A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 22nd Congress, 1st Session

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Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill To enable the Secretary at War to release the title of the United States to fort Gansevoort, in the ... (S. 109)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Reported without amendment. A Bill To reduce the duties on Indian blankets, and certain other Indian goods. (S. 44)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report. A Bill To abolish the duty on Alum Salt. (S. 31)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Reported with the following amendments, to wit: First, strike out ''seventy-five'' in eleventh line of the second section, and insert ... (S. 20)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Bibb asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of George E. Tingle. (S. 38)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Bibb asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with the following amendment, to wit, add section 2, in italics. A Bill For the relief of Benedict Joseph Flaget. (S. 26)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Bibb asked and obtained leave, to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the sureties of Amos Edwards. (S. 37)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Chambers asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Milller, deceased. (S. 203)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Chambers asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the improvement of Pennsylvania Avenue, in the city of Washington. (S. 148)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Chambers asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the sureties of George Brown, deceased, late collector of internal duties and ... (S. 82)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Chambers asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: Read a second time, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported with an amendment, viz. Strike out all the first section, after the enacting clause, and insert what follows the same ... (S. 180)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Chambers asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: Read a second time, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported with an amendment, viz. Strike out all the first section, after the enacting clause, and insert what follows the same ... (S. 193)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Clay asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the encouragement of Augusta College, in Kentucky. (S. 128)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Dallas asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with the following amendment, viz. Strike out the first section, after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, in italics. A Bill Supplementary to an act, entitled ''An ... (S. 182)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Dudley asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. For the relief of Gertrude Gates. (S. 162)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Ellis asked and obtained leave, to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Magruder, of Mississippi. (S. 59)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Frelinghuysen asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise with the Trustee of the late firm of Thomas H. Smith and Son, and their securities, ... (S. 183)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Hayne asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment. A Bill Extending further the right of debenture to the port of Key West, and altering the limits of the district of Key West. (S. 127)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Hayne asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Elihu Hall Bay, and others, confirming grants to lands in the district west of Pearl river, derived from the British Government ... (S. 78)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Hayne asked and obtained leave, to bring in the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the representatives of Elias Earle, deceased. (S. 49)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Holmes asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported without amendment. A Bill To repeal the postage on Newspapers. (S. 199)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Johnston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported with an amendment, to wit: Strike out that part included within brackets, and insert what follows in italics. A Bill For the relief of Don Carlos Dehault Delassus. (S. 21)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Johnston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with the following amendments, viz.--The parts to be stricken out included within [brackets,] and those to be inserted printed in italics. A Bill Supplementary to the act ... (S. 176)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Johnston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the payment of the five per centum of the nett proceeds of the sales of the lands of the ... (S. 173)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Kane asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. Strike out the parts included within brackets, and insert the parts printed in italics. A Bill To authorize and ... (S. 130)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Benjamin S. Smoot. (S. 58)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment; namely: Strike out [twenty-nine,] in the second section, and insert thirty. A Bill To authorize the sale of lands reserved from sale at Fort Jackson, in the ... (S. 108)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of John Proctor. (S. 14)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the laying out and constructing a road from Line Creek to the Chatahooche, and for repairing the road on which the mail is ... (S. 30)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Poindexter asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to a Select Committee, to consist of Mr. Poindexter, Mr. Clay, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Hayne, and Mr. Webster. Reported without amendment. A Bill Concerning Martha Randolph, daughter and only surviving child of Thomas ... (S. 16)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Poindexter asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the President of the United States to cause a road to be opened from Helena to the mouth of Cache river, in the Territory of ... (S. 174)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Robinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill To amend an act, entitled ''An act to grant a quantity of land to the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect ... (S. 64)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Smith asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill Providing for the organization of the Ordnance Department. (S. 4)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Tyler asked and obtained leave, to bring in the following bill, which wag read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of John J. Jacob. (S. 28)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Waggaman asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To enable the heirs and legal representatives of Elisha Winter and Sons to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims to ... (S. 197)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Wilkins asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to a Select Committee, to consist of Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Webster, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Dudley. Reported with the following amendments, to wit: The parts to be stricken out within brackets, and those to be added ... (S. 9)

Agreeably to notice Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with the following amendment, viz. After ''Missouri,'' insert Mississippi and Louisiana. A Bill To grant to the State of Missouri a ... (S. 157)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Chambers asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill Providing for the final settlement of the claims of States for interest on advances to the United States, made during the last war. (S. 5)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the inhabitants of the State of Louisiana to enter the back lands. (S. 34)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Smith asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill Providing for the armament of the fortifications. (S. 7)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Smith asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with an amendment; to wit: Add section three, in italics. A Bill Authorizing a subscription of stock in the Baltimore and Ohio ... (S. 93)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Tazewell to the ''bill to repeal, in part, the duties on imports,'' viz. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: Amendment. (S. 167)

Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Moore to the bill to modify and continue the charter of the Bank of the United States. (S. 147)

Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Webster to the ''bill to modify and continue the charter of the Bank of the United States.'' (S. 147)

Amendments. The bill to appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States, being under consideration, Mr. Poindexter gave notice that he would, when the amendment reported to the bill should be disposed of, propose to add to the bill the following sections: (S. 179)

The bill for the relief of Elihu Hall Bay, and others, confirming lands in the district west of Pearl river, derived from the British Government of West Florida, and not subsequently granted by Spain or the United States, being under consideration, Mr. Hayne proposed the following Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert-- (S. 78)

The bill to modify and continue the act, entitled ''An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States,'' being under consideration, Mr. Benton proposed thereto the following Amendments. (S. 147)

The bill to release from duty, iron prepared for, and actually laid on railways or inclined planes, being under consideration, Mr. Hayne offered the following as an additional section: (S. 131)

Mr. Bell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Samuel May. (S. 100)

Mr. Bell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Thomas Davenport. (S. 168)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the erection of barracks, quarters, and storehouses, and the purchase of a site, in the vicinity of New Orleans. (S. 43)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Scott, daughter of the late Captain William Blackwell. (S. 177)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the administratrix of Captain Paschal Hickman. (S. 170)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To increase and regulate the pay of the Medical Staff of the Army. (S. 139)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To increase the number of Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the Army of the United States. (S. 120)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To organize the Corps of Topographical Engineers. (S. 137)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To provide for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia. (S. 88)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To repeal so much of the laws relative to Brevet Rank, as authorize the President to confer that rank on officers, and who shall have served ten years in any one grade. (S. 119)

Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred, the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act to establish an additional land office in the State of Indiana,'' reported the same with an Amendment: Strike out from the word ''the,'' seventh line, first section, to the word ''provided,'' in the fifteenth line, same section, ... (S. 29)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Bartholomew Shaumburgh. (S. 77)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Parish Carter. (S. 171)

Mr. Buckner, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of George W. Howard. (S. 180)

Mr. Buckner, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Granting a pension to William Scott. (S. 71)

Mr. Chamber, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Granting certain city lots to the corporation of the Columbian College, for the purposes therein mentioned. (S. 150)

Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To alter the bridge and draw over the Potomac river, in the District of Columbia. (S. 8)

Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To extend the period to which the charter of the Provident Association of Clerks was limited. (S. 185)

Mr. Chambers, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To erect a Bridge over the Potomac river, at or near Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. (S. 210)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Manufactures, to whom the subject was referred by a resolution of the Senate of the twenty-second ultimo, reported the following bill; which was read, and laid on the table. A Bill To appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands of the United States. (S. 179)

Mr. Dallas, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Du Commun. (S. 181)

Mr. Dallas, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and representatives of the late General William Macpherson, of the revolutionary army. (S. 186)

Mr. Dallas, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the officers and soldiers of Fort Delaware. (S. 73)

Mr. Dallas, from the select committee appointed on the memorial of the Bank of the United States, praying a renewal of its charter, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To modify and continue the act, entitled ''An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States.'' (S. 147)

Mr. Dickerson proposed that the ''bill to repeal, in part, the duties on imports,'' be amended as follows, viz. Sec. 1. Line seven--from the word ''coffee,'' strike out to the end of the section, as included within brackets, and insert what follows in italics: An explanation of which is contained in the lines following the same, also within ... (S. 167)

Mr. Dickerson, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Further to amend the several acts imposing Duties on Imports. (S. 190)

Mr. Dickerson, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported, in part, the following bill; which was read twice, and laid on the table. A Bill To repeal, in part, the duties on Imports. (S. 167)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Jefferson College, in the State of Mississippi. (S. 47)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Peter, Catharine, and Charles Surget. (S. 45)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Will. Howze and George B. Dameron, of Mississippi. (S. 107)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Making appropriations to employ additional clerks in the Surveyor General's offices in Mississippi and Missouri. (S. 156)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To create new land offices in the late Choctaw purchase, and for the more convenient organization of the land districts in the State of Mississippi. (S. 169)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To remove the Surveyor General's Office south of Tennessee. (S. 166)

Mr. Ewing, from the Select Committee appointed on the subject, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To provide for the taking of certain observations preparatory to the adjustment of the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio. (S. 155)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Alexander Naismith. (S. 153)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Bradford Steele. (S. 126)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of certain applicants for pensions. (S. 116)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Chamberlain. (S. 24)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Ransom Mix. (S. 80)

