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Serial set 373	Adam Hall. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of Lathrop Allen. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Thomas Gregory Smith. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Madison Collins. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of Captain John Stokes. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Spartan Allen. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Williamson Smith. May 10, 1840. Read, and with the papers on file in the Clerk's office, referred to the Secretary of War. Ground in New Orleans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) June 23, 1840. Joseph Ramsey, et al. June 23, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Captain Hawkins Boon -- widow of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) June 23, 1840. Captain Tarpley White. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of John Brown, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. 456.) June 23, 1840. Reefers of Florida, Housman and Bethell -- Montgomery Railroad Company -- David R. Mitchell -- Legislature of Florida, land for seats of justice. June 19, 1840. Laid on the table. John H. Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) June 23, 1840. George Mayfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) June 23, 1840. Representatives of Wm. Slaughter. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Railroad -- New Albany to Mount Carmel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) June 17, 1840. Francis Malone. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Dennis Pursell. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Samuel Jones. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Joseph Erwin's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) June 23, 1840. Louis Durett's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) June 23, 1840. Harriet de la Palm Baker, heir of Frederick H. Weissenfels. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Elisha Moreland and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 450.) June 19, 1840. Henry Newingham -- for bounty land. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) June 19, 1840. Asa Clark. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Harvey Whiting. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Richard Paulett. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Maurice Wright. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. George Leach. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Alphonsa F.A. Blake. July 2, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow Heirs of Stephen Graham, deceased. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Colonel Charles Lewis -- heirs of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Silas Wells. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Magnetic and meteorological observations. July 2, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Chapman -- executor of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. William Rickman -- heirs of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Spanish tonnage duties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 463.) July 2, 1840. Thomas D. [i.e., O.] Selfridge. July 2, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Jesse D. Oldham. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Hugh Riddle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) June 23, 1840. John P. Baldwin. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John McCollam -- heirs of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Overly, Aaron Adams, Theophilus Somerby, Samuel Spalding, Wm. A. Houston. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Cochran's bomb-cannon. April 25, 1840. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. 127th Rule of the House. May 30, 1840. Roger Staynor [i.e., Stayner]. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Theodore Middleton. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Heirs of Captain Robert Vance. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. John Winston -- representatives of. June 23, 1840. Read and laid upon the table. Richard Mack. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. William D. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) July 2, 1840. Eliphalet Spafford -- daughter of. June 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Chapman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 472.) July 10, 1840. Canal -- Albemarle Sound to the Atlantic Ocean. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) July 10, 1840. Thomas J. Stone. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table Joseph Hewins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) July 10, 1840. John Wilson. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Magoon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) July 10, 1840. Pugh Cannon. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. John Godfrey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) July 10, 1840. John Hagie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 473.) July 10, 1840. Samuel Carter. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Johnson. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Amanda M. Dade. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. William McNaught. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Esther Parrott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 469.) July 10, 1840. Expenditures -- public buildings. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Seth Willey. (To accompany Bill H.R. 478.) July 10, 1840. Allen H. Powell. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Vincent J. Strickland. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Abel Herrick and others. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. J. & N. Hamblin. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Alexander Watson. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William G. Sanders. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Solomon Jarvis and others. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. B.H. Manleif. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. William Fleming. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel W. Church. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Linza Thomas. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac S. Middleton. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Alford Gandy. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Elbert Anderson. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Lemuel W. Varian. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Perry. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. John Flood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.) July 10, 1840. William H. Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 479.) July 10, 1840. Thomas W. Coker. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Desire Merriam. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.) July 10, 1840. Rufus King Love. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Croskey and others. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Leah Munday. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) July 10, 1840. Samuel D. Enocks [i.e., Enochs]. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. W.Y.C. & R.A. Ewing. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Sylvester Nash. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. George A. Winslow. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. David Sherer, of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) July 10, 1840. John G. Bibb. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. William Cooley. July 10, 1840. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Leonard Wardwell. July 10, 1840. Laid on the table. Joseph Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) July 10, 1840. John S. Billings. (To accompany Bill S. No. 117.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Shropshire and Ross. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid on the table. Raub's safety-valves. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 484, 485, and 486.) July 10, 1840. William P. Rathbone. (To accompany Bill S. No. 249.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Heirs of James Rumsey, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) July 10, 1840. Isaac Cormick [i.e., Cormack]. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Brown. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Presley Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 489.) July 10, 1840. Monument to Captain Nathan Hale. (With Joint Resolution H.R. No. 16.) July 10, 1840. John Gerard Ford. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. George Randall and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 488.) July 10, 1840. Samuel Mackay. (To accompany Bill S. No. 265.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Ephraim F. Gilbert. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. D.W. Haley, et al. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. James S. Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) July 10, 1840. Arthur R. Owens. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John M. Brodhead. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) July 10, 1840. Simon Carly et al. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Aaron Vail. (To accompany Bill S. No. 285.) July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John McCloud. (To accompany Bill S. No. 96.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Turner Chamblin. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph M. Shephard. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John L. Scott. (To accompany Bill S. No. 143.) July 10, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. David Wilkinson & Co. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. John Richey. (To accompany Bill S. No. 150.) July 11, 1840. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Robert McGuire. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Contested election -- Naylor and Ingersoll. June 9, 1840. Printed under the order of the House of the 12th ultimo. N.P. Trist. July 21, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Holmes. June 23, 1840. Laid on the table. Alexander H. Saunders. July 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table.	131
Serial set 374	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1840. And in the sixty-fifth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 375	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the 1st, 2d, and 3d quarters of the year 1839. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the sales and donations of public lots in the City of Washington. December 14, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, 1840-'41. December 10, 1840. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, 1840. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States	5
Serial set 376	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia at the close of the year 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of restricting the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. January 6, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of a sum of money into the Treasury, by the commissioners under the act for the settlement of Mississippi land claims. January 7, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the number and names of the soldiers enlisted during the late war, and entitled to bounty land. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 182.) The Committee on Private Land Claims to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Pierre Dolet... In Senate of the United States. December 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 159.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton, of the County of Campbell, and State of Kentucky, make the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Iowa, praying an amendment of the organic law of the territory, report... Documents relating to the bill "Authorizing the Erection of Certain Light-houses and Light-boats, and the Establishment of Certain Buoys and Beacon-lights." (To accompany Bill S. No. 8.) December 31, 1840. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 31, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 167.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of the Nantucket Steamboat Company, report... Report from the Postmaster General, showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Post Office Department during the year 1840. January 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 5, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas C. Clark & Co., asking remuneration for the use and detention of a certain steamboat (of which they were the owners) while the same was in the service of the United States... Report from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the service of the Post Office Department for the years 1837, 1838, and 1839. January 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Governor of the State of Missouri, transmitting an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri for ascertaining and settling the northern boundary line of that state; together with a memorial of the legislature of said state on the same subject. January 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 6, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, additional information in relation to the bonds issued by the Legislature of Florida. January 6, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying an alteration in the mode of conveying the mail from Jefferson City to the county seat of Benton County. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 15, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Allen, to the motion submitted by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, in relation to the repeal of the "Act for the Collection, Safekeeping, Transfer and Disbursement of the Public Revenue," viz... Resolution submitted by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, calling for information in relation to the sales of the public lands. December 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in that city. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 22, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 127.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay, with the accompanying papers, report... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the War Department, and of the bureaus and offices attached thereto, during the year ending September 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement exhibiting the annual and total amount of goods imported free of duty from each foreign country since the 30th of September, 1833. December 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners during the year ending September 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 23, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 139.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Francis Gehon, the late marshal of the Territory of Wisconsin, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Georgetown, D.C., praying the recharter of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of said town. December 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1840. December 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the claim of the heirs of Daniel Pettibone. December 14, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. December 22, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 7, 1840. December 17, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the pay and emoluments of the Army. December 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 92) to revive and continue the corporate existence of the banks in the District of Columbia. December 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Corporation of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the surrender to the State of Maryland of the stock held by that corporation in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. December 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of a board of dragoon officers appointed to witness an exhibition of the repeating fire arms and water-proof ammunition invented by Samuel Colt. December 16, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 146.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Haskins and Ralph Haskins, report... In Senate of the United States. December 23, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 137.) 