9, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. State of the Treasury. September 30, 1837. Submitted to the House of Representatives by Mr. Cambreleng, and ordered to be printed. Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of receipts and disbursements. October 14, 1837. Read, and laid upon the table. National bank. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying for the establishment of a national bank. September 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.	60
Serial set 312	William B. Stokes et al. Report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, in the case of William B. Stokes and others. December 26, 1836. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. October 14, 1837. -- Printed by order of the House of Representatives.	1
Serial set 313	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America: Being the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1837, and in the sixty-second year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 314	In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris submitted the following motions for consideration: 1. Resolved, That in the formation of the federal Constitution, the states acted in their sovereign capacity... Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. January 6, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the yearly meeting of Friends of the eastern part of Ohio, and western part [of] Pennsylvania, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. December 27, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 41.) The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the petition of Henry J. Pickering... Memorial of a number of citizens of Berrien County, Michigan, praying the passage of a general pre emption law. January 2, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 125.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Bargy, junior, submit the following report... Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland, presenting a plan for a national currency, and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted on by Congress. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying that the law authorizing the express mail may not be repealed. January 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 127.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary A. Patrick, widow of Captain Matthew Alexander Patrick... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. January 5, 1838. Ordered to be re-printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 124.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of General William Eaton, report... Petition of William A. Davis, praying Congress to purchase a number of sets of the laws of the United States, printed by him. January 6, 1838. Referred to the select committee, to whom was referred, the 14th ult., the petition of Duff Green, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, with statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund. December 7, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John Kurtz for remuneration for the loss of the ship Alleghany and cargo. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th February, 1837, in relation to the location and cost of marine hospitals on the western waters, and the regulation of the marine hospital fund. December 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies by furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of State, with statement of number of American seamen registered during the year 1837. December 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that those persons hereafter condemned to death under the laws of the United States may be executed within the prison yards. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Silas M. Stilwell, praying Congress to prohibit the United States courts from issuing process to imprison for debt, in those states where it is not allowed by the laws of the state. December 11, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with an abstract of the contingent expenses of the naval establishment for the year 1837. December 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Harmon Kingsbury, of Cleaveland, Ohio, praying the repeal of that part of an act of Congress regulating the Post Office Department, which requires postmasters to deliver letters, &c. on Sunday. December 12, 1837. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th of October, 1837, relative to the claims of American citizens upon the government of Mexico. December 13, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th of October, 1837, in relation to the capture and sequestration of the ship Mary and cargo, of Baltimore, by the Dutch government, in 1800. December 13, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1837-8. December 7, 1837. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the erection of light-houses, &c., in compliance with the 2d section of the act of March 3, 1837, "Making Appropriations for Building Light-houses, Light-boats, Beacon-lights, Buoys, and Dolphins." December 14, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Bayard to rescind a resolution of the Senate, passed the 16th January, 1837. December 14, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting reports from the Register and Receiver at St. Stephen's, Alabama, in reference to the claims of Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney. December 19, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th October, 1837, in relation to the adjustment of claims to reservations under the 14th article of the treaty of 1830, with the Choctaw Indians. December 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William A. Slacum, praying compensation for his services in obtaining information in relation to the settlements on the Oregon River. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Corporation of South Hanover College, Indiana, praying the donation of a tract of land in aid of that institution. December 19, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of A.B. Quinby, praying an appropriation to test his inventions for preventing the explosions of steam-boilers. December 14, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 13th October, 1837, in relation to the Navy pensioners, and Navy Pension Fund. December 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, praying Congress to adopt the Sub-Treasury system, and to establish an exclusive metallic currency. December 18, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 51.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Samuel Miller, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements of the affairs of the banks in the District of Columbia. January 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. December 12, 1837. Ordered to be reprinted to accompany Senate Bill No. 22. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: It appears that John J. Bulow, Jr., was the owner of the plantation of Bulowville, in Florida... In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel S. Marcy and others, praying compensation for the loss of a wharf... Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. December 5, 1837. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 6, 1837. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of Joseph Roby, praying permission to locate a floating Indian reservation of land on any unappropriated lands of the United States, in Illinois or Wisconsin Territory. December 19, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of settlers of Racine County, Wisconsin Territory, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. December 20, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 40.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the bill for the relief of Samuel Ferguson, of Adams County, Illinois, report... In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Brunson, report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report from the Board of Navy Commissioners, in relation to the erection of light-houses, &c., in compliance with the second section of the act of March 3d, 1837, "Making Appropriations for Building Light-houses, Light-boats, Beacon-lights, Buoys, and Dolphins." December 22, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the claim of the executor of John J. Bulow, Jr., to be indemnified for the loss of property destroyed by the hostile Seminole Indians. December 21, 1837. (Submitted by Mr. Hubbard, to accompany the Bill S. 22, and ordered to be printed.) In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 71.) The petitioners state that, in the fall of the year 1832, the Postmaster General advertised for proposals to carry the mail four years by steamboats and packets, six times a week, from Wood's Hole to Nantucket... In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 72.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of Caroline E. Clitherall... In Senate of the United States. December 21, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 87.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the petition of John H. Hall, report... Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, in relation to the location of Indian reservations within that state, conflicting with the pre-emption rights and claims of settlers. December 26, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. December 27, 1837. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 28, 1837. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following motions for consideration: Resolved, That the Government of the United States is a national government only for the general purposes specified in the federal Constitution... In Senate of the United States. December 26, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 93.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company, report... In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report, to accompany Senate Bill No. 99. The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition of Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod], and the papers relating thereto, report the accompanying bill... Memorial of the Legislative Council of Wisconsin Territory, praying the passage of a special pre-emption law in favor of the citizens of Southport, and for the construction of a harbor at that place. December 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Land, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Ohio, praying the sale of the canal reservations in that state, and appropriation of the proceeds to the construction of certain roads. December 28, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 22, 1837. Submitted. December 26, 1837. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 92.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Francis [i.e., Francois] Cazeau, praying remuneration for supplies furnished to the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War... Memorial of the pilots of the port of New York, praying the repeal or modification of the act of Congress of March 2d. 1837, concerning pilots. