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Serial set 424	Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution for the year 1842. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Stationery, printing, &c. -- Treasury Department. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d ultimo, information from the heads of departments in relation to the supplies of stationery and printing, &c. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Printing, binding, and stationery Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information, in relation to printing, binding, and stationery, furnished the Post Office Department, called for by resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22nd February, 1843. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Chickasaw cession of land of 1832. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the lands ceded to the United States by the Chickasaw Indians. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Certificates of citizenship to American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the law granting certificates of citizenship to American seamen. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers employed in the War Department in January, 1829, and January, 1843, and compensation of each. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the number, classes, and compensation of persons employed in the office of the Secretary of War on the 1st of January, 1829, and on the 1st of January, 1843, with the compensation of each at the respective periods. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Gun carriages. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a letter from the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, enclosing a report in relation to the improvement in gun carriages made by Lieutenant Van Brunt. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement showing the estimates and expenditures of the Post Office Department for the year 1842. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida Squadron. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the number of persons who were under the command of Lieutenant J.T. McLaughlin, attached to the Florida Squadron, from the 9th of October, 1841, to the 3d of August, 1842, &c. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	9
Serial set 425	Pre-emptioners, reduction of postage, and marine hospitals. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to pre-emptioners, the reduction of the rates of letter postage, and the establishment of marine hospitals on the western waters. February 27, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Right of President to withhold papers -- frauds on Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of Lieutenant Colonel Hitchcock, respecting the affairs of the Cherokee Indians, &c. January 31, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 25, 1843. Report made by committee, and ordered to be printed. Mississippi trade. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in reference to the trade of the Mississippi. February 27, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations, new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act to Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. March 3, 1843. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1842. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements respecting the commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries, in the year ending on the 30th of September, 1842, &c. February 25, 1843. 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed.	5
Serial set 426	George Pool. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Gresham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 665.) January 10, 1843. William Depeyster and Henry N. Cruger. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 68.) February 3, 1843 Conrad House. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 634.) December 29, 1842. Lund Washington. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Purchase land adjoining Navy yard, Brooklyn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 744.) February 1, 1843. Jacob Haas. January 19, 1843. Laid upon the table. Warehouse system. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 730.) January 26, 1843. Boundary between Missouri and Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 716.) January 21, 1843. William Rice. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Maria Fowler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 718.) January 24, 1843. S. & M. Riche. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 728.) January 26, 1843. Allen Gorham. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Thos. H. Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 731.) January 28, 1843. Joseph Bowlen. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Farley D. Thompson. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Cormack. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Pegg. January 24, 1843. Heirs of Mary Rhinevault. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 719.) January 24, 1843. John Sands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 763.) February 4, 1843. Samuel Weller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 749.) February 3, 1843. Samuel T. Anderson. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John K. [i.e., H.] Lincoln. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Pay Michigan militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 743.) February 1, 1843. Joseph Nourse. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 25.) January 31, 1843. Representatives of John Peters. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 742.) January 31, 1843. Jennings, Roddy [i.e., Roddey], and Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 750.) February 3, 1843. Hill & Stalker. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 4.) January 28, 1843. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Job Wood. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. General Jackson's fine. January 31, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Cary. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 755.) February 3, 1843. Patrick Masterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 756.) February 3, 1843. $200,000,000 of government stock. January 30, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. Margaret C. Murray -- widow of Thomas. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah Jenkins, widow of James Jenkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 754.) February 3, 1843. Lewis Gordon. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Nancy Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) February 3, 1843. John R. Bald. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph E. Caro. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner Joseph, of Wareham, Mass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 759.) February 3, 1843. Seth Sweetzer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 753.) February 3, 1843. Jeremiah and Moses Noble -- Schooner Privado. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 751.) February 3, 1843. John McGinnis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 739.) January 31, 1843. Adam McCulloch. February 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Dunham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 629.) December 27, 1842. John Core. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) December 27, 1842. Pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 655.) January 6, 1843. James Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 656.) January 6, 1843. John S. Parkinson. December 27, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Public buildings -- Tallahassee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 699.) January 19, 1842. Joseph R. Chandler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 623.) December 27, 1842. George Randall and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 637.) December 30, 1842. John E. Hunt and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 633.) December 29, 1842. Samuel Richards, executor of William T. Smith, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 639.) December 30, 1842. Electro-magnetic telegraphs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 641.) December 30, 1842. Five thousand extra copies ordered to be printed. Robert G. Ford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 638.) December 30, 1842. Rector, churchwardens, and vestrymen, of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) December 31, 1842. Exchequer. January 9, 1843. Military posts -- Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) January 4, 1843. 5,000 copies reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. John Randolph Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 647.) January 4, 1843. Charles Waldron. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 646.) January 4, 1843. Joseph H. Waring. January 4, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Bernard Hoy. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Leonard Joines. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George C. Johnston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 653.) January 5, 1843. Daniel Newell. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Darius Hawkins. January 6, 1843. William Poole. January 5, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Anne W. Angus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 664.) January 10, 1843. Lands sold at Chocchuma, &c., Mississippi. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) January 10, 1843. George Raines. January 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. A.H. Evans. January 10, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George A. Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 667.) January 11, 1843. Silas Waterman. January 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Powers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 666.) January 10, 1843. Coast Survey. January 12, 1843. Laid upon the table. Floating dry dock, Brooklyn, New York. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 27.) January 10, 1843. Florida, Iowa, and Wisconsin, to elect certain officers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 690.) January 18, 1843. Rebecca McCann. January 17, 1843. Jeremiah Kimball. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 674.) January 14, 1843. Representatives of Alexander Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 682.) January 17, 1843. Mary Barry, administratrix of Thomas Barry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 672.) January 14, 1843. Virginia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 677.) January 14, 1843 Pre-emption to settlers in Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 684.) January 17, 1843. James Davis. January 17, 1843. Henry P. Russell, administrator of Samuel Russell, deceased. January 17, 1843. Mary Pike. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 673.) January 14, 1843. Sarah Eveleth. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 683.) January 17, 1843. Thomas Crown. January 17, 1843. Frances M. Lewis. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 31.) January 19, 1843. D. and J. Wilkinson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 704.) January 20, 1843. William Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 713.) January 21, 1843. Gamaliel E. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 706.) January 20, 1843. Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 702.) January 19, 1843. Andrew Fisher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 705.) January 20, 1843. Mary Neale. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 32.) January 19, 1843. Trustees of the academy at Quincy, Florida. January 21, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 700.) January 19, 1843. Samuel Hoffman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 708.) January 20, 1843. David Munn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 701.) January 19, 1843. William Scott. January 19, 1843. William W. Street. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 707.) January 20, 1843. Hugh Wallace Wormley. January 19, 1843. Malcolm Lindsley, Thomas D. Larner, and William B. Sprigg. January 20, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Philander Smith and James Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 691.) January 19, 1843. March Farrington. January 19, 1843. Jane McGuire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 711.) January 21, 1843. Sampson Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 712.) January 21, 1843. Peter W. Short. January 19, 1843. Nancy Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 703.) January 19, 1843. Spanish tonnage duties. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 710.) January 21, 1843. Aaron Adams. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table Charles Colman. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. China and Sandwich Islands. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 720 and 721.) January 24, 1843. A.G. Monroe. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Howard. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Putman. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel D. Enocks [i.e., Enochs]. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George Doft. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Apportionment of representatives, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 649.) January 25, 1843. Inhabitants of Terrebonne -- quiet their titles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 717.) January 24, 1843. Henry J.T. Moss. January 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. William Barnes. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Sneed. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 723.) January 25, 1843. Pelatiah Shepard. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey harbor of Memphis, Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 738.) January 28, 1843. Asahel Lee, Harvey Lee, and Lemuel Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 619.) December 27, 1842. Thomas D. Gilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) December 27, 1842. Sarah Hildreth. December 27, 1842. Read, and laid upon the table. Jonathan Britton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 628.) December 27, 1842. Heirs of Isaac Todd and James McGill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 625.) December 27, 1842. Samuel B. Tuck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) December 27, 1842. Free colored seamen -- majority and minority reports. January 20, 1843. Sutherland Mayfield. January 19, 1843. John Monroe. January 24, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Revive act to try land claims in Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 692.) January 19, 1843. Ephraim D. Dixon. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 26.) January 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Legal representatives of Robert N. Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 681.) January 17, 1843. Catharine Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 640.) December 30, 1842. Law library, Court of Appeals, Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 698.) January 19, 1843. John Metcalf. January 26, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Hodgkin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 729.) January 26, 1843. David Allspach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 632.) December 29, 1842. Joseph M. Hernandez. January 26, 1843. Jacob White. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 648.) January 4, 1843.	145
Serial set 427	Thomas Mott. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of William Watts. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. William Walker and others -- land under treaty with Wyandot Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 776.) February 9, 1843. Relief of officers of the Exploring Expedition. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 818.) February 25, 1843. Heirs of Constant Freeman. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Fielding Pratt. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Salary of surveyor at Havre de Grace. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) February 22, 1843. Schooner Blooming Youth -- Israel Goodridge et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 784.) February 14, 1843. John P. Schuyler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 798.) February 16, 1843. Charles W. Macomber. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. William Cle[n]dening. February 6, 1843. Abolish office Commissioner of Public Buildings. February 6, 1843. Referred to Committee on Retrenchment. Caleb Atwater. February 6, 1843. George Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) February 6, 1843. Ira Carpenter. February 6, 1843. John R. Knott. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Kendall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) February 6, 1843. Dan Stevens. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Catharine H.T. Johnson. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas W. Drewry. February 6, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast Survey. February 9, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. James Wilson. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner Dove -- Elisha Luce. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) February 14, 1843. Joseph Coberly. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Bank United States, assignee of Williamson Smith. February 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner Florilla -- Z. Knowles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) February 14, 1843. Walker, Caruthers & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) February 9, 1843. Frederick Denio. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Esther Sawyer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 779.) February 9, 1843. Legal representative of Capt. William S. Tillard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) February 9, 1843. John Beck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 778.) February 9, 1843. Heirs of John J. Bulow, Jr. February 14, 1843. James Pepper et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) February 9, 1843. Clarke [i.e., Clark] Allen. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew F. Tyler. February 9, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. To amend and explain acts for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the Revolution. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 780.) February 9, 1843. Cadwalader Wallace. February 14, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. To reduce the salary of the surveyor at Camden, New Jersey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) February 9, 1843. Settle Oregon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) February 9, 1843. Charles H. Russell & Co. and Charles Potter. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Bull, Jr. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Dixon. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representatives of Antoine Vasques [i.e., Vasquez]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) February 16, 1843. Survey of Grand and Spring Rivers. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 41.) February 16, 1843. Sarah Pratt. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Saltmarsh & Overton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771 [i.e., 791].) February 16, 1843. Simon Kenton. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Frededick [i.e., Frederick] Hopkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) February 16, 1843. Empson Hamilton. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Ebenezer Dewey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) February 16, 1843. Statement of Calvin Case, as to the facts in relation to the loss of boats on the Mississippi. February 15, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Owen. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Christopher Lambert. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. James H. Jenkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) February 16, 1843. Horace B. Abbey. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Reuben Fields. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Thomas Gordon. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representatives of Joel Hardaway. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Eleazer Butler. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representative of Thomas Jett. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Philip Courtney. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Joseph and William Wilcox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 805.) February 18, 1843. Representative of Benjamin Harrison, Jr. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Samuel Jones. Laid upon the table. February 22, 1843. William Lewis. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. William L. Meredith. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Mr. Hall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William L. Meredith... Joseph Michaux. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of John Jennings. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. George Fisher. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. State of the finances. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. James Mains. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 813.) February 22, 1843. Manuel Cruzat. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. James J. Pattison. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Removal of Greenough's statute [i.e., statue] of Washington. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 43.) February 22, 1843. Representatives of George Yates. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. George Whitten. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) February 22, 1843. John Everly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) February 22, 1843. Charles Maddis. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Chauncey G. Storm. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Jonathan Shafer. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Timothy Cook. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Hopper. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Yorktown church. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of John Winston. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. George Armstrong. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John B. Webb and others, heirs of Joseph Webb. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of John Spencer. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Supplemental report of the Committee on Public Expenditures in relation to Charles J. Catlett. February 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Burke. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Reduction of the commissioned officers of the Army. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Samuel Youngs, heir of Joseph Youngs. February 22, 1843. Lathrop Foster. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) February 22, 1843. Henry Desbrow. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaiah Younglove. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Heirs of Tarlton Woodson. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Isaiah Lukens. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John S. Gatewood. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Northern lines of the reservation of the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, by the treaty of 4th August, 1824. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) February 22, 1843. J.W. Crane. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Thomas McCay. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Langtry & Jenkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) February 22, 1843. Heirs of Mark Thomas. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Joseph M. Rhea. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Wharf for the custom-house, New London. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) February 22, 1843. Peter McWilliams, Jeremiah Wright, and Margaretta Boss. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of George Purcell. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Elijah S. Bell. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Nantucket Marine Camel Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 809) February 22, 1843. Jane Dade, heir of William Rumney. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Chaffee. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Guy Carpenter. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Elizabethtown church. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Ephraim F. Gilbert. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Retrenchment of expenditures of the House of Representatives. February 23, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. David Cooke. February 23, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. National foundry. February 23, 1843. Thomas Cheeseman. February 23, 1843. Laid upon the table. Agency for the purchase of water-rotted hemp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 799.) February 16, 1843. John Brent. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. John Baker. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Representatives of Samuel Royer. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Richard B. Brumfield. February 16, 1843. Laid upon the table. Lewis Whiting. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table. Jacob Wilt. February 22, 1843. Laid upon the table.	124
Serial set 428	African colonization -- slave trade -- commerce. Report of Mr. Kennedy, of Maryland, from the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the memorial of the Friends of African Colonization, assembled in convention in the City of Washington, May, 1842. To which is appended, collection of the most interesting papers on the subject of African colonization, and the commerce, etc., of western Africa, together with all the diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the African slave trade. February 28, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives Ferguson & Reid. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) February 28, 1843. Henry M. Shreve -- snag boat. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 348.) February 28, 1843. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Frauds upon Indians -- right of the President to withhold papers. February 25, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Cumberland Road east of the Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) February 28, 1843. Mary Ann Linton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 828.) February 28, 1843. Port of delivery -- City of Lafayette, Louisiana. (To accompany Bill. H.R. No. 820.) February 28, 1843. Lewis [i.e., Louis] C. Sactori [i.e., Sartori]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 827.) February 28, 1843. Owners of the boat Ann. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) February 28, 1843. Milly, an Indian woman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) February 28, 1843. Debenture -- port of Appalachicola, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 689.) February 28, 1843. John H. Hodges. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 831.) March 1, 1843. Condition of the light-houses on the eastern coast. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table Ellen Duvall [i.e., Duval]. March 1, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	14
Serial set 429	Joseph Nock. February 28, 1843. Leah Munday and others. February 28, 1843. Laid upon the table. M.R. Bartlett. February 28, 1843. Laid upon the table. Benjamin Bentley's [i.e. Bently] representatives. February 28, 1843. Laid upon the table. Removal of Jonathan Roberts. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Classification of clerks, &c. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. John Farmer. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Amos Wade, March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Garry [i.e., Gary] Hinant. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Removal of the Cherokees, &c. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. William Nixon. March 2, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Relief of the states --public lands. Report of William Cost Johnson, of Maryland, from the select committee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed on the 29th December, 1842, on sundry memorials, praying Congress to pass a law directing that stock of the United States to the amount of $200,000,000, be credited or distributed among the states, territories, and District of Columbia, for the relief of the people. With an appendix, containing numerous statistical statements in relation to public lands, debts, imports, exports, &c., &c. March 2, 1843. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Pay and commutation for fuel and quarters to officers in Seminole and Creek campaigns. March 3, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table.	13
Serial set 430	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1843, and in the sixty-eighth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 431	Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress. December 5, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate	1
Serial set 432	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the number of suits which have been instituted against citizens of Illinois and Wisconsin, since March 4, 1841, for trespass upon the public lands. January 8, 1844. Read. January 9, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 10, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jane Gordon, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying a grant of land for the improvement of the navigation of the Wabash River. January 17, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 19, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been recommitted the memorial of the heirs of Daniel Trueheart... Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the leases of the lead mines in Illinois and Wisconsin. December 29, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. January 9, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 10, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Lomax, widow of the late Major Mann Page Lomax, and daughter of William Lindsay... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 28, 1843. Laid on the table, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 29, 1843. Ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate, and 500 copies for the use of the General Land Office. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of certain masters and owners of vessels in Albany, report... In Senate of the United States. January 30, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 6.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill to amend an act entitled "An Act To Establish the Northern Boundary Line of the State of Ohio, and to Provide for the Admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the Condition Therein Expressed, Approved June 15, 1836," report... Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, praying the establishment of a warehousing system. January 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 9, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted. January 9, 1844. Considered, postponed to and made the order of the day for Monday next, the 15th instant. Mr. Semple submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to give notice to the British government... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 17.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill entitled "A Bill to Apply Certain Alternate Sections of the Public Domain Toward the Completion of Works of Internal Improvement in the State of Michigan, and for Other Purposes," respectfully present... Petition of citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, for a renewal of the act granting pensions to the widows and children of deceased naval officers and seamen. January 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and motion to print referred to Committee on Printing. January 9, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying the revival of the Navy pension law of 1837. January 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 9, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, showing the expenditures on the public buildings and grounds during the year 1843. January 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1844. Ordered to be printed; to accompany Bill S. 19. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following resolutions: Resolved, that the bill entitled "A Bill To Revive the Act of the 2d March, 1833, Usually Called the Compromise Act..." Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence on the subject of the mountain howitzer taken by Lieutenant Fremont on the expedition to the Oregon. December 28, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 29, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of captains of western steamboats, praying the construction of a canal around the falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana side. December 29, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 2, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Bosworth, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George Harrison, late a paymaster in the service of the United States, submit the following report... Resolution to amend the fortieth rule of the Senate. December 26, 1843. Submitted. December 27, 1843. Considered, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names of the clerks and messengers employed in his office during the year 1843, and the sums received by each. January 3, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, in favor of the revocation of the Army order of July, 1842, which divides the military divisions of the United States into departments. December 22, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 2, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 29.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Edward Kennard, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, in relation to the Military Academy at West Point. December 14, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Great Western Railway Company of Illinois, praying the right of pre-emption to the lands through which the said road may pass. December 27, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 28, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 4, 1843. January 4, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 22, 1843. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 25.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Ilsley... Memorial of the Tonawanda Railroad Company of New York, praying an extension of the act exempting railroad iron from the payment of duties. December 27, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 28, 1843. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eunice Redington, report... In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of David Munn... In Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the expenses of the national armories, and the arms, &c., manufactured therein, from the 30th September, 1842, to the 30th June, 1843. December 18, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Veazie, report... General Jackson's fine. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, in favor of refunding the fine imposed on General Jackson in the year 1815. December 5, 1843. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress -- 1843-'44. December 11, 1843. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 11, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that fifteen hundred additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Crawford... In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1844. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 33. Mr. Tallmadge made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred numerous memorials from citizens of Wisconsin, asking an appropriation to improve the navigation of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, and to connect them by a canal, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the value of the imports and exports of the United States during the year ending October 1, 1843. January 16, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the names and salaries of the clerks and messengers employed in that Department, and in the Patent Office, during the year 1843. January 10, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 11, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, in favor of refunding the fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1815. January 16, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 44.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of George Davenport... In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Daniel Truehart [i.e., Trueheart]... Memorial of the Georgia Railroad Company, praying an extension of the law exempting railroad iron from duty. January 16, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Finance. January 19, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of E.B. & S. Ward... In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Morgan... In Senate of the United States. January 19, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dayton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 50.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mark Simpson, report... In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 7.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill Relative to the Office of Surveyor General for the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan," have had the same under consideration, and present the following report... Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1843. January 15, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 17, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the widow and heirs of Elihu Hall Bay... Resolutions of the General Assembly of New York, in favor of refunding the fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1815. January 19, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the number of letters, newspapers, pamphlets, &c., which passed through the mails of the United States during the month of October, 1843. January 18, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Long Island Railroad Company, praying a remission of the duties on certain railroad iron. January 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 22, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the settlement of the title to the Pea Patch Island. January 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 22, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Vermont, adverse to the repeal of the present revenue laws, and in favor of a protective tariff. January 22, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Indiana, and others, praying a grant of land for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal. February 1, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 5, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, to obtain a grant of land for the completion of the Grand River Road. February 1, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, approving the conduct of the Hon. John M. Berrien, a senator in Congress from that state, in relation to the right of instruction, &c. February 1, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the amounts paid and now due to the State of Mississippi, with the correspondence relating thereto. January 15, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. January 29, 1844. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 1, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition and papers of William A. Weaver, praying for further payment as the superintending clerk for taking the census of 1840, report... Memorial of a number of distillers in Massachusetts, praying that the drawback on spirits distilled from foreign molasses may not be reduced below the duty on molasses. January 22, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 31, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants of Boston, Massachusetts, praying that the drawback on spirits distilled from foreign molasses may not be reduced. January 22, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 31, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the proceedings of the court martial in the case of 2d Lieutenant D.C. Buell, 3d infantry, &c. January 17, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. January 31. 1844. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Alexandria, D.C., praying that the corporate authorities may be restricted from increasing the debt of that town, and that the rates of taxation may be equalized. January 29, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 31, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the children of Thomas D. Conover... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Massachusetts, in favor of making indemnification for French depredations on the commerce of the United States prior to 1800. January 23, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 64.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of James M. McIntosh, a commander in the Navy of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Indiana, in behalf of Simon Kenton, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of reducing the compensation of the officers and agents of the general government. February 6, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain an appropriation of money or land to improve the navigation of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash Rivers. February 6, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nahum Ward, Treasurer of the Ohio Land Company, praying the payment... Memorial of the General Assembly of Tennessee, praying the establishment of an armory and a naval depot and dock yard at Memphis, in that state. January 29, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the construction of certain public works and a railroad in Florida. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. January 24, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Doctor George Yates... Resolution of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, adverse to the erection of a bridge across the Ohio River. January 22, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 60.) The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition and papers of Daniel G. Skinner, praying compensation for supplies, ammunition, and subsistence, alleged to have been taken from him for the use of the Alabama militia called into the service of the United States in the year 1836, report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of refunding the fine imposed on General Jackson in 1815, against the assumption of state debts by the general government, and the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. January 23, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnigan [i.e., Jarnagin] made the following report: the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs-at-law of Nathan Daggett... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain a grant of land for the construction of the Northern Cross Railroad. February 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, on the subject of making provision for the benefit of the present occupants of the lands formerly owned by the Wyandot Indians in that state. February 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the occupation of the Oregon Territory. February 5, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of the construction of a bridge over the Ohio River at Wheeling. February 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, relative to the construction of a road from Saginaw to Michilimackinac and Saut de Ste. Marie. February 5, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land for the construction within that state of a canal around the falls of the Ohio River. February 6, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of the erection of a light-house at City West, on Lake Michigan. February 6, 1844. referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, in favor of a reduction of the rates of postage. February 6, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Deborah Guiles, widow of Abraham Guiles... In Senate of the United States. February 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Coit, a citizen of the State of Connecticut, and the widow of Benjamin Coit, deceased, praying a pension may be allowed her, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 70.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred so much of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, "as relates to a more prompt and economical mode of proceeding to obtain judicial condemnation of goods of small value, which have been seized as having been illegally imported, and so much as recommends a right of appeal, on behalf of the United States, from the circuit court to the Supreme Court, in cases involving the construction of the revenue laws..." In Senate of the United States. February 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom has been referred the petition of Jacob Olinger... In Senate of the United States. February 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas Thomas, heir and representative of Nicholas Thomas, deceased, praying to be allowed the pension due his father, have examined the same, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to which has been referred the petition of Thomas M. Latham, of New London County, Connecticut, praying remuneration for his alleged services... Report of the Secretary of War, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the service of that Department for the year 1843. February 5, 1844. Read, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 7, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating an abstract of the returns of the militia of the several states and territories, &c. February 5, 1844. Read, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 7, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Massachusetts, adverse to the annexation of Texas to the United States. January 23, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Common Council of Alexandria, D.C., in favor of the recharter of the banks in that town. December 26, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 20, 1843. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Enoch Baldwin, report... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 2.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a bill to confirm the survey and location of claims for lands in the State of Mississippi, east of Pearl River and south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, respectfully report...	98
Serial set 433	In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 87.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Joseph Bryan, Harrison Young, and Benjamin Young, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, adverse to any amendment to the Constitution of the United States affecting representation and direct taxation. February 7, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, adverse to any amendment of the Constitution of the United States affecting representation. February 28, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) correspondence in relation to the tenth article of the Treaty of Washington, providing for the reciprocal surrender of fugitive criminals. February 21, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 83.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, passed on the 9th day of March, 1843, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report: In June, 1782, Christopher Miller, a boy about twelve or thirteen years old, was taken prisoner by the Shawnee Indians... Petition of a number of citizens of the Territory of Oregon, praying the extension of the jurisdiction of the United States over that territory. February 7, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Pennsylvania, praying a repeal of the duty upon railroad iron. February 27, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1844. Submitted. February 20, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Archer made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 84.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which has been referred the memorial of Robert Greenhow, asking that Congress should purchase a certain number of copies of a work he has in press, entitled "The History of Oregon, California," &c., have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 77.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the citizens of the Town of Weston, in the State of Missouri, praying the adoption of measures to secure to them titles to town lots in the town of Weston, report... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Choate made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 8.) The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the memorial of Messrs. Little & Brown, explaining the plan of a new and complete edition of the Laws and Treaties of the United States... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence in relation to the proceedings and conduct of the Choctaw commission, under the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. January 30, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 72.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dayton made the following report: The Military Committee, to whom was referred the petition of George Tyler and others, citizens of the State of Vermont, asking compensation for services at the Battle of Plattsburg, report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dayton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 73.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Smalley, agent for a regiment of Vermont militia, report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Huntington made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 74.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Hiram Murch... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Colquitt made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Philip C.S. Barbour, have had the same, together with the accompanying documents, under consideration, and beg leave to present the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Cummings for a pension, report... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 3.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Newman, together with the bill for his relief, asks leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Hibbert... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1844. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eugene E.T. Smith... In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Ball, executor of Samuel Ball... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, adverse to abolishing the franking privilege, and in favor of reducing the rates of letter postage. February 7, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) an estimate of the cost of constructing a ship canal around the falls of St. Mary. January 8, 1844. Read, referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 14, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Upham made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was recommitted the memorial of the heirs of Doctor George Yates, a surgeon's mate... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Washington, praying compensation for military services... In Senate of the United States. February 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 34.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of the representatives of William Walker... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, in relation to the construction of a ship canal around the falls of St. Mary's. February 7, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom the petition of Samuel H. Thompson was referred... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 79.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Campau, assignee of Angelique Coutant... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Leah Gray, the widow of Samuel Gray... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 78.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Campau, praying for the confirmation of a certain tract of land, ask leave to submit the following report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Jersey, in favor of refunding the fine imposed on General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1815. February 9, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, relative to the repair and completion of the works in the harbor of Erie. February 14, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Wareham Kingsley... In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom the petition of Alonzo B. Davis was referred... Memorial of J.M. Peck of Illinois, praying the employment of snag boats for the removal of obstructions in the western rivers. February 23, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Virginia, praying the recharter of the Bank of Potomac and the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. February 22, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 90.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the memorial of the "Great Western Railway Company," ask leave respectfully to report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Ohio, praying the completion of the harbor of Cleveland. February 27, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Choate made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 5.) The Joint Committee on the Library have received, through their Chairman, the letter, which is subjoined to this report, from the Chief Justice of the United States, transmitting a letter from Mr. Alexandre Vattemare... In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Richard H. Foote, administrator of William Grayson... Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) information respecting the receipt by local land officers of fees not authorized by law, and the measures adopted in relation thereto. February 20, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 85.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Gideon and Shadrach Batchelder... In Senate of the United States. February 20, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Reuben M. Gibbs... Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) plans and estimates for the construction of a permanent wharf and a dry dock at Pensacola. February 19, 1844. Read. February 20, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate,) in relation to the evacuation of Fort Wayne, Arkansas. February 22, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 51.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads have considered the Bill (S. 51) and numerous petitions and memorials which have been referred to them on the subject of the reduction of the rates of postage... Memorial of a number of citizens of New York, praying a revision of the commercial treaties and arrangements between the United States and foreign governments. February 22, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of merchants and traders, citizens of New York, praying the ratification of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the Republic of Texas. February 22, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the widow of Elijah J. Weed, report... In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E. Pawling, the widow of Colonel Albert Pawling, praying to be allowed the commutation pay due her deceased husband as a colonel in the Revolutionary Army... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Mississippi, in favor of the extention [i.e., extension] of the mail route from Sheildsborough, in Hancock County, to Pass Christian, in Harrison County, and the alteration of the mail route from Augusta to Biloxi. February 27, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of the Patent Office during the year 1843. February 13, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. February 27, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 7.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, having considered the memorial of Purser D.M.F. Thornton, make report... Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying the adoption of measures for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River. February 28, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the modification and alteration of the pre-emption laws. February 28, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain an appropriation for the construction of a canal around the Des Moines and Rock River rapids of the Mississippi River. February 28, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the construction of a breakwater in the harbor of Cape May, in that state. March 4, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the establishment of a Congress of Nations, for the adjustment of international disputes. March 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to French spoliations prior to 1800. March 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 94.) The Committee on Public Lands have, in pursuance of the order of the Senate of the 7th of February last, considered of the expediency of abolishing the Office of the Solicitor of the General Land Office... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 95.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Whitten, report... In Senate of the United States. March 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Jonah Barto, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, on the subject of making indemnity for French spoliations prior to 1800. February 23, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 5, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions passed by the Legislature of the State of Vermont, against the annexation of Texas to the Union. March 6, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, praying a reduction of the rates of postage. March 6, 1844. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 7, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 96.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Reynall Coates and Walter R. Johnson, as [i.e., and] also the petition of William B. McMurtrie, report... In Senate of the United States. February 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 12.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petition of Charles E. Sherman, and a bill for his relief... Resolutions to provide for the termination of the 10th article of the treaty with Great Britain of 1842. January 30, 1844. Submitted. February 14,1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	69
