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

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 21st Congress, 2nd Session

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Amendments proposed by Mr. Smith, of Maryland to the ''Act to provide, hereafter, for the payment of six thousand dollars annually to the Seneca Indians, and for other purposes.'' Amendments. (H.R. 481)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Ramsey submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 583) regulating the compensation of clerks in the Post office Department, shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. (H.R. 583)

Committee on Finance, to which was referred the bill from the House of Representatives, entitled ''An act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one,'' report the same with the following Amendments: (H.R. 528)

Engrossed for to-morrow. An Act For the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States. (H.R. 336)

Engrossed for to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe submitted the following Amendment To bill, (H.R. 602,) for the relief of Mrs. Clarissa B. Harrison. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert-- (H.R. 602)

Engrossed for to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe submitted the following Amendment To the bill, (H.R. 602,) for the relief of Mrs. Clarissa B. Harrison. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert-- (H.R. 602)

Engrossed. Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance.An Act Making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 528)

Mr. Buchanan submitted the following amendments to the bill (No. 292) for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road; which were read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, to which the said bill is committed. (H.R. 292)

Mr. Crawford submitted the following amendment to the amendment offered by Mr. Buchanan to the bill for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road, &c. Amendment. Strike out the first section of the bill, and add the following after the amendment: (H.R. 292)

Mr. Davis, of South Carolina, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. A Bill To repeal the twenty-fifth section of an act, entitled ''An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States,'' passed the fourth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ... (H.R. 573)

Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives, with amendments. Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union discharged, and committed to a ... (H.R. 420)

Mr. Pettis submitted the following, which when the bill (H.R. No. 96) to graduate the price of the public lands shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (H.R. 96)

Ordered to be engrossed for to-morrow. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alexander Oswald Brodie, of New York. (H.R. 628)

Ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives. An Act Making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacons, and monuments, placing buoys, and for improving harbors and directing surveys. [As passed by the two Houses of Congress at the 1st session of the 21st Congress, and presented to the President of the United States.] (H.R. 304)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Tucker submitted the following, as an amendment to the bill (H.R. No. 595) to repeal a part of an act to reduce the duty on salt: Amendment. Strike out all after the word ''repeal,'' in the first line, and insert ''all acts imposing a duty on salt.'' (H.R. 595)

Printed by order of the House of representatives. Mr. Vitton submitted the following as an amendment of the bill [H.R. No. 96] to graduate the price of public lands: Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (H.R. 96)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. The bill (H.R. No. 517,) to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, into and within the District of Columbia, being under consideration, Mr. Semmes moved to amend the same, by adding the following new sections: (H.R. 517)

Read second time, and referred to the Committee on An Act For the relief of the heirs at law of Richard Livingston, a Canadian refugee. (H.R. 220)

Read the first and second time. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Strong, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Respecting the city of Detroit. (H.R. 624)