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th October last, relative to the occupation of the territory of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains and bordering on the Pacific Ocean. December 26, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. December 26, 1837. Ordered to be re-printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 95. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Newman... Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, disapproving the measures of the Executive, &c. December 26, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the claim of Dubuque and Chouteau, for a tract of land on the Mississippi. December 28, 1837. Submitted by Mr. Linn, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Calhoun submitted the following motion for consideration... Memorial of the President and directors of the Bank of Washington, praying an extension of its charter. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the heir of Colonel Frederick H. Weissenfels, praying compensation for his services in the Revolutionary War. January 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending measures for the relief of the Osage Indians. December 29, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, in relation to the boundary between that territory and the State of Missouri. January 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grundy made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 112.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of R.S. Coxe, assignee, &c., of David Beard, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th February last, in relation to the claim of the heirs of Doctor Thomas Carter. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of October, 1837, in relation to the protection of the western frontier of the United States. January 3, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of clerks in the Executive departments of the government, praying the passage of a general law, apportioning and fixing the salaries of clerks to their duties. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th December, 1837, in relation to the execution of the treaty of 1825, with the Osage Indians. January 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 119.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., of Pennsylvania... In Senate of the United States. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Pardee... Report from the Postmaster General with a statement of the names and compensation of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1837. January 3, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill To Provide for Issuing Patents for Certain Lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory," report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th inst., transmitting the report of the survey of the Western and Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia. December 29, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John Ely, a soldier of the Revolution, for the erection of a monument to the memory of General Washington. January 3, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Preston submitted the following for consideration: Whereas the just and true boundary of the United States, under the treaty of Louisiana, extended on the southwest to the Rio Grande del Norte... Petition of the President and directors of the Indiana Pottery Company, for a donation of land. January 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the administrator of George Simpson, to be allowed a commission on the subscriptions procured by him to a loan authorized by government, in 1813, &c. January 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the delay in compiling and printing the Biennial Register. January 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report. (To accompany Senate Bill 146.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition and papers in the case of Loomis & Gay, report... Report from the Secretary of War, with statements of rejected applications for pensions. January 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th October, 1837, relative to a plan for the protection of the north and eastern boundary of the United States. January 10, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of F. R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 12, 1837. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. January 6, 1838. Ordered, that 886 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th December, 1837, with survey of Owl's Head harbor, and Cobscoock [i.e., Cobscook] Bay. January 5, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 129.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of Merriweather Lewis Clark, for himself and the other legal representatives of Philip Riviere... In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following for consideration: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and cause to be printed for the Senate, at the commencement of the next session, an alphabetical list of all private claims which have been brought before the Senate during the last twenty years... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 20th September, 1837, in relation to sales of public lands. January 9, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 500 additional copies for the use of the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, with statements of the issues of Treasury notes. January 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with the names and compensation of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1837. January 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McKean submitted the following for consideration: 1. Resolved, That Congress possess no power, under the Constitution, to abolish slavery... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, transmitting copies of the instructions to the receivers of land offices, in relation to pre-emption rights and other unlocated claims to public lands. December 22, 1837. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 100 additional copies be printed for the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3rd February, 1837, in relation to consular certificates on invoices. December 18, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed.	92
Serial set 315	In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norwell submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives "For the Relief of Ferdinand Clark," with the documents in support of the same, have had the said bill under consideration... In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W. Page, of Charleston, South Carolina, praying to be remunerated for information, given by him, of an infraction of the embargo laws in 1814, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, transmitting copies of the representations made to him relative to the light-houses of the United States, by the Messrs. Blunt, of New York, &c. January 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, on the subject of selling the reserved lead mines. January 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting returns of the Bank of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant. January 15, 1838. Laid on the table. January 24, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, in relation to the claims of George Duval. January 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 176.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of the New York and Harlem Railroad Company, praying that certain duties paid upon railroad iron may be refunded to them, report... Documents in relation to the validity of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. January 22, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Lumpkin, and ordered to be printed, and that 386 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce have examined the bill and papers from the House of Representatives, for the relief of Moses Merrill and others, interested in the schooner Fortune... Petition of a number of citizens of Medina County, Ohio, praying a modification of the existing laws regulating the sales of the public lands. January 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, in relation to the payment of Indian annuities in goods, &c. January 17, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of the appropriations and expenditures of that Department for the year 1837. January 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the 27th December last, in relation to the receipts and disbursements of specie since May last. January 18, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of S. Morris Waln & Co., praying that certain duties paid by them upon an importation of window glass may be remitted, report... Memorial of Seward Porter, for the erection of a beacon on St. George's shoal, or the cession of said shoal to him and his associates. January 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 175.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, praying that certain duties, paid by them upon iron imported for their railroad, may be refunded, report... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Zenas Wood, of Montpelier, Vermont, praying that a portion of the duties paid by him upon an importation of iron may be refunded, report... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having considered the petition of Henry Beamish, report thereon as follows... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, with a report of the examination of the White and Black Rivers. January 25, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 168.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the memorial and accompanying documents of General Thomas Sumpler, of South Carolina, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th October, 1837, in relation to the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. January 15, 1838. Laid on the table. January 22, 1838. Ordered to be printed and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of the names and salaries of the clerks in that Department, during the year 1837. January 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives "For the Relief of Nathan Smith, and Others," with the documents which accompanied, beg leave to submit the following report... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with a statement of the appropriations for that Department for the year 1837. January 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Director of the Mint, to the Hon. Mr. Benton, in relation to the substitution of German silver for the copper coinage of the United States. January 22, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Lantz and others, report... Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th June, 1836, with a statement of the emoluments of postmasters from boxes, &c. January 22, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th December last, in reference to the harbor of Southport, Wisconsin Territory. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, against the passage of an international copyright law. January 15, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, in relation to the necessity of additional clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the erection of a lunatic asylum, and a new jail, in the County of Washington, and a new court-house in the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. January 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th December last, in relation to the sale of the mineral lands and salt springs of the United States. January 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 148.