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Mr. Rich's resolution. In the House of Representatives, January 24, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations, respecting French spoliations from 1793 to 1800. March 25, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, upon the subject of the claim of the State of Massachusetts for services rendered by the militia of said state during the late war, with "A Bill Providing for the Settlement and Payment of Said Claim." May 3, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee of Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Pelatiah Littlefield. January 7, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. April 23, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations, on the petition of Jonathan S. Smith. March 26, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Mr. Cook's motion to appoint a board of commissioners to decide land claims. December 23, 1823. Debated until the arrival of the time for passing to the Orders of the Day. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 29th of December last, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of occupying the mouth of the Columbia River. April 15, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Resolution proposed by Mr. Abbot. February 6, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, respecting the introduction of persons of color into the states. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, in the case of William F. Gray. March 24, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Jacob Snider. December 22, 1823. Read; ordered that it lie upon the table. Resolution submitted by Mr. Webster, with Mr. Poinsett's amendment. December 8, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolution submitted by Mr. Kent. December 16, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Solomon Sibley, with a bill for his relief. March 16, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of John Stealey. January 7, 1824. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolution submitted by Mr. Clay, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. January 20, 1824. Ordered to be printed. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: That the people of these states would not see, without serious inquietude, any forcible interposition by the Allied Powers of Europe, in behalf of Spain... Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the President of the United States to direct the sale of unserviceable ammunition and military stores, &c. with a bill to effect such purpose. March 8, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, who were instructed, by a resolution of the House of Representatives, to inquire into the expediency of repealing the act making provision for the civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier settlements of the United States, &c. &c. March 23, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 8th ult. to inquire into the expediency of amending the act of the 3d March, 1817, &c. &c.; accompanied with a bill further to amend the act of the 9th April, 1816, authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy during the late war. April 5, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives of 27th February last, instructing said Committee to inquire into the expediency of making appropriation to compensate the friendly Creek Indians for property lost and destroyed during the late Creek War. April 5, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the message from the President of the United States of the 25th ultimo, in relation to the recession of certain tracts of land to the United States by the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, accompanied by a bill providing for the disposition of said land. April 2, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Francis Zock. March 12, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. April 5, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims in the case of Goldsmith and Roderick, with a bill for their relief. March 22, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, who were instructed by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st December, 1823, to inquire into the title and right of the United States in and to one township of land, reserved for certain purposes, in the contract entered into by John C. Symmes. March 16, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the resolution instructing it to inquire into the expediency of issuing ammunition to Captain Alden Partridge for instruction of his pupils in practical gunnery, accompanied with a bill, &c. March 3, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, in the case of David Beard, accompanied with a bill for his relief. March 13, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee appointed on the 6th ultimo, to inquire into the expediency of providing for the relief of certain purchasers of the public lands lying between Ludlow's and Roberts' lines, in the State of Ohio, whose titles may be affected by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Doddridge's lessee versus Thompson and Wright, accompanied with a bill to accomplish that object. May 4, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on a resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of amending the act which provides for the distribution of arms, &c. among the different states and territories. March 10, 1824. Read, and with an accompanying bill concerning the distribution of arms to the militia, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Agriculture, upon the subject of increasing the duties upon articles of foreign growth or manufacture. March 19, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, in the case of James Steptoe and others. March 11, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report made to the House of Representatives on the 24th April, 1824, and agreed to. Report of the select committee, to which was referred the President's message of the 30th March, 1823, relating to the compact of 1802 between the United States and the State of Georgia; also, a memorial of the legislature of the said state upon the same subject. April 15, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of John Mitchell, with a bill for his relief. April 24, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, in the case of Dean Weymouth, with a bill for his relief. April 15, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, on a resolution and memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, in relation to a sale of a tract of land called the Scioto Salt Springs, with a bill to authorize the sale thereof. May 14, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of the executors of James Roddey, deceased. April 16, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of John Topp, with a bill for his relief. April 20, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, on the petition of Archibald Gracie and others. May 24, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals, upon the subject of connecting the waters of the Tennessee with those of the Alabama River, and also, upon connecting the waters of the Tennessee with those of the Coosa River, by means of a canal. May 17, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Commerce, accompanied by a bill for regulating of steam boats, and for the security of passengers therein. May 22, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Commerce. May 22, 1824. Laid on the table. Report of the committee to which was referred that part of the President's message which relates to the repairs of the Cumberland Road. May 7, 1824. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, upon the subject of granting a right of pre-emption to settlers on the public lands. April 23, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred so much of the President's message as relates to piracies committed on the commerce of the United States in the neighborhood of the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. May 19, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. In the House of Representatives of the U.S. May 3, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Public Lands, relative to land claims in Florida. May 26, 1824. Read and laid upon the table. Report of the select committee to whom was referred the address of Ninian Edwards. May 25, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the execution of the Act To Abolish the Indian Trading Establishments, &c. &c. May 25, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee on the address of Ninian Edwards. June 21, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Unfinished business of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the close of the 1st session of the 18th Congress. May 27, 1824. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in the case of Josiah Jordan. March 22, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Resolution submitted by Mr. Owen. February 26, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Charles Wilkins. March 29, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee upon the memorial of the superintending committee of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, accompanied with a bill for the benefit of the Asylum. May 4, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Jacob Slough, with a bill for his relief. March 31, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Expenditures on the Public Buildings. April 13, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel Cleveland, Jr. with a bill for his relief. April 7, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Col. William Cocke, with a bill for his relief. April 9, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee to which was referred the message of the President of the United States, bearing date 22d January, 1823, upon the subject of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, accompanied with a bill appropriating money to assist the States of Kentucky and Ohio to open a canal around the falls at Louisville, Kentucky. March 31, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Stewart's motion. (To apply certain funds to the making [of] internal improvements.) January 15, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Resolution submitted by Mr. Webster. December 8, 1823. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred a resolution of the 26th of February last, instructing the Committee to inquire into the expediency of granting the right of pre-emption to certain actual settlers in the District of St. Helena Court House, Louisiana. April 14, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill granting a right of pre-emption to certain actual settlers in that part of the former province of West Florida, included in the District of Jackson Court House. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the message of the President of the United States, relative to the accounts of Daniel D. Tompkins. April 14, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Thomas L. Ogden and others, with a bill for their relief. March 15, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. |
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| Serial set 107 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Eighteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1824, and in the forty-ninth year of the independence of said United States. | 1 |
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Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 7, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. January 3, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of sundry merchants, (and others), citizens of New York, praying Congress to take into consideration the subject of piracies committed on the commerce of the United States by vessels from the island of Cuba, &c. December 13, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting (pursuant to a resolution of the Senate, of 10th May last), the names of all the pensioners on the pension list, &c. &c. up to the fourth of September last. December 20, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Petition of Lewis Tarascon (and others), praying the opening of a wagon road from the River Missouri, north of the River Kansas, to the River Columbia. December 13, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Answers of Augustus Storrs, of Missouri, to certain queries upon the origin, present state, and future prospect of trade and intercourse between Missouri and the internal provinces of Mexico, propounded by the Hon. Mr. Benton. January 3, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1825. The Committee on Foreign Relations submit a report on so much of the President's message as relates to piracies... In Senate of the United States, December 30, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. United States' Commercial Agency. Be it known, that, on the day of the date hereof, before me, John Mountain, Vice Commercial Agent of the United States of America, at the City of Havana, personally came and appeared... Report of the Postmaster General, on the subject of the most practical post route from New Orleans to Washington City. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate.) December 15, 1824. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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In Senate of the United States, February 4, 1825. Mr. Brown, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana requesting an appropriation of money for the purpose of cutting a navigable canal from Lake Pontchartrain to the River Mississippi, reported... Letter from the Governor of the State of Maryland, transmitting a copy of an act of the legislature of said state, entitled "An Act To Confirm an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Entitled 'An Act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.'" February 2, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 2, 1825. Mr. Brown, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred so much of the memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan as relates to roads... Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the fulfillment of the contract for erecting fortifications on Dauphin Island, and of damages sustained by R. Harris and N. Farrow, the contractors. February 9, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the construction of a dry dock. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of 25th May last.) January 5, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 11, 1825. Ordered to be re-printed. The following report was made 10th February, 1824. Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Oliver and others, directors of a corporation called the New England Mississippi Land Company, &c... Petition of Reuben Shapley, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the owner of schooner John, and cargo, captured by a British ship of war in 1815. January 5, 1825. Printed by order of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Finance, in relation to smuggling on the northwestern frontier of the U.S. January 28, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial with accompanying documents, of Richard W. Meade, in relation to his claims. January 10, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to American canvass, cables, and cordage, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 17th May last. January 10, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 10, 1825. Mr. Lloyd, of Maryland, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was recommitted the bill "For the Relief of the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia," with instructions... Statement furnished by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, at the request of the Hon. Mr. Benton, of the Senate, shewing the quantity of public land surveyed and remaining unsold on the 30th day of June, 1823; and since that period up to the 30th day of June, 1824, &c. &c. January 20, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry documents in relation to the various tribes of Indians within the United States, and recommending a plan for their future location and government. January 27, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the amount of duties on importations accruing within three quarters ending 30th June, 1824, and amount which would have accrued at such higher rates as were imposed by the new