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| Serial set 34 | Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the names, rank, and line of every person placed on the pension list, in pursuance of the act of the 18th March, 1818, &c. January 20, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. | 1 |
| Serial set 35 |
Memorial of the President and board of managers of the American Colonization Society. February 3, 1820. Referred to the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade Memorial of merchants, traders, and others, of Baltimore, Maryland. January 24, 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole, on the bill laying duties on sales of merchandize at auction. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the annual receipts on account of the Navy Hospital Fund from 26th February, 1811, to 30th September, 1819, together with a statement of the disbursement of said fund during the same period, &c. &c. February 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, requiring him to report such measures as, in his opinion, may be expedient to enforce the more speedy payment of public moneys due from individuals and corporate bodies. February 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States, from the 4th of March, 1789, to the 31st December, 1819, with sundry explanatory statements. February 16, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy, during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth September, 1819. February 4, 1820. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances, on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have been due more than three years, prior to the thirtieth of September last. February 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, in reply to an order of the House of Representatives of the United States of the twenty-eighth ultimo, referring to him a petition of Joseph Wheaton, with sundry documents connected therewith. February 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letters from the Secretary of State, transmitting lists of the names of persons appointed to publish the laws of the United States during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congress, and first session of the Sixteenth Congress. February 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of sundry merchants and other inhabitants of the City of Baltimore, upon the subject of discontinuing credit on import duties, and denying drawbacks. February 8, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, on the "Bill Regulating the Payment of Duties on Merchandize Imported, and for Other Purposes." Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to sundry resolutions of the 17th ultimo, a statement of the actual balance, &c. in the Treasury on the 1st day of January, 1820; together with a statement of the amount of the public debt redeemable in 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, and 1824; exhibiting also the interest payable in, and the balance of the annual appropriation of $10,000,000 which will remain unapplied at the close of each year. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo, a report in relation to the sums of money paid Colonel James Johnson, the balance still claimed by him in virtue of his contract with the Quartermaster's Department, and the mode in which that contract was formed. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th inst., a statement of the number of acres of land sold at the several land offices from their institution to 30th September, 1819; of the moneys accruing, and the moneys received, from such sales; and the sums remaining due, and unpaid to the government, &c. &c. January 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department, and the compensation received by each. January 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the Department of State during the year 1819, and the compensation allowed to each. January 31, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the whole amount of moneys expended by the government on the Military Academy at West Point; the number and names of the cadets who have been educated there, from each state, district, or territory; together with an estimate of the sums necessary for the support of said institution for the next succeeding three years. January 31, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of sundry merchants and inhabitants of Salem, Massachusetts. January 31, 1820. Read, and so much thereof as relates to drawback of duties referred to the Committee on Commerce; and the residue to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill regulating the payment of duties on merchandise imported, and for other purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on the subject of prohibiting the importation of cotton, woollen, and iron manufactures, and his opinion of the effect such prohibition will have on the revenue of the United States. Made in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th ultimo. February 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the receipts and expenditures of the General Post Office from 1st January, 1814, to 31st March, 1816. February 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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| Serial set 36 |
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th February, 1819, a copy of the rules and regulations for the government of the Military Academy at West Point; together with a list of the cadets attached to the Academy on the 1st January, 1815; the names of those who have been since admitted, &c. &c. &c. February 25, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the number of persons who have been placed on the pension list under the law of the 18th March, 1818, who served for one, two, three years, and during the war, respectively. February 16, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances rendered by the Register of the Treasury, which have been due more than three years prior to the thirtieth of September, 1819. February 16, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Secretary of War, to whom was referred on the seventh February, instant, the petitions of a company of rangers commanded by Captain James Bigger, and of Daniel D. Norton. February 17, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ultimo., information in relation to a loan of gunpowder made to the firm of Stull and Williams, merchants, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. March 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Commissioners of the Navy Pension Fund, in relation to measures adopted to coerce the payment of balances due to the Fund, from persons indebted thereto. February 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 1st March, 1819, transmitting statements in relation to the condition of the Bank of the United States and its offices; also, statements in relation to the situation of the different chartered banks in the different states and the District of Columbia, &c. February 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements shewing the expense of furnishing the Army of the United States with rations for one year, ending on the first of June, 1818; the number of rations issued, &c. &c. February 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Documents accompanying the "Bill Making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year 1820." February 23, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to fines, penalties, and forfeitures levied and collected by order of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, from the year 1801 to the close of the year 1819; also, statements designating the expenses incurred on account of the District Court of the United States, and those incurred on account of the sittings of the Supreme Court. March 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, copies of the respective contracts heretofore made with James Johnson, Alexander M'Rea, Elias Earle, and Peter Townsend, for the delivery of gun-powder, &c. &c. March 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Representation of the members of the House of Representatives, from that part of Massachusetts hitherto known as the District of Maine. February 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Communication from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Expenditures, upon the subject of diminishing the appropriation for the gradual increase of the Navy; economy in the expenditures for naval purposes, and the accountability of the officers of the Navy Department. February 26, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Expenditures, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, explanatory of an error in the statement of balances due by individuals to the United States, which accompanied his letter of the 7th of February, instant. February 26, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the state of the Bank of the United States, on the 25th February, the 27th of May, and 29th November last. March 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of surveying the public lands reserved for naval purposes. February 16, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in obedience of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th ult., a report of the Secretary of War of loans made to private citizens of gun-powder, lead, &c. belonging to government. February 18, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 37 |