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... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act "For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws," showing the amount received on account of their lands. December 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Professor F.R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the fabrication of standard weights and measures, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. December 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. December 24, 1840. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the petition and papers of James Williams, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Newburyport, Mass., praying the modification or repeal of the act of May 29, 1830, "To Amend the Acts Regulating the Commercial Intercourse Between the United States and Certain Colonies of Great Britain." December 28, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance, in part, with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the survey of a site for fortifications on Lake Champlain. December 31, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, an abstract of the returns of the sixth census. December 30, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States, during the year ending September 30, 1840. December 28, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the sales of the public lands in the State of Michigan, north of the line dividing townships twelve and thirteen north, and west of the line dividing ranges two and three west, of the principal meridian. December 28, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed, during the year 1840, in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law that does not include banks and trading corporations. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, what portions of the public lands have been subject to entry at private sale for five years and upwards. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying the adoption of measures to promote the establishment of a system of education within the District of Columbia. January 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the improvement of the Pennsylvania Avenue, and the construction of a bridge across Rock Creek. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1840. January 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Daniel W. Coxe, praying that his interest in certain lands may not be affected by any legislation of Congress on the subject of pre-emption and settlement rights. January 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard B. Mason... Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department during the year ending November 30, 1840. December 14, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. Motion submitted by Mr. Crittenden, in relation to the Bill (S. 28) "To Establish a Permanent Prospective Pre-emption System in Favor of Settlers on the Public Lands, Who Shall Inhabit and Cultivate the Same, and Raise a Log-cabin Thereon." January 8, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed.	55
Serial set 377	Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence, imputing malpractices to the American consul at Havana, in regard to granting papers to vessels engaged in the slave-trade. January 20, 1841. Read. January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Massachusetts, praying that jurisdiction over offences committed within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States may be extended to the district courts of the United States. January 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan of a permanent change in the tariff. January 19, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the application of a portion of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to the establishment of a system of education. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 207.) The Committee of Claims make the following report on the petition of Converse and Rees... Report from The Secretary of the Treasury, Showing, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Quantity of Public Land Unsold on the 30th June, 1828; the Estimated Average Value Per Acre Thereof, and the Quantity Since Sold, and at What Price; Together with the Quantities Offered for Sale at Different Periods. January 18, 1841. Read, and Ordered to be Printed; and that 1,000 Additional Copies Be Furnished for the Use Of the Senate. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, adverse to the establishment of a protective tariff. January 14, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, adverse to the repeal of the independent Treasury law, and the establishment of a national bank. January 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 208.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel G. Skinner... Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 20, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 213.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of the heirs-at-law of Major General Duportail, Brigadier General Armand, and Major De La Colombe, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law passed by Congress. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contracts made by that Department during the year 1840. January 20, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the incorporation of certain provisions in any bankrupt law passed by Congress. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, demonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the fitness of American water rotted hemp for the use of the Navy of the United States. January 18, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1841. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 217.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to John McNeil... Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Agnes Slacke, praying the confirmation of her title to a tract of land in the State of Michigan. January 14, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Albany, New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Baltimore, praying the erection of a fortification at that place. January 19, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying the discontinuance of the Military Academy at West Point. January 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report and resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to the election of President of the United States, the construction of the Constitution, and the future arrangements as to the tariff of duties on imports. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of designating the same day throughout the United States for the choice of electors of President and Vice President of the United States. January 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill No. 229.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to restrict the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. January 23, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the repeal of the independent Treasury law; also, in relation to a national bank. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying that banks and other trading corporations may be subjected to the operation of any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law which will affect existing obligations. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Philanthropic Law Reform Association of the City of New York, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. January 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the obligations of the states to surrender fugitives from justice. January 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 221.) The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of Peter H. Green, with the accompanying papers, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sales of the lands, the titles of which were closed under the relief laws of the 31st March, 1830, and 25th February, 1831. January 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 219.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Hidden... Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the creation of a company of sappers and miners to be attached to the Engineer Department. January 25, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, remonstrating against the passage of the bill "To Amend and Continue in Force the Act To Incorporate the Inhabitants of the City of Washington." January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for that Department during the year 1840, and the balances remaining in the Treasury at the end of that year. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law that does not embrace all classes of citizens. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of the marine insurance companies of the City of New York, against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the marine insurance companies of the port of New York, praying that the pilot law of 1837 may not be repealed. January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the establishment of a national bank. January 29, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, in favor of the establishment of a national bank, and of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of reopening Roanoke Inlet. January 29, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, with a list of the contracts entered into by the Navy Commissioners during the year 1840. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying the modification of the act of July 7, 1838, "For the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." January 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1840. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of E. Gonon, praying the adoption of a system of telegraphs to be established between the cities of Washington and New York. January 30, 1841. 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, in relation to the number and kind of troops stationed on the western frontier, and the necessity of an additional military post on the same. January 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce, against the passage of the bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. January 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. January 25, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office showing the operations of that office during parts of the years 1839 and 1840. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. January 6, 1841. Ordered, that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of a number of citizens of Albany, New York, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 160) "To Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States." February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 232.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Robert H. Saunders... Petition of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the completion of the works for the improvement of the harbor of Erie. February 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad. February 1, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Royal Hopkins... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Tappan, prescribing certain duties for the chairmen of committees of Congress, in relation to private claims... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 195.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Gary Hinant... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the rates of foreign and domestic exchange, and the prices of bank-notes and specie, at New York and Philadelphia, during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840. January 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 196.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of a law providing for the location of two tracts of land, of eight hundred arpens each, confirmed to Alexander Coleman and Jacques Bon, of Missouri, by the board of commissioners appointed under the act of July 9, 1832... Memorial of the General Assembly of Arkansas, praying the cession of the public lands to the states in which they lie, on certain conditions. January 16, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, to obtain an appropriation for the completion of the lake harbors commenced by the United States. February 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. February 1, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states, and for an increase of the tariff. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the states of the public lands among the several states. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, for the year 1840. February 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of masters of vessels, lying in the port of New York, remonstrating against the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. February 2, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Graham made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 181.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the bill to cause monuments to be erected in honor of Brigadier General Francis Nash and Brigadier General William Davidson... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Dickinson, report... In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 1.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the joint resolution "directing the transfer to the State of Maryland of the stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal standing in the name of the United States, upon certain conditions," report... Memorial of the heirs of Louis de Repentigny, praying the confirmation of their claim to a tract of land in the State of Michigan. January 14, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the bounties allowed to vessels employed in the fisheries. February 2, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the United States, praying a modification of the act of March 2, 1837, "Concerning Pilots." January 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Stokes & Purdom, report... Memorial of the widow of Lieut. Colonel Alexander R. Thompson, praying to have the benefits of the act of July 5, 1838, granting additional rations to officers of the Army, extended to her. January 28, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, with a report of the special agent of the lead-mines, relative to the sale or future management of the mineral lands of the United States. January 23, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Walker, 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, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the drafts drawn by the Treasury Department, or by its order, protested for non-payment, or which remain unpaid. January 14, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Charleston, S.C., praying Congress not to pass any bankrupt law at this time. February 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	90