Read the first time. Opposition being made, the question arose, Shall it be rejected? Debated. Further debated. Read a second time, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Mallary, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported the following bill: A Bill To repeal a part of ''An act to reduce the duty on salt.'' (H.R. 595)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House Committee on Mr. Doddridge, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the more speedy administration of justice in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 577)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday 31st instant. Mr. Thompson, of Georgia, from the Committee on the Militia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the better organization of the militia of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 578)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday, 17th January, instant. The bill [H.R. No. 517] ''to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, into and within the District of Columbia,'' having been recommitted to the Committee for the District of Columbia, Mr. ... (H.R. 517)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the 3d of January next. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Edward Moore, deceased. (H.R. 512)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To carry into effect the act to provide for a survey of the coast of the United States. (H.R. 554)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ihrie, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill. An additional supplement to an act, entitled ''An act for quieting possessions, enrolling conveyances, and securing the estates of purchasers.'' (H.R. 561)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Irvin, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish the number of clerks, and fix their compensations, in the General Land Office. (H.R. 563)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Vinton, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill Declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, and to authorize the States of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, to take ... (H.R. 637)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next, 25th of January, instant. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was re-committed the bill further to amend the act, entitled, ''An act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the Post Office ... (H.R. 119)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday, the 18th of January instant. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to change the locations of the land offices in the United States. (H.R. 552)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House this day. Mr. Drayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriations for the repairs of fort Delaware, and for ascertaining the legal title to the Pea Patch island. (H.R. 649)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House this day. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Barnard Kelley. (H.R. 501)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to which the said report is committed. Mr. Lea submitted the following resolution as an amendment to the report made by Mr. Hemphill, on the tenth instant, upon the subject of internal improvements. Strike out the resolution at the end of said report, and insert, (H.R. 3)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bockee, from the Committee on Military Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Judith Thomas. (H.R. 629)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of John Nobel Taylor, deceased. (H.R. 598)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burges, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill In aid of an act entitled ''An act for the relief of James Burnett.'' (H.R. 653)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Carson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George J. Knight. (H.R. 640)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Military Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of Eli Smith, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 596)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clarke, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the several acts establishing a Territorial Government in Florida. (H.R. 519)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the representatives of Doctor Hanson Catlett. (H.R. 576)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Smith, administrator of John Taylor, deceased. (H.R. 569)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to an act, passed on the thirty-first March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled ''An act for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and for the suppression of ... (H.R. 510)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Crane, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Christian Ish, deceased. (H.R. 594)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Crane, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Colonel John Thornton, deceased. (H.R. 593)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Daniel, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the sureties of Amos Edwards. (H.R. 522)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. De Witt, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of Ann Mortimer Barron. (H.R. 546)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. De Witt, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of the heirs at law of William Treadwell, an officer of the revolutionary army, deceased. (H.R. 547)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. De Witt, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Frederick Raymer. (H.R. 532)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. De Witt, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Hopping and Joshua P. Frothingham, surviving heirs at law of Thomas Frothingham, late of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of ... (H.R. 605)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the further relief of John H. Wendell, a Captain in the revolutionary war. (H.R. 543)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Roberts, late Major of infantry in the War of the Revolution. (H.R. 505)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Colonel George Baylor. (H.R. 504)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of David Dardin, deceased. (H.R. 647)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Doddridge, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill Further to amend the act entitled ''An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington,'' &c., passed on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ... (H.R. 613)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Doddridge, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To organize the several fire companies in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 503)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Doddrigde, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To alter the bridge and draw over the Potomac river, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 564)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Draper, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the widow and heirs of Pedro, alias Pierre Guedry. (H.R. 587)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Drayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To enable the Secretary of War to release the title of the United States to fort Gansevoort, in the harbor of New York. (H.R. 631)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dudley, from the Committee on Private Land Claims reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hopkins Rice. (H.R. 537)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E Everett, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain John Burnham. (H.R. 575)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eleanor Worthington, executrix, and James T. Worthington, executor, of Thomas Worthington, deceased. (H.R. 536)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gilmore, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. P. and E. B. Penny. (H.R. 636)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hodges, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating the compensation of the clerks in the Post Office Department. (H.R. 583)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ihrie, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the appointment of Commissioners to digest, prepare and report to Congress, at the next session thereof, a code of statute law, civil and criminal, for the District of ... (H.R. 565)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Loyall, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Jackson and Lucius M. Higgins, of Newbern, in North Carolina. (H.R. 529)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gabriel Godfroy and Jean Baptiste Beaugrand. (H.R. 556)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Bogy. (H.R. 635)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McIntire, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Dale. (H.R. 627)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue a warrant to Archibald Jackson for the bounty land due to James Gammens, a soldier in the late war. (H.R. 623)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Bernard Marigny, assignee of the heirs of Antonio Bonnabel. (H.R. 657)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Marsh. (H.R. 648)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Trezvant, from the Committee on Military Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John R. Rappleye. (H.R. 597)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Trezvant, from the Committee on Military Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Read twice, and referred to the Jonah Garrison. (H.R. 611)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Trezvant, from the Committee on Military Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend to corps of artificers the enactments of the existing laws allowing pensions to disabled officers and soldiers who have served in the armies of the United States. (H.R. 550)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Trezvant, from the Committee on Military Pensions, to which had been referred the petitions of Humphrey Beckett, David Smith, and Jonathan Fogg, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Humphrey Beckett, David Smith, and Jonathan Fogg. (H.R. 582)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robertson and Barnwall. (H.R. 527)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for certain fortifications during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 545)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Washington, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the limits of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 608)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. White, of New York, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the case of Henry Eckford, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the purchase from Henry Eckford of certain lands for public purposes. (H.R. 570)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Adam Peck. (H.R. 549)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Amariah Squirrel, administrator of Jacob squirrel, deceased. (H.R. 558)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of De Gameo Jones. (H.R. 612)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edward Livingston. (H.R. 589)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Lucius Sawyer. (H.R. 530)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Menary. (H.R. 557)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Lincoln, administrator of Samuel B. Lincoln, deceased. (H.R. 500)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lawrence L. Van Kleeck. (H.R. 