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence referred to in a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d ultimo, in relation to the Florida treaty. March 9, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1819. February 29, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. March 20, 1820. Read and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill for the final adjustment of land claims in the State of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, copies of contracts made for building and repairing fortifications, &c. since the year 1815; statement of moneys actually paid on account thereof, to whom, and when; and information in relation to public notice of said contracts, and the solvency of the security of contractors. April 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to a present from the viceroy of Lima, to the commander of the U.S. ship Ontario; to passengers, &c. transported in said ship; and orders of Navy Department to commanders of public vessels respecting admitting passengers and effects on board of said ships. April 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting extracts of letters from our ministers in St. Petersburg and Madrid, upon the subject of our relations with Spain, also, an extract of a letter from Mr. Gallatin, minister at the Court of Versailles, upon the same subject. March 27, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Letter from the Register of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the trade of the United States with the West Indies and the British American colonies, for the four years preceding the 1st of October, 1818. March 24, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill concerning navigation, &c. &c. Letters from the Secretary of State, to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, upon the subject of the treaty with Spain for the cession of the Floridas. March 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the sums of money which have been paid, since the peace establishment, to the general officers and their staff attached to the Army of the United States. March 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury of the progress made in the erection of the light house at the mouth of the Mississippi. March 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Philadelphia. March 11, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill regulating the payment of duties on merchandise imported, and for other purposes. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Privateer Pension Fund, rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th instant. March 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an abstract of the militia of the United States. March 30, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statements from the Treasury Department in relation to the annual receipts and expenditures of the marine hospital money, collected under the acts of sixteenth July, 1798, and second March, 1799. March 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint for the year 1819. March 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting statements of expenditures in constructing the Cumberland Road, from the year 1806 to the year 1820. March 17, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 38 |
Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of an act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act To Prevent Kidnapping." April 18, 1820. Referred to the select committee appointed, on the 18th of March last, to consider of providing more effectually for reclaiming persons held to service Memorial of John Johnson, Junior. April 24, 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the "Bill To Regulate the Duties on Imports and Tonnage, and for Other Purposes." Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post roads for the year 1819. April 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, transmitting documents shewing the proceedings of the executive, hitherto, in negotiating with Great Britain in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British American colonies; and with France, in relation to the general commerce between that country and the United States. April 22, 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the American Society of the City of New York for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures. April 24, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill laying duties on sales of merchandize at auction. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of importation of goods, wares, and merchandize in American and foreign vessels. For the year ending on the 30th Sept., 1818. March 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a court martial for the trial of Colonel William King, of the Fourth Infantry, and sundry orders and documents connected therewith. May 3, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the correspondence which has lately taken place between the Secretary of State and General Vives, the Spanish minister, in relation to the treaty for the cession of the Floridas. May 9, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives. Message from the President of the United States, communicating translations of letters from the minister of Spain to the Secretary of State, received since the message of the 9th instant. May 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State on the subject of claims of citizens of the United States for Spanish spoliations upon their property and commerce. May 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th ultimo, statements of the amounts and costs of goods furnished annually to Indian trading houses since the year 1815. Specifying, also, the kinds and quantity of furs, &c. &c. annually received, since that period, of said factories. April 13, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. April 18, 1820. Referred to the select committee appointed on the 13th January last, to enquire into the expediency of continuing in force, for a limited time, "An Act Regulating the Currency, within the United States, of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the Crowns of France, and Five Franc Pieces," as relates to the gold coins of those countries. Regulations for the granting of land under the Spanish government of Louisiana, and Mr. Gallatin's instructions to the land commissioners in Louisiana and Missouri. April 19, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the operations of the Mint of the United States. April 10, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 39 | Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the annual accounts of his office to the first of July, 1819; also, the War and Navy accounts from 1st October, 1818, to 1st October, 1819. February 23, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. | 1 |
| Serial set 40 |
Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Jacob Purkill. January 6, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the committee to whom was referred, at the commencement of the present session of Congress, so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade, accompanied with a bill to incorporate the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. May 8, 1820. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the bill from the Senate, to continue in force "An Act To Protect the Commerce of the United States, and Punish the Crime of Piracy," &c. &c. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of John Gooding and James Williams, accompanied with a bill for their relief. January 5, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole, to-morrow. December, 13, 1819. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of John B.C. Lucas, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 27, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Thaddeus Mayhew. January 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of Francis B. Languille. March 22, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Illinois referred on the 10th instant. January 27, 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole, on the Bill No. 59, confirming certain claims to land in the State of Illinois. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of J. and D. Hunt and Joseph Forman, accompanied with a bill for the relief of the heirs of Abijah Hunt and William Gordon Forman. March 8, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of James Mackay, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Thomas W. Todd. January 5, 1820. Read and ordered to lie on the table. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business. December 31, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report in the case of Capt. Louis Joseph Beaulieu, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 14, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Expenditures upon the Public Buildings. March 21, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, in the case of Richard S. Hackley, accompanied with a bill for his relief. April 11, 1820. Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, against the repeal of the law of 18th March, 1818. January 4, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lowndes' motion. December 28, 1819. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Archer, and proposition of Mr. Whitman to amend the same. January 20, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Joseph Janey (i.e., Janney). January 19, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Philip C.S. Barbour, accompanied with " A Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representative of Philip Barbour, Deceased." December 16, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Josias H. McComas, accompanied with a bill for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Willis. February 11, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill for the relief of John McGrew and others. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Ether Shipley, administrator of Thomas Buckminster, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 28, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee on the memorial of the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, accompanied with a bill in behalf of said Institution. December 28, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Henderson. December 29, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Alexander Worster. December 29, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of William Coffin and others, accompanied with a bill for their relief. December 29, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, with the bill. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Joshua Rutledge. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee for the District of Columbia, on the subject of renewing the charters of the banks of the said district; and of preventing the said banks, or other corporations therein, issuing notes of a denomination under five dollars. February 2, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of John S. Polereczky. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Elections, on the petition of James Guyon, Junior, contesting the election of Ebenezer Sage. January 12, 1820. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the report of the Committee of Elections, on the case of contested election, Rollin C. Mallary vs. Orsamus C. Merrill. Report in the case of Christopher Miller, accompanied with a bill for his benefit. January 12, 1820. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee on the subject of clothing the militia when called into the service of the United States, with a bill for that purpose. January 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of sundry inhabitants of Illinois. January 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Martha Flood, with a bill for her relief. January 18, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Jacob Shafer. January 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 20, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the Senate for the relief of Samuel Ward. January 21, 1820. Read, and, with the said act, committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the act of the Senate for the relief of the legal representatives of Nicholas Vreeland. Additional report of the Committee on the Public Buildings. February 16, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill for the benefit of Thomas Carr, and others. February 7, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs upon the subject of reducing the expenses of the naval establishment of the United States. March 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report in the case of James Shields, by the Committee on Private Land Claims. March 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the petition of General James Wilkinson, accompanied with a bill for his relief. March 9, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Stephen Baxter. February 4, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the committee appointed on the 7th ult. in relation to the publication of the laws in the newspapers. March 20, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations, on the claim of the owners of the Danish brigantine Henrick, and her cargo. February 8, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John M'Grew, et al. February 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the memorial of the heirs of Baron De Kalb. February 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolutions presented by Mr. Speaker, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. April 4, 1820. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Alvin Bronson. March 22, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. March 23, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of a select committee, on the petition of John Webster, accompanied with a bill for his relief. April 11, 1820. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Military Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of Nathaniel Hall Loring, and others, late cadets at West Point. April 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed by a resolution of the House of Representatives, to inquire into the expediency of so modifying the act establishing a Board of Commissioners of the Navy, as to make the Secretary of the Navy, for the time being, the presiding officer of that Board; and, also, of so limiting the tenor of the commissions to the members thereof, as to secure the accumulating experience and talents of our naval commanders in that Department, by a periodical rotation in office. May 1, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of William Bayard, and others. May 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolutions authorizing the President of the United States to negotiate with foreign governments on the means effecting an entire abolition of the African slave trade, and for other purposes. May 8, 1820. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, on the bill from the Senate, entitled "An Act To Continue in Force 'An Act To Protect the Commerce of the United States, and Punish the Crime of Piracy,'" &c. &c. Report on Brownstown Treaty by a select committee appointed on the 26th January last. May 12, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Samuel Gibbs. February 11, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the case of Samuel Hughes. December 15, 1819. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of William M'Donald, administrator of James, accompanying "A Bill for the Relief of William M'Donald, Administrator of James M'Donald, Deceased," &c. December 14, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole, to-morrow. Report of a select committee, on the petition of J.B.C. Lucas and Clement B. Penrose. December 15, 1818. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Jennings O'Bannon. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 4, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of James Hughes, accompanied with a bill for his relief. December 16, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred, on the 10th instant, the memorial of the officers of the Revolutionary Army, accompanying a bill for their relief. December 20, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of Spiller Fillmore, accompanied with a bill for the relief of the heirs of Anthony Burk. December 23, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Rebecca C. Appling, with a bill for the relief of the legal representative of Colonel Daniel Appling, et al. December 27, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of Clement B. Penrose, with a bill for his relief. December 27, 1819. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report Report [sic] of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of John Wilmot. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, in relation to the expenditures which have been, and are likely to be incurred, in fitting out and prosecuting the expedition to the Yellow Stone River, and other objects connected with the said expedition; together with a statement of the distribution of the Army of the United States, its total strength, and the strength of garrisons, &c. &c. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee for the District of Columbia, on the petition of John Law and Jonathan Elliot. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Elections, on the petition of Rollin C. Mallary, contesting the election of Orsamus C. Merrill, and praying to be admitted to a seat in his stead. January 5, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the public buildings. January 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of William M'Intosh, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 6, 1820. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Stephen Jenks and Sons. January 6, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Samuel Dale. January 10, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Edward Smith, executor of Philip Bush. January 10, 1820. Ordered to lie on the table. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Strother. January 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Hoel Laurence. January 17, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of the Levy Court of Calvert County, Maryland. January 10, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 20, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of H.B. Livingston. January 27, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Samuel Demarest. January 26, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Henry Bedinger. January 28, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, on the petition of John B. Regnier, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 31, 1820. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of a select committee on the petition of sundry Indians of the Stockbridge Nation, accompanied with a bill confirming their title to certain lands. February 24, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 10th day of December last, to inquire whether any moneys appropriated by Congress for the pay and subsistence of the regular Army of the United States since 4th March, 1815, have been applied to the support of any army or detachment of troops raised without the authority of Congress. February 28, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Moses White, executor of Moses Hazen. February 28, 1820. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Alexander Roddy. February 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the bill from the Senate, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Officers and Volunteers Engaged in the Late Campaign Against the Seminole Indians." March 27, 1820. Read twice, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole on the report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John Cowan. March 29, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred so much of the President's message, at the commencement of the present session, as relates to the revenue of the United States. April 14, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. resolution to amend the sixth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States. January 24, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 25, 1820. Read the second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. March 28, 1820. Considered, amended, and ordered to lie on the table. Amendment proposed by Mr. Cocke to the report of the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Nathaniel H. Loring, Thomas Ragland, C.R. Vining, Charles R. Holmes, and Wilson M.C. Fairfax, late cadets at U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Resolution submitted by Mr. Lowndes, in the House of Representatives. April 15, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Speaker to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. March 28, 1820. Ordered to be printed. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the petition of John Wells, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 26, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relate[s] to foreign affairs, accompanied with a bill to authorise the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Florida, and establish a temporary government therein. March 9, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate for the relief of Eli Hart. January 3, 1820. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Hugh M'Cullough. December 27, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Ambrose Whitlock. January 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 5, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, upon the subject of reducing or suspending the expenditures on fortifications. April 24, 1810. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report upon the claims of Thomas Carr, Andrew Jackson, and others, accompanied with a "Bill for the Benefit of Thomas Carr, and Others." December, 14, 1819. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report, in part, of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, upon the subject of the manner in which the act of the 18th March, 1818, has been executed, &c. &c. December 28, 1819. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John Cowen [i.e., Cowan]. January 4, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. |