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Jechonius Pigot and Benjamin Lecraft... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th ultimo, in relation to the occurrences at the payment of the annuity to the Pottawatamie Indians in 1836. January 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was re-committed the Bill (No. 47) to authorize the erection of a hospital in the City of Washington, and for other purposes, have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement of the claims presented to the Register and Receiver of the land office at Greensburgh, formerly St. Helena, and the opinion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office as to the validity of the same. January 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to internal improvements in the State of Illinois. January 12, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Petition of a number of citizens of Smithland, Kentucky, praying the erection of a marine hospital at that place. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, upon the improvements and pre-emption rights of a portion of the settlers upon the public land... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th December last, with a report of the survey of Kennebec River. January 15, 1838. Laid on the table. January 16, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 200 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in favor of the annexation of a part of West Florida to that state. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of the heirs and legatees of Everard Meade... Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th December last, with statements of the receipts and expenses of the express mail. January 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill 165.) The committee to whom was referred the petition of Asa White and Jabez L. White, praying to be released from their proposals or contract for carrying the mail on certain mail routes, report... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the memorial of the pilots of New York, and the remonstrances of the Chamber of Commerce and the underwriters thereto, submit to the Senate the following report... Report of the Commissioner of Patents, in relation to the operations of that Office during the year 1837. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate.	46
Serial set 316	In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 181.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of confirming the title of Michael Armbrister to a half section of land... Memorial of Isaac Rice and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the confirmation of pre-emption claims granted by the registers and receivers in that state. February 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Collier, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence with the banks in the District of Columbia, &c. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Rhode Island, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. January 30, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 193.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the construction of a macadamized road from the Cumberland Road to the harbor of Erie. February 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 105.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of John Campbell," beg leave to report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Mississippi, settlers in the Choctaw purchase, praying to be allowed the benefit of a pre-emption law. February 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the public lands in that state. February 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th January, 1838, in reference to the number of Creek Indians engaged in hostilities against the United States, during the years 1836 and 1837. February 7, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the returns of the militia for the year 1837. February 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, transmitting reports of the surveys of the mouths of Milwaukie, Root, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and Kewaunee Rivers, and of Havre Bay. February 7, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee against the passage of any law to enforce the Sub-Treasury system of finance. February 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John B. Sterigere and others, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Alleghany River. February 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Pittsburgh, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at that place. February 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th January last, relative to the claim of the Bank of the United States for damages on account of a protested draft. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th of January last, with a report of the survey of Crow Shoal. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. February 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia, in relation to the re-payment to that state by the government of the United States of commutation pay, and for an additional appropriation of Revolutionary bounty land. February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Providence, Rhode Island, praying the rejection of the "Sub-Treasury Bill." February 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the right of pre-emption to the "Miami Reserve" in that state. February 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, in relation to a violation of the Treasury order of July 11, 1836. February 13, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in relation to the establishment of a national foundry at or near Havre-de-Grace, in said state. February 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Hartford, Conn., remonstrating against the adoption of the Sub-Treasury scheme. February 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, with the bill annexed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Grundy submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 211.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred that part of the President's message which relates to the issuing and re-issuing of the notes of the late Bank of the United States... Memorial of a committee of the officers of the U. States Army, during the late war, residing in the western district of Pennsylvania, praying a grant of bounty land. February 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, against reducing the price of the public land, the establishment of an exclusive metallic currency, and of Sub-Treasuries. February 12, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 220.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Morgan... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, with a statement of the balances in the Treasury at the end of each year since 1789. February 12, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. February 13, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Columbia Typographical Society, of the City of Washington, against the enactment of an international copy-right law. February 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 219.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with statement of the claims presented to the Register and Receiver of the land office at Greensburgh, formerly St. Helena... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and papers of David Robb... Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a national bank. February 13, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th January last, with statements relating to the sales of public lands. February 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of New York, praying that the express mail may not be discontinued. February 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register and Receiver of the land office at New Orleans, with a statement of the claims presented to them, and the opinion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office as to the validity of said claims. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1388 [i.e., 1838]. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Morgan, assignee of Susannah Honeyman, for confirmation of his claim to a tract of land, report... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 214.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the case of William Fisher... Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the passage of a law to regulate and improve the steamboat navigation of the rivers in the western portion of the Union, and particularly of the Mississippi River. February 15, 1838. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom has been referred the petition of a number of umbrella makers of the City of Philadelphia, praying that the excess of duty paid by them upon the importation of umbrella stretchers, may be refunded, report... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1388 [i.e.,1838]. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 236.) The Committee on Commerce, having examined the papers of Noah Miller... Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 237.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of the President and directors of the Baltimore and Susquehannah Railroad Company, praying that the provisions of the act of the 14th of July, 1832, may be extended to them as to certain importations of iron for their railroad, report... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 238.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Company... Memorial of a number of citizens of Niagara County, New York, praying Congress to adopt measures for bringing to justice the persons engaged in the late outrage at Schlosser, in said county. February 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Theodore Victor and George F. Duckwitz... Petition of William M. Ferry and others, citizens of Michigan, praying an appropriation for the construction of a pier, and pier light, at the mouth of Grand River, on Lake Michigan. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, in relation to the claim of Henry Gale and others to the Pea Patch Island. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, in relation to the payment of pensions and fishing bounties in bills of the Commonwealth Bank of Boston. January 30, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 194.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the resolution to inquire into the expediency of granting a half-section of land to all settlers... Documents in relation to the erection of lights, buoys, and beacons, within the State of New Jersey. February 1, 1838. Submitted by Mr. King, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, in reference to the amount of money expended in the improvement of the Missouri River. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th January last, transmitting a tariff of duties. February 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th January, 1838, with a report of the survey of the Charleston and Cincinnati Railroad [i.e., Louisville Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad]. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, transmitting a communication from Captain M.C. Perry, in relation to the light-house establishment of the United States. February 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to a reduction of the price of the public lands. February 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the resolution directing "that the Library Committee of the Senate be instructed to inquire whether it be practicable, from the books now in the possession of Congress, to furnish each of the committee rooms of the Senate with a complete copy of the laws of the United States, the journals of both Houses, the documents, reports, compilations, digests, and other papers published under the authority and at the expense of Congress..." Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the payment of Indian annuities, and the necessity of imposing further restrictions upon Indian traders. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Carroll County, Ohio, that the postage on newspapers, carried by mail to any office within the county in which they are published, be abolished. February 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the payment to the Missouri volunteers, of the value of their horses lost at sea, on their passage from New Orleans to Tampa Bay. February 9, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to accompany Senate Bill 209, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 234.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred, on the 17th of January, a resolution to inquire into the expediency of granting to the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana, a portion of the public lands, report... Petition of Thomas Osborn, and 270 others, praying Congress not to pass a pre-emption law, or reduce the price of the public lands. February 16, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register and Receiver of the land office at Ouachita, with a statement of the claims presented to them, together with the opinion of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the validity of the said claims. February 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all contracts made by the War Department during the year 1837; made in compliance with the 5th section of the act of April 21, 1808, and of the 5th section of the act of 3d March, 1809. February 16, 1838. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and papers of the heirs of William Bayley, a major in the Army of the Revolution... Petition of a number of citizens of the County of Coahoma, in the Choctaw purchase, State of Mississippi, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. February 19, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom has been referred the petition of Jacob Baker, of the City of Philadelphia, praying that certain duties paid by him upon imported goods may be refunded, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of postponing the "Sub-Treasury Bill" until the next session of Congress. February 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 1, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 188.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle, of the United States Army... Petition of the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Railroad Company, for permission to enter a tract of 500,000 acres of land, on a credit of five years. January 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the representatives of Wade Hampton, for the confirmation of their claims to land in Louisiana. December 27, 1837. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, in relation to the Rock River and Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi River. January 29, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,250 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 250 copies for the Engineer Department. Memorial of a committee of the citizens of Darien, Georgia, praying a survey of the Alatamaha [i.e., Altamaha] River, and the erection of a fortification on Doboy Island. January 29, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the payment of pensions in the bills of the Commonwealth Bank of Boston. January 30, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Webster, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Benjamin C. Oppels, and others, praying the passage of a pre-emption law. February 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of James M. White, praying permission to enter two tracts of land. March 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th January, 1838, in reference to the appointment of, and the regulations prescribed to, pension agents. February 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of abolishing the postage on newspapers within the states were they are published. February 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Agricultural Convention at Albany, New York, in relation to the introduction and distribution of foreign seeds and plants by the government of the United States. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, transmitting copies of the correspondence in relation to the debt due the United States by the late John Brahan, receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama. February 20, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Senate of Pennsylvania, in relation to the "Sub-Treasury Bill." February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of G. Thompson, praying a donation of land to aid him in the publication of a work, on the means of preventing the inundations of the Mississippi River. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the account of Caleb Atwater... In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 239.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas S. Hinde and Jacob Lesher, of Illinois, and other memorials, praying Congress to establish an armory in the west, a foundry, &c., report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, in relation to the selection of a site for a fort on the western frontier line of Arkansas. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the merchants and manufacturers of Pittsburgh, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. February 22, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th December, 1837, with statements of the number of troops employed in the war with the Seminole Indians. February 21, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 239) "To Establish a Foundry; an Armory in the West; Arsenals in the States in Which None Have Yet Been Established; and Depots for Arms in Certain States and Territories." February 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, transmitting the official report of the action of the 25th December, 1837, with the Seminole Indians. February 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of W. Forsyth and others, engaged in the navigation of the Mississippi, Ohio, and other western rivers, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at Pittsburgh. February 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, transmitting a copy of the survey of the harbor of City West. February 19, 1838. Read. February 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the House of Assembly of New York, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. February 22, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Senate Bill, No. 211, "To Prevent the Issuing and Circulation of the Bills, Notes, and Other Securities of Corporations Created by Acts of Congress Which Have Expired." February 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Grundy, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the democratic delegation of Philadelphia County, Pa., on the subject of a resolution passed by the House of Representatives of that state, in relation to the Sub-Treasury Bill. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Newark, New Jersey, in reference to the financial condition of the country, and the proposed measures of the Executive. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying an increase of the compensation of jurors required to attend the circuit courts of the United States in that state. March 1, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Daniel J. Browne, praying Congress to adopt measures for procuring and preserving a supply of timber for naval purposes. February 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the memorial of the clerks in the Executive departments of the government, praying the passage of a general law, apportioning and fixing the salaries of clerks to their duties. February 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the light-house establishment. March 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Improvement of light-houses. Memorial of a convention of delegates of the citizens of Pennsylvania, praying Congress to carry into effect, without delay, the recommendations of the Executive in relation to the finances of the country. March 1, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, transmitting a report of the survey of the military road from Saginaw to Mackinac. February 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the western part of Pennsylvania praying Congress to take measures to suppress the circulation of the notes of the late Bank of the United States. February 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, in favor of satisfying claims on account of French spoliations committed prior to 1800. March 2, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts made by that Department during the year 1837, and a statement of the expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund, during the year 1836. February 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a convention of a number of settlers on the public lands in Illinois, in relation to the passage of a pre-emption law. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Roswell L. Colt, praying Congress to revive the acts of the 26th May, 1824, and 24th May, 1828, "To Enable Claimants to Lands within the Limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, To Institute Proceedings To Try the Validity of Their Claims." February 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, with a report of the examination of Arthur Kull Sound, and Prince's and Raritan Bays. January 15, 1838. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 2, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of Daniel S. Haight and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a pre-emption law, and the establishment of a military force on the River Sabine. March 1, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of lieutenants of the Navy, that those lieutenants who entered the Navy as midshipmen previous to and during the last war with Great Britain, may be promoted. March 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joshua Brookes and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Ransom Steele and others, citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. February 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d January last, in relation to the mineral lands of the United States. March 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to a survey of the navigable waters of the northern and western lakes and rivers, and the improvement of the harbors on the same. February 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, directing an inquiry into the expediency of relinquishing to John E. Lane the duties upon two chain cables, imported by him into the United States, together with the documents relating to the importation, report... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and papers of the executor of Thomas Golphin... Documents in relation to internal improvements, in the State of Illinois. March 5, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of abolishing imprisonment for debt, in civil cases coming within the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States. February 19, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Indiana, praying the speedy completion of the Cumberland Road within that state. February 12, 1838. Presented, and ordered to be printed.	123