Serial set 378	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence relative to the negroes taken on board the schooner Amistad. February 12, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. February 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. January 26, 1841. Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 225.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of the heirs of Robert Fulton, and the accompanying papers, report... Documents relating to the claim of the heirs of Robert Fulton. January 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 225. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the imports and exports of sugar during the year ending 30th of September, 1840. February 4, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Nicholas, 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 in relation to the survey to ascertain and designate the boundary-line between the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin. February 3, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Board of Commissioners of the Pilots of New York, recommending the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. February 5, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the contracts made in that Department during the year 1840; the payments on account of miscellaneous claims during the same year; and the expenditures from the Marine Hospital Fund during the year 1839. February 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the construction of the Potomac aqueduct, and the kyanizing of timber for the use of the same. February 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 200 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Topographical Bureau. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of the Patent Office during the year 1840. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 4, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 238.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the claim of Thankful Reynolds for a pension, made the following report... Memorial of the pilots of the port of New York, by the way of Sandy Hook, praying the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, in relation to the survey of the public lands north of the Fox and Wiskonsin Rivers. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Seneca County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan for assessing the value of goods, wares, and merchandise, in the ports of the United States, instead of foreign countries. February 4, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that one thousand additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying the establishment of a marine hospital at the City of Cairo, in that state. February 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the incorporation of certain provisions in the Bill (S. 160) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. February 8, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sale of the machinery, implements, and materials, used in the construction and improvement of harbors, rivers, roads, &c. February 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document showing the testimony given before the judge of the fifth judicial circuit of the State of Missouri, on the trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and others, for high treason, and other crimes against that state. February 15, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the construction of a number of floating-batteries and steam-vessels. February 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany S. Bill No. 255.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Horatio Alden and Philura Alden, his wife, late Philura Deane, of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, report... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 249.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom the subject was referred, report: "A Bill To Confirm to the State of Indiana the Lands Selected by Her, in Lieu of the Lands Covered by Reservations in the Treaties of 1837 and 1839, with the Miami Indians"... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, in relation to the boundary-line between that state and the Territory of Wiskonsin. February 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports made by a board of Navy officers on Colt's improved repeating fire-arms. February 17, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 252.) The Committee of Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the executor of David Gelston, deceased, praying for an equitable settlement of the accounts of said deceased with the government, report... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying the passage of a law allowing pre-emption rights to settlers on the mineral lands in that territory. February 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, on the subject of placing buoys at the several mouths of the Mississippi River. February 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Prentiss submitted the following report: (To accompany S. Bill No. 254.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Esther Johnston, widow of Colonel Jonas Johnston, of North Carolina, deceased, for a pension, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the completion of the Cumberland Road. February 17, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, on the subject of raising revenue by duties on foreign goods. February 22, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Petitions of a number of settlers on the public lands in Illinois, praying that their pre-emption rights to said lands may not be affected by the grant to the Polish exiles. December 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 26, 1841. Bill reported, (S. 267,) and the petitions ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in relation to the District of Columbia. February 27, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Chatauque County, New York, praying that the treaty with the Seneca Indians may not be enforced in regard to those who may be averse to emigration. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report of a committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, in relation to the present commercial arrangements with Great Britain. March 2, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Ruggles, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the cost of building and repairing certain vessels. March 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the repeal of the independent Treasury bill, and the establishment of a national bank; an increase of the tariff; and the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. February 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New York, praying that the treaty with the Seneca Indians may not be enforced against those who are averse to emigration. February 22, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wiskonsin, praying the passage of a law to define the western boundary-line of said territory. February 8, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, praying the donation of the swamp lands in that state to the counties in which they are situated, for certain purposes. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report of George Plitt, special agent of the Post Office Department. February 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed; and that 1,386 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, praying the survey and construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of manufacturers and mechanics of the United States, praying the adoption of measures to secure to them their rights in patterns and designs. February 3, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Wiskonsin, praying the improvement of the navigation of the Neenah and Wiskonsin Rivers. February 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John McClelland and others, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 4, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the disbursements of money, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, during the year ending the 30th of September, 1840. February 5, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry mechanics engaged in the construction of the United States arsenal at Fayetteville, North Carolina, praying compensation for the time lost by them in consequence of the suspension of that work, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1840. February 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Chicot County, Arkansas, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. February 17, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1840. February 22, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Delaware, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to restrict the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. February 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, on the subject of appointing the same day throughout the Union for the choice of presidential electors. February 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 261.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the memorial of E. Gonon, praying the adoption of a system of telegraphs, of which he is the inventor, beg leave to report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the bill "To Establish a Permanent Prospective Pre-emption System in Favor of Settlers on the Public Lands Who Shall Inhabit and Cultivate the Same, and Raise a Log-cabin Thereon." February 22, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the improvement of the system of artillery. March 2, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joshua Leavitt, praying the adoption of measures to secure an equitable and adequate market for American wheat. February 27, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the Town of Havre-de-Grace, in the State of Maryland, praying an appropriation for the removal of obstructions at the entrance of the harbor of that place. February 24, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1841. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the petition of David Green... Petition of Samuel Martin, submitting a plan for a national bank. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the excess of the appropriations over the estimates for the years 1837, 1838, and 1839, with the cause of such excess, &c. March 2, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, what progress has been made in the completion of the sixth census. February 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying the enactment of a general bankrupt law. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Hampshire, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law. March 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Mississippi, in favor of appropriating the two per cent fund of that state towards the construction of a railroad. March 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the claims for French spoliations committed prior to the 31st day of July, 1801. February 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 107.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a bill making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors on the northern and northeastern [i.e., northwestern] lakes... Statements showing: 1st, appropriations made during the 2d session of the 26th Congress; 2d, the offices created, and the salaries thereof; 3d, the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 31, 1841. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act approved July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the results of the assays made at the Mint, of foreign coin. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Mr. King made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 193.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Baldwin, accompanied by a Bill (S. 193) for his relief, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the losses by the general government, and by the people of the United States, from the use of banks and bank-paper. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the quantity of public land sold since the year 1828, and the amounts ceded to the respective states. February 9, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying the purchase by the government of the right to use the "double self-acting safety-valves," invented by him, and the passage of a law requiring the use of the same on all steam boilers. February 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, in relation to the disposition of the public lands. March 3, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas S. Jesup, stating that he has sustained an injury in consequence of an omission in a document printed by order of the Senate, and praying redress. February 18, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Baltimore, praying that Congress would provide for the defence of that city... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. February 22, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of money out of the Treasury, to persons whose names are included in a list of balances on the books of the Treasury. March 3, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of claims under the Treaty with the Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. February 20, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the expenses of the national armories, and the quantity of arms manufactured, during the year ending September 30, 1840. February 10, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the report of the commissioners for the exploration and survey of the northeastern boundary. February 9, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying the incorporation of certain provisions in any bankrupt law that may be passed by Congress. February 8, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Pittsburg, Penn., remonstrating against the passage of any law requiring the exclusive use on steam-boilers of any invention for preventing explosions, and asking the appointment of a board of commissioners to test the relative merits of such inventions. February 15, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. February 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New York, praying that the treaty with the Seneca Indians may not be enforced in regard to those who may be averse to emigration. February 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	84
Serial set 379	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the delay in completing the annual statement of the commerce and navigation. March 2, 1841. Read, and ordered that the statement, when completed, be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a list of private claims which have been before the Senate since the commencement of the Fourteenth Congress, with the proceedings of the Senate thereon. January 4, 1841. Read. January 5, 1841. Ordered to be printed.	2
Serial set 380	Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the Upper Mississippi River, made by I.N. Nicollet [i.e, J.N. Nicollet], while in employ under the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. February 16, 1841. Ordered to be printed, and that 200 additional copies be printed for the Topographical Bureau, and 300 additional copies for the use of the Senate.	1
Serial set 381	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1840, and in the sixty-fifth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 382	Insolvent debtors. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, in obedience to the eighth section of "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors of the United States," approved March 2, 1831. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Mathews [i.e., Matthews] & Wood and James Hall. Report of the Solicitor of the Treasury, upon the case of Mathews [i.e., Matthews] & Wood and James Hall. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- House of Representatives. Report of the Clerk of House of Representatives U.S., of expenditures from the contingent fund of the House for the year 1840. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- State Department -- 1846. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of the Department for the year 1840. December 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Department of State. Contingent expenses -- offices of the Secretary and Commissioners of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the offices of the Secretary and Commissioners of the Navy, from the 30th September, 1839, to the 30th September, 1840. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. list of reports to be made to Congress, at the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 7, 1840. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 9, 1840. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Contingent fund -- War Department -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the War Department, and offices and bureaus attached thereto, during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of September last. December 14, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the War Department. Balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of balances on the books of the Fourth Auditor, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1840, &c. December 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy Pension Fund. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. December 10, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of Professor F.R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the fabrication of standard weights and measures, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the Department for the year ending in September last. December 15, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all the contracts made in his office from the 1st December, 1839, to the 14th December, 1840, &c., &c. December 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Buildings. Appropriations -- payment of pensioners for 1841. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 529.) December 18, 1840. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Chickasaw fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds of the Chickasaw Indians, as required by the act of 20th April, 1836. December 21, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Balances on the books of the Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September last, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Treasury from receivers of public moneys. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances standing on the books of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled by receivers of public moneys more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1839. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures in suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of July last, in relation to the amount of expenditure in suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida, &c. December 15, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the Treasurer's accounts for the 1st, 2d, and 3d quarters of the year 1839. December 14, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Finance -- and estimate of appropriations for 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances; also an estimate of appropriations for the year 1841. December 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.	20