Mr. Forsyth, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Scott, assignee of Alexander Scott, junior. (S. 121)

Mr. Forsyth, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of J. and W. Lippincott & Co. (S. 172)

Mr. Forsyth, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read twice, and laid on the table: A Bill To exempt the vessels of Portugal from the payment of duties on tonnage. (S. 178)

Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Nourse. (S. 202)

Mr. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Rebecca Blodget, widow of Samuel Blodget, deceased. (S. 195)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the executors of James Roddey, deceased. (S. 96)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Stephen Pleasonton, late Agent of the Treasury. (S. 75)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Austill. (S. 204)

Mr. Hanna, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To establish an additional Land Office in the State of Indiana. (S. 29)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To establish the office of Surgeon General of the Navy. (S. 42)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Concerning certain officers of the Marine Corps. (S. 151)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Concerning Navy Agents. (S. 36)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Holdup Stevens, and others. (S. 152)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of William Nelson, administrator of the estate of Andrew Nelson, deceased. (S. 85)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Regulating the duties, and providing for the compensation of Pursers in the Navy. (S. 33)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To provide for the distribution of the duties of the Commissioners of the Navy, and for other purposes. (S. 35)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John H. Harrison. (S. 17)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of the late Thomas Chapman, formerly Collector of the port of Georgetown, South Carolina. (S. 184)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, Directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company. (S. 63)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Declaring the assent of Congress to the acts of the General Assemblies of Pennsylvania and Maryland, hereinafter recited. (S. 111)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the continuation of the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. (S. 61)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Supplemental to the act ''Granting certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Black Warrior rivers,'' ... (S. 201)

Mr. Johnston, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of James W. Zachary. (S. 51)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the personal representatives of Col. John Laurens. (S. 40)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John F. Girod, of Louisiana. (S. 132)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Confirming the claim of Maria Holliday to a tract of land in Louisiana. (S. 46)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Confirming to Joshua Kennedy, his claim to a tract of land in the city of Mobile. (S. 10)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri. (S. 114)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Hartwell Vick, of the State of Mississippi. (S. 27)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Pierre Leglize. (S. 115)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Laurence Milligan, deceased. (S. 205)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Peter Celestino Walker and John Peter Walker, deceased, and of Joseph Walker, of the State of Mississippi. (S. 133)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Walter Cockburn. (S. 117)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Allowing office rent to the Registers and Receivers of the several land offices. (S. 113)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Authorizing the relinquishment of the sixteenth sections, granted for the use of schools, and the entry of other lands in lieu thereof. (S. 52)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to make additional compensation to the Register and Receiver of the land office at Tallahassee, Florida. (S. 188)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Confirming certain land claims in the district of St. Stephens, in Alabama. (S. 191)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Anthony M. Menter and John Brantley. (S. 124)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Dixon Spears. (S. 13)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Elgira Debrill and Sophy Hancock. (S. 102)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Elias Rector. (S. 98)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Jacob C. Jordan. (S. 175)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John Brahan and John Read. (S. 50)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Elliott. (S. 76)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Smith, Lynn Mac Ghee, and Semoier, Creek Indians. (S. 187)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Susan Marlow. (S. 192)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Dennis. (S. 67)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Timothy Risley. (S. 123)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Granting a lot of ground to the town of Columbus, for the abutment of a bridge over the Chatahoochee river. (S. 60)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Granting a township of land to each of the States of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. (S. 163)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Granting to Middleton McKay, a section of land in lieu of the reservation given him by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek. (S. 55)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Granting to the Territory of Arkansas, one thousand acres of land, for the erection of a court-house and jail at Little Rock. (S. 54)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Providing for the appointment of a Recorder of the General Land Office, and prescribing the mode by which patents for public lands shall be executed, granted, and issued. (S. 83)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Supplemental to the act ''granting the right of pre-emption to settlers on the public lands,'' approved the twenty-ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty. (S. 56)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Supplementary to an act to grant preemption rights to settlers on public lands. (S. 25)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Supplementary to the several laws for the sale of Public Lands. (S. 22)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the Territory of Arkansas. (S. 159)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To establish the number of Clerks, and fix their compensation, in the General Land Office. (S. 94)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To grant a township of land to the French College of St. Louis. (S. 53)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was recommitted the ''Bill for the appointment of a Recorder of the General Land Office, and prescribing the mode by which patents for public lands shall be executed, granted, and issued,'' with the amendment made thereto in Senate, reported that the said amendment as follows in [brackets] be ... (S. 83)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Abiah Warren, and others. (S. 66)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John F. Lewis. (S. 84)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Supplementary to the acts to promote the progress of the useful Arts. (S. 142)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claim of the United States on the German Bank of Wooster. (S. 198)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of David Beard. (S. 213)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Theodore Brightwell, deceased. (S. 206)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To alter the times of holding the district court of the United States for the State of Illinois. (S. 112)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act for the better organization of the district courts of the United States within the State of Alabama,'' approved tenth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. (S. 207)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To amend an act, entitled ''An act for the relief of George Johnston,'' passed second March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (S. 18)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To authorize the Judges of the courts of the United States to take bail of the claimants of property seized, and perform other acts, in vacation. (S. 79)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To increase and improve the Law Department of the Library of Congress. (S. 68)

