Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 25th Congress, 2nd Session: Keywords

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Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 25th Congress, 2nd Session
Keywords

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Knight asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the committee on finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill To allow a drawback of duties on imported hemp, when manufactured into cordage and exported. (S. 10)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Young 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, accompanied by an adverse report, No. 295. A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Parsons. (S. 242)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton 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 To provide for the uniform payment for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (S. 82)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton 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 To provide for the uniform payment for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (S. 82)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton 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, and that it do not pass. A Bill To grant a township of land to the French University of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri. (S. 115)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Black asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported without amendment. A Bill For giving effect to the eighth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen with Spain. (S. 89)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Buchanan asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill To repeal certain provisions of ''An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,'' approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred ... (S. 140)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Buchanan asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill To explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, ''for the better organization of the ... (S. 9)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Buchanan asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment, and recommended to be indefinitely postpone. A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act for regulating processes in the courts of the United States, and ... (S. 230)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Calhoun 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 cede the public lands within the limits of the new States, on certain conditions therein mentioned. (S. 199)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and recommending its rejection. A Bill For the relief of William East. (S. 34)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of John McCartney. (S. 60)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, 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 with amendments; viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of certain persons therein named. (S. 20)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] A Bill For the settlement of the claim of the executrix of Richard W. Meade. (S. 31)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported without amendment accompanied by a special report, (No. 494.) A Bill To amend the act entitled ''An act to amend the several acts ... (S. 32)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clayton asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Nathan, Peter, and William Adams, deceased. (S. 35)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Crittenden asked and obtained leave to introduce 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 repeal so much of the act, approved the second of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and of all other laws, as ... (S. 13)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis 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 To remunerate the captors of the privateer Lydia. (S. 123)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fulton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the location of the pre-emption certificates given by the ... (S. 167)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fulton 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, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of sundry citizens of Arkansas, who lost their improvements in consequence of a treaty between the ... (S. 43)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fulton 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 township eight north, range thirty-two west, in the State of Arkansas, to enter a section of land in lieu of the sixteenth ... (S. 317)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Grundy, Wall, Clayton, Benton, Calhoun, Webster, and Walker, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the letter security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled ... (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To alter and amend the ''act for the punishment of certain crimes against the ... (S. 21)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz; Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill In amendment of the acts respecting the Judicial System of the United States. (S. 37)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Grundy, Wall, Clayton, Benton, Calhoun, Webster, and Walker, and ordered to be printed. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in ... (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hubbard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the payment of invalid pensions in certain cases. (S. 25)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hubbard 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 Gurdon S. Hubbard, assignee of Jacques Veaux and Louis Veaux. (S. 299)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hubbard 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, and recommended not to pass. A Bill For the relief of Joseph K. Averell. (S. 372)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize George Whitman to import an iron steamboat in detached parts, with the ... (S. 306)