Serial set 317	In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 267.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 267, to authorize the President of the United States to issue patents to the persons and for the land therein mentioned, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying Congress to cause surveys to be made for a military road to connect Dearbornville and Brest, in that state. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the Const[r]uction of a dry dock, in the Navy yard at Philadelphia. March 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land for the purpose of opening a communication between Terre Haute and the Ohio River. April 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of owners and masters of vessels, citizens of Delaware, remonstrating against any change in the collection district of Delaware. April 16, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the masters in the Navy of the United States, praying an increase of compensation. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and directors of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company, praying a grant of land in aid of that work. March 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Joseph Vidal, of Mississippi, praying that his claim to certain lands may be confirmed. March 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Peter S. Du Ponceau and others, praying Congress to appoint committees of inquiry on the subject of copyright, and to await their report before acting on the subject. March 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the memorial of Somerville Pinckney, administrator de bonis non of James Williams, late of the City of Annapolis, in the State of Maryland, report... Proceedings of a number of citizens of New York, on the subject of the late duel between two members of the House of Representatives. March 21, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence between that Department and the Bank of the Metropolis, in relation to the retention of that bank of public money deposited therein, &c. March 19, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of E. Littell, praying the incorporation of a national bank. March 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the re-consideration of the treaty made with the Cherokees at New Echota, in December, 1835. April 11, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the heirs of John Law, praying the confirmation of their claim to a tract of land in the State of Arkansas. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 242.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Senate Bill, No. 242, together with the accompanying papers, for the relief of Benjamin Parsons, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of February last, transmitting the replies of the deposite banks to his circular of May last, in relation to their suspension of specie payments. April 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a warehouse system. March 1, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Erie County, Pennsylvania, praying an examination of the harbor of Erie, for the establishment of a marine hospital at that place. March 1, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the democratic citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, adverse to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 6.) The Committee on Finance, to whom has been refer[r]ed an act of the Legislative Council of Wisconsin, entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Stockholders of the State Bank of Wisconsin, at Prairie du Chien," report... Memorial of a number of merchants, and others, citizens of Newport, Rhode Island, against the passage of the bills for the establishment of Sub-Treasuries, and to cede the public lands to the new states. March 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the City Council, Board of Trade, and citizens of Wilmington, Delaware, praying the establishment of a national foundry on the waters of the Brandywine, in the vicinity of Wilmington. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of B. Corwin Watson, praying the establishment by the United States of an Internal Improvement and Manufacturing Loan Office. March 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 254.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the position and papers of the heirs of Lieutenant Colonel John Cropper... In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson submitted the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 7.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which were referred the petition and papers of B.T. [i.e., B.F.] Hard and G. Longstreet, report... In Senate of the United States. March 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims have had under consideration the petition to them referred, of the legal representatives of John G. Mackall... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, transmitting a report of the survey of the Kaskaskia and Illinois Rivers. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Document in relation to the destruction of outstanding due bills by the Corporation of Alexandria, in pursuance of the act of Congress of June, 1834. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, that the notes of specie paying state banks be received in payment for public lands. March 6, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the establishment of a national foundry and dry dock within the limits of that state. March 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 253.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition and papers of William W. Williams were referred... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th February last, in relation to the improvement of the naval arsenal at Pensacola. March 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Nancy Collins, (claiming under Isaac Taylor and James Clayton,) praying the the confirmation of two tracts of land in the State of Louisiana... Petition of a number of citizens of Washington County, PA, praying the passage of a law for the suppression of duelling within the District of Columbia. March 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, protesting against the annexation of Texas to the United States. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Adolphus Allen, praying Congress to construct a bridge over the Mississippi River at the town of Des Moines, in Illinois, and that the military road from Chicago to Fort Leavenworth may pass through said town. March 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, with statements of grants of land to the State of Indiana. March 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Newark, New Jersey, in relation to the suppression of duelling. March 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. Henry Perrine, late American consul at Campeachy, praying for a conditional grant of land in southern Florida... Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the establishment of a national armory at the falls of the Big Beaver River, or Pittsburgh. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 260.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred, on the 30th January, the petition of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, report... Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi. That the settlers on the Choctaw purchase, within the limits of the state, may be allowed the right of pre-emption. March 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the President and directors of the Bank of the Metropolis, in relation to the correspondence between that institution and the Post Office Department. March 23, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Rensselaer County, N.Y., opposed to the Sub-Treasury system. March 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have had under consideration the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of granting a pension or other compensation to the Viscompte L'Eaumont, a French officer, wounded at the siege of Savannah."... Memorial of the Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, that the allowance of spirituous liquors as a part of the Navy ration, may be discontinued. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Easton, Pennsylvania, praying an examination of that place in reference to the selection of a site for a national foundry. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the District of Columbia, praying Congress to adopt measures to encourage the cultivation of the mulberry tree, and the manufacture of silk in said district. March 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the establishment of a national armory at the Town of Harrison, in that state. March 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of members of the Vermont Peace Society, praying Congress to propose the establishment of a congress of nations for the adjustment of international disputes. March 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Warren County, N.J., praying the establishment of a national foundry at the Town of Belvidere, in said county. March 15, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, transmitting copies of correspondence with the Governor of Alabama, in reference to hostilities with the Creek Indians. March 17, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia. April 2, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Mobile, praying reimbursement of advances made for supplies and equipments for the Creek volunteers. March 22, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 28, 1838. Bill reported (S. 290,) and ordered to be printed. Statement of the officers of the Missouri Volunteers, in relation to the action with the Indians on the 25th December, 1837, in Florida, with a correspondence between said officers and Col. Taylor, and with Major Brant, of the Quartermaster's Department. April 5, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Washington City, praying the construction of a pavement of wood on Pennsylvania Avenue. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Statement exhibiting the amount of Custom-house bonds taken and paid, annually, in each collection district of the United States, from the first day of October, 1827, to the thirtieth day of September, 1837. March 28, 1838. Submitted by the Vice President, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements of the incidental expenses of the Post Office Department, for the year ending 30th June, 1837. March 29, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and directors of the Bank of Alexandria, praying an extension of the charter of said bank, to enable them to wind up its concerns. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the erection of a dry dock in the Navy yard at Philadelphia. March 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, in relation to a survey of the harbor of Annapolis and of the Severn River. March 27, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Washington County, Arkansas, praying the erection of a fort at or near the Town of Fayetteville, in said county. April 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in relation to the improvement of the channel of the Straits of Detroit. April 5, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Israel Bealer and others, citizens of Polk Co., Mo., praying the donation of a tract of land to said Bealer, to enable him to build a sawmill in that county. April 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of ceding the public lands to the states on which they lie. April 6, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Charles Bulfinch and others, praying the confirmation of their claims to certain tracts of land on the Columbia River. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee on the Occupation of the Columbia River, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the citizens of Georgetown, and of that part of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, lying west of Rock Creek, praying the recession of said town and said county to the State of Maryland. April 10, 1838. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Merrick, Davis, Clay, of Ala., Preston, and Robinson, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to donations of public lands by Congress for purposes of internal improvement. April 9, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 78.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 78) for the relief of the legal representatives of Richard Harris and Nimrod Farrow, deceased... Resolution of the General Assembly of Maryland, asking further aid from the general government, towards the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, or a transfer of the interest of the United States in the stock of the same. April 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Washington County, PA, in favor of the passage of a law to render any person who may hereafter be concerned in a duel, ineligible to any office under the general government. April 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Select Committee appointed in pursuance of a resolution adopted on the 21st day of February last...That resolution contains nothing on its face which is specific, but refers to a letter written by the Honorable John Ruggles, one of the senators from Maine...a charge of corruption had been made against Mr. Ruggles in one of the newspapers published in New York... Petition of Hiram L. Meeker, praying remuneration for the removal of obstructions in the Delaware River. April 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Delaware, remonstrating against the passage of the bill "To Divide the State of Delaware into Two Collection Districts." April 16, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1837. April 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, transmitting a statement of the public land subject to sale, at private entry, for twenty-five years and upwards. April 16, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a donation of land to aid in the construction of the Erie and Michigan Canal. April 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Richard Penn Smith and others, against the passage of the bill to establish an international copyright law. April 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, to procure the payment of the Tennessee Volunteers of 1836. April 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, in relation to the stock subscribed and held by the United States in road and canal companies. April 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 303.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the letters of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the reports of the Register and Receiver of the New Orleans land district... Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report by Captains Kearney, Perry, and Sloat, of their examination of certain sites for lights, buoys, and beacons, in New Jersey. April 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States. April 17, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Law, praying confirmation of their claim to a tract of land in the State of Arkansas... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, transmitting returns of the United States Bank of Pennsylvania. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 202.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill for the Relief of Jacob Hanks, of Adams County, Illinois, with the accompanying papers and documents... Petition of Smith Morehouse and others, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, and in favor of the incorporation of a national bank. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Mississippi, in relation to the establishment of a post route from Marion to Livingston, in the State of Alabama. March 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, in relation to the currency, and the administration of the general government. March 12, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Crittenden, read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions in favor of the suppression of duelling, and the expulsion of any member of Congress who may hereafter be concerned in any duel. March 9, 1838. Presented by Mr. Rives, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 274.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Laurent Millandon [i.e., Millaudon], of New Orleans... Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Pittsburgh, Pa., against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 20, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seiver submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 272.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of the Parish of Concordia, in the State of Louisiana... Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, in relation to the publication of the Documentary History of the American Revolution. March 19, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting all the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain on the subject of the northeastern boundary, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate. March 21, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 201.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the Bill for the Relief of Alfred Westfall... In Senate of the United States. March 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy, Sally, and Betsey Contraman, the children of Frederick H. Contraman, and En-da-go, a Potawattamie woman, report... In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary claims have had under consideration certain documents referred to them, relating to the claim of the heirs of John S. Stubbs... Petition of Nathaniel Amory, praying permission to institute a suit to try the validity of his claim to a tract of land. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, praying the passage of a law to prevent any person who may be connected with a duel from holding office under the general government. In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Rule 47. -- The reporters shall be placed on the floor of the Senate, under the direction of the Secretary. In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 282.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Jacocks, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Richmond, Virginia, praying an examination of that place in reference to the selection of a site for a national foundry. March 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New York Typographical Society, against the passage of an international copyright law. March 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, approving the measures proposed by the Executive in relation to the currency, and in favor of the passage [of] the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 15, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 14, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the documents and papers relating to the claims to land in the now State of Arkansas, of Melanie Lachaise, Francisco Luengo, and Ireno Luengo... Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, with certain provisions. March 13, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the mechanics and workingmen of the City of Brooklyn, New York, praying the passage of a bankrupt law, and of the Sub-Treasury Bill. March 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 258.) The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Relief of the Heirs of John Brahan, Late Receiver of Public Moneys at Huntsville, Alabama,"... Petition from a number of citizens of Boone County, Illinois, praying for the establishment of a land office in that county, March 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 265.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke... Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the subject of compensating the militia who attended the payment of the annuity to the Pottawatamie Indians in 1836. March 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th February last, in relation to the payment of the French and Neapolitan indemnities. April 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Chambersburg, Penn., in relation to the practice of duelling. April 2, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a number of citizens of Washington County, Arkansas, in relation to the defence of the western frontier. April 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th instant, in reference to a reduction of the estimates for the Cumberland Road for the year 1838. March 30, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in relation to the location of the western national armory. March 30, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, in favor of a national bank, and opposed to the establishment of the Sub-Treasuries. April 4, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the preservation of the records and documents connected with the surveys of the public lands. April 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Sylvanus Fansher, praying the establishment of a permanent vaccine institution, for the benefit of the Army, Navy, and Indian Department. April 18, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying that a warehouse system may be established in connexion with the present credit system on imports. April 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Joseph Cochran, praying a pre-emption right to a tract of land. March 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Troy, New York, praying Congress to devise measures for the prevention of duelling by the representatives of the people during their continuance in office. March 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	125