tariff, &c.; in compliance with resolution of Senate, 17th May, 1824. January 18, 1825. Ordered to be printed for the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois praying a modification of the laws relating to the sale of public land, so as to authorize the sale of certain lands at fifty cents per acre. February 3, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to an appropriation to render the post road through the Indian Country between Columbus and Jackson, Mississippi, fit for the transportation of the mail from the City of Washington to Natchez and New Orleans, &c. February 7, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 7, 1825. Mr. Holmes, of Maine, from the Committee of Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Thatcher, made the following report: The petitioner states that, being collector of the District of Passamaquoddy, in the State of Maine... Petition of Thomas Cooper, President of South Carolina College, praying the restoration of a fine, with interest, incurred under the Sedition Law of 1798, for a libel against the then President U. States. February 14, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from Governor Cass, of Michigan, on the advantage of purchasing the country upon Lake Superior where copper has been found: addressed to the Hon. Thomas H. Benton, of the Senate. January 21, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 26, 1825. Mr. Kelly, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported: That, in pursuance of a resolution by the Senate, the Committee on Indian Affairs have had the petition of Ann Eccles, Timothy D. Pettigrew, and Robert A. Pettigrew, under their consideration... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to piratical depredations, &c. furnished in pursuance of two resolutions of 21st and 23d December last. January 13, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of 21st ultimo), relative to light houses and buoys on the coast of Florida and Gulf of Mexico. January 17, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the examination which has been made by the Board of Engineers, with a view to internal improvements, &c. February 14, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of John Owings, of Baltimore, the inventor and patentee of a certain machine therein described; praying the purchase of it by Congress. February 14, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses of the Navy during the year ending on the 30th September, 1824. January 6, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1824. January 6, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, February 22, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the U.S. To the Committee of the Senate of the United States on Public Lands, Gentlemen: I have just read the report of the Land Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, in the case of the Hon. General McArthur... Address from the Choctaw delegation of Indians in Washington relative to their condition in common with other tribes, and praying that the same may be improved. February 21, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, in relation to the connection of Lake Erie with the Ohio River by means of canal navigation. February 22, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States during the year ending on the 30th September, 1824. February 17, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the U.S. In Senate of the United States, February 24, 1825. Mr. Dickerson, from the select committee to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Cooper, President of the South Carolina College, reported: That the petitioner states that, in the month of April, 1800, at the City of Philadelphia, he was indicted and found guilty of having printed and published what was alleged to be a libel against Mr. John Adams, the then President of the United States... In Senate of the United States, February 25, 1825. Mr. Noble, from the Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of War made in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 10th May last, accompanied by documents showing the names of, and amount of money paid to, each pensioner... Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, relative to grants of land to the inhabitants of the County of New Madrid, who suffered by earthquakes. February 21, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, March 2, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Partial report: The special committee, to whom was referred several resolutions, which are hereto annexed, in relation to the establishment of a permanent fund out of the proceeds of the public lands, for the purpose of education and internal improvement... Report of the Secretary of State, on the memorial of Richard W. Meade, rendered in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant. February 28, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting (in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of the 25th of May last), statements of the amount received by the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps in addition to monthly pay and rations. Together with his opinion as to such alterations as are necessary in the present organization of the Navy. January 10, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting the accounts of his office from 1st July, 1823, to 31st March, 1824. February 24, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. |
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| Serial set 112 | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Eighteenth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1824, and in the forty-ninth year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
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Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Eighteenth Congress. December 7, 1824. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of receipts and expenditures in the Office of the Register which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th Sept., 1824. December 10, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, accompanied with sundry statements prepared in obedience to a resolution of the 1st March, 1823, requiring from the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, an annual statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the two Houses of Congress. March 19, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement prepared by the Third Auditor, exhibiting the names of the persons who have settled their accounts at that office between the 30th Nov., 1823, and 1st Dec., 1824. Agreeably to the provisions of the "Act, in Addition to the Act for the Prompt Settlement of Public Accounts," &c. December 6, 1824. Read, and ordered that it lie upon the table. list of reports to be made to the House of Representatives at the second session of the Eighteenth Congress, by the executive departments. Prepared by the Clerk in obedience to a standing order of the House of Representatives. December 6, 1823. |
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Memorial of the members of the Bar of Nashville, in the State of Tennessee. January 4, 1825. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorial of the President and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. December 27, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill to authorize the subscription of stock in the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Company. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. January 3, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Documents relating to the claim of the State of Georgia for militia services. December 21, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes for the year 1824. December 27, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the Register, shewing the annual and aggregate amount of bonds for duties on foreign importations from 3d March, 1789, to 31st December, 1823; and the annual and aggregate amount of loss which has arisen thereon, &c. &c. December 15, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Report of the Secretary of State, on the petition of Pelatiah Fitch. December 14, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, upon the subject of collecting tonnage duties on boats employed in transportation on the canals in the State of New York. December 15, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, with instructions to inquire into the expediency of so amending the acts of Congress regulating the commerce of the United States, and imposing duties on tonnage, that they shall not be construed to extend to boats employed exclusively in transportation on the interior canals of the respective states. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 28th January, 1818, requiring an annual statement of expenditures upon the public buildings, and an account of their progress, to be laid before Congress at the commencement of each session. December 14, 1824. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances on the books of the Second Auditor which have remained due and unsettled more than three years prior to the 30th of September, 1824. December 13, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the amount and periods at which the bonds taken for duties on imports in the year 1822 became payable, &c. December 15, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of May 12, 1824, in relation to a continuance of the loan of seven millions of dollars by the Bank of the United States. December 15, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Memorial of sundry merchants, (and others), citizens of New York, praying Congress to take into consideration the subject of piracies committed on the commerce of the United States by vessels from the island of Cuba, &c. December 13, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Letters from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of persons to whom patents have been issued for the invention of any new or useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any improvement thereon, from January 1st, 1824, to January 1st, 1825. January 3, 1825. Read, and ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of instructions under which the articles of a treaty with the Cherokee Indians were formed, by Daniel Smith and R.J. Meigs, acting commissioners of the United States, at Tellico, on the 24th October, 1804; with copies of all other correspondence, or other documents relating to that instrument. December 27, 1824. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the names of the clerks employed in the Navy Department, and in the office of the Commissioners of the Navy, and the salary allowed to each. January 7, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks employed in the General Post Office Department, and the compensation allowed each. December 20, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the reports and drawings of the superintending engineer relating to the repair of Plymouth Beach. January 3, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, upon the subject of lands set apart for the use of schools, with a bill to authorize the sale of said lands. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence with the government of France upon the subject of injuries sustained by citizens of the United States since the year 1806. December 27, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to the surveying of the public lands north and south of Red River. Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant. December 27, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Memorial of a committee, selected by the merchants of Portland, in the State of Maine, on the subject of piracies committed on the commerce of the United States in the West India seas. December 16, 1824. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1824. January 6, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses of the Navy during the year ending on the 30th September, 1824. January 6, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, upon the subject of licensing, enrolling and exacting a tonnage duty on canal boats or vessels. Submitted, by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, with a bill concerning canal vessels or boats. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the said bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a correspondence with the government of Great Britain upon the subject of a cession of so much land on the Island of Abaco, &c. &c. as may be necessary for the erection and support of light-houses, beacons, &c. for the security of the navigation over and near the Bahama Banks. December 27, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 27th inst.), information in relation to the visit of the naval officer of the United States, commanding in the West Indies, to the Town of Faxardo, Porto Rico, in November last. December 29, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d of Dec. last), information upon the subject of the establishment of a light near the Bahama Banks for the security of the navigation of the Gulf of Florida. December 27, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Memorial of Richard Bland Lee. December 21, 1824. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorial of sundry inhabitants of that part of Florida attached to the State of Louisiana. January 4, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill disapproving, in part, an act of the government of the late Territory of New Orleans, "incorporating the Orleans Navigation Company," passed on the 5th day of July, 1805. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to his accounts with the public. January 6, 1825. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of lands and dwelling houses owned and possessed on the 1st April, 1815, within the Counties of Niagara and Erie, as exhibited in the return of the principal assessor of the said district. January 10, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information in relation to payments made to claimants for property destroyed during the late war, (under the act of the 9th April, 1816, and the subsequent acts amendatory of the same). Also, the amount claimed in virtue of the same, and yet unsatisfied. January 10, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the actual value of such property as was occupied by the government of the United States and destroyed by the enemy during the late war. January 10, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida. February 7, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the commissioners appointed under the act of the third of March, 1823, to establish a national armory on the western waters. January 18, 1825. Read: Ordered that it be laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations proposed for the service of the year 1825. January 11, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th inst.), copies of letters from Joseph McMinn, deceased, late agent of Indian affairs in the Cherokee Nation; together with a copy of the plan proposed by the direction of the Secretary of War, for the extinguishment of the Cherokee claim to lands, then occupied by them in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. January 12, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement shewing the expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the year 1824. January 10, 1825. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, communicating his reasons for declining to transmit to the House of Representatives the documents called for by its resolution of the 4th inst., in relation to the conduct of certain officers and agents of the government at or near the ports of South America, on the Pacific Ocean. January 10, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th ultimo, in relation to the western boundary of the United States. January 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, upon the subject of reducing the number of land offices, &c. January 12, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the War Department during the year 1824. January 20, 1825. Read, and ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the names of the clerks employed in the several offices of the Treasury Department during the year 1824, and the compensation allowed to each. January 12, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Memorial of Samuel G. Perkins. January 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the district tonnage of the United States to the 31st December, 1823. January 14, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the convention between the United States and the Emperor of Russia, concluded at St. Petersburg on the 5th of April last. January 21, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an abstract of licenses granted to persons to trade in the Indian Country, during the year ending 1st September, 1824. January 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the extent of each post-route in the United States; the number of miles the mail is transported on each route; with the annual expense of transportation, under existing contracts. January 14, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the terms offered by applicants for the stock created by the act of 24th May last, and by whom such terms were offered. January 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from Samuel B. Overton and Joseph M. White (commissioners for ascertaining claims to land in the Territory of Florida), transmitting a report of claims to land in West Florida, founded on habitation and cultivation, between the 22d of February, 1819, and the 17th of July, 1821. January 14, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of the names of the clerks employed in the Department of State, and Patent Office, and the compensation allowed to each. January 14, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the amount of drawback on merchandise exported during the years 1821, 1822 and 1823, compared with the amount of duties which accrued on the same, respectively. January 12, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, upon the subject of a canal from Lake Pontchartrain to the River Mississippi. January 21, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. |
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Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1824, and the compensation allowed to each. January 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information collected by the Department, upon the subject of accidents on board steam boats. January 31, 1825. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the dividends on the public stock since the establishment of the present government which remain unclaimed. January 25, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the transactions of the Bank of the United States during the year 1824. January 21, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of payments at the Treasury made during the year 1824 for the discharge of miscellaneous claims; 2d. A statement of contracts relative to oil, light-houses, beacons, &c.; 3d. A statement of contracts and purchases made by collectors for the Revenue Service during the year 1823; 4th. A statement of expenditures on account of sick and disabled seamen made during the year 1823. January 28, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry documents in relation to the various tribes of Indians within the United States, and recommending a plan for their future location and government. January 27, 1825. Read: Ordered that it be laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the report and proceedings of the commissioners appointed to treat with the Creek Nation of Indians for an extinguishment of their claim to land lying within the State of Georgia, &c. February 8, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the year 1824, shewing the amount appropriated under each specific head; the amount expended under each; and the balance expended on 31st December last. February 1, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the service of the Navy Department for the year 1824; and the application of the same, &c. February 3, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. February 7, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, of the operations of that institution during the year 1824. February 5, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Extract of a letter from Francis Adams, commercial agent of the United States at Matanzas, to the Secretary of State, dated December 30, 1824. February 11, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill entitled "A Bill Providing Additional Means for the Suppression of Piracy." Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting information in relation to the state of the commercial relations (as they at present exist), between the United States and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. February 11, 1825. Read: Ordered that it be laid upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report in relation to the works carrying on at the Pea Patch, in the Delaware River; and also, the proceedings of a court martial ordered for the trial of Major S. Babcock, the testimony taken in the case, and the judgment pronounced by the court thereupon. January 19, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie on the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the results of the assays of the foreign coins made at the Mint of the United States, current, by law, in the United States. January 28, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the progress made in the execution of the Act To Abolish the Indian Trading Establishments, &c. January 21, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Resolutions of the Council and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, in relation to the people of color of the United States. February 14, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting returns of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia of the state of their affairs at the close of the year 1824. February 24, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Petition of sundry inhabitants of the State of Missouri, upon the subject of a communication between the said state and the internal provinces of Mexico, with a letter from Alphonso Wetmore upon the same subject. February 14, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole, to which is committed the bill from the Senate authorizing a road from Missouri to Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with copies of the proceedings of the courts martial in the cases of Lieutenants Weaver and Conner. February 14, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms, &c. made therein, during the year 1824. February 14, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Governor of the State of Maryland, transmitting a copy of an act of the legislature of said state, entitled "An Act To Confirm an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Entitled 'An Act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.'" February 2, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Report of the Postmaster General, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry citizens of Maryland, in relation to the transportation of the public mail between Philadelphia and Baltimore. January 31, 1825. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. |
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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the examination which has been made by the Board of Engineers, with a view to internal improvements, &c. February 14, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States during the year ending on the 30th September, 1824. February 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of the names of the persons who entered into contract with the Treasury Department for the cultivation of the vine and olive, and of the tracts of land allotted to each. February 16, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the maps, plans, and surveys referred to in the report of the Board of Engineers for internal improvement. February 17, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, in reference to Major General Lafayette. February 15, 1823. Read: Ordered, that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the loss upon bonds taken for duties on goods imported into the District of Philadelphia since the 1st Jan., 1815. February 14, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting (in compliance with a resolution of the H. of Representatives of the 18th January last), a report from the Secretary of State, with copies of the correspondence relating to the claims of the citizens of the United States upon the government of the Netherlands. February 15, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Return of the state of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, November 30th, 1824. February 16, 1825. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Bill Authorizing a Subscription of Stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. Message from the President of the United States, inviting the attention of Congress to the exposed situation of the inhabitants of the District of Columbia, in regard to contagious diseases from abroad. February 17, 1823. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. |