604)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lewis Anderson. (H.R. 506)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Owens. (H.R. 572)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Making compensation to the Register and Receiver of public lands at Augusta, Mississippi, for certain services performed by them. (H.R. 525)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. William L. Storrs, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Rodgers. (H.R. 518)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wingate, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Park. (H.R. 551)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Young, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Magruder. (H.R. 650)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Young, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer. (H.R. 646)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Drayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Amendments To the bill to regulate the pay and emoluments of the officers of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. [The ... (H.R. 130)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Drayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate the pay and emoluments of the officers of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 130)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Wilde submitted the following, which, when, the bill [H.R. No. 243,] supplementary to act, entitled ''An act to authorize the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the Territory of Florida from ... (H.R. 243)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Archer, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification under the convention between the United States and his Majesty the King of Denmark, of the ... (H.R. 523)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Beekman, from the Committee of Elections, to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating the manner of taking evidence in cases of contested elections of members of the Reprinted by order of the House of ... (H.R. 555)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Internal Improvement, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the improvement of the navigation of Coosa river, in the State of Alabama, and to connect the waters of said river Coosa with the waters of the Tennessee ... (H.R. 511)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Blair, of Tennessee, from the Committee on Internal Improvement, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, into and within the District of Columbia. (H.R. 517)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Declatory of the law concerning contempts of court. (H.R. 620)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Further to define the duties of the Attorney General, and of the Solicitor of the Treasury. (H.R. 521)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the act, entitled ''An act for further extending the power of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas, under the act of the twenty-sixth day ... (H.R. 513)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places. (H.R. 520)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriations for a custom-house in the city of New York. (H.R. 585)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was recommitted the bill, entitled ''A bill to regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern and northwestern frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes,'' reported the same with ... (H.R. 376)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill Confirming an act of the Legislature of Virginia relating to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, passed February thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. (H.R. 621)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Daniel, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph W. Torrey. (H.R. 574)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Dorsey, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the pay of Captains and Masters-Commandant in the Navy of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 633)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Drayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for certain expenditures on account of the Engineer, Ordnance, and Quartermaster's Departments. (H.R. 559)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Drayton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To reduce the number of the cadets at the United States' Military Academy, and for other purposes. (H.R. 599)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. E. Everett, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for a grant of land to the New England Asylum for the Blind. (H.R. 603)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ellsworth, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was recommitted the bill [H.R. 145] to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copy-rights, reported the same with amendments. A Bill To amend the several acts respecting copy-rights. (H.R. 145)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Everett, from the Committee on the Library, reported the following bill: A Bill For the purchase of certain books therein mentioned. (H.R. 618)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill To erect a bridge over the Ohio river, near Wheeling. (H.R. 562)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the construction of three schooners for the naval service of the United States. (H.R. 507)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for certain surveys therein specified. (H.R. 553)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Howard, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the improvement of certain harbors, and providing for surveys. (H.R. 614)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Huntington, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to and to amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,'' approved the second day of March, one thousand seven ... (H.R. 610)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives, with amendments. Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union discharged, and committed to a Committee of the ... (H.R. 420)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Letcher, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a road from Strong's, on the St. Francis river, in the Territory of Arkansas, to Balesville, in said Territory. (H.R. 580)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Letcher, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill For the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road. (H.R. 292)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Letcher, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said State in opening a canal to ... (H.R. 581)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Letcher, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize an appropriation to turnpike the mail road between Rockville and the Monocacy bridge, in Maryland. (H.R. 571)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Loyall, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacons, and monuments, and placing buoys. (H.R. 609)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize a subscription to the stock of the Alexandria Canal Company. (H.R. 586)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Thompson, of Georgia, from the Committee on the Militia, to which was recommitted the bill [H.R. No. 168] more effectually to provide for the national defence, by organising, arming, and establishing a uniform militia throughout the United States, and to ... (H.R. 168)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Trezvant, from the Committee on Military Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To explain and amend the several acts to provide for certain persons engage in the land and naval services of the United States, in the revolutionary war. (H.R. 534)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making additional appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors, and removing obstructions in the mouths of certain rivers. (H.R. 566)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for carrying on certain roads and works of internal improvements, and providing for surveys. (H.R. 584)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the Indian Department for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 560)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the military service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 539)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 531)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and invalid pensioners. (H.R. 538)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 528)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the ''Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.'' (H.R. 567)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To carry into effect certain Indian treaties. (H.R. 645)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Verplanck, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish assay offices of the United States' Mint in the gold district of North Carolina and Georgia. (H.R. 630)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. White, of New York, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of naval hospitals at the Navy yards at Charlestown, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York, and Pensacola. (H.R. 622)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend and extend the provisions of the act, approved the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled, ''An act to grant pre-emption rights ... (H.R. 524)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 181) for ascertaining the latitude of the southerly bend, or extreme of lake Michigan, and of certain other points, for the purpose, thereafter, of fixing the true northern boundary lines of the States of Ohio and Illinois. Mr. Duncan, from the ... (H.R. 508)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H.R. No. 562) to erect a bridge over the Ohio river at Wheeling. Mr. Letcher, from the Committee on Internal Improvements, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing a subscription to the stock of the Monongahela Bridge Company at Brownsville, ... (H.R. 579)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill (H.R. No. 93) to authorize the exchange of sixteenth sections granted for the use of common schools which are unfit for cultivation. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the state of Illinois ... (H.R. 509)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill from the Senate (No. 6) concerning the gold coins of the United States. Mr. White, of New York, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating the value of certain foreign silver coins within ... (H.R. 644)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill from the Senate (No. 8) for the relief of Lucien Harper. Mr. White, of New York, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John Coleman, deceased. (H.R. 655)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 513) to extend the act, entitled, ''An act for further extending the powers of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Territory of Arkansas, under the act of the twenty-sixth day of ... (H.R. 513)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Wickliffe submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 440,) making further appropriations for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and their tributary streams, and for deepening the channel at the mouth ... (H.R. 440)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole to which the said bill (No. 96) is committed. The following amendment to the amendment of Mr. Pettis, of Missouri, to the bill (H.R. No. 96) to graduate the price of the public lands, will, when that bill is taken up for consideration, be offered by Mr. Test, of Indiana, to wit: (H.R. 96)