Agreeably to notice, 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, accompanied by a special report, (No. 298.) A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Brahan, late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama. (S. 258)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King 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, accompanied by a special report, (No. 408.) A Bill For the benefit of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company. (S. 310)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Knight asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Sarah Angel, and the other heirs at law of Benjamin King, deceased. (S. 273)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Grundy, Robbins, Spence, and Preston. Reported without amendment. A Bill To purchase the right to use Doctor Boyd Reilly's vapor-bath. (S. 245)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Preston, Walker, Pierce, and Wall. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill [To authorize the occupation ... (S. 206)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 300.) A Bill To encourage the introduction and promote the cultivation of tropical plants in the United States. (S. 241)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets], and insert that printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Jean B. Valle. (S. 63)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn 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 Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and Peter Bloom. (S. 66)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn 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 the legal representatives of Philip Barbour, deceased. (S. 293)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn 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 continue in force the ''Act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri,'' approved ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and ... (S. 62)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn 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 provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of a claim to land granted by the Spanish Government to Julien Dubuque. (S. 65)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn 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 amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert what follows, printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the Washington County Turnpike Company, in the State ... (S. 67)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to cause the southern boundary ... (S. 98)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn 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 Thomas A. Smith. (S. 76)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the follow bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill Making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin. (S. 29)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported with amendments; viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Obed P. Lacey. (S. 38)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon 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, accompanied by a special report, (No. 164.) A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Campbell. (S. 105)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon 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, accompanied by a special report, (No. 68.) A Bill To provide for issuing patents for certain lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory. (S. 17)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To create an additional land office in the State of Michigan, and for other ... (S. 16)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon 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, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] A Bill Granting to the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, the right of pre-emption to a quarter section of ... (S. 15)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon 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, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. To settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. (S. 67)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon 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 create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the State of Michigan. (S. 356)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon 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 establish two additional land offices in that part of Wisconsin Territory west of the river Mississippi. (S. 39)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon 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 In addition to the act entitled ''An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to ... (S. 155)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. McKean 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 Further regulating writs of error and suits for penalties, in the courts of the United States. (S. 191)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Morris asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To divide the Territory of Wisconsin, and to establish the Territorial ... (S. 269)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Nicholas asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Don Carlos Dehault Delassus, late Spanish Lieutenant ... (S. 315)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Captain Augustus A. Nicholson. (S. 130)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell 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 amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics, and made the special order of the day for Monday, the 28th instant. Making ... (S. 309)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell 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 Supplementary to ''An act to provide for the adjustment of titles to land in the town of Detroit, and Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes.'' (S. 131)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Making certain grants of public lands, and for other purposes. (S. 360)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bringing bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee revolutionary Claims. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out those parts within [brackets.] For the relief James Witherell. (S. 36)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: strike out the parts within brackets, [ ] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To ascertain and designate the boundary line between the State of ... (S. 11)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics; and made the special order of the day for Monday, the 12th instant. A Bill To ... (S. 250)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the word within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To establish a Board of Commissioners to hear and examine claims against the ... (S. 61)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments. Amended as in Committee of the Whole; reported to the Senate, and the amendments concurred in; laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To establish a ... (S. 61)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to introduce in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment. A Bill To revive and continue in force an act entitled ''An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war.'' (S. 78)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the committee on finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Elisha Town. (S. 6)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Preston 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 Explanatory of the act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers. (S. 88)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Rives asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with amendments, viz:. Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics; accompanied by a special report, (No. 443.) To establish and regulate the navy ... (S. 55)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Robinson 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 George Davenport. (S. 91)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ruggles asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the Commissioner of the Patent Office to issue a patent to James Smith. (S. 96)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ruggles asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment. A Bill Granting a pension to David Gilmore. (S. 79)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Sevier 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 provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of the claims to land under the grants or concessions made to the Baron Bastrop, the Marquis de ... (S. 84)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Sevier 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 ratify and confirm certain official acts of John Pope, late Governor of Arkansas. (S. 42)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Smith, of Indiana, 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, accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 311.) A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to cause patents to be issued to the persons ... (S. 267)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tallmadge asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the word printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Henry ... (S. 190)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tallmadge asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with an amendment, viz.: Add the words printed in italics. A Bill To abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases. (S. 364)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the security and protection of the emigrant and other Indians west of the States of Missouri and Arkansas. (S. 75)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment A Bill To authorize Peter Warner, of Indiana, to purchase a certain half section of land. (S. 8)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton 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, and recommended to be indefinitely postponed. A Bill Fixing the compensation of the officers of the army, employed on duty, in the military bureaus of the War ... (S. 177)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton 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 Michael Cassel. (S. 103)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton 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 authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, in the Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal Company. (S. 233)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trotter asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled. ''An act to amend an act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust ... (S. 266)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trotter asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To grant to the State of Mississippi a certain quantity of land for purposes of internal ... (S. 388)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker 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 State of Mississippi to invest the two per cent. fund of that State. (S. 198)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands, Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. Providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands. (S. 4)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. 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. 3)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the States to tax any lands within their limits sold by the United States. (S. 5)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. (S. 2)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Making further provisions for the collection of the public revenue. (S. 359)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. Read a second time, and laid on the table. Amended, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Making further provisions for the collection of the public revenue. (S. 359)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the importation free of duty of one Napier's improved printing press, ... (S. 122)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. White 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, and recommended to be rejected. A Bill To regulate the mode of empanneling jurors in the circuit and district courts of the United States. (S. 354)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Williams asked leave to bring in the following bill; Ordered, That the motion to grant leave lie on the table. Leave granted, and the bill read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported adversely, accompanied by a special report, (No. 502,) and laid on the table. A Bill To provide for surveying the ... (S. 327)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Discharged, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Gibson. (S. 97)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Isabella Hill, widow, and John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel ... (S. 247)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 320.) A Bill For the relief of Jacob Hanks. (S. 202)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it not ought to pass. A Bill For the relief of William Bennett. (S. 225)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of Charles A. Dodd. (S. 226)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of James H. Ralston. (S. 200)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of John L. Scott. (S. 223)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of John Richey. (S. 227)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and the accompany documents, (No. 486,) ordered to be printed. A Bill For the relief of Ephraim Sprague. (S. 355)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young 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 David G. Bates. (S. 224)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. The Committee of Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within (brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill ... (S. 28)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill Authorizing certain soldiers in the late war with Great Britain to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them and to locate others in lieu thereof. (S. 27)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Discharged, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill Granting to the State of Illinois the right of way through the public lands of the United ... (S. 120)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of John Newton. (S. 26)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young 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 an amendment, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets,] and insert that printed in italics. A Bill Granting to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company the right of way ... (S. 281)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young 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 prevent defalcations by the collectors, receivers, and disbursers of the public revenue. (S. 377)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young 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 with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Thomas H. Owen and John W. Skidmore. (S. 171)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was road twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of James Dutton. (S. 80)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Grundy, to the bill, (S. 4,) ''providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of public lands,'' viz: Strike on all after the enacting clause and insert. Amendment. (S. 4)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Ruggles, to the bill (S. 385) ''in addition to an act to promote the progress of the useful arts,'' viz: Add the following as additional sections: Amendment. (S. 385)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Tipton, to the bill (S. 157) ''to impose additional duties, as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to appoint receivers general of public money, and to regulate the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys of the United States,'' viz: Strike out the 23d section of the bill, and ... (S. 157)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Benton to the bill ''to continue the corporate existence of the banks in the District of Columbia,'' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: Amendment. (S. 270)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to the bill, (S. 356,) entitled ''An act to create the office of surveyor of public lands for the State of Michigan,'' viz: Add the following as anew section: Amendment. (S. 356)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Norvell, to the bill (S. 86) ''for the continuation of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,'' viz: Add the following sections. Amendment. (S. 86)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Rives to the bill (S. 157) ''to impose additional duties as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to appoint receivers general of public money, and to regulate the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys of the United States,'' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the ... (S. 157)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Tipton to the bill (S. 234) ''for the benefit of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana,'' viz: Insert after the enacting clause the following: Amendment. (S. 234)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Wall to the bill (8,113,) ''to prevent the counterfeiting of any foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin; and to prevent the bringing into the United States, or uttering, any counterfeit foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin,'' viz: Add the following as a new section. Amendment: (S. 113)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Wall to the bill (S. 113) ''to prevent the counterfeiting of any foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin; and to prevent the bringing into the United States; or uttering, any counterfeit foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin,'' viz: Add the following as new sections. Amendment. (S. 113)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Wright to the bill (S. 157) ''to impose additional duties as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to appoint receivers general of public money, and to regulate the safe keeping, transfer and disbursement of the public moneys of the United States.'' Amendment. (S. 157)