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Memorial of the National Institution for the Promotion of Industry. January 4, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 29, 1820. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Janney, submitted the following report: The petitioner's claim is for the value of certain buildings... Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of 19th of April, 1820, a statement of all annuities payable by the United States to Indians or Indian tribes, or under treaties with Indians; distinguishing the several annuities, the periods during which they are respectively payable; and exhibiting the capitals or present value of such annuities; computing annual interest at six per centum. December 4, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, praying relief for those purchasers of the public lands therein that have improved the same. December 11, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of a convention of delegates, representing the merchants and others interested in commerce assembled at Philadelphia. November 27, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of 3d of April, 1820, a statement of money annually appropriated, and paid, since the declaration of independence, for purchasing from the Indians, surveying, and selling the public lands; showing, as near as may be, the quantities of land which have been purchased; the number of acres which have been surveyed; the number sold, and the number which remain unsold; the amount of sales, the amount of forfeitures, the sums paid by purchasers, and the sums due from purchasers, and from receivers in each land district. November 17, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, November 16, 1820. Mr. Burrill submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the act, entitled "An Act Allowing Compensation to the Members of the Senate, Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to the Delegates of the Territories, and Repealing All Other Laws on the Subject," passed at the first session of the Fifteenth Congress, ought to be so altered and amended... Constitution of the State of Missouri. November 14, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, November 16, 1820. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, submitted the following motion, for consideration: Resolved, that it is expedient to make provision by law to authorize any person who has purchased public lands and not made full payment for the same... Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting reports of the land commissioners at Jackson Court House. November 17, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting its annual report on the state of the finances. December 4, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of 4th May, 1820, a statement of the money which has been annually appropriated, and paid, since the year seventeen hundred and seventy-five, for surveying the seacoast, bays, inlets, harbors, and shoals; and for erecting, and keeping in repair, light-houses, beacons, and buoys, and for the purchase of ground for light-houses; distinguishing the places where they have been erected, and the sums annually expended for keeping and supplying the same. In Senate of the United States, November 29, 1820. The committee to whom was referred the constitution of the State of Missouri, report: That they have the same under consideration, and, by reference to the law of Congress, passed on the sixth day of March... Message from the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Sixteenth Congress. November 15, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, November 20, 1820. Mr. Walker, of Alabama, submitted the following motions for consideration: Resolved... In Senate of the United States, December 20, 1820. Mr. Williams, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Horatio Stark, reported: That the petitioner states, in his petition, he was appointed an officer in the Army of the United States... In Senate of the United States, December 18, 1820. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Love, reported: That the petitioner represents himself as the only son and heir of Thomas Love, who, as he alleges, served as a surgeon in the Revolutionary Army... Memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Mobile, praying the grant of certain unlocated lands belonging to the United States within the limits of the city. December 29, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 28, 1820. Mr. Pleasants, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Shields, submitted the following report: The memorialist states that Commodore Shaw, whilst he commanded the naval forces of the United States... In Senate of the United States, December 20, 1820. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Presley Kemper, made report: That the petitioner represents himself to have acted as wagonmaster... In Senate of the United States, December 18, 1820. Mr. Noble, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the pension of Park Avery, reported: That the petitioner states he was placed upon the pension list and so continued, until the act of Congress was passed increasing pensions... In Senate of the United States, December 22, 1820. Mr. Lowrie, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel W. Coxe, one of the owners of the claim of the Marquis de Maison Rouge, on the Washita River, in the State of Louisiana, made the following report... In Senate of the United States, December 8, 1820. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Morgan Brown, of the State of Georgia, reported: That the claim of the petitioner is for a horse stolen from a team, and killed, at Fort Jackson... Memorial of Paul Beck, Jr. and Thomas Sparks, manufacturers of shot. December 8, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 14, 1820. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Eliza Dill, Jane Jervis, and Louis St. Clair Robb, daughters of the late General Arthur St. Clair, reported... In Senate of the United States, December 14, 1820. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Major Charles Larabee [i.e., Larrabee], reported: That the petitioner was a lieutenant in the 4th Regiment of United States Infantry... In Senate of the United States, December 7, 1820. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Holmes, of Alabama, reported: That the claim of the petitioner is for a horse, killed in the Battle of Emuckfaw, with the Creek Indians... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 6th inst., information concerning the purchase of fire engines. December 13, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Superintendent of Indian Trade, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating a report in relation to Indian trade. December 13, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 5, 1820. Mr. Barbour, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of Matthew Lyon, submitted the following report: The claim of the petitioner to redress rests on the facts that he was convicted under the law commonly called the Sedition Act... In Senate of the United States, December 19, 1820. Mr. Dickerson from the Joint Library Committee of Congress, reported: That, by the accounts of Joseph Nourse, esq., agent of the Committee... Report of the Secretary of War, on the petition of Eleanor Lawrence. Referred to him by a resolution of the Senate of 30th ult. December 20, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of April, 1820, a statement of the money expended in each year since the declaration of independence, in holding conferences, and making treaties with the Indian tribes; specifying grants, and presents, whether in money or goods; annuities paid, and now payable, to the Indian tribes; the money annually appropriated and paid for the Indian trade, including the sums allowed for salaries, and allowances to superintendents, clerks, factors, commissioners, agents, interpreters, and all other persons, employed under the authority of the United States, in the negotiations and intercourse with the Indian tribes. December 5, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the auctioneers of the City of New York. January 3, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 2, 1821. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and appeal of Joseph Wheaton, report... In Senate of the United States, January 5, 1821. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "An Act for the Relief of William M'Intosh," made the following report... Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report from the land commissioners at St. Helena. January 9, 1821. Ordered to be printed, together with the letter and report on the same subject transmitted to the Senate on the 12th of May, 1820. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, praying that the lands sold by the United States since the year 1816, lying within that state, may be subjected to taxation by the authority thereof. January 4, 1821. Printed by order the Senate of the United States. Petition of the citizens of the Counties of Lawrence and Franklin, in the State of Alabama. January 8, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 8, 1821. Mr. Pleasants from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Gooding and James Williams, submitted the following report: The petitioners state that, in the year 1814, they were owners of the private armed schooner Midas... In Senate of the United States, December 29, 1820. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of the trustees of the Worthington College, in the County of Franklin and State of Ohio, made the following report... |