Mr. Marcy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To revise and continue in force an act, entitled ''An act to provide for the Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States.'' (S. 19)

Mr. Moore, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Edward Lewis. (S. 87)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Augustine Taney. (S. 91)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Christopher Brooks. (S. 81)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Henry Waller. (S. 141)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Edward Barry, deceased. (S. 103)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Scott, only surviving child, and heir at law, of Captain William Blackwell, deceased. (S. 110)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Nathaniel A. Ware. (S. 101)

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on the Library of Congress, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Providing for the purchase of one hundred copies of the American Annual Register. (S. 65)

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on the Library, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Providing for the publication of a stereotype edition of the Laws. (S. 86)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of William Dickson. (S. 122)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To authorize the State of Illinois to sell twenty thousand acres of the saline lands in said State. (S. 23)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To extend the right of pre-emption to the settlers of township five north, one west of the third principal meridian in Illinois. (S. 104)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Richard G. Morris. (S. 70)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Guy W. Smith. (S. 92)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Heman Allen. (S. 41)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of James Taylor, of Kentucky. (S. 189)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John Brunson. (S. 62)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Watson. (S. 74)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Silvia Posner. (S. 72)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Arnold Henry Dohrman, deceased. (S. 90)

Mr. Silsbee offered the following amendment to the bill for the relief of John F. Lewis: Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert as follows: (S. 84)

Mr. Silsbee, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John and Benjamin Welles. (S. 97)

Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Concerning Tonnage Duty on Spanish vessels. (S. 211)

Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John Brickwood Taylor. (S. 32)

Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Thomas D. Anderson. (S. 214)

Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To exempt merchandise imported under certain circumstances, from the operation of the act of the nineteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled ''An act in alteration of the several acts imposing ... (S. 69)

Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To revive and continue in force, ''An act authorizing the payment of certain certificates,'' approved seventh May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two. (S. 136)

Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Finance, to which was recommitted the bill to exempt merchandise imported under certain circumstances from the operation of the act of the nineteenth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, entitled ''An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports,'' reported the same with the following ... (S. 69)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of John Blake. (S. 129)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Abijah Crane. (S. 95)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Andrew Cushman. (S. 144)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Burr. (S. 134)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Wyman. (S. 135)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of James Clark. (S. 145)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Andrews. (S. 140)

Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of Stephen G. Peabody. (S. 146)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To authorize the Legislature of the State of Indiana, to sell and convey certain lands granted to said State, for the use of the people thereof. (S. 105)

Mr. Troup, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of William A. Tennille. (S. 118)

Mr. Tyler, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the benefit of Saint Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum of the city of Washington, under the direction of the ''Sisters of Charity.'' (S. 149)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To provide for the payment of Joshua Kennedy, of Alabama, for the losses sustained by him by the destruction of his property, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, by the hostile Creek Indians, in ... (S. 57)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill For the relief of William Wayne Wells, of the State of Indiana. (S. 99)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Granting to John B. Chandonai a section of land. (S. 196)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of War to adjust and pay to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the value of his corn, cattle, and hogs, taken by the Cherokee Indians in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and ... (S. 138)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To enable the President to extinguish Indian title within the State of Indiana. (S. 11)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To provide for the appointment of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes. (S. 125)

Mr.Tipton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act for the relief of purchasers of the public lands that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money, passed twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. (S. 158)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported with an amendment, to wit:--add section five. A Bill Supplementary to the ''Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.'' (S. 1)

Read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the improvement of the Mail Road between Louisville and St. Louis. (S. 161)

Read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To amend the act relinquishing the reversionary interest of the United States to certain Indian reservations. (S. 89)

Reported to the Senate with amendments. The parts stricken out are included within [brackets,] and those inserted are printed in italics. A Bill To modify and continue the act, entitled ''An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States. (S. 147)