Serial set 434	In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Thomas Nelson, deceased, praying the passage of an act of Congress, to allow them pay for the services of their ancestor in the Revolutionary War... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Esther T. Burroughs was referred, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) information in relation to the abuse of the flag of the United States in subservience to the African slave trade, and the taking away of slaves the property of Portuguese subjects. March 14, 1844. Read. March 21, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Memorial of the Society of the District of Columbia for the Colonization and Civilization of Africa, praying the establishment of a commercial agency at the Colony of Liberia, and asking an appropriation to forward the objects of said society, and for the benefit of said colony. March 22, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of the representative of John Hanes, late marshal of the district of Alabama, praying an adjustment of his accounts for the maintenance of certain captured African slaves... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Ebenezer Swan was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 93.) The Committee of Claims beg leave to present the following report in the case of Samuel B. Tuck, for whose relief a bill has passed the House of Representatives... In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 105.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of James Ritchie, late a surgeon of the United States marine hospital at New Orleans... Memorial of a number of citizens of Connecticut, praying the ratification of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the Republic of Texas. March 11, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Evelina Porter, widow of David Porter, report... Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of New York, praying the establishment of a Navy yard in the harbor of that city. March 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 26, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition and papers of Samuel Thompson, praying additional compensation for work done by him upon the new custom-house, New York... Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying an appropriation for the removal of obstructions in the Western rivers, and for the improvement of the harbor of that city. March 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 13, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Keith, report... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs-at-law of Captain Abraham Tipton... In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of David Myerle... Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of a law for the better security of the rights of the owners of runaway slaves. April 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Document relating to an examination and survey of some point at or near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, with a view to the establishment of a naval depot and dock yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting documents showing the receipts and expenditures on account of the Marine Hospital Fund, &c. March 8, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 108.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, having had under consideration the petition of Stephen Steele and James Daniel... Memorial of Jonathan Goodhue and others, ship owners, remonstrating against any change in the commercial treaties now existing between the United States and foreign powers. March 14, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Micah French, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the assays of foreign coins. March 15, 1844. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) in relation to the appointment of acting midshipmen and master's mates in the Navy since the 4th of August, 1842. March 8, 1844. Read. March 11, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 102.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Wynn... In Senate of the United States. March 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Thomas G. Peachy... Memorial of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying the ratification of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the Republic of Texas. March 11, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) a report of an examination of the plan of Captain William T. Colquhoun, of Virginia, for the removal of sand bars. March 11, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Lewis Davis... Memorial of the presidents and directors of sundry railroad companies in Virginia, praying the repeal of the duty on railroad iron. March 11, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 104.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William McPherson, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying the removal of obstructions in the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. March 12, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 12, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made the following report: The petition of Julius Culbertson... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, in relation to the exemption of boats employed exclusively within the limits of canals from the operation of the law requiring licenses from coasting vessels. March 13, 1844. Submitted by Mr. Harrington, from the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 109.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of sundry widows, and other persons, praying that the pensions heretofore granted out of the Navy Pension Fund, as well under the act of March 3, 1837, as under former acts, may be continued, report... In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 107.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Adams & Co., and others, report... In Senate of the United States. March 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert Ramsay, a pensioner, praying for an increase of his pension, report... In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of P.S.V. Hammott, praying to have refunded a sum of money recovered from him as surety... Report of the Secretary of War, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) a copy of a report made by P.M. Butler, United States Agent for the Cherokee Indians. March 15, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. March 16, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, on the subject of granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers. March 18, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Pulcifer, report... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain Richard Dallinar, deceased, praying to be allowed five years' pay and bounty land... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 119.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred certain resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, and also sundry memorials, praying for a grant of certain of the [sic] public lands... In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 37.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Jane McGuire, Widow of Thomas McGuire," make the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Thompson, praying a pension... In Senate of the United States. March 19, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Snow... Memorial of citizens of Vicksburg, Mississippi, praying an examination of that place, with a view to the selection of a site for a naval depot and national armory. March 20, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Jersey, adverse to the repeal of any law granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers and their widows. March 20, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislatures of Mississippi and Alabama, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States. March 20, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 20, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 127.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Hiram Barney... Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) copies of correspondence in relation to the interpretation of the tenth article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the 9th of August, 1842. March 21, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom the petition of Thomas Fillebrown, Jr., was referred, report as follows... Memorial of a number of citizens of Bond County, Illinois, praying appropriations for the improvement of the navigation of the western rivers and lakes, and for the completion of the Cumberland Road. March 15, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 21, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) in relation to the erection of a fortification on the east side of Dauphin Island, adequate to the defence of the city and harbor of Mobile. February 28, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 21, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 21, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 128.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petitions of James Brockway, John Myrick, John A. Woodry, Erastus Robinson, William Amos, John Sterling, John McCay, Thomas C. Williams, and Calvin Reasoner and others, upon the back lands in fractional township 18, of range 13 east, in the district north of Red River, in the State of Louisiana... In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 138.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Rich, praying compensation for clerical service rendered by him in the office of the Paymaster General, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Massachusetts, adverse to the annexation of Texas. March 25, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Knox County, Indiana, in relation to the improvement of the Wabash River. March 25, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 135.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petitions of John Milliken and others... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 136.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John S. Russwurm, the son and legal representative of William Russwurm, deceased, an officer of the Revolution, praying to be allowed interest on commutation pay, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Donohoo and others, praying that a pension be granted to William Parkison, make the following report... Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Knox County, Indiana, to obtain a grant of land to that state, for the improvement of the navigation of the Wabash River. March 25, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 134.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Charles W. Morgan, report... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 95.) The Committee of Claims ask permission to report on the bill for the relief of George M. Jones, as follows... In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 141.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin B. Ferguson for a pension, make the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 26, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Eleanor W. Houston and Anna S. Houston, heirs-at-law of Doctor John Houston, with sundry accompanying documents and proofs, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... Report of the Secretary of State, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry in the United States, during the year ending September 30, 1843. March 26, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating (In compliance with a resolution of the Senate) statements showing the names, fees, and services of the consuls and commercial agents during the years 1842 and 1843. March 14, 1844. Read. March 22, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and motion to print referred to Committee on Printing. March 29, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Documents showing the annual amount of the trade and commerce on the upper Mississippi River. March 29, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition and papers of James Rundlet, praying to be paid certain sums as interest upon balances of accounts between himself and the United States... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition and papers of the trustees of Richard Linthicum, praying compensation for a quantity of stone claimed to have been delivered by him for the repair of certain light-houses... In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was committed the memorial of Amos Cheek and others, forward officers attached to the late exploring expedition, report... In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of James R. Howison, report... In Senate of the United States. March 27, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of George T. Sinclair, report... Memorial of the American Indian Mission Association, praying the adoption of measures for promoting the permanent welfare of the various Indian tribes. April 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Cornell... Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, in favor of improving the harbor and navy yard at Pensacola. April 1, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 146.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Amelia Hotsenpiller... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 75.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the bill of the House of Representatives for the relief of Major Thomas Harrison was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Porter made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 103.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred sundry memorials of the citizens of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin, praying Congress to take measures to open a canal around the Falls of St. Mary's... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Harder, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 14.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the memorial of Julius Eldred and others, asks leave respectfully to report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 74.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill from the House (No. 74) "For the Relief of Elizabeth Jones and the Other Children, if any, of John Carr," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 94.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred House bill (No. 94) for the relief of the heirs of William Augustus Atlee, deceased, deputy commissary of prisoners in the Revolutionary War, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 110.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the bill of the House of Representatives for the relief of John Farnham was referred, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in favor of fixing a day for the election of electors for President and Vice President of the United States. April 1, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lydia Baker, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 41.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill of the House of Representatives for the relief of John P. Schuyler... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 149.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the bill of the House "Granting a Pension to Richard Elliot" was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 145.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of J.C. McFarlane, late surgeon of the marine hospital at New Orleans, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jesse Biddle, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of making the bridges over the Anacostia or eastern branch of the Potomac River free of toll. April 5, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in favor of repealing the laws of states or territories which render persons of color liable to arrest and imprisonment and to be sold for jail fees. April 1, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eunice Sawtell, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 113.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (No. 113) from the House of Representatives, for the relief of Joseph Watson, beg leave to report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Lydia Rundlet was referred, report... Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, (made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate,) showing the lots and squares in the City of Washington conveyed to the United States by the original owners, those sold, the amount of sales, and the estimated value of those granted to public institutions. April 2, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 97.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Gideon Foster, accompanied by Senate bill (No. 97) for his relief, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah Hamlet, report... Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, in favor of a reduction of the price of the public lands in that State. April 1, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 141.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the bill for the relief [of] Henry Freeman was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob M. Follansbee, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Bowen... In Senate of the United States. April 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Bruce, praying remuneration on account of losses on a contract for removing obstructions in the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 73.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill of the House of Representatives for the relief of Thompson Hutchinson, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Parker... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of John Becraft was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of John Martin was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 150.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Barclay, of the State of Missouri... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of James Banker was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 114.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the bill for the relief of Simeon Caswell was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rufus K. Lane, report... Report of the Secretary of War, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) a copy of the report of Captain T.J. Cram, on the best mode of improving the navigation of the Ohio River at the Falls at Louisville. March 21, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. April 2, 1844. Ordered, that 500 additional copies by printed for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the British colonial trade. April 1, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1,1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Thomas Eames, ask leave to report as follows... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which has been referred the petition and papers of Joseph H. Waring, praying additional compensation for services rendered while holding the place of messenger in the Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a convention concluded between the United States and the Republic of Peru, on the 17th of March, 1841, and recommending the adoption of measures to give effect to the 1st article thereof. March 21, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Maryland and New York Iron and Coal Company, remonstrating against a reduction of the duties on iron. March 20, 1844. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 92.) The Committee of Claims beg leave to report, in the case of a bill for the relief of Samuel B. Folger... Petition of Bela Young, of New Hampshire, for an increase of pension. March 18, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 26, 1844. Ordered to be printed.	120