Serial set 318	In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 333.) That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation in Florida... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War on the claim of Econchatta Nico. April 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, praying an examination of that place in reference to the selection of a site for a national foundry. June 5, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Rahway, New Jersey, against the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorials of James P. Espy and of the Philadelphia Lyceum, praying the aid of the general government in making a series of meteorological observations. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) The Committee on Naval Affairs of the Senate, to whom was referred the bill "To Establish and Regulate the Navy Ration, and for Other Purposes," report the same with amendments... In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard, from the select committee appointed on the 26th of March, on the subject of the 47th rule of the Senate... Memorial of a number of merchants and underwriters, of Philadelphia, praying an alteration of the laws regulating the admiralty courts of the United States, in relation to salvages on wrecked property. May 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Documents N [sic] to the application of the Portage Canal Company, for a pre-emption right to a tract of land. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 343.) March 5, 1838. Referred, with motion of Hon. Mr. Linn, to the Committee on Public Lands. May 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 304.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds... Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the reconsideration of the treaty made with the Cherokees, at New Echota, in the year 1835. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the establishment of a fiscal agency for the government, and asking a charter of incorporation. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia, praying Congress to adopt a pacific and benevolent policy towards the Indian tribes. April 24, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of Boston, praying an alteration of the laws regulating the admiralty courts of the United States in relation to salvages on wrecked property. May 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the delegations of the Choctaw and Creek Nations of Indians, against the passage of the bill "To Provide for the Security and Protection of the Emigrant and Other Indians West of the States of Missouri and Arkansas." April 26, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Dorset, Vermont, praying that the treaty with the Cherokee Indians, providing for their removal, may not be enforced. May 3, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th March last, in relation to the settlement of the mining country in the Territory of Wisconsin, and State of Illinois. May 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the City of Chicago, in Illinois, praying Congress to grant to the corporation of said town a certain military reservation. May 2, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying Congress to reconsider the treaty made with the Cherokee Indians at New Echota, in 1835. May 3, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, praying a grant of the public land in aid of that institution. May 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th ultimo, in relation to the fortifications and a system of defence by means of armed steamers. May 2, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred a communication from the acting Secretary of War, dated the 19th of April last, and the papers which accompanied it, asking that a law may be passed providing for the survey and assignment, in severalty, of lands belonging to the emigrated tribes of Indians west of the River Mississippi... Petition of a number of officers of the Army of the United States, that the allowance of ardent spirits to soldiers on fatigue duty may be discontinued. May 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. King submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 320.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the petition of Elisha Eldridge, have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th March last, in relation to the investment of money belonging to the Indians. May 10, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report...Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of importing one or more sets of the most approved apparatus now employed on the coast of Europe in the light-houses... In Senate of the United States. April 26, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 310.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the "Bill for the Benefit of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company," report... Memorial of Edwin Green, and others, praying the establishment of an agricultural and mechanical department of the government. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Documents in support of the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, for the preservation of the piers at Reedy Island. April 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Grafton Tyler, and others, praying the establishment of a department of the government to promote the interests of agriculture, of science, and of the mechanical and fine arts. May 3, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 325.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Message from the Governor and resolutions of the Legislature, of Maine, in relation to the northeastern boundary of that state. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants, and others, of Philadelphia, praying that New Castle, on the River Delaware, may be made a port of entry. May 2, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Racine, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying that no law may be passed to authorize the location of certain floats on the lands settled and improved by them. May 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, transmitting a statement of the condition of the state banks. May 7, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report and resolutions from a committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the northeastern boundary. May 10, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the Senate Bill No. 318, "To Authorize Payment To Be Made to Certain Missouri Volunteers, for Services in the Years 1829 and 1836." April 26, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Allen, in relation to the banks in the District of Columbia. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy, of the Postmaster General, and of the Attorney General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th March last, in relation to the compensation and classification of the clerks in the several Executive departments. May 15, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to Senate Bill No. 281, "Granting to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company the Right of Way Over the Public Lands of the United States, and for Other Purposes." May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of James Caldwell... In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to the order of the Senate, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of General Jacob Bayley... Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the northeastern boundary. May 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the Senate Bill No. 68, to settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. May 15, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, according to the order of the Senate, have had under consideration the petition of Patience Babcock, the widow of Phineas [i.e., Phinehas] Babcock... Memorial and resolutions of a number of citizens of Carteret County, N.C., in relation to the improvement of the navigation of Core Sound from Harbor Island to the port of Beaufort. May 14, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending the 30th September, 1837. May 21, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, to obtain the passage of a law to suppress the practice of duelling. May 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 16, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 30,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: (To accompany the Joint Resolution S. No. 11.) The Committee on Finance, to which was committed, on the 2d instant, the joint resolution "relating to the public revenue and dues to the government,"... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th February, 1838, transmitting statements of the rates of exchange and prices of bank notes at different periods. May 28, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, in relation to a reply from the Cherokee delegation to a communication addressed to them by him. May 25, 1838. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. May 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 336.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred on the 27th of December last, a resolution of the Senate of that date, and a communication from the president of the Wetumpka and Coosa Railroad... Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, in relation to the receipt of bank notes by postmasters in payment to the government. May 28, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of merchants and others, citizens of Hartford County, Connecticut, praying the establishment of a national bank. May 31, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, on the subject of instructions to receivers and collectors in relation to the receipt of bank notes in payments to the government. May 24, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Jamaica, New York, opposed to the Sub-Treasury Bill, and praying the establishment of a national bank. May 31, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, to obtain a settlement of the claims of the Wyoming sufferers. May 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Maine in relation to the northeastern boundary, and the claims of Ebenezer S. Greely, John Baker, and others. May 23, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 25, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 338.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Cochran, praying for the passage of a law granting him the right of pre-emption... In Senate of the United States. May 24, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 337.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the President and directors of the Gainesville and Narkeeta Railroad Company, report... In Senate of the United States. May 22, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 334.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the five claims to lands, situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine, beg leave to report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 340.