Amendment proposed in Committee of the Whole, to the bill (S. 133) to amend an act entitled ''An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned,'' approved twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen; which was agreed to, and ordered to be printed, viz: ... (S. 133)

Amendment. (S. 234)

Amendments Proposed by Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to Senate bill No. 29, making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin. (S. 29)

By unanimous consent, Mr. Benton obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes,'' approved July , eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. (S. 387)

By unanimous consent, Mr. Buchanan brought in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to establish the Treasury Department.'' (S. 376)

By unanimous consent, Mr. Webster obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and laid on the table. A Bill Making provision for the discharge of debenture bonds, in certain cases. (S. 386)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate ''to remit the duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at the late conflagration in the city of New York,'' reported the same without amendment. A Bill To remit the ... (S. 18)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to which is committed House bill No. 167, to authorize the issuing of a patent for a certain reservation to Us-se-yoholo, a Creek Indian, &c. Mr. Pennybacker, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. ... (S. 181)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate No. 38, for the relief of Obed P. Lacey, reported the same without amendment. An Act For the relief of Obed P. Lacey. (S. 38)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, from the Committee on Manufactures, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To authorize Charles Bay, of Macon, and James R. Butts, of Columbus, in the State of Georgia, to import, free of duties; two iron steamboats, ... (S. 147)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Casey, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with several amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end of the bill. An Act To create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands in the Wisconsin Territory. (S. 30)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Casey, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To establish two additional land offices in that part of Wisconsin Territory west of the river Mississippi. (S. 39)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act For the relief of the heirs and representatives of William Jones, deceased, late of the State of Maryland. (S. 135)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. De Graff, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act For the relief of John H. Jacocks. (S. 282)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act For the relief of Peter Bargy, junior. (S. 125)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, to which was referred the following bill, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act For the relief of David Stone. (S. 52)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Garland, of Virginia, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 208) ''for the relief of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company,'' reported the same without amendment. An ... (S. 208)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grantland, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which the following bill from the Senate had been referred, reported the same with an amendment. An Act To explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, ''for the better ... (S. 9)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ingham, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To remunerate the captors of the privateer Lydia. (S. 123)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Montgomery, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act For the relief of certain persons therein named. (S. 20)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, No. 49, for the relief of the heir of Frederick Seigle, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of the heir of Frederick Seigle. (S. 49)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, No. 90, for the relief of Captain Samuel Warren, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of Captain Samuel Warren. (S. 90)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg, the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, No. 48. for the relief of the heirs of Doctor John Ramsay, deceased, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Doctor John Ramsay, deceased. (S. 48)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Commerce, to which had been referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Part to be stricken out in brackets [ ], that to be inserted in italics. An Act Authorizing the appointment of persons to test the usefulness of ... (S. 73)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Taliaferro, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate No. 179, for the relief of the legal representatives of Robert White, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Robert White. (S. 179)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Tallaferro, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Y. Keene. (S. 44)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Kemble submitted the following; which, when the bill from the Senate (No. 138) ''to increase the present military establishment of the United States and for other purposes'' shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as ... (S. 138)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Adams, from the Committee on Manufactures, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To refund certain duties upon railroad iron, paid by the New York and Harlaem Railroad Company. (S. 176)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bell, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 196) to authorize the appointment of four additional clerks in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, reported the same with an amendment. An Act To authorize ... (S. 196)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which had been referred the following bill, reported the same with amendments: Note.--Parts to be stricken out are in brackets, [ ]-insertions in Italics. An Act To grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. (S. 2)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act Providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands. (S. 4)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To grant to the States and incorporated companies engaged in the construction of roads or canals, the right of way through ... (S. 145)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boulding, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which had been referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with several amendments. Note.--Amendments proposed are in italics. An Act To restrain the circulation of small notes, as a currency, ... (S. 33)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Corwin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with the following amendment, viz: In the eighth section, third line, strike out the words ''or on the Mississippi river.'' An Act To provide for the ... (S. 1)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Dawson, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment, viz: Strike out the sixth section. An Act To establish a criminal court in the District of Columbia. (S. 160)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McKay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same, with sundry amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act To increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other ... (S. 138)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pension, to which was referred the following bill from the-Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. (S. 150)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Toucey, from the Select Committee appointed to investigate the cause, &c., which led to the death of the Hon. Jonathan Cilley, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act To prohibit the ... (S. 250)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Yell, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 188) ''to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas,'' reported the same without amendment. An Act To settle the title to certain tracts of land ... (S. 188)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Yell, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act For the relief of sundry citizens of Arkansas, who lost their improvements in consequence of a ... (S. 43)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Yell, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act Granting to the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, the right of pre-emption to a ... (S. 15)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Senate bill No. 85, for the relief of Benjamin Murphy. Mr. Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same, with a recommendation to strike out the enacting clause. An Act For the relief of the legal ... (S. 207)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill H. R. No. 142, for the relief of James Witherell. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 36,) for the relief of James Witherell, reported the same, with an amendment. An Act For the relief of ... (S. 36)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is Committed. Mr. R. Garland submitted the following as amendments to the bill from the Senate No. 2, ''to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands.'' Amendments. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert as follows: (S. 2)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. The Committee on the Territories, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate No. 98, providing for the survey of the boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Wisconsin report the same with the following Amendments. Strike out all after the ... (S. 98)

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