Read twice, and laid upon the table. Mr. Draper, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hannah McKim. (H.R. 658)

Read twice, and laid upon the table. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill Making grants of land to the disbanded officers and others for services and sacrifices during the late war. (H.R. 656)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time on Monday next. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To change the time of holding the rule term of the circuit court for the district of West Tennessee. (H.R. 502)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To repeal the charges imposed on passports and clearances. (H.R. 590)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. McDuffie, from the Committee of Ways and Means reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the proper officers of the Treasury Department to credit the account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount of unavailable funds. (H.R. 592)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise. (H.R. 634)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the punishment of offences committed in cutting, destroying, or removing live oak and other timber or trees reserved for naval purposes. (H.R. 654)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Monday next. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Antonio Bonnabel. (H.R. 641)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Tuesday next. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Respecting the navy pension fund, and certain persons chargeable thereon. (H.R. 639)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time on Wednesday next. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of State to issue a patent to John Powell. (H.R. 515)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Christopher Beehler. (H.R. 617)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To alter the time of holding the district court of the United States for the northern district of Alabama. (H.R. 514)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To change the place of holding the Circuit and District Courts of the United States from Exeter to Concord, in the state of New Hampshire. (H.R. 625)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Chilton, from the Committee on Military Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Samuel Patton, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 607)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Draper, from the Committee on Private Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Bosseler, his heirs or assigns. (H.R. 642)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Hall, from the Committee on Public Expenditures, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a uniform rule for computing mileage of members of Congress and Delegates of Territories. (H.R. 568)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To adjust the Fourth Auditor's books. (H.R. 638)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Hunt, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To direct the manner of issuing patents on confirmed land claims in the Territory of Florida. (H.R. 592)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Irvin, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the sale of the lands in the State of Illinois reserved for the use of the salt springs on the Vermillion river, in that State. (H.R. 588)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Register and Receiver of the St. Helena land district, in Louisiana, to receive evidence respecting the claim of Josiah Barker, assignee of Madam Hindson, to a ... (H.R. 651)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abraham Forbes. (H.R. 616)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Hoffman, a Canadian volunteer. (H.R. 606)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Sterigere, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which had been referred the petition of Matthias Roll, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Matthias Roll. (H.R. 526)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Storrs, of New York, from the select committee to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the act for taking the fifth census. (H.R. 535)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Taliaferro, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To revive and amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate a company for making a certain turnpike road in the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia.'' (H.R. 615)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of William Hull. (H.R. 632)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John McDonough. (H.R. 643)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the time for entering certain donation claims to land in the territory of Arkansas. (H.R. 533)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which the subject had been referred, reported the following bill: A Bill To ascertain and mark the line between the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and for other purposes. (H.R. 516)