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In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Van Dyke, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hanson Catlett, a surgeon in the Army of the United States, submitted the following report: That the petitioner states that, during the late war, while ascending the Ohio, with his regiment... In Senate of the United States, January 23, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel M'Warren, reported... In Senate of the United States, February 10, 1821. Mr. Ruggles from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas W. Todd, made the following report: That the petitioner was appointed in 1813 paymaster to a regiment of artillery, stationed at Norfolk, in the State of Virginia... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1821. Mr. Walker, of Georgia, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Tucker, reported... In Senate of the United States, January 9, 1821. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas Perkins, made the following report: That Perkins, the petitioner, alleges and proves that Thomas Wheat settled on the land now claimed before the year 1795... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1821. Mr. Otis, from the Committee on the Public Buildings, to whom was referred the petition of Julia Plantou, reported... In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1821. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander Irwin, praying an increase of pension, report: That the petitioner states he is an invalid pensioner now on the roll of the Indiana Agency... In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1821. Mr. Eaton submitted the following motion: That the bill for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, 1820, be recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands... In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1821. Mr. Noble, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Wing praying an increase of pension, reported: That the statement of facts, as disclosed by the petitioner, and upon which he relies for an increase in pension, is unsupported... In Senate of the United States, January 15, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of a number of the inhabitants of the State of Indiana, praying that the right of pre-emption may be granted to Isaac M. Johnson, for the northeast quarter of section twenty-nine, in township seventeen north, of range ten east, for the purpose of erecting a mill thereon ... Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the United States of 1st of May, 1820, the rules and regulations for the naval service, prepared and reported under the authority of an act of Congress of February 7, 1815; with a schedule of such alterations and additions as have been deemed necessary. January 13, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 15, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.L.B. Macarty, made the following report: The petitioner alleges his property was taken for the military purposes... Report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen, and commonalty of the City of New York, respecting the re-conveyance of the site on which Fort Clinton has been erected. January 26, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, statements shewing the state of the several incorporated banks in the District of Columbia. January 26, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 18, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of the chiefs in behalf of the Choctaw Nation of Indians, praying that a tract of land, reserved by said nation in the treaty of November, 1805, may be confirmed to Silas Dinsmore, to whom they have granted it, submitted the following report... In Senate of the United States, February 1, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution, "to inquire whether any, and if any, what, provisions are necessary or proper to be made law to meet contingencies which may arise from unlawful, disputed, or doubtful votes, under part of the Twelfth Article Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which relates to counting votes of the electors for President, and Vice President of the United States," made the following report... In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1821. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee on Finance, made the following report: The Committee of Finance submit to the Senate their report upon the petition of John Lowden. The petitioner imported certain merchandise from England... Letter from the Governor of the State of Ohio to the President of the Senate, transmitting a report of the joint committee of both houses of the General Assembly, on the communication of the Auditor of State upon the subject of the proceedings of the Bank of the United States against the Officers of State, in the United States' Circuit Court. February 1, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 31, 1821. Mr. Dana, from the committee appointed to inquire into the propriety of reducing the allowances authorized by law for the two Houses of Congress, and for the executive departments, submitted the following report... In Senate of the United States, January 30, 1821. Mr. Van Dyke from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Hardeman, submitted the following report: Thomas Hardeman, the petitioner, claims twelve hundred arpents of land on the Missouri River... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Thomas Oxley, made the following report: The petitioner states that he has invented a new and useful machine and engine... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Jackson, submitted the following report: The petitioner claims compensation for services rendered in the United States in the late war... In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Clarissa Scott, submitted the following report: That it appears to your Committee, from an attested copy of an entry taken from one of the books containing records of Spanish grants... In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas H. Boyles, submitted the following report: That an act of Congress was passed on the 27th of April, 1816, authorizing the petitioner, or his legal representatives, to enter with the register of the land office, without payment... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.B. Clemson, made the following report: The petitioner represents that he was lately a colonel in the Army of the United States... In Senate of the United States, February 1, 1821. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Andrew Peters and others, officers of the Revolutionary Army, made the following report: The committee deem it unnecessary particularly to refer to the acts of Congress... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Matthew B. Cathey, made the following report: That, on its reference, with the vouchers attached to it, to the Treasury Department... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Villere, reported: The petitioner claims compensation for one hundred thirty arpents of sugar lands... In Senate of the United States, February 8, 1821. Mr. Holmes, of Maine, from the Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of William Whitehead, submitted the following report: The petitioner states that he and his co-partner James Chapman, both being British subjects... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution, "to inquire into the propriety of so modifying the law punishing piracy, as to authorize the President of the United States, in such cases as he may deem expedient, to commute capital punishments for confinement in penitentiary houses," made the following report... In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of Josiah Hook, made the following report: The petitioner states that he was collector of the port of Penobscot... In Senate of the United States, February 10, 1821. Mr. Noble, from the Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Dean Weymouth, praying an increase of pension, reported: That they have had the same under consideration. They find, from the petition and evidence submitted to them, that the petitioner, at the commencement of the late war, volunteered his services... In Senate of the United States, February 10, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of John W. Whitney and John Snodgrass, for and in behalf of the legal representatives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased, reported: That, on the 8th of January, 1819, an act of Congress was passed authorizing the petitioners to give additional testimony to the register and receiver of the land office... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in conformity to the provisions of the act of fifteenth May, 1820, for the relief of the inhabitants of the Village of Peoria, in the State of Illinois. February 1, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 8, 1821. Mr. Holmes, of Maine, from the Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Aubin, submitted the following report: The petitioner states that the port of Castine was occupied by the British forces... In Senate of the United States, January 25, 1821. Mr. Van Dyke, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Barker, of the City of New York, submitted the following report: That the Secretary of the Treasury, on behalf of the United States, made contracts with Jacob Barker and other individuals... In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, praying permission to tax all lands sold by the United States on or subsequent to the first day of July, 1820, and also all lands sold since the first day of December, 1816, on which the payments to the United States have been completed... In the Senate of the United States, January 24, 1821. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee of Finance, made the following report: The Committee of Finance submit to the Senate their report upon the memorial of Paul Lanusse, and F. Baily [i.e., Bailey] Blanchard. In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1821. Mr. Van Dyke, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Sloo, register of the land office, and John Caldwell, receiver of public moneys, at Shawneetown, in the State of Illinois, reported: That the memorialists pray an additional compensation... Memorial of the Bank of the United States, and accompanying documents. January 17, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 9, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, being instructed to inquire into the justice and expediency of granting land for the purposes of education, within the limits of the old states, corresponding with the appropriations which have been made for the same object within the limits of the new states, reported: That, under the laws of the United States, lands have been granted for the purposes of education... In Senate of the United States, February 1, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution "to inquire whether any, and if any, what, amendments are necessary and proper to be made to the act entitled, 'An Act Relative to the Election of President and Vice President of the United States, and Declaring the Officer Who Shall Act as President, in Case of Vacancies in the Offices Both of President and Vice President, Passed March 1st, 1792,'" made the following report... In Senate of the United States, January 22, 1821. Mr. Pleasants, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Shields, reported... Estimate of the comparative expenses of the Army, under the organization of the bill passed by the House of Representatives, and that of the Military Committee of the Senate, embracing the full pay, subsistence, and forage, and allowance for servants, of the officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and private soldiers. February 2, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 8, 1821. Mr. Holmes, of Maine, from the Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of James Graham, submitted the following report: The petitioner states that in the month of October, 1814, he being a subject of Great Britain, imported certain British goods... In Senate of the United States, February 5, 1821. The report of the committee appointed to inquire into the propriety of reducing the allowances authorized by law for the two Houses of Congress, and for the executive departments, being under consideration... In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Sanford, from the Committee of Finance, made the following report: The Committee of Finance submit to the Senate their report upon the petition of William Smith, Jun. of South Carolina. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in relation to the power or authority which belonged to Don John Bonaventura Morales, and to the Baron Carondelet, to grant and dispose of the lands of Spain in Louisiana, previously to the year 1803. January 20, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 1, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the memorial of Lewis Lauret, of New Orleans, made the following report: The memorialist states that he is an alien and hath domiciliated himself in the City of New Orleans... |
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In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Bartholomew Shaumburg [i.e., Shaumburgh], reported: The petitioner asks payment from the United States of $3,000, which he received of Thomas Wright, paymaster of the 8th Infantry... In Senate of the United States, February 13, 1821. Mr. Mills, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made the following report: The Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Parker, have had the same under consideration... In Senate of the United States, February 13, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of William Pancoast, made the following report: The petitioner states, "that he obtained a patent for a certain tract of land..." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State on the subject of claims of citizens of the United States for Spanish spoliations upon their property and commerce. February 10, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 12, 1821. The following motion was submitted by Mr. Talbot for consideration: Resolved, that the bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy... In Senate of the United States, February 14, 1821. Mr. Van Dyke, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of P.P. Saint Guirons and others, French emigrants engaged in the cultivation of the vine and olive, praying an alteration of the terms of the act of Congress by which four townships of land were granted to them on certain conditions, reported... Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th May, 1820, a statement of the number of militia from each state that were called into the public service by orders of the President of the United States; of the number furnished by each state; the number recognized by the United States from each state, and the period of their service; of the amount of fines imposed for neglect of duty, distinguishing the number of persons on whom fines have been imposed, the sums collected by the respective marshals, the sums paid by them respectively into the Treasury of the United States; the expenses of the courts martial in the several states, and the number and amount of fines so imposed, that have been remitted within the states respectively. February 15, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Mobile, reported: That the memorialists state that the said city is destitute of almost every kind of building... In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of John Caldwell and others, purchasers of lots in Shawneetown, in the State of Illinois, reported: That the petitioners state that, by a re-survey of the said town, the public square on which the county jail was erected was laid off into town lots... In Senate of the United States, February 20, 1821. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing the said Committee to inquire into the expediency of passing a law authorizing the payment of the claim of David Cooper, submitted the following report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, the original order for building the barracks at Sackett's Harbor, together with all communications between the War Department and Major General Brown relative thereto, and the amount of public moneys expended thereon. February 28, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 28, 1821. Mr. Roberts communicated the following letter... In Senate of the United States, February 28, 1821. Mr. Pleasants, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Jane Baker, submitted the following report: The memorialist states that she is the widow of Thomas Baker... In Senate of the United States, February 22, 1821. Mr. Smith from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of John Cahoone, commander of the United States' revenue cutter Vigilant, made the following report: The petitioner states that the ship Caledonia, an American vessel, arrived in the waters of the District of Newport... In Senate of the United States, February 19, 1821. Mr. Dickerson, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Dobson and Son, praying that an act may be passed authorizing the purchasing, for the use of government, six hundred copies of Seybert's Statistical Annals, or so many copies thereof as Congress may deem proper, beg leave to report... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, information in relation to the claims of John H. Piatt. February 19, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 21, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of William Doak, praying for the right of pre-emption to a tract of land, including his improvement, in the State of Mississippi, reported: That, it appears, to the satisfaction of the Committee, that the petitioner occupied a public stand in the Choctaw Nation... In Senate of the United States, February 19, 1821. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report: Ko-na-noo-lus-kee, or Challenge, on the ground that the bad men of Alabama are seeking to deprive him of his rights... Memorial of the convention of the people of the State of Alabama, assembled to form a constitution and state government, praying that a part of West Florida may be annexed to said state. February 22, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 23, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Watson Brown, reported: That the Committee have examined the same... In Senate of the United States, February 27, 1821. Mr. Sanford made the following report: The joint committee appointed to inquire and report what subjects before the two Houses are proper to be acted on during the present session of Congress, report: That, in the opinion of the committee, the following bills now before the Senate and House of Representatives are proper to be acted on during the present session... In Senate of the United States, February 22, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution to inquire into the expediency of passing a law amending and explaining the judiciary laws... In Senate of the United States, February 26, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report from the Treasury Department in relation to the claim of John H. Piatt, reported: That, on the examination of the statements made by the Second Comptroller and Third Auditor of the Treasury... In Senate of the United States, February 26, 1821. Mr. Roberts, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Richard S. Hackley, submitted the following report: The petitioner sets forth that, in pursuance of instructions from G.W. Irvine, then minister from the United States at Madrid... In Senate of the United States, February 19, 1821. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was submitted the resolution of the 19th of January, 1821, instructing them to inquire into the expediency of authorizing Jared E. Groce to enter a fraction of seventy-four acres of land, situate[d] on the Alabama River, township five, range four east, at such price as they may deem proper, reported... In Senate of the United States, February 22, 1821. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of John Slocum, surveyor of the port and District of Newport, made the following report... |
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Letter from the Secretary of State, with a transcript of the list of passengers who arrived in the United States from the 1st of October, 1819, to the 30th September, 1820. February 18, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of State, upon weights and measures, prepared in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the third March, 1817. February 22, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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| Serial set 46 | Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the annual account of his office to the 30th June, 1820; also, the War and Navy accounts from 1st October, 1819, to 30th September, 1820. March 3, 1821. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. | 1 |
| Serial set 47 | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Sixteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, November 13, 1820, in the forty-fifth year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