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Richard T. Banks... In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 206.) The Select Committee, to which was referred a bill to authorize the President of the United States to occupy the Oregon Territory... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the message of the President of the United States, dated 21st of May last, with the documents which accompanied it, and the report of the Secretary of War of the 24th of the same month, on the subject of an appropriation for the benefit of the Cherokee Indians... Motion by Mr. Morris, in relation to the adjournment and meeting of Congress. June 5, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th of January last, in relation to the relinquishment of certain Indian school lands. June 5, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 352.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Andrew Forrest... In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 350.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Clark, with the accompanying documents, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Boston, praying the passage of an international copyright law. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the purchase of the island at the confluence of the St. Peters and Mississippi Rivers. April 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed, to accompany the Senate Joint Resolution 10. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying Congress to reconsider the treaty made with the Cherokee Indians, at New Echota, in the year 1835. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Reports from the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th March last, with statements of the names and compensation of, and advances to, pension agents. April 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1838. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Resolved that the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to cause, for the term of one year, each officer employed in the collection of the Customs to keep a daily account... Resolutions of a meeting of the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. April 23, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Charles Dehault Delassus, praying the repayment of a sum of money forcibly taken from him, for public service, at the capture of Baton Rouge, in 1810. April 24, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 315, to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying that the treaty made with the Cherokees at New Echota may be annulled. April 19, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the survey and assignment of the lands of emigrated Indians. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, praying the adoption of measures to facilitate the intercourse between that city and the ocean, during the winter season, and for the preservation of the piers at Reedy Island. April 24, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the Governor, and resolutions of the Legislature, of Maine, in relation to the fortifications on the frontiers of that state. May 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	83
Serial set 319	Resolutions of a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, in favor of a separation of the government from banks, and in favor of the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, transmitting a copy of a circular to collectors and receivers of public moneys. June 8, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, directing certain inquiries as to various provisions of an act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Deposites of the Public Money, " passed on the 23d day of June, 1836, respectfully report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the 2d May last, transmitting returns of the condition of the state banks. June 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Morris, to cede the unsold public lands to the states in which they lie. June 7, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John A. Brevoort and O.S. Fowler, praying an extension of the benefits of the copyright and patent laws, to artists engaged in taking busts, castings, and modelings in plaster, porcelain, &c. June 8, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, on the subject of disturbances with the Indians on the frontier of Arkansas. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to Senate Bill No. 350, "To Create the Office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the State of Michigan." June 25, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with the act of April 2, 1794, in reference to the operations of the armories during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of April last, in relation to a system of defence by means of armed steamers. June 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of the democratic citizens of Philadelphia, opposed to the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, to obtain an amendment of the Constitution of the United States, in relation to the power of appointment to, and removal from, office. June 21, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 20, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 367.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of W.B. Stokes, surviving partner of Stockton & Stokes, and J.C. Stockton, report... Memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, praying the aid of Congress to enable him to perfect and secure the benefits of his invention for determining the variation of the needle, and for finding the latitude and longitude by the aid of magnetism, &c. June 15, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Board of Commissioners of the Associated Banks in Boston, to obtain the repeal of the law which prevents collectors and receivers from taking in payment the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th July, 1836. June 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1838. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 32.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred a bill to amend the act entitled "An Act To Amend the Several Acts Respecting Copyright"... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 358.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Register and Receiver of the Ouachita land district, in the State of Louisiana... Report from the Secretary of State, with statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1837. June 12, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th May last, in relation to the imports and duties for the year ending May 10, 1838. June 11, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of merchants of New Haven, Connecticut, praying the repeal of the law which prevents collectors and receivers from taking in payment the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th July, 1836. June 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, in relation to an exchange of lands with the Pottawatamie and other Indians. June 25, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying a separation of the government from banks, and for the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832. June 6, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 355, to the Committee on Claims. June 15, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of February last, transmitting a statement of the accounts of such collectors of the Customs as have been reported as defaulters at the present session of Congress. June 25, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of a convention of delegates from the banks in Ohio, praying a repeal of a law which prevents the receipt, in the payment of dues to the government, of the bills of such banks as have issued notes of a less denomination than five dollars, since the 4th of July, 1836. June 14, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Origen Bacheler, praying Congress to propose to the governments of France and Mexico to settle the controversy existing between them by arbitration. June 30, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Documents in relation to the compensation and classification of the clerks in the Executive departments and bureaus. June 28, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, to accompany Senate Bill No. 370, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1838. Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following statement: Showing the amount of the annual estimates submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, and annual expenditures, exclusive of the public debt, from 1823 to 1837, inclusive... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from Major General Jesup of his operations whilst commanding the Army in Florida, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant. July 7, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 3, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, of the City and State of New York, claiming to have made new and important discoveries in magnetism... Statements of all appropriations made during the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress; and of the offices created, and the salaries thereof; and of offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. August 13, 1838. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act, approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Petition of a number of citizens of Westmoreland County, Virginia, praying the establishment of a national bank. July 4, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th February last, transmitting statements of the amount of revenue lost by the non-payment of duty bonds, since the year 1789. July 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 4, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Buchanan submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the "Bill To Provide for Surveying the Northeastern Boundary Line of the United States, According to the Provisions of the Treaty of Peace of Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-three," have had the same under consideration, and now report... Proceedings of certain banks in the City of New Orleans, in relation to the resumption of specie payments. July 9, 1838. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th June last, with a statement of the annual expenditures incurred in the collection of the revenues derived from imports and Customs. July 7, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the mode of lighting, and the general management of the light-houses, light-ships, &c. of the United States. July 7, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a report of F.R. Hassler, superintendent of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. July 4, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the granddaughters of Marshal Rochambeau, in relation to their claim for remuneration for his services during the War of the Revolution. July 7, 1838. Ordered to be printed.	39
Serial set 320	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: Being the second session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1837, and in the sixty-second year of the independence of the United States.	1

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