Serial set 435	In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of William D. Ross... In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 155.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Pierre Menard, Josiah T. Betts, Jacob Feaman, and Edmund Roberts, securities of Felix St. Vrain... In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 164.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the House Bill No. 164, for the relief of John Miller, respectfully report... Report from the Secretary of State, showing the changes and modifications in the commercial systems of foreign nations. December 20, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 22, 1843. Ordered to be printed. May 15, 1844. Ordered, that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of citizens of Richmond, Virginia, praying that the principles of the present tariff act may be strictly adhered to in any legislation which Congress adopt in relation to the subject. April 10, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 146.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 146, for the relief of Daniel Dunham, with sundry accompanying documents, have had the same under consideration, and have agreed upon the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 154.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the petition of David Robb, late sub-agent of the United States for the Shawnee and Delaware Indians... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret and Agnes Bigham, heirs at law of Thomas Armor, deceased, praying the reimbursement of advances made, and payment for services rendered by said Thomas Armor during the Revolutionary War, with sundry documents accompanying said petition, have had the same under consideration, and now present the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 30, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 40.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, having had under consideration the bill referred to them to extend the National Road to the City of Alton, in the State of Illinois, report... In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin R. Tinslar, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Catharine Gale, praying a pension, report... In Senate of the United States. April 22, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of William J. Moody was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Keller, with accompanying documents, have had the same under consideration, and have agreed upon the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 19, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred a memorial of several of the chiefs, headmen, and others of the Shawnee Indians, report... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Beckham, daughter of Robert Lovell, an officer of the Revolution... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Taylor and Rachel Taylor, heirs at law of Doctor Christopher Taylor, a surgeon's mate in the Revolutionary War... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 153.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of James Bell... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 39.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 39, for the relief of Isaac Plummer, report... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Miller made the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the petition of William Easby, surviving partner of Easby & Hanly, make the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred a petition of a number of the Stockbridge Indians, praying the division among the tribe of a sum of six thousand dollars, secured and vested for their benefit by the United States, by treaty stipulations, report... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 77.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 77, for the relief of Enoch McDaniel, report... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 111.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 111, for the relief of Arthur R. Frogge, report... Petition of W.B. Davis, praying an examination of a plan and machine, invented by him, for the removal of sand bars, &c. May 1, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Theodocia Netherland, widow of Benjamin Netherland... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Hughes... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 156.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the petition of Noah Miller, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. April 24, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George Rip, praying the renewal of the pension of Mrs. Green, report... In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1844. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 185.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 185, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Sally McCraw,"... In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Martha Phillips was referred... In Senate of the United States. May 9, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom the Senate recommitted the petition of Julia L. Weed, widow, &c., together with the report made thereon on 26th February, 1844, have again considered the said petition, and, as a substitute for their report of 26th February, submit the following, viz... In Senate of the United States. May 14, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dayton made the following report: The Military Committee, to whom was referred the petition of Robert McGuire, praying remuneration for losses and injuries sustained while in the military service of the United States during the late war, report... In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Loammi Kelton, report... In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Peter A. Carnes, report... In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Robert Poindexter... In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 186.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of Elijah Blodgett [i.e., Blodget]," report... In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 170.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of Daniel Ingalls," report... In Senate of the United States. May 8, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 144.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill entitled "An Act Making an Appropriation To Defray the Expenses of the Session of the Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin Held in December 1842, and January, 1843," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Sarah Cardoza was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of John Stone was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 76.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 76, for the relief of Hugh Wallace Wormley, report... In Senate of the United States. May 30, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of John Judge... Proceedings of the Senate and documents relative to Texas, from which the injunction of secrecy has been removed. In Senate of the United States. Thursday, May 16, 1844 In Senate of the United States. May 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 16.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Seth M. Leavenworth, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Bela Young, of New Hampshire, for an increase of pension, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In Executive session -- Senate of the United States. May 23, 1844. Read. May 24, 1844. Injunction of secrecy removed. May 28, 1844. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Fanny Massey, the widow of Henry Massey... In Senate of the United States. May 30, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 181.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Brown, report... In Senate of the United States. May 31, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the memorial of Robert Mills, praying the examination of a plan devised by him for facilitating trigonometrical surveys... Message from the President of the United States, communicating certain information in reply to a resolution of the Senate of the 22d May, 1844. June 1, 1844. Read, and ordered, that the message and documents be printed, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the same, and that 20,000 copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, in favor of an appropriation for removing obstructions to the navigation of the Susquehanna River. April 9, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James W. Breedlove, have considered the same, and report... Report of the Secretary of War, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) a copy of the report of Captain G.W. Hughes, of the Topographical Engineers, relative to the working of copper ore. April 9, 1844. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. April 10, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, opposed to any change in the present tariff. April 10, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Haywood made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John G. Tibbets, have considered the same, and report as follows... Commerce and navigation United States. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the last quarter of the calendar year 1842, and the first two quarters of the year 1843. April 9, 1844. Ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Daggett, report... In Senate of the United States. April 12, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William G. Brown... In Senate of the United States. May 10, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 168.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John H. McIntosh, praying compensation for property destroyed by the United States troops in Florida, report... In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1844. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza M. Cloud... In Senate of the United States. April 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Miller... In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbury made the following report: The Committee of Claims present the following report on the memorial referred to them, in favor of S.R. [i.e., L.R.] Lyon and D.S. Howard...	61
Serial set 436	In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 175.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Samuel Butler... In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 140.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the House bill for the relief of Sarah Parker, widow of Jotham Parker, was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred documents relating to the claim of Peter Ingles for a pension, report... report to the Navy Department of the United States, on American coals applicable to steam navigation, and to other purposes. By Walter R. Johnson. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 28th of May, 1844. June 3, 1844. Read, ordered, that the injunction of secrecy be removed, that the message and report be printed, and that 20,000 copies thereof be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 183.) The petition of Henry Chouteau and others, claiming as heirs at law of Auguste Chouteau, deceased; Bryan Mullanphy and others, claiming as the heirs at law of John Mullanphy, deceased; and William Russell, Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and others, claiming as purchasers at administrator's sale of the estate of Julien Dubuque, deceased... In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 28.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred Senate Bill 28, "for the Relief of George S. Gaines," with the accompanying petition of said George, report... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Sarah Seals was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Frost... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a letter from the minister of the United States at London, with reference to the treaty of annexation with Texas. June 6, 1844. Read; and ordered, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the message and letter, and that they be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. White made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 167.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred Bill No. 167, "To Provide for the Payment to the Legal Representatives of Joshua Kennedy, of Alabama, for the Losses Sustained by the Destruction of his Property, in the Year 1813, by the Hostile Creek Indians, in Consequence of its Having Been Occupied as a Fort or Garrison by the Troops of the United States," report... In Senate of the United States. June 7, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Choate made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 189.) The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the memorial of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science... In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 37.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Jane McGuire, Widow of Thomas McGuire,"... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred documents relating to the claim of Aden Stanley for a pension, report... In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 255.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Ferguson & Reid," report... Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d June, 1844. June 4, 1844. Read; ordered, that the injunction of secrecy be removed, and that the message and report be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Alice Pew was referred... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of George West was referred... In Senate of the United States. June 3, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Jane Moore was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 109.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill of the House entitled "An Act for the Relief of Frederick Hopkins," make the following report... In Senate of the United States. June 5, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of John McDowell, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) copies of correspondence with the government of Mexico, in relation to the expulsion of citizens of the United States from Upper California. June 14, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, who were instructed by resolution to inquire into "the expediency of allowing to Lieutenant Silas Chatfield, now of McHenry County, Illinois, a pension for his meritorious and gallant conduct at the head of his company of volunteer riflemen in the sortie of Fort Erie, on the 17th of September, 1814," make the following report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 11.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in considering the joint resolution from the House of Representatives for the benefit of William Fuller... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 232.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Uriah Loomis," report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 172.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the House bill for the relief of Franklin P. Ambler and others was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Smith, widow of Charles Smith... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 312.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Isaac Barker, report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 169.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 169, for the relief of Daniel Clapp and Betsy Clapp... Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, on the subject of ascertaining the character and qualities of dew-rotted hemp, with a view of its adoption for the use of the Navy. June 8, 1844. Submitted by Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 358.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill entitled "An Act for the Relief of Susannah Warner..." In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 208.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Francis Summeraner," make the following report... Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) copies of correspondence and contracts for the supply of money to the Mediterranean Squadron. June 14, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States, June 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom a resolution of the Senate was referred, relating to a transfer of a portion of the Washington Papers, report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 276.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Sherman Pierce," report... In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 347.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill from the House entitled "An Act for the Relief of Nancy Wilson, Widow of Captain William Wilson," report... In Senate of the United States. June 14, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 136.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 136) "For the Relief of Wolcott A. Strong and Pierre S. Derbanne," report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of Nathan Blood, a soldier of the Revolution, praying a pension, made the following report... Memorial of the corporate authorities of Cleveland, Ohio, praying an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at that place. April 17, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. June 15, 1844. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 12, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Tyler Brown and Edward J. Brown, heirs-at-law of Erastus Brown, report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Smith, report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 177.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom the House bill granting a pension to Susannah Scott, widow of William Scott, was referred, report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 209.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of A.D.W. Bodley," report... In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 237.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Peter Wilson, report... In Senate of the United States. June 15, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred sundry memorials asking a modification of the naturalization laws of the United States, by a prolongation of the term of residence which is now required by law as a prerequisite to such naturalization, ask leave to make the following report... In Senate of the United States. June 13, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 193.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of David Currier... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Huston, report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of February last) a report of a survey of the harbor of St. Louis, by Captain Cram, of the Topographical Engineers. March 6, 1844. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. April 5, 1844. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. June 3, 1844. Ordered to be printed without the maps. In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1844. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bates made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. 239.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House bill for the relief of Mary B. Perry and others, report...	49