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Report of the Secretary of War, of a plan for the reduction of the Army of the United States. Made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th of May last. December 12, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Memorial of a convention of delegates, representing the merchants and others interested in commerce assembled at Philadelphia. November 24, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the upper counties of the State of South Carolina. November 28, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Message from the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Sixteenth Congress. November 15, 1820. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New Haven. November 27, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings. November 27, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Petition of Seth Weed. November 27, 1820. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the Senate of 3d of April, 1820, a statement of money annually appropriated, and paid, since the declaration of independence, for purchasing from the Indians, surveying, and selling the public lands; showing, as near as may be, the quantities of land which have been purchased; the number of acres which have been surveyed; the number sold, and the number which remain unsold; the amount of sales, the amount of forfeitures, the sums paid by purchasers, and the sums due from purchasers, and from receivers in each land district. November 28, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Constitution of the State of Missouri. November 16, 1820. Read, and referred to a select committee. Memorial of the merchants and other citizens of Richmond and its vicinity, against an increase of the tariff of import duties, a discontinuance of credits on revenue bonds, the abolition of drawbacks, and other restrictions on commerce. November 24, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report on the state of the finances. December 4, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the citizens of Petersburg, Virginia. November 23, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of the merchants and agriculturists of Fredericksburg and its vicinity, Virginia. December 13, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State of the progress and expenditures of the commissioners, under the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent. December 19, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the appropriations for the service of the year 1821. December 28, 1820. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives, a statement relative to claims to military bounty lands for services rendered during the late war, &c &c. December 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, enclosing a statement of the organization of the Army, intended as a substitute for so much of table A, which accompanied his report upon the reduction of the Army, as relates to the details of organization. December 22, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives, the latest return made to that Department of the state of the Bank of the United States, and of its several offices of discount and deposite. December 9, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, information in relation to the execution of the law of the first of May last, amendatory of the "Act To Provide for Certain Persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." December 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th May, 1820, a list of the offices of the Customs which may be abolished without detriment to the public interest. December 13, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ult., sundry statements shewing the amount of moneys drawn from the Treasury for the War and Navy Departments, from the 30th day of November, 1819, to the 13th day of November, instant; an account of transfers made during the last recess of Congress, from one appropriation to another; and the aggregate amount of payments made during the same period by the Treasurer, as agent for the War and Navy Departments. December 8, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the New York Agricultural Society for the protection of national industry. December 15, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Memorial of sundry citizens of Charleston, S.C. against the tariff. December 7, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 13th of May last, a report of such changes and modifications of the emoluments of the officers of the Customs, as appear to be necessary. December 12, 1820. Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of the delegates of the United Agricultural Societies of Prince George, Sussex, Surry, Petersburg, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, and Isle of Wight. December 13, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, information in relation to the horses furnished by the mounted men engaged in the Seminole War; also, of the rule adopted for compensating said troops, not applicable to all other troops of the same description. December 19, 1820. Read, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Memorial of the delegates from the commercial and agricultural sections of the State of Maine. December 13, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, information in relation to the approbation of any general officer of the Army of the United States, of the order given by Col. King, of the 4th Regiment of Infantry, for shooting deserters taken in the fact. Also, whether, in consequence of corporal punishment inflicted, any soldier had died. December 14, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the names of persons who are contractors for carrying the mail of the United States, and are at the same time postmasters. December 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the merchants of Bath, State of Maine. December 12, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report supplementary to his report of the first instant, on the state of the finances. December 28, 1820. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the district tonnage of the United States on the thirty-first of December, 1819. December 29, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Resolutions of the citizens of Newberry District on the proposed increase of the tariff. December 7, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. |
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Memorial of the auctioneers of the City of New York. January 3, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fourth Auditor of persons who have failed to render their accounts within the year; also, an abstract of balances remaining unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September last. December 12, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the quantity of land sold under the provisions of the act of the 24th April, 1820, making further provision for the sales of the public lands, &c. Made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th of May last. December 5, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d November last, information in relation to the naval protection afforded to the commerce of the United States in the West India islands, &c. &c. January 2, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th inst., statements shewing the number of soldiers recruited for the Army during the year 1820, and the fund from which the expenses thereof have been defrayed, &c. January 2, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of goods, wares & merchandise exported from the United States to foreign countries during the year ending 30th September, 1820. December 29, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the names of the clerks employed in that Department, and the compensation allowed to each. January 4, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of 20th December last, a report of the number and station of all the military posts in the United States, and of the distribution of the Army; designating the number and grade of the officers, and the number of men at each. January 3, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th November last, information in relation to the annual fees of the clerks, district attorneys and marshals of the respective courts of the United States; also, a report from the Treasury Department in relation to naval officers, surveyors, and collectors of the Customs. January 4, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Documents accompanying the "Bill To Amend the Act, Entitled An Act for the Gradual Increase of the Navy of the United States." January 5, 1821. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Naval Committee, and ordered to be printed. |
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th ultimo, information on the subject of the African slave trade. January 5, 1821. Referred to the committee to which is referred so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade Statement of allowances which have been made to the officers of the Army of the United States for the transportation of baggage, quarters, and fuel, in the Office of the Third Auditor, from 1st January, 1817, to 31st December, 1819, and in the Office of the Second Auditor, from 1st January, 1816, to 31st December, 1819. December, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a system of field service & police, and a system of martial law, for the government of the Army of the United States. Submitted, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 22d of December, 1819. December 26, 1820. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements shewing [i.e., showing] the amount of expenditures at the Military Academy at West Point, from the establishment thereof, in the erection of buildings and repairs; also, the aggregate amount of expenses up to the present time, for pay, &c. to teachers, officers, and cadets; and the number of cadets educated at said Academy, &c. &c. January 9, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th December last, a statement of expenditures and receipts in the Indian department; also, the nature and extent of contracts entered into, and with whom, from the 2d of March, 1811, to the present period. January 5, 1821. Ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the expenditures of moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1820. January 9, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements which shew the names of clerks employed in his office, and in the office of the Commissioners of the Navy, and the compensation allowed to each. January 8, 1821. Ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of a committee of the citizens of Philadelphia in favor of the passage of a law to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy. January 9, 1821. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons to whom patents have been issued, for any useful invention, during the year 1820. January 5, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. An act giving the assent of the State of Virginia to an act of Congress for laying out and making a road from the Potomac River to the State of Ohio. January 9, 1821. Printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditures and application of the moneys drawn from the Treasury on account of the Navy, from the 1st of Oct., 1819, to the 30th Sept., 1820, inclusive, and of the unexpended balances of former appropriations. January 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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Statement of real property sold for direct taxes, in the First Collection District in the State of New York, under the law of 1814, which remains unredeemed. January 15, 1821. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the Second Comptroller, shewing the balance of each distinct appropriation for the Navy remaining in the Treasury, and in the hands of the Treasurer, an agent for the Navy Department, on the first of January, 1821, &c. January 16, 1821. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the General Post Office, and the compensation allowed to each. January 11, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1820, and the compensation allowed to each. January 15, 1821. Referred to the select committee on the subject of retrenchment of salaries, &c. &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of Secretary of State relating to negotiations for the suppression of the slave trade. January 15, 1821. Referred to the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Commissioners of the Navy, of the sums of money which will be requisite to complete existing contracts made in pursuance of the Act for the Gradual Increase of the Navy. January 16, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th ultimo, information of the number of French vessels which have arrived, and are expected to arrive, in the present year, in the River St. Mary's since the first of July last. January 13, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of expenditures on account of the contingent expenses of the Navy during the fiscal year ending with the 30th September, 1820. January 15, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount of drawback on merchandise exported during the years 1817, 1818, and 1819, compared with the amount of duties which accrued on the same respectively. January 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of payments made at the Treasury during the year 1820 for the discharge of miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided for; of payments made during the same year for the discharge of such demands of a civil nature as are not provided for; a statement of contracts made relative to oil, light houses, buoys, stakeages, &c.; a statement of contracts and purchases for the revenue during the year 1819; and a statement of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen, for the year 1819. January 13, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial of sundry citizens of Hampshire County, State of Virginia. January 29, 1821. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, on the bills to regulate the duties on imports, and for other purposes. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts on the subject of privateering. January 26, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the ninth instant, in relation to the Agency of the Treasury of the United States for the War and Navy Departments, and whether the same may not be discontinued without detriment to the public service. January 26, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th inst., a statement of the money in the Treasury on the 1st of January, 1821; together with a statement of the money in the hands of the Treasurer, as agent for the War and Navy Departments on that day. January 22, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the Berkshire Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. January 22, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Report from the Comptroller of the Treasury, in obedience to the resolution instructing him to report whether, in the statement of balances which accompanied his letter of the 27th of November last, there have been made the discriminations and suggestions required by the fourteenth section of the act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts. January 30, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the law of the 21st of April, 1808, statements exhibiting the contracts made by the Quartermaster General, Commissary General of Subsistence, the Ordnance Department, the Commissary General of Purchases, and the Engineer Department, in the year 1820. January 29, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Memorial of the field officers commanding the Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gun-Men, in the Seminole campaign, &c. January 24, 1821. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill from the Senate for the relief of the officers and volunteers engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of the Navy Commissioners. First. In relation to the cost of the rations of seamen, &c. 2d. On the subject of commuting the rations to officers, into money. 3d. The number of officers, of each grade, necessary for the service of the year 1821. 4th. Statement of the number of pursers at this time on the rolls, and the necessity of continuing the whole in service. 5th. On the subject of dispensing with the services of superintendents, storekeepers, &c. 6th. Relating to a new organization of the Marine Corps; and 7th. An estimated average cost per annum of various classes of vessels of war. January 17, 1821. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Naval Committee, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint of assays made of several species of foreign silver coins. January 17, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, in relation to the militia in service during the late war, &c. &c. January 17, 1821. Read, and referred to the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to the militia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War containing the information required by the resolution of the House respecting the negotiations with the Six Nations of Indians in the State of New York. January 19, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, requiring information of the number of inspectors, weighers, gaugers, and measurers employed in each port of the United States; and the compensation allowed to each for the last five years; also, a statement of the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury exhibiting the names of persons employed as agents for building and supplying light-houses, revenue cutters, and marine hospitals, for the last five years, with the compensation paid to each of them. January 29, 1821. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. [Letter] from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement, shewing the tonnage of vessels of the United States which entered from, and cleared for, ports in France, together with the tonnage of French vessels which entered ports of the United States during the years 1816, 1817, 1818, and 1819. January 20, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the amount of merchandise on hand, at the different Indian trading houses; and in the hands of the Superintendent of Indian Trade in Georgetown, at cost. Prepared in obedience to a resolution of the 13th instant. January 19, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. |
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the funds applicable to the payment of the stock created by the act providing for the indemnification of certain claimants of public lands in the Mississippi Territory, passed the 31st March, 1814, rendered in obedience to a resolution of the 24th instant. January 30, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the unproductive post roads. February 1, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Post Office Department during the last year. Also, a statement of contracts made in a former year, which were then casually omitted. January 31, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the Navy Department for the year 1820, and the balance in the hands of the Treasurer as agent for the said Department. February 6, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1820; and the compensation allowed to each. February 8, 1821. Read and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Navy Pension Fund. January 10, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. February 5, 1821. Taken up, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with copies of the instructions given to the commissioners for locating a road from Wheeling, in Virginia, to the Mississippi River; also, copies of the report of said commissioners of the progress made in the execution of the duties assigned to them. January 31, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Letter from Ethan A. Brown, governor of the State of Ohio, transmitting a report of the joint committee of both houses of the General Assembly, on the subject of the proceedings of the Bank of the United States against the officers of the state, in the United States' Circuit Court. February 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. February 3, 1821. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ult., a list of all the lands and buildings which have been purchased by the United States for military purposes, from the 1st day of July, 1800, to the present time, the cost of each site, and the buildings, as far as is practicable, together with remarks on the estimated present value of the same, &c. &c. February 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 7, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, a report of the strength of the Marine Corps at head quarters, and the annual expense of the Quartermaster and Paymasters' departments; showing the pay and emoluments of all the officers. February 12, 1821. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Memorial of the people of the District of Spartanburgh, S.C. against the proposed increase of the tariff. February 10, 1821. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the tariff bill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements in relation to the Mint of the United States. March 1, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Statement of allowances to the different grades of the officers of the Army, accompanying the bill to fix and regulate the pay of the officers in the Army of the United States. February 7, 1821. Committed with the bill to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy, during the year 1820. January 19, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the War Department for the year 1820; and the balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer, as agent for the said Department. February 6, 1821. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. |
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