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Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the general annual returns of the militia of the U. States. January 31, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Annual report of the President and directors of the Washington Canal Company. February 24, 1825. Read: Ordered that it be laid upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fourth Auditor of the balances standing on the books of his office, which have been due, and remain unsettled, for three years, prior to 30th Sept., 1824. February 8, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting (in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st Jan. last), a statement shewing the emoluments of the registers and receivers of the several land offices for the year ending on the 30th September last. February 18, 1825. Read, and ordered that it lie upon the table. list of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and the delegates from territories, of the Eighteenth Congress, designating the county and state where each was born, so far as the same has been ascertained. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information in relation to the claims of Willie Blount, late governor of Tennessee, called for by this House on the 16th instant. February 21, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of the Bar Association of the State of Mississippi. February 21, 1825. Read and referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the bill further to amend the judicial system of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, all the information contained in the Department in relation to contracts for supply of stone fortifications on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay since the 1st of January, 1824. February 21, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, on so much of the claim of Massachusetts, as has been fully audited, for the services of the militia of said state belonging to the division commanded by Major Generals King and Sewall. February 22, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the contracts made by the Post Office Department during the year 1824. February 22, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of treaties between the United States and the Quapaw and Choctaw Nations of Indians. February 26, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of American seamen in the several districts of the United States for the year 1824. February 23, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by the act of Congress of the second of March, 1819, entitled An Act Regulating Passenger Ships and Vessels. February 23, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of correspondence, &c. upon the subject of the capture and detention, by British armed vessels, of American fishermen during the last season. February 18, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of Foreign Relations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, with copies of the correspondence with the government of France touching the interpretation of the eighth article of the treaty for the cession of Louisiana. February 17, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1824. March 1, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue which have remained unsettled more than three years prior to 30th September, 1824. March 1, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a further report from the Secretary of State, on the subject of the capture and detention of American fishermen, the last season, on the Bay of Fundy. February 26, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. |
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| Serial set 120 | Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of the reports of the commissioners of land claims in East and West Florida. February 22, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. | 1 |
| Serial set 121 | Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the names of such officers as have not rendered their accounts within the year; also, a statement of accounts which have remained unsettled, or on which balances have been due more than three years to the 30th September, 1824. And an abstract of moneys advanced prior to 3d March, 1809, on the books of [the] Accountant of the War Department, and which remain to be accounted for on the books of the Third Auditor. December 27, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. | 1 |
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Report of the committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message of the 7th of December last as relates to the suppression of the slave trade. February 16, 1825. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Report of the select committee to which was recommitted the bill for the benefit of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, with instructions, &c.; accompanied with a bill for the benefit of the asylums for teaching the deaf and dumb of Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, and of the Territory of Michigan. January 19, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the state of the public debt, accompanied with a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow a sum not exceeding twelve millions of dollars, &c. &c. January 12, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee appointed to prepare rules to be observed by the House of Representatives, in choosing a president, &c. January 26, 1825. Read, and committed to Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, in the case of Abel Turney. May 4, 1824. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. January 25, 1825. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the petition of Lemuel Wootten. January 20, 1825. Read, and, with a bill for his relief, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the petition of Catharine Wise, with a bill for her relief. February 11, 1825. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, on the petition of John Hick, and a bill for his relief. February 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 3d ultimo, a memorial of the General Assembly of Illinois upon the subject of a canal communication between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan, accompanied with a bill to aid the State of Illinois in the accomplishment of the same. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel Dale, with a bill for his relief. February 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Select Committee to which was referred, on the 23d ultimo, the petition of sundry claimants under the title of the Marquis de Maison Rouge, to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, accompanied with a bill to authorize the representatives of the Marquis de Maison Rouge to institute a suit against the United States, &c. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the reorganization of the Quarter Master's Department; with a bill to effect the same. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, appointed on the 8th ult. to inquire into the expediency of amending the act of the 3d March, 1817, &c. &c.; accompanied with a bill further to amend the act of the 9th April, 1816, authorizing payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy during the late war. April 5, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. December 17, 1824. Re-printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the petition of William Townsend, accompanied with a bill for his relief. May 20, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed for to-morrow. December 22, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of sundry merchants of Baltimore, praying further compensation for injuries done their vessels sunk in the harbor of said city during the late war. December 27, 1824. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Smith, of Alexandria, with a bill for his benefit. January 5, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Claims, on the petition of Isaac Pool. January 28, 1824. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. December 21, 1824. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Report of the select committee to which was referred the petitions of inhabitants of Ouachita, and the owners of the land called Bastrop's Grant; with a bill to authorize a suit against the United States to try the validity of their claims. January 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Duane, with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Mary E. Benton. January 6, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. January 7, 1825. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Pensions, &c. upon the petition of Edmund Brooke. January 7, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Robert Bedford. January 7, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of a judgment against the late General Elijah Wadsworth, at the suit of the United States; accompanied with a bill discharging the said judgment. January 7, 1824 [i.e., 1825]. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Ebenezer Averill, with a bill for his relief. December 29, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, upon the subject of the payment of interest upon certain loans negotiated by the State of Virginia during the late war for the use of the United States, accompanied by a bill to authorize the payment of the same. January 3, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of Edmund Doyle, with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Samuel Baylies, with a bill for his relief. December 30, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Pemberton, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Mary Miller, administratrix of Amos Miller, with a bill for her relief. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Hambly, with a bill for his relief. December 27, 1824. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the petition of the administratrix of A. Vail. January 10, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 27th ultimo, the petition of Samuel Ward. January 20, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the President's message of the 14th ult. upon the subject of certain lands in the State of Ohio, situate[d] between Roberts' and Ludlow's lines, with a bill to provide for the relinquishment of certain claims to land sold by the United States in the State of Ohio. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the committee on so much of the public accounts and expenditures as relate to the Department of the Navy; with a bill to provide for the proper application and expenditure of the moneys appropriated for the contingent expenses of the naval service. January 28, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of Dr. Samuel Peters, claiming under Carver. January 28, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joel Abbott, Jr., with a bill for his relief. January 13, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Sarah Shillito, with a bill for her relief. January 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Report of the select committee on the memorial of Walter S. Chandler. January 24, 1825. Accompanied by a bill which was read the first and second time, and committed for to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims, in the case of the heirs of N. Soileau, with a bill for their relief. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of James Cooke, with a bill for his relief. January 27, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the petition of Paul Chase, accompanied with a bill for his relief. January 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings in the year 1824. January 24, 1825. Ordered to lie on the table. Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, in the case of James Barker, with a bill for his relief. January 31, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed for to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, upon the subject of authorizing claimants to land in the Territory of Arkansas of a larger extent than one league square, to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims. January 31, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of William Litle, administrator of Minor Reeves. January 31, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Naval Affairs, in the case of Elias Glen, with a bill for his relief. February 8, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations of the House of Representatives, on piracy and outrages on American commerce by Spanish privateers. January 31, 1825. Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the "Bill Providing Additional Means for the Suppression of Piracy." Report in the case of Willie Blount, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the District of Columbia, on the subject of the prisons in the district; with a bill providing for building a new prison. February 1, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, accompanying the bill to increase the pay of the sergeants of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. February 1st, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, on the petition of Daniel Small, Elias Foss, Benjamin Day, and Harvey Libby, praying an extension of the provisions of the Revolutionary pension acts. February 2, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Expenditures of the Department of State, for the years 1823 and 1824. February 3, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of Charles D. Brodie, with a bill for his relief. February 4, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Gilbert C. Russell, accompanied by a bill for his relief. February 7, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Petition of James D. Cobb. February 7, 1825. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Report of the select committee to whom was referred the case of Moses Shepherd, accompanied by a bill for his relief. February 8, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Report of the committee to whom was referred the communication of the Speaker of the 3d inst. February 9, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of George Love, with a bill for his relief. February 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the gradual increase of the Corps of Engineers and Topographical Engineers, and for other purposes. January 24, 1825. Accompanied with a bill, which was read the first and second time, and committed for to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Joseph Decrits, with a bill for his relief. January 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred the message of the President of the United States in relation to the Island of Abaco. January 20, 1825. Read, and, by order of the House, laid upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the memorial of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas. January 25, 1825. Read, and laid upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of David Gilmore, with a bill for his relief. January 28, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Post Office, &c. on the petition of Jarvis Jackson, with a bill for his relief. January 24, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in the case of Johannah Montgomery. January 23, 1825. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the resolution instructing them to inquire into the expediency of purchasing additional land for the completion of the site of Fort Washington, accompanied with a bill providing for the accomplishment of that object. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Martin Thomas, administrator of Frederick Goetz and Charles W. Westfall, with a bill for the relief of Goetz and Westfall. February 18, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the claim of Richard Hightower, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of a select committee on the subject of erecting monuments to the memories of the late Generals Wooster and Davidson, accompanied by a bill making an appropriation to effect the objects aforesaid. February 17, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of David Chambers, of the State of Ohio. February 15, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on drawback on refined sugar. February 14, 1825. Read, and, with a bill allowing a drawback on sugar refined, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the resolution of the 12th of January, on the subject of aiding the State of Indiana in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash River with those of Lake Erie, accompanied by a bill to accomplish that object. February 21, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, upon the subject of making an appropriation for the extinguishment of the Indian title to land in the State of Georgia, by purchases from the Creek and Cherokee Indians residing within the state. February 18, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition of Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris, accompanied with a bill for their relief. February 16, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the select committee appointed on the 14th inst. to examine and report what business ought to be acted upon at the present session. February 17, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, upon the subject of piracy, accompanied with a bill providing additional means for the suppression of piracy. January 11, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Report of a select committee upon the petition of John Crain, accompanied with a bill for his relief. February 3, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of modifying the act of Congress in relation to export entries for the benefit of drawback, accompanied with a bill vesting in the Secretary of the Treasury discretionary powers in relation thereto. January 3, 1825. 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Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals, upon the subject of internal improvements, accompanied by a bill "Concerning Internal Improvements." February 26, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. Report of the select committee, to whom was referred the President's message in relation to the sale of the public lots in the City of Washington. February 28, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee of Claims, in the case of Reuben Ewing and others, with a bill for their relief. February 23, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, on the resolution of the Legislature of Illinois in relation to the Comanchee and other Indians. February 25, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, in the case of Samuel H. Woodson, one of the securities of Joseph Crochet, late supervisor, &c. in Kentucky with a bill for his relief. February 25, 1825. Read, and, with the bill, committed. Report of the Committee on the Library, on the petition of Antonio Meucci. February 25, 1825. Read: Ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the select committee to which was referred, on the 6th of January last, the message of the President of the United States on the subject of his public accounts. February 21, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, upon the petition of John P. Van Ness complaining of the official conduct of B. Thruston, one of the judges of the circuit court for the District of Columbia. February 28, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the joint resolution of the 24th of May last, authorizing the several states in which the public lands lie to levy and collect a tax thereon, immediately after the sale thereof by the United States. February 26, 1825. Read: Ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, on the memorial of John M. Gamble. March 2, 1825. Read, and ordered that it lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Library, upon the petition of Robert Waln. February 28, 1825. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed to inquire whether either of the judges of the district courts of Florida have received fees for their services not authorized by law. February 28, 1825. Read, and ordered that it lie on the table. |
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Clark M'Pherin. In Senate of the United States, December 20, 1825. Memorial of William King, of Alabama, complaining that the rank of colonel in the Army has been unjustly withheld from him, and praying that same may be restored to him, &c. December 19, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Documents accompanying the President's message to Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Nineteenth Congress. December 6, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1825. The Vice President communicated the following letter, which was ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs... Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, enclosing his annual report on the state of the finances of the United States. December 22, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 26, 1825. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, communicated the following acts, which were ordered to be printed... Report of the Secretary of the Senate, of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year 1825. (Made in obedience to a resolution of March 1, 1823.) December 5, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from Thomas Randall, relative to the communication of Commodore Porter to the Senate of 27th ult. January 4, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 9, 1826. Mr. Lloyd, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred that part of the President's message which relates to the expediency of an entire removal of the discriminating duties of tonnage and of impost on the entry of foreign vessels and merchandise into the United States... Memorial of James Gadsden and E.R. Gibson, commissioners appointed by the Legislative Council of Florida to examine into the expediency of opening a canal through the peninsula of Florida. January 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of each description of wines imported since the year 1800; with the rates of duties, &c. &c. (Rendered in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, of 27th December.) January 3, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief Engineer, relative to the application of the appropriation for removing obstructions to the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. January 5, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial of sundry merchants of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, praying that St. Louis may be made a port of entry. December 30, 1825. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Memorial in behalf of sundry officers of the Revolutionary Army residing in the States of New York and New Jersey. January 3, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, January 5, 1826. Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and documents of Demas Deming, respectfully report: That Demas Deming is the bona fide purchaser from Hugh Glenn of a claim upon the government, amounting to $6,971.26... In Senate of the United States, January 17, 1826. Mr. Mills, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Oliver and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company, reported as follows... Unproductive post routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes. January 17, 1826. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. In Senate of the United States, December 27, 1825. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a memorial of certain merchants of Baltimore, owners of the vessels that were sunk for the protection of that city during the late war, communicated the following documents... In Senate of the United States, January 17, 1826. Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens of Baltimore, reported: That, in September, 1814, when an attack was meditated by the British troops... |
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