Serial set 383	Navy Register for 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting two hundred and seventy five copies of the Navy Register for the year 1841. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce with China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23rd instant, in relation to the commerce of the United States with China, &c. December 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the Third Auditor, of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year; of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years; and an abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late Accountant of the War Department, unaccounted for. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Deficiency of revenue. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) January 9, 1841. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and committed, with the Bill No. 598, to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Clerks Post Office Department, 1840. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number and names of the clerks in the Post Office Department during the year 1840, and the compensation of each. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the incorporated banks of the District of Columbia. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of clerks in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Navy Commissioners during the year 1840. January 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Maine -- inhabitants of Bucksport. Memorial from inhabitants of Bucksport, in the State of Maine, praying for a permanent revenue, and correction of abuses in affairs of government. January 20, 1841. Ordered to lie on the table. Estimates Post Office Department -- 1841. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the estimates for the Post Office Department for the year commencing July 1, 1841. January 13, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Balances on the books of the Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances remaining on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to September 30, 1840. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Annual report -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. January 13, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings. Clerks -- Treasury Department. 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, and the compensation of each. January 13, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Post Office fines and deductions. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of all fines imposed, and deductions made from the pay of contractors, during the year ending on the 30th of June, 1840. January 28, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Contracts -- War Department, 1840. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all contracts made by the War Department during the year 1840. January 25, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table Political relations between the United States and China. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State upon the subject of the political relations between the United States and the Empire of China. January 25, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. West Point -- Military Academy. Memorial of Alden Partridge, relating to the Military Academy at West Point, and praying that young men educated at other military schools may have an equal chance for admission to the Army as those young men have who are educated at West Point. January 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Estimates -- Florida war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the continuance of the Florida war. January 21, 1841. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Alabama -- General Assembly of. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, adverse to a protective tariff. January 26, 1841. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. National education -- system of. Memorial of Alden Partridge, praying Congress to adopt measures with a view to the establishment of a general system of education for the benefit of the youth of this nation. January 21, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Land districts discontinued under act June 12, 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 9, 1841, in relation to six land districts discontinued under the act of June 12, 1840, &c., &c. January 22, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Charles T. James, on steamboat boilers. January 25, 1841. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which sundry bills on that subject are committed. Official Army Register for 1841. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting two hundred and forty-five copies of the official Army Register for the year 1841. January 28, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands purchased by pre-emption. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, respecting lands claimed to be purchased by pre-emption, under the several acts of Congress granting pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands, &c. January 25, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1840. January 25, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations and expenditures, 1840. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the Second Comptroller, of the appropriations and expenditures for the year 1840, and the balance in the Treasury on the 31st December of the same year. January 25, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Operations of the Mint, 1840 -- and medals. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of the Mint of the United States and its branches during the year 1840, also, an inquiry whether authority shall be given to the Mint to strike off copies of medals given for meritorious services in the War of the Revolution, and in the late war, &c. January 25, 1841. So much as relates to the operations of the Mint and branches, referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; and so much as relates to medals, to the Committee on the Library. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses of the naval establishment, from 1st October, 1839, to 30th September, 1840. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Customs -- collection of, since 1829 -- officers dispensed with, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of December, 1840, in relation to subordinate Custom-house officers whose services have been dispensed with within the two past years, &c.; also, a statement of the revenue collected since the year 1825, &c. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1840. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- War Department, 1840. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the Department during the year 1840, and the compensation of each. January 25, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Offers for carrying the U.S. mail. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a copy of the abstract of offers for carrying the mails of the United States, for the year preceding the 1st of July, 1840. January 5, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of disbursements made from the contingent fund of the Department from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1840. January 5, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Northern boundary of Missouri. Letter from the Governor of the State of Missouri, transmitting a copy of an act of the Legislature of said state, "For Ascertaining and Settling the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Missouri." January 5, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Suspend operations -- public works. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the suspension of operations on the public works on the lake borders of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wiskonsin, and on the Cumberland Road in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, &c. January 4, 1840. Read and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the State Department, with the salary paid to each. January 4, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Registered seamen, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American registered seamen in each port of entry of the United States from 1st October, 1839, to 30th September, 1840, &c. December 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Treaty with the Seneca Indians. Memorial of Benjamin Ferris, in behalf of the four yearly meetings of Friends, of Genesee, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, remonstrating against any appropriation being made to carry out the treaty with the Seneca Indians. January 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Custom-house building -- Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the condition of the Custom-house building in that port. December 31, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates for the Army -- for the year 1841. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 580.) January 6, 1841. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Tobacco -- Kentucky. Petition of citizens of Daviess County, Kentucky, interested in the cultivation of tobacco. December 22, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Tobacco Trade. Connecticut Legislature -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, relative to the disposition of the proceeds of the public lands. December 17, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Navy officers absent on leave or furlough. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of naval officers, including passed midshipmen, who are absent on leave or furlough, &c. December 22, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates -- Indian Department -- for 1841. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 543.) December 23, 1840. Submitted to the House, by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Tobacco Convention. Proceedings of the Tobacco Convention, held in the City of Washington, on the 15th and 16th of the present month. December 22, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Subject of the Tobacco Trade. Applicants for pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, in obedience to a resolution of the 29th of May, 1830, in relation to applications for pensions, or an increase of pension. December 22, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Curtailments in the transportation of the mail. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th instant, in relation to curtailments in the transportation of the mail of the United States made since the close of the 1st session of the present Congress. December 23, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of damaged paper. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S., on the sale of damaged or useless paper, &c. &c. December 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Secretary of the Treasury and Treasurer U.S. -- Sub-Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, respecting a correspondence between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States, upon the subject of the Sub-Treasury Bill, &c. December 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Suspension of appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, in relation to appropriations made at the last session, which have been suspended, &c., &c. December 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Ralph Jackson. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, inquiring whether Ralph Jackson is a contractor for carrying the mail of the United States, &c. &c. December 24, 1840. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboat accidents, loss of life, &c. Letter from J.P. Van Tyne to the Hon. J.R. Underwood, with a schedule of accidents to American steam vessels since the year 1830, &c. December 21, 1840. Submitted to the House by Mr. Underwood, referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. Annual report -- Commissioner General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the operations of the General Land Office for parts of the years 1839 and 1840. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. H.A. Garland. Memorial of H.A. Garland, Clerk of the House of Representatives. January 4, 1841. Read and referred to the Select Committee on the Public Printing. Balances on the books of the revenue. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the balances standing on the books of the revenue, which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1839. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Public printing. Letter from John C. Rives to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the subject of the printing for the House of Representatives for the 26th Congress, &c. &c. December 31, 1840. Referred to a select committee. Burning of the Caroline. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence in relation to the burning of the steamboat Caroline. December 31, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Post Office estimates for the year 1841. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 601.) January 11, 1841. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 601, making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year 1841. Post Office agents. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of agents employed by the Department from the 1st of July, 1839, to the 30th of November, 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. Mail route -- Fort Madison to Fairfield, Iowa. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, praying for the establishment of a mail-route from Fort Madison to Fairfield, in the Territory of Iowa. January 7, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Military road in Iowa. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, praying for an appropriation to construct a military road from Bloomington to Iowa City. January 7, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Penitentiary -- Iowa. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Iowa, for an appropriation for the penitentiary of said territory. January 7, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. "Latter-Day Saints," alias Mormons. The petition of the Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, stating that they have purchased lands of the general government, lying in the State of Missouri, from which they have been driven with force by the constituted authorities of the state, and prevented from occupying the same; and have suffered other wrongs, for which they pray Congress to provide a remedy. December 21, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	62