Serial set 437	Report from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) a plan and estimate for the improvement of the Navy yard at Pensacola. June 1, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. June 14, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in relation to an adjustment of the claims for indemnity for French spoliations committed prior to 1800. June 17, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia, at the close of the year 1843. January 17, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. January 29, 1844. Ordered to be printed. June 17, 1844. Ordered, that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of a geological exploration in part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, made under instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States; in the autumn of the year 1839; with charts and illustrations. By David Dale Owen, M.D., principal agent to explore the mineral lands of the United States. Ordered to be printed by the Senate of the United States, June 11, 1844. Report of the Secretary of War, (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate,) in relation to the survey of the straits connecting Lakes Huron and Erie, and the improvement of a channel in the straits of Detroit. June 14, 1844. Read, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. June 17, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee on Retrenchment of the Senate of the United States, made by the Hon. James T. Morehead, Chairman. On the 15th of June, 1844. June 15, 1844. -- Ordered to be printed. June 17, 1844. -- Ordered, that 20,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, adverse to the annexation of Texas to the United States. June 17, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating the report of a board of examiners to make experimental trials of inventions and plans for preventing explosions of steam boilers. June 17, 1844. Read, and ordered to be printed. Statements showing -- first, appropriations made during the 1st session of the 28th Congress; second, offices created, and the salaries thereof; third, the offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. July 25, 1844. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act of July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the establishment of a protective tariff, and of the division of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the states. June 17, 1844. Ordered to be printed.	10
Serial set 438	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1843, in the sixty-eighth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 439	Sword of Washington and staff of Franklin. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the service-sword of General George Washington and the staff of Benjamin Franklin. December 16, 1843. Referred to the Joint Committee on the Library. Transfer of appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, relating to the transfer of appropriations, &c. December 16, 1843. Read and laid upon the table. Copyrights. Memorial of citizens of the United States for an international copyright law. December 16, 1843. Referred to a select committee. Contingent expenditures -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditure of the contingent funds of the offices of the Treasury Department for the year ending Sept. 30, 1843. December 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department. Finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. December 6, 1843. Read, and laid on the table. Fitness of cotton for tents, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d of March last, as to the fitness of cotton as an article for tents, &c. December 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. list of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House, by Samuel Burche, Assistant Clerk. December 4, 1843. Goggin vs. Gilmer. Memorial of William L. Goggin, claiming the seat in the House of Representatives now occupied by the Hon. Thomas W. Gilmer. December 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for the fiscal year ending 30th of June, 1845. December 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Botts vs. Jones. Memorial of John M. Botts, contesting the right of the Hon. John W. Jones to hold a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States and the Representative of the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia, and claiming it for himself, as the member elected according to the constitution and laws of Virginia. December 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress. December 5, 1843. Read, and ordered that the usual number of copies of the message and documents be printed and that 10,000 copies extra of the same be also printed Additional appropriations for the present fiscal year. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1844. December 7, 1843. Read, and laid on the table. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the appropriation of the contingent expenses of said House for the year 1843. December 7, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Navy, for the year ending September 30, 1843. December 16, 1843. Read, and laid on the table.	14
Serial set 440	The funding system of the United States and of Great Britain, with some tabular facts of other nations touching the same subject. Prepared under a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, by Jonathan Elliot, compiler of the comparative tariffs of 1842, American diplomatic code, debates on the adoption of the federal Constitution, etc.	1
Serial set 441	West Point Academy. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, relative to the West Point Academy. December 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. General Jackson's fine. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, relative to General Jackson's fine. December 16, 1843. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 28, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 2, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Fitness of cotton for the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports from several bureaus of the Navy Department, relative to the fitness and use of cotton as an article for sails and roping in the Navy. December 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Contracts -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of contracts made in his office from December 1, 1842, to December 1, 1843. December 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings. Abstract of offers for all articles for the use of the Navy Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of the Navy, containing abstracts of all offers made, those rejected and accepted to that Department and its several bureaus, for articles coming under their cognizance. January 10, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Awards to Cherokees. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, the resolution directing payment of the certificates or awards issued by commissioners under treaty with the Cherokee Indians, with his reasons for withholding his signature. December 18, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Commercial systems. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an account of such changes and modifications in the commercial systems of other nations as have come to the knowledge of the Department since the last annual report. December 22, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Tariff. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, recommending modifications of the tariff act of the last Congress. December 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Light-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fifth Auditor in relation to the light-houses, &c. January 10, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements, in obedience to the 20th section of the "Act Legalizing and Making Appropriations for Such Necessary Objects as Have Been Usually Included in the General Appropriation Bills Without Authority of Law; and To Fix and Provide for Certain Incidental Expenses of the Departments and Offices of Government, and for Other Purposes." January 10, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Minister of Portugal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, and correspondence between that officer and the Minister of Portugal. January 10, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Military post. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, asking the establishment of an additional military post. December 22, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Expenses -- national armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the officer of Ordnance Bureau, exhibiting expenses of the national armories, and the arms manufactured therein, from September 30, 1842, to the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1843. December 22, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Western armory and naval depot and dock-yard. Proceedings of the City Council of Memphis, Tennessee, on the subject of the establishment of a western armory and naval depot and dock-yard at that place; also, a letter of Lieutenant Maury embracing the same subject. December 26, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Water-rotted hemp. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, respecting water-rotted hemp. December 22, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Second Regiment Dragoons. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, against disbanding the Second Regiment of Dragoons. December 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Annual report of Solicitor of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Solicitor of the Treasury. January 4, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Manufacture of hemp. Preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of Kentucky, relative to the purchase and manufacture of hempen cordage in that state, for use of the Navy. December 28, 1843. Read, and referred to Committee on Naval Affairs. Annexation of Texas. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas to the United States. December 16, 1843. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Old funded debt of United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register of the Treasury, giving the names of parties, and amounts due the same, of old funded debt of the United States, &c. January 6, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Extra allowances -- officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, additional to a report made on the 7th December last, relative to extra allowances to officers of the Army, for services similar to those rendered by General Scott. December 16, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table. Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, recommending an amendment of the Constitution. December 22, 1843. Read, and referred to a select committee of nine members. French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, relating to French spoliations prior to the year 1800. December 22, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Boundary with Iowa. An act of the Legislature of Missouri, respecting the boundary-line with Iowa Territory. December 22, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Alteration of the Capitol. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, with estimates and plans, for the alteration of the Capitol, &c. January 10, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. January 16, 1844. Committee discharged, and to lie. Oak Orchard harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, showing amount expended on Oak Orchard harbor, with an estimate of the amount required to complete the same. January 15, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Contracts -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of all contracts made by the bureaus under direction of that Department, with copies of contracts for stationery, printing, and binding. January 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions, with lists of applicants for pensions, or increase of pensions, whose claims have been rejected during the past year. January 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Mineral lands of the Upper Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the officer of the Ordnance Bureau, with the report of Captain William H. Bell, of the St. Louis arsenal, on the subject of the mineral lands of the Upper Mississippi. January 13, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ship canal -- Michigan. Memorial of citizens of Detroit, in favor of the construction of a ship canal around the rapids of the St. Mary's River, near the foot of Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan. January 10, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. January 15, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Revenue Marine Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Revenue Marine Service, from the officer having charge of that branch of the business of his department. January 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Public works at Monroe, Michigan, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the present condition of the public works at Monroe, Michigan from the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. January 15, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Clerks and others employed in the War Department during the year 1843. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report and statements, showing the number of clerks and other persons employed in that Department during the year 1843. January 15, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Error in report -- contingent fund. Letter from Matthew St. Clair Clarke, late clerk, stating the discovery of an error in his report to the House on the subject of the contingent fund. January 15, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Hospital money -- amount paid by officers and seamen in the merchant service on the lakes, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register of the Treasury, exhibiting the amount of hospital money paid by the officers and seamen in the merchant service on the lakes, &c. January 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Condition of banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting reports of banks of the District of Columbia. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditures settled upon certificates of the President of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the amount of expenditures settled upon certificate of the President of the United States, &c. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Bounty lands, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of Commissioner of Pensions, Commissioner of General Land Office, Second and Third Auditors, and Adjutant General, relative to bounty lands, and to officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary and late wars, to whom arrearages in land or money are due. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Nahum Capen, of Boston, Massachusetts, on the subject of international copyright. January 15, 1844. Referred to a select committee on the subject. January 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Relative to steamboat explosions. January 18, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the Bill (No. 71) introduced by Mr. Tibbatts. Survey of Hudson River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Colonel of Corps of Topographical Engineers, relative to the examination and survey of the Hudson River, &c. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Yards and docks -- naval appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to yards and docks, and amount of annual appropriations for naval service since the adoption of the constitution. January 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Report of Commissioner of Pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the report from the Commissioner of Pensions, in compliance with the provisions of a joint resolution of Congress of May 29, 1830. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Printing Twenty-seventh Congress -- sixth census. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, submitting a report relative to printing of 27th Congress and the sixth census. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Pre-emptions, reduction of postage, and establishment of marine hospitals. Letter from the Governor of Indiana, transmitting resolutions of that state relative to pre-emption rights, reduction of postage, and marine hospitals. January 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Northwestern boundary -- Oregon. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, calling for copies of all correspondence relative to the title, boundary, discovery, and settlement of the territory of Oregon. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of military establishment for the year 1843. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the Second Auditor, showing the amount of contingent expenditures for the military establishment, from appropriations made for that purpose in the year 1843. January 18, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Fifth Auditor's report relative to light-houses and lights. January 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Bridge at Wheeling. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the construction of a bridge over the Ohio River, at Wheeling. January 22, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Actual settlements in Florida, under the armed occupation law. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a document exhibiting the names of individuals who have made actual settlements in Florida, &c., under the law to provide for the settlement and armed occupation thereof. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the names, dates of appointment, and pay of all persons employed in the Indian Department, during the year 1843. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Improvement of rivers. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, asking an appropriation for the improvement of western rivers. December 22, 1843. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. January 6, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. January 16, 1844. Ordered to lie on the table. Insolvent debtors of United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the proceedings relative to insolvent debtors of the United States. January 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table.	55