Read twice, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the settlement of the claim of Harris and Farrow. (H.R. 626)

Read twice, and postponed until Saturday next, 12th instant. Mr. Irvin, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Clarissa B. Harrison. (H.R. 602)

Read twice, and postponed until Tuesday next, 8th instant. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the final adjustment of the claims to lands in the southeastern land district of the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes. (H.R. 601)

Read twice, and postponed until Wednesday next, 9th instant. Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Explanatory of the act entitled ''An act for the relief of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line and navy, and of the continental army, during the revolutionary war,'' approved thirtieth of ... (H.R. 600)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To regulate the foreign and coasting trade on the northern and northwestern frontiers of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 376)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act For the relief of certain importers of foreign merchandise. (H.R. 634)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the military service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 539)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (H.R. 531)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act For closing certain accounts, and making appropriations for arrearages in the Indian Department. (H.R. 480)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To establish a Land Office in the Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes. (H.R. 210)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Making appropriations for the public buildings, and for other purposes. (H.R. 407)

Read, and passed to a second reading. An Act To amend the several acts respecting copy-rights. (H.R. 145)

Read, and passed to a second reading. An Act To provide hereafter for the payment of six thousand dollars annually to the Seneca Indians, and for other purposes. (H.R. 481)

Read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, and referred to a select committee, to consist of Messrs. Hayne, Sanford, Frelinghuyen, Bell, and Iredell, to consider and report thereon. An Act To provide for the final settlement and adjustment of the various claims preferred by James Monroe against the United States. (H.R. 330)

Read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to Committee on Military Affairs. An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to purchase an additional quantity of land for the fortifications at fort Washington, upon the river Potomac. (H.R. 542)

Read, and postponed until Monday, 14th of February, instant. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following amendatory bill: A Bill To provide for the more effectual execution of the ministerial duties of the Navy Department. (H.R. 169)

Read, and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Duncan submitted the following, which, when the bill (H.R. No. 581) supplementary to the act, entitled ''An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding the said State in opening a canal to connect the waters ... (H.R. 581)

Read. An Act Making provision for a subscription to a compilation of congressional documents. (H.R. 652)

Received, Read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act Making appropriations for the completion and support of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 343)

Received. An Act Making appropriations for carrying on certain roads and works of internal improvement, and providing for surveys. (H.R. 584)

Received. Read second time, and referred to Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the benefit of Percis Lovely. (H.R. 541)

Received. Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Supplementary to the ''Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.'' (H.R. 567)

Received. Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act For the punishment of crimes in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 339)

Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands. Mr. Hunt, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported the following amendatory bill: A Bill To authorize the Legislature of Missouri to sell the lands reserved for schools, a seminary of learning, and salt springs, in that State. (H.R. 131)