Serial set 384	Slaves in Connecticut -- sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the Marshal of Connecticut, showing the number of slaves in said district, &c. &c. January 30, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table Independent Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th ult., calling for explanations as to the manner in which the Independent Treasury Law has been carried into operation. January 30, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Commander Smoot and Lieutenants Sharpe and Stallings. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the naval courts-martial, in the cases of Commander Smoot and Lieutenants Sharpe and Stallings. January 30, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, with statements of the mails established within the fiscal year, &c.; of contracts for transportation; of additional allowances and curtailments of mail services, &c., &c. January 26, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. January 28, 1841. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Appropriations and expenditures -- naval -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the annual appropriations for the Navy Department for 1840, and the expenditure of the same, &c. January 30, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Privateer Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, in relation to the Privateer Pension Fund, &c. January 30, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Penitentiary in the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the twelfth annual report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia. January 30, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Treasury notes and drafts since January 1, 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of 22d December, 1840, respecting Treasury notes and drafts which have been drawn and issued since the 1st January, 1840, with the dates of such notes and drafts, and objects for which they have been drawn, &c. January 30, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Distribution of proceeds of public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, upon the subject of the public lands. February 2, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Disbursements to Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury Department, transmitting copies of the accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of moneys, &c., for the benefit of the Indians, from 1st October, 1839, to 30th September, 1840; together with a list of the names of persons to whom goods, moneys, &c., have been intrusted, within the same period. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. National domain, and Roanoke Inlet. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in relation to the public domain, and the re-opening [of] Roanoke Inlet. February 6, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. South Carolina. Report of the Committee on Federal Relations, upon the several messages of the Governor. February 6, 18[41]. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. Survey northeastern boundary United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State upon the subject of the northeastern boundary of the United States. January 30, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Kentucky resolutions. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, relating to a United States bank and the public lands. February 6, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature of Vermont. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, on the subject of the New Jersey election. February 11, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Northeastern boundary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the report of the commissioners for the exploration and survey of the northeastern boundary, &c. &c. February 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Claims of citizens of the United States on Hayti. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th ultimo, in relation to claims of citizens of the United States on the government of Hayti. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands -- currency -- national bank. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in relation to the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, the repeal of the Sub-Treasury, and the establishment of a national bank. March 2, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses of the national armories, and of the arms, &c. manufactured therein. February 19, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Independent Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a further reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of December, relative to the collection and disbursement of the public revenue. March 3, 1841. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Choctaw Treaty -- Dancing Rabbit Creek. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in respect to the manner in which certain stipulations in the Choctaw treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek have been fulfilled. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Wharves at Governor's and Bedlow's Islands, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relating to the construction of permanent wharves at Governor's and Bedlow's Islands, in the harbor of New York. February 12, 1841. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Day of election of President and Vice President of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, on the subject of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to provide that the election of President and Vice President be holden on the same day throughout the United States. February 10, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Assays of gold and silver coins, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the fineness and value, by weight, of certain gold and silver coins specified in the acts of Congress of April 10, 1806, and June 28, 1834. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Army proper -- 1837 to 1840, inclusive. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a comparative view of the cost of the Army proper, officers, and professors of Military Academy, cadets, &c., for subsistence, clothing, &c. February 19, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Military Academy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 676.) Estimate of funds required for the service of the Military Academy, for the year 1841, &c., &c. February 12, 1841. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Alfred Conkling. Letter from Judge Conkling to the Hon. Christopher Morgan. January 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	27
Serial set 385	Condition of the state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of July 10, 1832, statements showing the condition of the several state banks, so far as the same have been received at the Treasury Department. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table.	1
Serial set 386	Search or seizure of American vessels on coast of Africa, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to seizures or search of American vessels, &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table Passengers who arrived in the U. States -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the number of passengers who have arrived in the United States from foreign countries during the year 1840. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures, &c., Post Office Department -- 1840. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the expenditures of the Department, for the year ending 30th June, 1840, &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- Treasury Department -- 1840. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of contracts made by the Department for 1840, &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of tools used -- northern and western lakes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the sale of tools used on the public works on the great northern and western lakes. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims for horses, &c. lost in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d December last, respecting claims presented to the Department for horses, &c. lost in the several campaigns in Florida, against the Seminole Indians, &c. March 3, 1841. 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 4, 1841. Militia of the United States -- returns of. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, for the year 1840. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of the Customs -- emoluments of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs; also, statements of the fees of such officers for certificates to accompany distilled spirits, wines, and teas, and for commissions on disbursements as superintendents of light-houses, and as agents for marine hospitals. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands -- alternate sections on the Miami Canal, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 23d of December last, in relation to lands lying along and adjoining, and within the line of alternate sections, sold since January 1, 1830, to 1st January, 1836; and, also, copies of instructions given from the General Land Office, relating to withholding from sale lands on the route of the Miami Canal. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Register of the Treasury in relation to the annual statement of commerce and navigation. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 17th December, 1840, respecting the surplus or additional sections lying along or adjoining the alternate sections on the Miami Canal, in the State of Ohio; and also, respecting the withholding from sale lands on the route of said Miami Canal and on the Auglaize River, &c., &c. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table.	12
Serial set 387	Attorneys General -- construction of public laws. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of opinions given by Attorneys General, &c., which give construction to the public laws not of a temporary character. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table.	1
Serial set 388	Alteration of Doc. H.R. No. 185 -- Amistad Case. January 4, 1841. Read, and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject General Daniel Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 629.) February 12, 1841. C. de la Hailandiere. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Moses Archer. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 648.) February 12, 1841. Thomas Knowlton -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 623.) February 12, 1841. Benjamin Hunt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 666.) February 12, 1841. Humphrey Willard. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Mary Hitchcock. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Samuel Holgate. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. George W. Walton. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard C. Langdon. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Roads through public lands in Wiskonsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 516.) July 21, 1840. Laid on the table. January 9, 1841. Printed by order of the House. Removal of postmasters. December 23, 1840. Read, and laid on the table, under the rule. Falling of the chandelier. January 6, 1841. Read, and concurred in by the House. Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 600.) January 9, 1841. Littlejohn Wilkins, John Lynch, William P. Ford, and Alexander Patrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 599.) January 9, 1841. William Clendening. January 16, 1841. Laid on the table. Samuel B. Tuck. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. F.C. Sanford, for the owners of the ship Lexington, of Nantucket. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 604.) January 16, 1841. Dallam and Hamburgh. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Doctor F. Wheedon. January 16, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Thomas Eldridge. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 603.) January 16, 1841. George Fisher. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Printing and binding public documents. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Extend the Port of New Orleans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 606.) January 16, 1841. Marine Hospital, City Point, Virginia. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William B. Whitehead. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. B. Fearing and others -- owners of the schooner Joseph of Wareham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 605.) January 16, 1841. Lavinia York. January 16, 1841. Ordered to lie on the table. State stocks. December 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Reps. of Basil Spalding. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. David W. Haley and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 579.) January 4, 1841. David Bartlett. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Joseph M. Rhea. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 576.) January 4, 1841. James Maguire. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Charles M. Hyliard. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James S. Hall. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Raub's safety-valves. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 484, 485, and 486.) July 10, 1840. Submitted. January 8, 1841. Reprinted. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 595.) January 8, 1841. Samuel Patch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 644.) February 12, 1841. Elizabeth Bishop. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 641.) February 12, 1841. John Piper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 664.) February 12, 1841. Robert Marshall. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Ripley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 636.) February 12, 1841. Jacob Miller. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Hugh Mulloy. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Wm. Jones, late postmaster at Washington City. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of William [i.e., Richard] Shubrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 624.) February 12, 1841. John Johnson. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Spears. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Rees Bowen Ward. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 628.) February 12, 1841. Heirs of James Murray. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. William Sims. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Lieut. James Glynn and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 635.) February 12, 1841. Joseph Morrill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 634.) February 12, 1841. J.W. Nye, assignee of P. Bargy. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Mason Tutt. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Ephraim Bowen. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James Fort Muse et ux. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 626.) February 12, 1841. William Parker, a Seneca Indian. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Peleg Tallman. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Valerian Allain. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 627.) February 12, 1841. Ellen A. Schmuck, widow of Captain Jacob Schmuck. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. George Miller. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Palmer Branch. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Quarles. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Sally C. and Eliza S. [i.e., F.] Wenwood. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Heirs of James Jackson, of England. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Richard Chenoweth -- heirs of. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Thomas -- heirs of. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James H. Relfe. (To accompany Bill S. No. 140.) February 12, 1841. Narcissa Carmouch. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Burning of the steamboat Caroline, and the imprisonment of McLeod. February 13, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Josiah Biscoe. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Rutledge. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Commodore James Barron -- ventilation for ships, &c. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Daniel McCarty. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. John Goodell. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Ebenezer Blackshire -- widow of. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Joseph Hobson. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain Robert Vance. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Campbell. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah A. Bacon. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Francis Gehon. (To accompany Bill S. No. 139.) February 12, 1841. Mary D. Babson. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John B. Fulks. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. John C. Reynolds. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 145.) February 12, 1841. Henry A. Rogers and William Rogers. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Walter Loomis & Abel Gay. (To accompany Bill S. No. 127.) February 12, 1841. Alexander Scott. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Frances Barr. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. William Palms. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Holt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 618.) February 12, 1841. Wilfred Knott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 655.) February 12, 1841. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 660.) February 12, 1841. Nathan Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162 [i.e., 642].) February 12, 1841. Benjamin C. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 567.) January 4, 1841. Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 546.) December 22, 1840. Elijah S. Bell. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Perry. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Daniel W. Church. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Ebenezer Dewey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 570.) January 4, 1841. French spoliations previous to 1800. January 4, 1841. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to which is committed Bill No. 319, on the same subject. Anna Swinerton. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Executors of James Purvis. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Navigation of rivers in Wiskonsan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 517.) July 21, 1840. Laid on the table. January 9, 1841. Printed by order of the House. Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 596.) January 8, 1841. Hugh Wallace Wormley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 663.) February 12, 1841. Phillis Tatton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 640.) February 12, 1841. William Butterfield. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 665.) February 12, 1841. Daniel Pettibone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 672.) February 12, 1841. President elect. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Catherine Telfair, daughter of Captain Isaiah Wool. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Captain Joseph Michaux. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Elisha Plumb. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Jeremiah Wright. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Printing and binding public documents. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Polly Downing, and others -- Revolutionary pension cases. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. John Steers. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Philip Anspach. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Tarlton Woodson's heirs -- for commutation. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Marcus Brown. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Nathaniel Davis. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben W. [i.e., M.] Gibbs. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Gideon A. Perry. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Nathan Williams. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Alter term of the sessions of the Legislature of Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 638.) February 12, 1841. Reimburse Vermont for militia services. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) February 12, 1841. Enlistment of boys in the Army. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 630.) February 12, 1841. James Bailey. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Coffin Lamborn. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Alabama -- inhabitants of Bibb County -- pay postmaster, &c. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Elizabeth Shane. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Obed P. Lacey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 625.) February 12, 1841. Peter Huston. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Aston. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Dr. Charles Taylor. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Clark. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Henry Andrews. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Keziah Ransom. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Rosanna McConn. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Corporation of Jacksonville, Fla. -- charter for. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Frances P. Gardner. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Criminal court -- St. Augustine, Florida. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table. Augustin Willett. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Coal consumed in steamboats -- drawback of duties on. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Harper. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. J.W. Nye, assignee of Peter Bargy, Jr. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Chase. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 656.) February 12, 1841. Lydia Hoard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 646.) February 12, 1841. John Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 619.) February 12, 1841. Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 669.) February 12, 1841. Raft -- Red River. (To accompany Bill S. No. 57.) February 12, 1841. Lyman N. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 670.) February 12, 1841. Clements, Bryan & Co. (To accompany Bill S. No. 97.) February 12, 1841. Mary Reed. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) February 12, 1841. William J. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 617.) February 12, 1841. Jonathan Bean. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 659.) February 12, 1841. Nathaniel Irish -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) February 12, 1841. Rebecca Guest. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 680.) February 12, 1841. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 668.) February 12, 1841. Allen Sammons. February 12, 1841. Laid on the table Rignald, alias Nick Hillary. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) February 12, 1841. George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 661.) February 12, 1841. William R. Joynes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) February 12, 1841. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 667.) February 12, 1841. Judge Conkling. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Hopewell Hebb. March 3, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry J. Defrees and Stephen Jenny. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) February 12, 1841. Hugh Stewart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) February 12, 1841. Joseph Plumb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 645.) February 12, 1841. John Hicks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 651 [i.e., 657].) February 12, 1841. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 658.) February 12, 1841. Samuel Dicy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) February 12, 1841. Pearson Cogswell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 678.) February 12, 1841. Citizens of West Florida -- injuries, &c., by troops of United States in 1814. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 639.) February 12, 1841. Ann F. Perrine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 587.) January 7, 1841. James Pennoyer. January 16, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William Newton. February 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Nicholas Hedges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 549.) December 23, 1840. Frauds -- mineral lands -- Wiskonsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 495.) December 18, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Benjamin C. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 554.) December 23, 1840. Amend the rules. December 17, 1840. Read, and, giving rise to debate, laid over under the rule. Phelps and Landon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 555.) December 23, 1840. John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 552.) December 23, 1840. Daniel Story. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 542.) December 22, 1840. Wm. P. Rathbone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 547.) December 23, 1840. Expenditures -- branch mint at Charlotte, N.C. July 21, 1840. Mr. Stanly, from the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, made the following report, which was laid on the table. December 22, 1840. On motion of Mr. Stanly, resolved, that the report made by the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings, relating to the branch mint at Charlotte, North Carolina, be printed. Revenue and expenses -- 1841. December 17, 1840. Read, and laid over one day, under the rule. Heirs of John Wilkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 553.) December 23, 1840. Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 548.) December 23, 1840. James Deatly [i.e., Deatley]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 541.) December 22, 1840. Heirs of Lieut. Jonathan Dye. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358 [i.e., 538].) December 22, 1840. Jeremiah Fields. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 545.) December 23, 1840. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 551.) December 23, 1840. Vincent Vass. December 22, 1840. Laid on the table. W. Bailey and E. Sweetland, widow of H. Delord. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 566.) January 4, 1841. James Maglenen's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 565.) January 4, 1841. Joseph S. Thomas. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. William D. Cheever -- executrix of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 563.) January 4, 1841. Landon C. Peters. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James Frazier. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John L. Cline. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 564.) January 4, 1841. John Vanslyck. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. John G. Perkins, James Perkins, and Joseph Perkins. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Trufton [i.e., Trafton]. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 573.) January 4, 1841. David A. Baldwin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) January 4, 1841. Emanuel Shrofe [i.e., Srofe]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 575.) January 4, 1841. Raymond A. Henderson. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. William Waller [i.e., Weller]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 568.) January 4, 1841. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 562.) January 4, 1841. Robert Whittet. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Jacob Jackson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 574.) January 4, 1841. Ebenezer Pierce. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Joshua Hillyard. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Patrick O'Hara. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Samuel T. Anderson. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Griffith. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table Samuel Neely. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Huldah Farlow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 571.) January 4, 1841. George Gale. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Henry Holbrook. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 561.) January 4, 1841. Ellen Turney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 572.) January 4, 1841. Representatives of David Noble. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 578.) January 4, 1841. Jabez Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 560.) January 4, 1841. Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 577.) January 4, 1841. Major Sylvester Churchill. January 4, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah Decker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 647.) February 12, 1841. John Lybrook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 590.) January 7, 1841. Diantha Thompson. February 12, 1841. Laid upon the table. James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 550.) December 23, 1840. Rufus Henry. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Josiah Hunt. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. James K. George. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 594.) January 8, 1841. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 540.) December 22, 1840. Sarah Graves. January 4, 1841. Laid on the table. Beriah Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 591.) January 7, 1841. Phillips, administrator of Felt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 584.) January 7, 1841. George H. Slaughter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 585.) January 7, 1841. Asylum -- military. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 588.) January 7, 1841. Maine -- militia services. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 527.) January 7, 1841. William J. Stillwell. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid on the table. Richard Cottriall. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Peter Sky, an Onondaga chief. January 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Jared Gossage. January 7, 1841. Laid on the table. William A. Houston. January 7, 1841. Laid on the table. Simon Smith. January 7, 1841. Laid on the table. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 592.) January 7, 1841. Benjamin Murphy. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 55.) February 12, 1841.	253