Serial set 442	Colony of Liberia, in Africa. Message from the President of the United States, accompanied with a report of the Secretary of State, relative to the colony of Liberia. March 7, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Oregon Territory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relating to the Oregon Territory. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Lands on Grand River Road. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for an appropriation of lands on the Grand River Road. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Dry dock -- New York Harbor. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the construction of a dry dock in New York Harbor, upon the plan of using, as an elevating power, the water of the Croton Aqueduct, &c. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Delivery of Biennial Register. Letter from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, showing why the Biennial Register has not been delivered according to law, &c. February 3, 1844. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers and officers. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to pensions to widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War. February 5, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Light-house. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the construction of a light-house at City West harbor. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Northeastern boundary. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting to the Committee of Ways and Means the letter of Albert Smith, Esq., relative to the northeastern boundary. March 9, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Schooner "Amistad." Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, relative to the schooner "Amistad." January 27, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Indemnity for slaves. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, relative to slaves forcibly carried away, &c. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs French spoliations. Report and resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, relative to French spoliations. February 23, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Choctaw Indians. Memorial of J.F.H. Claiborne, praying that the law of 1842, creating the Choctaw Commission, be repealed; and that provision be made to satisfy the just claims of the Choctaw Indians, and for their removal from the State of Mississippi. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Lead-mines and mineral lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Ordnance Bureau, relative to the amount of rent-load received from the lead-mines of the Upper Mississippi, &c. January 27, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Resignation of Hon. Wm. Wilkins. Letter from the Hon. William Wilkins, resigning his seat as a member of the House of Representatives for the 28th Congress. February 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Transfers of naval appropriations, &c. Message from the President of the United States, relative to his approval of the act to direct transfers of appropriation in the naval service, &c., and urging the construction of ships of war upon the Stockton principle, &c. February 26, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Retrenchment. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, recommending a reduction of the compensation of all officers of the government. February 16, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. General Gaines. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of Major General Gaines, made to the Secretary of War, dated the 10th of October, 1842, relative to his accounts and other papers. February 22, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Tariff. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, remonstrating against any effort on the part of the present Congress to repeal the tariff law. February 5, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Clerks -- General Post Office. Report from the Postmaster General, showing the number of clerks and other persons employed in that Department during the year ending December 31, 1843. January 31, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Post Office Department. Weights, measures, and balances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of F.R. Hassler, relative to weights, measures, balances, &c., &c. January 31, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Continuation of the Wabash and Erie Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and correspondence relative to selections of land for the continuation of the Wabash and Erie Canal. January 30, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the late F.R. Hassler, relative to the operations and condition of the coast survey. January 31, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Distribution of public documents. Communication from the Secretary of State, relative to the distribution of documents ordered to be printed by the Senate and House of Representatives, and asking an additional number of copies. January 31, 1844. Read, and referred to the Joint Committee on the Library. Locations of land. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to locations of land by the State of Missouri, &c. January 30, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks of Treasury Department, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the number of clerks of that Department, and their pay during 1843; and statements from the heads of the several bureaus attached to that Department, in compliance with the 11th section of the act of August 26, 1842. January 24, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of Secretary of War, relative to Indians remaining in Florida. January 27, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Unsold lands in the west. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to unsold lands in the Palestine, Vincennes, and Shawneetown land districts, and also in the Kaskaskia and Vandalia land districts, &c. January 24, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Contracts -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography; the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs; and the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing. January 23, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. General Jackson's fine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, to refund General Jackson's fine. January 29, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Junction of Pacific and Atlantic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter, with documents, from the Secretary of State, relative to the formation of a junction between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Franking privilege. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New York, on the subject of postage and the franking privilege. January 29, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Delaware breakwater. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Major Bache, of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, relative to the Delaware breakwater. January 27, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. General Jackson's fine, and state debts. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, asking that the amount of the fine, with interest, imposed by Judge Hall on General Jackson, be refunded, and expressing opposition to the adoption of any law, by Congress, for the assumption of the debts of the states. January 29, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Hugh A. Garland. Memorial of Hugh A. Garland, touching his conduct as Clerk of the House of Representatives in the 26th Congress of the United States. January 22, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. James Young, Clerk of the Committee of Claims. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report of a committee of the 27th Congress, relative to the employment of a clerk, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d instant. January 24, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Retrenchment. Cancellations of permits, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a report, showing what cancellations of permits, issued under the act for the occupation of the Florida peninsula, have been ordered by him; the dates and other particulars of said permits; and the grounds upon which they were cancelled, &c. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table General Jackson's fine. Resolutions of the State of Michigan, asking the passage of a law by Congress, refunding to General Jackson, with interest, the amount of the fine imposed upon him by Judge Hall. January 29, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint of the United States and branches. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Director of the Mint at Philadelphia. January 23, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reservations of public lands in Florida. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting a document, showing what reservations of public lands in Florida have been made, &c. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Military Academy at West Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports from the Chief Engineer and the Adjutant General's Office, relative to the Military Academy, and cadets therein. January 23, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Harbor at the mouth of the Genesee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the amount expended in improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the Genesee River, and the amount necessary to complete the same. January 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Retrenchment. Resolutions of the State of New York, relative to retrenchment of expenses of the general government. January 27, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, respecting the continuation of the provisions of the pension law of July 7th, 1838. February 5, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Bridge at Wheeling. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, asking the construction of a bridge across the Ohio, at Wheeling. February 6, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands in Crawford County, Ohio. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to lands formerly occupied by Indians, and asking protection of the present occupants, &c. February 6, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia and volunteers at Plattsburg. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, asking compensation for services of her militia and volunteers before and at the Battle of Plattsburg. February 5, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Contingent expenses of Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report of the disbursing agent of that Department, exhibiting receipts and payments during the calendar year 1843, &c. February 9, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Resignation of Henry A. Wise. Letter of Hon. Henry A. Wise, resigning his seat as a member of the House of Representatives for the 28th Congress. February 15, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Coins taken for postage. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copy of a letter from the postmaster at New York, relative to silver coins, &c. February 9, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Organization of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of Commodore Stewart's letter, of date 23d March, 1842, relative to the organization of the Navy. February 9, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Master's mates. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, exhibiting the names of persons appointed master's mates, the date of appointment, and their station; and giving information that the sailing of the ship Raritan has been postponed until further orders. February 9, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Extension of the pre-emption laws. Memorial and resolution of the General Assembly of Alabama, for an extension of pre-emption laws. February 10, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Foreign hemp, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Register of the Treasury, exhibiting the quantity of foreign hemp, cordage, and canvass, annually imported, &c. February 9, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Imported wheat and potatoes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting, in a tabular form, the quantity of wheat and potatoes imported into this country, each year, since 1816 to 1843, both inclusive. February 9, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Hemp cordage and canvass. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports exhibiting information relative to the manufacture of hemp cordage and canvass, &c. &c. February 9, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Chickasaw fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual statement of credits and expenditures made on account of fund appropriated to carry into effect treaties concluded by Chickasaw Indians. February 9, 1844. Read, and laid on the table. War Department -- appropriations for 1843. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual statement of the appropriations for the War Department for the service of the year 1843, showing balances of appropriations on the 1st January, 1843, &c. February 9, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of all the states and territories, so far as have been received at that Department. February 9, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of United States Army on furlough. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting various reports from officers in charge of military bureaus, showing the names of such officers as are absent from duty on furlough, &c., the amount of pay allowed them, &c., &c. February 9, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Naval depot and armory. Memorial of citizens of Natchez and Adams County, Miss., asking the location of the contemplated naval depot and armory at that place. February 15, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Appropriations for naval service. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the naval service for the year 1843. February 16, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Digest of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting resolutions of the State of Kentucky relative to a digest of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. February 16, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Illinois -- National Road. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the continuation of the National Road from Vendalia to its ultimate destination. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Resignation of T.W. Gilmer. Letter of Hon. Thomas W. Gilmer, resigning his seal as a member of the House of Representatives. February 17, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. New project for reforming the English alphabet and orthography. The memorial of the Rev. Ezekiel Rich, of Troy, New Hampshire, setting forth the plan of a reformed alphabet and orthography, and praying the assistance of Congress to extend a knowledge of it over the nation. February 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Improvement of the Wabash River. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, asking 1st. the aid of Congress to improve the navigation of the Wabash River; and 2d. praying a donation of lands to militia, &c., during the last war. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Rhode Island. Memorial of the Democratic members of Rhode Island Legislature, protecting against the course pursued by the President during the late difficulties, and requesting the House of Representatives to make certain specified inquiries in relation thereto. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to a select committee. Western armory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, asking that the location of the contemplated armory be made within that state. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Road in Michigan. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, for a grant of lands to make a road from Saginaw to Michilimackinac and the Sault St. Marie. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Tariff. Resolutions of the General Assembly of South Carolina, on the subject of the tariff. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Central Canal. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the completion of the northern end of Central Canal. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. National Road. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the National Road, &c. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Wabash and Ohio Canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, asking an appropriation for the completion of the Wabash and Ohio Canal. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Smithsonian fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements relative to the Smithsonian fund, &c. February 19, 1844. Referred to a select committee. Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting documents giving information relative to the Louisville and Portland Canal, &c. February 26, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Harbor of Erie. Preamble and resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, asking Congress to make an appropriation for the repair and completion of the work commenced by government for improving the harbor of Erie. February 19, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to French spoliations. February 21, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reduction of postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, relative to the reduction of the present rates of postage. February 21, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Clerks and other persons employed in the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, giving a statement of clerks and other persons employed in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives during the year 1843, showing the amount of their pay, and the time employed. February 21, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, asking the occupation and settlement of Oregon. February 28, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reduction of postage, &c. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying a reduction in the rate of letter postage; and showing the evils and gross injustice, as well as the injudicious policy, of the present rates of postage. March 8, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Coast survey. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the coast survey. March 9, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Death of Secretaries Upshur and Gilmer. Message from the President of the United States, announcing the death of Secretaries Upshur and Gilmer. February 29, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Statements of contracts, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements relative to public contracts with that Department, &c. March 5, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Fugitive criminals. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of papers relative to certain fugitive criminals from Florida. March 5, 1844. Resignation of Samuel Beardsley. Letter from Hon. Samuel Beardsley, resigning his seat as a member of the House of Representatives of the 28th Congress, from the State of New York. March 6, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Adjutant General, with two hundred and twenty-three copies of the Army Register for 1844. March 7, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Improvement of western rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, relative to the improvement of western rivers. March 7, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Master's mates. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 10th of February last, relative to master's mates, &c. March 7, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Breakwater at Cape May. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, asking an appropriation for a breakwater at Cape May. March 7, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Northwestern boundary. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the northwestern boundary. March 9, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Hudson River. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson River. March 11, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- New York Harbor. Memorial and resolutions of the Common Council of the City of New York, relative to the survey of the waters within the harbor of New York. March 11, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Officers of the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a list of the names of officers of the Navy appointed since the 1st of June, 1843, and the amount of their pay. March 12, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to the production, growth, or trade of tobacco. March 12, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Public printing. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a letter from Messrs. Gales & Seaton, relative to the printing of documents of the 27th Congress. March 12, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report of Commissioner of Patents. Report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1843. February 16, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Patents. March 12, 1844. Resolved, that 3,000 copies of the report of the Commissioner of Patents, and 15,000 copies of said report, without the list of patents, granted or expired, or the list of claims, be printed. Penitentiary -- District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia, for the year 1843. January 23, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mail failures. Report from the Postmaster General, relative to the frequent failure of mails between Washington City and New Orleans. March 12, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Mexican indemnity. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report showing the amount of money received from the Mexican government under the treaty of indemnity; the amount of cost of transportation of the same to the United States, &c., &c. January 24, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Michigan harbor. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, asking that an appropriation may be made for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Western armory and naval depot. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in reference to the location of the western armory and naval depot. February 22, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Bridges on the Cumberland Road. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, relative to bridges on the Cumberland Road. February 19, 1844. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Annexation of Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Vessel-of-war Princeton. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of Capt. R.F. Stockton, relative to the vessel-of-war Princeton. February 16, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi River and tributaries. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. February 26, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table.	106
