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A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have been notified by the President of the United States, that he did, on the 26th instant, approve and sign

An act for the relief of Alexander Scott, late Collector of Pensasacola;

An act for the relief of John H. Howland, of New York;
An act for the relief of Samuel White;

An act explanatory of an act for the relief of the officers, volunteers, and other persons, engaged in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians, passed 4th May, 1822;

An act supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the St. Helena and Jackson Court house Land Districts;

An act explanatory of an act entitled "An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchas ers of the public lands," approved on the 18th of May, 1824;

An act supplementary to an act passed on the 18th of June, 1812, entitled "An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the territory of Missouri;"

An act in further addition to an act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject;

An act to complete the survey of the southern and western boundary of the state of Missouri;

An act authorizing an examination and survey of the harbor of Charleston, in South Carolina, of St. Mary's, in Georgia, and of the Coast of Florida, and for other purposes;

Resolution providing a place of deposite for the portrait of Columbus; and directing the distribution of certain copies of the Declara tion of Independence, now in the Department of State.

Mr. Cutts also notified the House, that the Senate concur in the resolution for the appointment of a Joint Committee, to notify the President of the proposed recess of Congress, and that they have appointed a committee on their part. And then he withdrew.

Mr. Taylor, from the said joint committee, reported, that the committee had discharged the duty assigned them, and that they received for answer from the President of the United States, that he had no further communications to make to Congress at the present

session.

Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate to notify them that this House, having completed the business before them, are now ready to adjourn; and that the Clerk do go with the said message.

The Clerk having delivered the said message, and being returned, A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary, notifying this House that the Senate, having completed the legislative business before them, are ready to adjourn;

And, thereupon,

The Speaker adjourned the House until the first Monday in December next, the day fixed by the Constitution of the United States for the annual meeting of Congress.

INDEX.

A.

Abaco, negotiations to be entered into, to obtain a portion of

the island of

Absence, leave of, granted to Mr. Rich

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83, 87

431

Mr. Van Rensselaer

Mr. Bassett

462

487

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494

498

525

525

525

525

556

Mr. Allison

556

Mr. Baylies

Mr. Wm. Smith

Mr. Hamilton

Mr. P. P. Barbour

Mr. Longfellow

Mr. Allen, of Mass.

Academy at West Point, has attained a high degree of perfec-

tion in discipline and instruction
inquiry into the propriety of enlarg-
ing the -

proposition for an inquiry if further
legislation be necessary in relation
to the

Gridley's farm to be purchased for the
enlargement of the

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Accountability of public officers, great improvements in the sys-

tem adopted to inforce the
further provisions to secure the
(see bills Senate, No. 6.)

Accounts, committee of, (see committee.)

settled at the war depart. agreeably to act March

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Adams, Parmenio, contests the election of Isaac Wilson, of

556

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Adjourned, the daily hour ûxed to which the House shall

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8, 333, 451

stand
propositions to alter the daily hour to which the

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African slave trade, (see slave trade.)

Agriculture, inquiry whether any increase of the tariff of du-

ties will operate a benefit to

271, 327

Alexandria, in D. C. enlargement of the powers of the levy

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Allen, Lydia, proposition to grant a pension to

Alabama, members from, appear, viz.

John McKee, Gabriel Moore

Geo. W. Owen

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299

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proposition to establish a circuit court in the state of 35, 41
proposition to alter, establish, or discontinue post

routes and post offices in

141, 170, 200, 318

better organization of the U. States' courts within
the state of

(see bills H. R. No. 1.)
inquiry into the propriety of modifying a certain ordi-
nance, so as to afford greater facilities to the im-
provement of the water courses within the state
of

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44

181, 182

inquiry respecting the legality of the exaction of
duties on barges, steam boats, and other craft,
navigating certain rivers in the state of
inquiry into the propriety of increasing the salary of
the district judge in

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assent of Congress given to an act of the state of

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(see bills Senate, No. 45.)

128

bills making (see bills.)

appropriations, estimates of

Armories, fine quality of the arms manufactured at the na-

tional

15

rmories, statement of the expenditures on, and of the number
&c. of arms made in 1823, at the national

Armory upon the western waters, progress in examining the

country with a view to fix

on a site for an

Page.

334

15

inquiry why the engineers
have not reported the most
eligible site for an 336, 337, 430
inquiry if further provision
be necessary to execute the
act to establish an

Arms distributed among the states, to be kept in arsenals &c.

559

57, 58, 304

Arms, information respecting the contracts for the supply of
72, 76, 117, 122, 128

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Arms, ammunition, and military stores, as are not wanted,
may be sold

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Arms, inquiry if further improvements ought to be made in
the manufacture of

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vote on the ratio of duty to be imposed on the importa-

tion of fire and side

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Arkansas territory, Henry W. Conway, appears as the dele-

gate from

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76, 298

182

377

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219, 227, 261, 573
(see bills Senate, No 78.)

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(see bills Senate, No. 84.)
to be furnished with an abstract of military

bounty lands within the same

(see bills H. R. No. 4.)

road to the seat of government of (see roads.)
leave given to withdraw all petitions relat-
ing to land claims in

Army, complete organization and discipline of the

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inquiry into the propriety of enlarging the quarter-
master's department of the -
proposition to allow annual salaries to the officers of the
expenditure on account of the contingencies of the
expenditure of the appropriations of 1823, for the
inquiry whether Scott's rules and regulations are in
force in the
payments made in the two last years to the general and
staff officers of the

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a list of the officers of the army who have been brevett-
ed, with the payments made them, &c.
(see bills H. R. No. 78, 83.)

appropriations for the

Arsinal in the state of Alabama, proposition to establish a

national

Ashley, General, and his party, attacked by the Rickaree In-

dians

(see Indians.)

Assays of certain foreign coins
Atlas, patronage of Congress asked by F. Lucas to the publi-
cation of an universal

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49. 77,

118

proposition to furnish our ministers abroad with Tan-
ner's American (see resolutions, joint, No. 14.)
Attorneys, clerks, and marshals, their compensation

(see compensation.)
Auditors of the Treasury, proposition to reduce the number of
Auction, proposition to lay duties on sales at

299

63,208

(not further acted on.)

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(Bill reported, No. 60.)

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Alabama, attorneys at law, (District Court)
Arkansas, general assembly of (Quapan title, to extinguish) S1, 56,

Adams, Parmenio

Arkansas, general assembly of, (list of bounty lands)

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Arms, Lemuel

37, 200

(Bill reported, No. 96.)

Aborn, Joseph

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Allen, Lydia and Penelope Denney

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Arkansas, general assembly of, (road, Memphis to Little Rock) 44, 90
(Bill reported, No. 29.)

Alabama, Mayor, &c. of Mobile, (grant of lots,)

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Arkansas, general assembly of, (lands for seats of justice)

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Alabama, inhabitants of Mobile, (pre-emption)

(Bill reported, No. 57.)

Alabama, legislature of, (fortifications)
Alabama, legislature of, (enter lands of sections)
Alabama, legislature of, (relief of purchasers of land)

53, 90

(Bill, 31.)

53

53

56, 145

56, 564

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