Serial set 389	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, May 31, 1841, and in the sixty-sixth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 390	Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to political offences committed by officers of the government. June 17, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the appointment of additional clerks in the General Land Office. August 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York City, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law. June 21, 1841. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the establishment of a protective tariff. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to restrict the eligibility of the President to a single term. June 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a number of citizens of the City of New York, in behalf of certain American citizens, who were captured by the military forces of Great Britain in the Canadas, and are now prisoners at Van Dieman's land. July 15, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the cause of delay in answering a call of the Senate, in relation to issues of scrip on Virginia military land warrants. August 20, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions in relation to the direction and control of a proposed fiscal agent of the government. June 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the issues of Treasury notes since the 4th day of March last. June 17, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. June 3, 1841. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for statements of the accounts of disbursing officers and agents since the 4th March last. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan of a bank and fiscal agent of the government. June 12, 1841. Read, referred to the select committee on that subject, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several states. June 8, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. June 10, 1841. 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 in relation to the payment of the balance due from the Bank of the United States. June 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for information in relation to certain malpractices in the Indian Department. June 12, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, abstracts of the returns of the census. June 24, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and a protective tariff. July 3, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the payment of Florida claims since the 4th day of March last. June 21, 1841. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the number and description of the muskets and pistols belonging to the naval service, with an estimate of the cost of altering the same. July 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, remonstrating against the passage of a retrospective bankrupt law. June 21, 1841. Presented, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, correcting an error in his report of the 12th ultimo, showing the receipts and expenditures during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. July 1, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 24, 1841. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 2.) Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom were referred so much of the President's message as relates to that subject, "A Bill To Appropriate for a Limited Time the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," resolutions of several of the states, and resolutions of the Senate on the same subject, have had the same under consideration, and report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Superintendent of standard weights and measures, announcing the completion of the ounce weights. July 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment or assumption of state stocks by the general government. June 30, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Niagara County, N.Y., remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (H.R. 4) to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a list of all articles imported and subject to a duty less than 20 per cent. ad valorem, with the amount of duties paid on, and the value of those articles, imported in each of the years 1837, 1838, and 1839. August 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens residing on the northwestern frontiers, praying an increase of the maritime and military forces on the lakes and frontiers. August 11, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the investment of Indian moneys in state stocks. September 9, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the reports of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition of the public buildings, and the conduct of the superintendents thereof. August 25, 1841. Read. September 11, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (H.R. 20.) "Further To Extend the Time for Issuing Military Land Warrants to the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army." August 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, submitting, for the consideration of Congress, a plan of a fiscal agent of the government. August 21, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to advances made to collectors and disbursing agents. September 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of a number of members of the New York Chamber of Commerce, against the establishment of a National Bank. June 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, 1841. June 3, 1841. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a national bank. June 7, 1841. Referred to the select committee, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence with the Prussian government, in relation to the duties levied on tobacco in the German states of the Custom Union. July 3, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Camden, South Carolina, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. July 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New York City, remonstrating against the passage of a bankrupt law at the present session of Congress. June 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Barbour County, Alabama, praying the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law, and the establishment of a national bank. July 10, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of making provision for indemnification for French spoliations committed prior to the year 1800. June 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the sales and titles of the public lands. July 10, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the re-eligibility of the President of the United States, and to the limitation of the office to a single term. June 18, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to restrict the eligibility of the President of the United States to a single term. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the fortifications on the frontier of Arkansas. August 4, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Sevier, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a public meeting in the City of New York, adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the contraction of a loan, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. July 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of Washington, praying that the banks in the District of Columbia may be rechartered for a limited time. July 26, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted by a number of citizens of Licking County, Ohio, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the creation of a national debt, &c. &c. August 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amount of public money placed in the hands of disbursing officers and agents, since the 4th of March last, and the amount yet unaccounted for. July 19, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the establishment of a Navy yard, naval depot, and naval station, upon the Gulf of Mexico. July 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New Orleans, praying that the limits of the port of that place may not be extended. July 30, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of New York, in favor of the incorporation of a national bank. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Rochester, New York, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Orange County, Va., adverse to the creation of a national debt, and a protective tariff; the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the incorporation of a national bank. August 30, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the money to the United States, from the Pennsylvania Bank of the United States. September 11, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution directing an inquiry into certain disturbances on the occasions of the passage and veto of the bill to incorporate the subscribers to the fiscal bank of the United States. August 18, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Amelia County, Va., adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. September 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Goochland County, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, a protective tariff, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. August 20, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying that chloride of lime may be made subject to duty. August 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the changes in the post routes in Missouri and Arkansas, since the 4th March last. September 2, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Brunswick County, Virginia, adverse to the principles and measures of the present administration. September 1, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Petersburg, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, a protective tariff, a system of internal improvement, and the distribution of any portion of the revenue among the several states. August 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the progress and actual condition of the commission under the Convention with Mexico. July 10, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of the survey of the coast from Appalachicola Bay to the mouth of the Mississippi River. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 21, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed; and that 1,500 additional copies, with the bill annexed, be furnished for the use of the Senate. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 5.) Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, submitted the following report: The Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relates to a uniform currency and a suitable fiscal agent capable of adding increased facilities in the collection and disbursement and security of the public revenues... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the return of the Mediterranean squadron to the United States. June 21, 1841. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, recommending an extension of time for completing the enumeration and returns of the sixth census. June 29, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. June 30, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New York praying that no revenue law may be passed during the present session of Congress. August 2, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Belmont County, Ohio, remonstrating against the repeal of the independent Treasury law, the establishment of a national bank and a protective tariff, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the assumption of the state debts by the general government. July 21, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, correspondence with disbursing officers and agents, in relation to their deposits in banks. September 9, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Surry County, Va., adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, the establishment of a protective tariff, &c. &c. September 6, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Albemarle County, Virginia, disapproving the measures of the dominant party in Congress. September 10, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. September 13, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Amendments proposed by Mr. Benton, to the motion submitted by Mr. Bayard, to rescind a resolution of the Senate... Motion by Mr. Bayard, to rescind a resolution of the Senate, passed the 16th January, 1837. September 8, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John M. Nail, in behalf of a number of Choctaw Indians, praying that provision may be made for satisfying outstanding claims to reservations under the Treaty of Dancing-rabbit Creek. August 17, 1841. Ordered to be printed; to accompany Bill Sen. 8. Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Buckingham County, Virginia, in relation to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the public lands, and the passage of the loan, bankrupt, and revenue bills. August 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Boston, praying the modification of the Bill (H.R. 12) "Relating to Duties and Drawbacks." August 28, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Sussex County, Va. Adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the establishment of a protective tariff. September 9, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Farr and others, praying that cream of tartar may be admitted free of duty. August 18, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Statements showing: 1st, the appropriations made during the 1st session of the 27th Congress; 2d, the offices created, and the salaries thereof; and, 3d, the offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase during the same period. September 14, 1841. 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 the corporate authorities of the City of Philadelphia, praying the adoption of measures for the defense of the River Delaware, and the protection of that city. June 11, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions declaring the nature of the business to be transacted during the present session of Congress. June 7, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of balances due from banks to the United States. June 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Prince George's County, Maryland, praying the recharter of the banks in the Town of Alexandria, District of Columbia. June 14, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for a schedule of the payments from the Treasury, during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. June 2, 1841. Submitted, 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-seventh Congress. June 1, 1844 [i.e., 1841]. -- Read, and ordered that 3,500 copies of the message, and 1,500 copies of the message and documents, be printed for the use of the Senate Resolution in relation to the payment of the balance due from the Bank of the United States. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the appointment of a Board of Commissioners to investigate the condition of the public works in the District of Columbia. June 17, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to deposites in banks, by disbursing officers and agents. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the receipts and expenditures during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. June 15, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for a statement of the removals from office or public employment since the 4th March last. June 17, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the receipts and expenditures during the months of March, April, and May, 1841. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution calling for information in relation to the issues of Treasury notes since the 4th March last. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the payment of the balances due from banks to the United States. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Oneida County, New York, remonstrating against the passage of any retrospective bankrupt law. June 23, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Belmont County, Ohio, remonstrating against the repeal of the independent Treasury law, the establishment of a national bank and a protective tariff, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the assumption of the state debts by the general government. July 12, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the establishment of a national bank. June 21, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Schenectady County, New York, remonstrating against the establishment of a national bank. July 7, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law, and of the establishment of a national bank. June 22, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the City of New York, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law at the present session. June 23, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, praying the passage of a general bankrupt law. June 25, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in relation to the disposal of the public lands. June 22, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report on the improvement of Red River. July 13, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Letter from a number of citizens of the City of New York, on the subject of increasing the duties on watches, jewelry and laces. August 16, 1841. Submitted by Mr. Wright, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Norfolk County, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. August 13, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of E. Gonon, praying the adoption of a system of telegraphs invented by him. July 29, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, with his objections, the bill entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Subscribers to the Fiscal Bank of the United States." August 16, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 6,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolution calling for information in relation to alterations in mail routes. August 14, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted by a number of citizens of Buckingham County, Virginia, adverse to the establishment of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and an increase of the tariff. July 17, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Alabama, praying the aid and protection of the general government in forming a settlement in the Oregon Territory. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of New York, praying the incorporation of a national bank. July 19, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the general council and municipalities of the City of New Orleans, adverse to the extension of the limits of that port. July 16, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a public meeting of the citizens of Centresville, Ohio, in relation to the policy and measures of the present administration. July 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a public meeting at Syracuse, New York, in favor of the passage of a general bankrupt law. July 19, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Letter from H. Bingham, presenting to Congress a copy of Hawaiian Bible. July 27, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants in the City of New York, praying the modification of the bill "Relating to Duties and Drawbacks." August 2, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Cumberland County, Virginia, adverse to the incorporation of a national bank, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, the assumption of the state debts by the general government, and the establishment of a protective tariff. August 2, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the citizens of Knox County, Ohio, adverse to the measures of the dominant party in Congress, &c. September 10, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. September 8, 1841. Mr. Bayard, from the select committee appointed the 3d July last, reported the following resolution; which was read, passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents. Resolution for the employment of a corps of reporters of the Senate... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the surveys and sales of the public lands. August 23, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution in relation to the payment of Florida claims since the 4th March last. June 2, 1841. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of the City of Philadelphia, praying the modification of the Bill (H.R. 12) "Relating to Duties and Drawbacks." August 12, 1841. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	123