Serial set 443	Amendment of the Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in response to resolves of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, proposing an amendment of the Constitution. April 20, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table Commerce and navigation of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States during the nine months ending June 30, 1843. April 10, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Runaway slaves. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, relative to the rescue of arrested runaway slaves. April 12, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary Northern Cross Railroad. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois, asking Congress to grant to said state the alternate sections of land, for six miles, on each side of the Northern Cross Railroad, for the sole purpose of completing said road; and that, in all cases where the lands through which said railroad passes have heretofore been entered, the Governor of the State of Illinois be authorized to make the selection of an equal number of acres from the vacant lands within the State. March 20, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. United States troops in Rhode Island, &c. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the employment of United States troops in Rhode Island, and transmitting documents in relation to the recent difficulties in that state. April 10, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Election of President and Vice President. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, asking the passage of a law to make uniform the time for the election of President and Vice President of the United States throughout the country. March 25, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Pre-emption to settlers. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, praying Congress to pass a permanent pre-emption law which will protect the actual settler, for a term of years, in the occupancy of any unappropriated government lands, on which he may have settled and made an improvement; also a law graduating the price of the public lands to the actual settler, and making no invidious distinction between alien and native-born citizens, so far as procuring a home in our country and interest in our soil is concerned. March 20, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Lieut. Braxton Bragg, U.S.A. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relative to an order sent by the Adjutant General to Lieutenant Braxton Bragg, of the United States Army, and relative to his arrest, &c. March 30, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the Navy Register for 1844, for the use of the House of Representatives. March 14, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers appointed in the Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of the Adjutant General, showing the names of officers and all persons appointed in the Army since June 1st, 1843, &c., &c. March 14, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Post Office, New York City. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement from the Postmaster of the City of New York relative to the buildings used as post offices in that city. March 12, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. United States pensioners. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to United States pensioners. March 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint -- relative to assays, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Director of the Mint, relative to assays to determine the fineness, weight, and value of coins. March 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons employed without authority of law. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement from the Secretary of State, of persons employed without authority of law, or whose compensation was not fixed by law, from March 4, 1837, &c., &c. March 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Emoluments, &c., officers of the Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of official emoluments and expenditures of officers of the Customs for 1843, &c. March 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations for Florida war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Quartermaster General, relative to balances of appropriations for the Florida war, and asking their reappropriation for the payment of outstanding claims growing out of that war, &c. March 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Officers of the United States courts. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking the reduction of fees of officers of the United States courts in that state. March 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Postage on letters. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in relation to the existing rates of postage on letters. March 21, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reduction of price of public lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, requesting a reduction of the price of the public lands within the State of Alabama. March 21, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Harbor at Michigan City. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, to complete harbor at Michigan City. March 21, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mail route -- Tuscaloosa to Tuscumbia. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, in relation to establishing a mail-route from Tuscaloosa to Tuscumbia, in that state. March 21, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Post roads. Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, in relation to mail-routes. March 21, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Duty on railroad iron. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the repeal of the law imposing a duty on railroad iron. March 22, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Tariff. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against any alteration of the present tariff. March 22, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Convention with Peru. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the convention concluded between the United States and the Republic of Peru. March 23, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Contingent expenses of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting detailed statements and reports of the contingent fund of that department, and the several bureaus and offices, prepared by the several disbursing agents, for the year 1843. March 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Marine hospitals, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the Surgeon General's report on the subject of marine hospitals. March 23, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Modification of tariff. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to a modification of the present tariff law. March 25, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Change of proceedings in U.S. courts in Louisiana. Memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking that the act of 1824 be so amended as to place Louisiana on an equal footing with other states, and to adopt the proceedings in civil cases for equity causes, and prevent the chancery law of Great Britain from being introduced in such causes. March 25, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Removal of custom-house. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking the removal of the custom-house from Pearlington to Shieldsborough. March 25, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Importations of wool. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement, showing the quantity and value of wool imported during the years 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843. March 30, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to public lands in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Michigan, Louisiana, and Arkansas. March 30, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reduction of the price of public lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking a reduction of the price of public lands. March 30, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Private mails, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution, asking what steps have been taken to prevent and punish infractions of the United States laws, prohibiting the establishment of private mails, &c. March 30, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the service of the Post Office Department, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1844. March 30, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Registered seamen, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American registered seamen in each port of entry of the United States from 1st October, 1842, to 30th September, 1843. March 30, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-house at the mouth of Genesee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, relative to a plan and estimate for the construction of a light house at the mouth of Genesee River. March 30, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Tonnage duties on French vessels. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary ad Interim of the King of France, relative to tonnage duties levied on French vessels coming into ports of the United States, &c. &c. &c. March 30, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Cost of articles imported from foreign countries, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 25th March, 1844, calling for the reasons why certain information relative to the cost of articles imported from foreign countries, &c., &c., had not been furnished, as required by resolutions of the last year, &c. April 4, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table Appointment of cadets at West Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the appointment of cadets to the Military Academy at West Point. April 4, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Wyandott Indian reserve lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, asking an appropriation from the sales of Wyandott Indian reserve lands. April 1, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Changes in pay of the Army. A table showing the various changes made by law, in the pay, subsistence, forage, &c., of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates in the Army, from 1791 to the present time. Presented by Mr. Cave Johnson. April 2, 1844. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Receipts of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement relative to the receipts of the Treasury from Customs, from the sale of public lands, and other sources, &c. April 4, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Free bridges -- eastern branch. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in relation to free bridges over the eastern branch of the Potomac. April 12, 1844. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Rhode Island. Protest of the Legislature of Rhode Island, against the right of the Congress of the United States, or of either House thereof, to decide or inquire into the question whether the constitution of the state, legally, peaceably, and freely adopted by the people thereof, in November, 1842, is or is not the lawful constitution of the state. April 16, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee Indians. Memorial of John Rogers, principal chief, and James Carey and Thomas L. Rodgers, chiefs and head men, being members of a committee on behalf of the Cherokee old settlers west of the Mississippi, for themselves and their people. April 13, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. April 17, 1844. Ordered to be printed Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, concerning the annexation of Texas. April 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Charter of Washington. Memorial of a convention of delegates from the fourth, fifth, and sixth wards of the City of Washington. Relative to the amendment of the act of incorporation of the City of Washington. April 29, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Cherokee Indians. Memorial of the "Treaty Party" of the Cherokee Indians, praying that the accounts of the expenditures of money under the treaty of 1835-'6 with the Cherokees may be examined into, and all misapplication of funds corrected and reappropriated. April 13, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. April 17, 1844. Ordered to be printed. Rhode Island -- protest. Protest of the minority of the members of the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, against the protest and declaration of the majority of the same legislature. April 16, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. British colonial trade. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the British colonial trade. April 18, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Disbursements, &c. -- Indian Department. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts rendered by persons charged with the disbursement and application of moneys for the benefit of Indians, together with a list of the names of all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects have been delivered, &c. April 23, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Pensacola harbor and Navy yard. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in favor of an appropriation for rendering the harbor of Pensacola accessible to vessels of every class, and placing the Navy-yard there in a condition to build, repair, and equip men-of-war. April 15, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Private land claims. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the settlement of private land claims. April 15, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Charter of Washington. Memorial of a convention of delegates, suggesting amendments to the charter of the City of Washington. April 17, 1844. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Colonial settlements -- western coast of Africa. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting correspondence from Commodore M.C. Perry, relative to colonial settlements on the western coast of Africa. May 4, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House, inquiring whether errors have been discovered in the printed sixth census, as corrected at the Department of State in 1843. May 4, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveys of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to the probable cost per mile of surveying township lines in the mineral region on Lake Superior, and the practicability of combining a geological with the present lineal surveys. May 4, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Navigation of the Delaware River. Resolution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to the navigation of the Delaware River. May 6, 1844. Additional appropriations -- Executive departments. Communications from the Executive departments, explanatory of additional appropriations asked for by said departments. May 3, 1844. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and laid upon the table. Allowance of rejected claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of War respecting the allowance of claims previously rejected. May 9, 1844. Read, and laid on the table. Indian school fund. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Second Auditor and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the school fund belonging to each Indian tribe, &c. May 4, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Post Office blanks. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copies of proposals of I. Hill & Sons, for furnishing blanks for the use of post offices, &c., &c., in answer to a resolution of the House adopted April 15. May 4, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Fort on Arkansas frontier, and barracks on western frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Quartermaster General, in relation to re-appropriations for a fort on Arkansas frontier, and barracks on the western frontier. April 10, 1844. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Portugal wines. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of a letter from Mr. Figaniere, relative to duties imposed on Portugal wines in the ports of the United States, &c. April 10, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Stock of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in relation to the transfer of the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the State of Maryland, &c. April 12, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Annexation of Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the annexation of Texas to the United States. March 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Contracts with Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copies of contracts with Isaac Hill, William P. Hill, and John M. Hill, with that Department for furnishing blanks. March 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Pre-emption laws. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, on the subject of pre-emption laws. March 21, 1844. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Delay of printing. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting information, in obedience to a resolution of the House, relative to the delay of printing the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. March 14, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table Light-house -- mouth of Genesee River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, furnishing information showing the importance of the construction of a light-house at the mouth of Genesee River. March 23, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Harbor of St. Louis. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a further report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, relative to the survey of the St. Louis harbor. March 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table.	72

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