Serial set 391	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, May 31, 1841, and in the sixty-fifth [i.e., sixty-sixth] year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 392	Sub-Treasury -- manner of carrying into effect, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information relative to the manner in which the act of 4th July, 1840, commonly called "the Sub-Treasury Law," has been carried into effect; transmitted in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d June. July 16, 1841. Read and laid on the table. Seizure of American vessels -- slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in relation to the seizure of American vessels by British armed cruisers, under the pretence that they were engaged in the slave trade; and also correspondence with Consul Trist, upon the subject of the slave trade, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 21st ultimo. July 14, 1841. Read and laid on the table Legislature of Alabama. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, responsive to those of South Carolina on the subject of controversy between the States of Maine and Georgia. June 12, 1841. Read and laid upon the table Drawback on rum. Memorial of Josiah Stickney and others, of Massachusetts, on the subject of the drawback on rum. July 16, 1841. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Receipts and expenditures -- Post Office Department for the year ending 1st July, 1840. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the year ending 1st of July, 1840. June 10, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. New Post Office building. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th instant, respecting the new Post Office building. August 11, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. General bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of a general bankrupt law. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Louisiana -- courts of equity. Memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking the act of 1824 to be so amended as to place Louisiana on an equal footing with other states, and to adopt the proceedings in civil cases for equity causes, and prevent the chancery law of Great Britain from being introduced in such causes. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Steamship on the Mississippi. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, for a steamship of war to be built on the waters of the Mississippi. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Alabama -- protective policy. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, responding to resolutions of Connecticut, on the protective policy of the United States. June 12, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Massachusetts Legislature -- north eastern boundary. Resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the north eastern boundary. June 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mrs. Harrison. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence with Mrs. Harrison, widow of the late President of the United States. July 1, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. New York -- inhabitants of that city. (Memorial not printed -- 2,961 signatures.) Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of 2,961 citizens of the City of New York, praying for the passage of a general bankrupt law. July 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the execution of the law for taking the sixth census. July 1, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Revenue -- Treasury notes, &c. Statements laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. July 9, 1841. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Maryland. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the establishment of a national bank. June 24, 1841. Referred to the Select Committee on the Currency. I.K. Lippincott. Letter and memorial of Isaac K. Lippincott, on the manufacture of iron and the operation of the present tariff laws. June 22, 1841. -- Laid on the table. June 23, 1841. -- Motion to print, debated. House adjourned without coming to a decision. June 24, 1841. -- Ordered to be printed. Explanations -- appropriations for fortifications, &c. With Bill H.R. No. 8. Statements submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. July 7, 1841. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Plan of a fiscal agent. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a plan of a fiscal agent, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 21st instant. June 24, 1841. Read, and referred to the select committee appointed on the subject of the currency, and ordered to be printed. Claims on Mexico. Memorial of claimants on Mexico. August 12, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Outfits of ministers, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting [a] communication from the Secretary of State respecting appropriations required for outfits of ministers, &c. July 27, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Remains of the late President of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the removal of the remains of the late President of the United States from the City of Washington to the State of Ohio. June 22, 1841. Read, and referred to the select committee appointed on the 1st instant, upon the subject of the death of William Henry Harrison, the late President of the United States. Standard weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler respecting ounce-weights. July 13, 1841. Read and laid on the table. Funeral expenses. (With Bill No. 31.) Funeral expenses of William Henry Harrison, late President of the United States. August 16, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Statue of Washington. (With Bill H.R. No. 29.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the receipt of the officer in command at the Navy yard, Washington, for the statue of Washington, &c., &c. August 16, 1841. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Additional clerks -- Auditor of Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the Auditor of the Post Office Department, in relation to the business of his office, accompanied by an estimate for the employment of additional clerks. July 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Banks in District of Columbia. Memorial of inhabitants of the City of Washington, praying the recharter of the banks in the District of Columbia, &c. July 27, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Harbor of Newcastle. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the survey of Newcastle harbor. September 4, 1841. 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. September 13, 1841. Francis A. Dickins -- awards under treaty with Mexico. Memorial of Francis A. Dickins, relating to awards under treaty with Mexico. August 19, 1841. Read and laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Riotous proceedings near the President's House. August 25, 1841. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Post Office Department -- funds deficient. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 30.) Letter from the Postmaster General, upon the subject of an appropriation to discharge certain claims on the Department. August 17, 1841. Committed, with Bill H.R. No. 30, to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Rhode Island -- Legislature. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to the presidential term -- discriminating duties. August 19, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Consuls -- United States. Memorial of Stephen Powers, Basle, Switzerland, and Dr. J.G. Flugel, Leipsic, Saxony. June 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pennsylvania Legislature -- anti-sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Pennsylvania legislature, relative to the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law. June 12, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Transfer of appropriations -- Treasury Department, 1841. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury of transfers of appropriations under the act of the 3rd March, 1809. June 3, 1841. Read and laid on the table. New Hampshire -- national bank, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, relating to the constitutionality and expediency of a national bank; to a connexion between the United States Treasury and banks; to the creation of a national debt; to a distribution of the public revenue, whether from public lands or other sources, and to a protective tariff. June 29, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Estimate -- additional appropriations -- War Department, 1841. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of additional appropriations required by the War Department, for the year 1841. June 21, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. American citizens -- prisoners in Van Dieman's land. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, in relation to the American citizens now British prisoners of state in Van Dieman's land. July 20, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Veto -- fiscal corporation. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives (in which it originated) the bill to provide for the better collection, safe-keeping, and disbursement of the public revenue, by means of a corporation to be styled the "Fiscal Corporation of the United States," with objections. September 9, 1841. Read, ordered to be printed, and consideration postponed until to-morrow at 12 o'clock. Removals from office. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Executive departments respecting removals from office, &c., rendered in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo. August 7, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table. Troops stationed at Forts Gibson, Towson, Smith, and Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of troops stationed at Forts Gibson, Towson, Smith, and Wayne. August 31, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. Marine hospital at Wheeling, Virginia. Memorial of inhabitants of Wheeling, Virginia, upon the subject of marine hospitals on the western waters. September 4, 1841. Ordered to be printed. Private land claims in Louisiana. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, upon the subject of private land claims in said state. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Finances. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, &c. June 3, 1841. Read and laid on the table. Buoys at mouths of Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, praying buoys to be placed at the mouths of the Mississippi River. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Light-house at Bayou Bonfouca. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, praying for a light-house at Bayou Bonfouca. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, 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-seventh Congress. June 1, 1841. Read and laid on the table, and 10,000 copies extra, with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed New York -- public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the public lands. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Pennsylvania -- national foundry. Memorial of inhabitants of Danville, Pa., praying for a national foundry at Danville, in said state. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Fortifications at the mouths of the Mississippi. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking that the fortifications at the mouths of the Mississippi be completed and mounted. June 12, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Public domain -- Connecticut. Report of a joint select committee of the State of Connecticut upon the subject of the public domain. June 29, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Survey, delta of the Mississippi, and payment of Georgia militia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing communications from the Secretary of War, respecting additional estimates of appropriations required for that Department. July 13, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Estimate -- Treaty with the Miami Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of funds required to carry into effect the Treaty with the Miami Indians, of the 28th November, 1840. August 3, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. New Post Office building. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Postmaster General, asking a further appropriation for completing the new Post Office building, &c. August 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Additional clerks -- Auditor Post Office Department. (To accompany Bill No. 25.) Statements submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. August 7, 1841. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Crimes and punishments. Message from the President of the United States, notifying the House that the act of the 10th of March, 1838, entitled "An Act Supplementary to the Act Entitled 'An Act in Addition to the Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States,'" &c., expired by its own limitation on the 10th March, 1840, and recommending that it be now revived. July 19, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Census documents, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the census of pensioners and binding the census documents. August 13, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Commerce and navigation with France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the commerce and navigation with France. August 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Statue of Washington. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the Statue of Washington, by Greenhough [i.e., Greenough]. August 4, 1841. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Fortifications -- unexpended balances of appropriations for 1841. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the unexpended balances of appropriations for fortifications for the year 1841; communicated in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th inst. July 17, 1841. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, to which the bill making appropriations for fortifications is committed. Failure of the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to failure of the mails. August 7, 1841. Read and laid upon the table. National currency. Memorial of Littleton Dennis Teackle, presenting a plan of national currency and depositories of the public moneys, and praying that its principles and details may be considered and acted upon by Congress. June 12, 1841. Referred to the select committee appointed on the subject of the currency.	63