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and on behalf of the people of said territory, praying that they may be permitted to form a constitution and state government, with the boundaries described in said petition; and admitted into the union, on an equal footing with the original states.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of the whole, to which is committed, the bill to enable the people of the territory of Missouri, to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the union, on an equal footing with the original states.

Mr. Scott, presented a petition of Jesse Richardson, praying that his title to a tract of land, in the territory of Missouri, may be confirmed.

Ordered That the said petition be referred to the committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Scott, presented sundry resolutions adopted by the legislative council and house of representatives of the territory of Missouri, instructing him as the delegate of said territory, in this House, to use his exertions to procure the passage of a law for the admission of that territory into the union as a state, with the boundaries described in the petition this day presented by the Speaker; as also to procure certain donations and appropriations of land, for the purposes therein specified.

Ordered, That the said resolutions be committed to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill to authorize the people of the said territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the union, on an equal footing with the original states.

On motion of Mr. Scott,

Ordered. That the petition of sundry inhabitants of the territory of Missouri, by Frederick Bates, their agent, presented on the 2d March, 1816, and the petition of sundry inhabitants of Mine-aBreton, presented on the 1st of February, 1817; be referred to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, contaimng a plan for the adjustment of titles and claims to land in the said territory.

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill for the relief of Daniel Bickley and of Catharine Clark, administratrix of John Clark, deceased, which was read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole, on Monday next.

Mr. Smith, also reported a bill, making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year 1819, which was read the first and second time and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next.

Mr. Rhea, from the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made reports on the petitions of Charles Bowman, John Wall and Nathaniel Church, which were read; and the resolutions therein contained, were concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners respectively be not granted.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the committe of Claims, made a favorable report, on the petition of Charles S. Leonard, which was read and committed to a committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill for the relief of Kinsley and French. On motion of Mr. Herbert,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Port Tobacco, by Bryantown, to Benedict, in Charles county, in the state of Maryland.

On motion of Mr. Robert Moore,

Resolved, That the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post road from New Bedford, in the county of Mercer, and state of Pennsylvania, to New Castle in the county and state aforesaid.

A motion was made by Mr. Smith, of Maryland, that the House reconsider the vote taken yesterday; to concur in the resolution contained in the report made by the Joint committee, on the subject of the public printing.

And the question being taken to reconsider the said vote, it passed in the affirmative.

Ordered, That the said report be recommitted to the committee by which the same was made.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole, to which is committed, the bill relating to duties on foreign merchandise, be discharged, and that the said bill be postponed indefinitely.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill for the relief of the legal representatives of John Baker and the legal representatives of Peter Trouillet, and on the bill for the relief of the legal representatives of Alexander Montgomery, deceased; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Pleasants reported that the committee had made some progress in the first mentioned bill, and directd him to ask leave to sit again; and directed him to report the last mentioned bill, without amendment.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole, have leave to sit again on the said first mentioned bill; and that the said last mentioned bill be engrossed and read a third time, on Monday next.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to authorize the settlement and payment of certain claims of the state of Massachusetts; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Smith of Maryland, reported that the committee had made some progress therein, and directed him to ask leave to sit again.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole have leave to sit again on the said bill.

The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill for the relief of Thadeus Mayhew; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Hugh Nelson, reported the same with an amendment, which was read and concurred in by the House; and the said bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, on Monday next.

The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting sundry statements, relative to the internal duties and direct tax, as required by the S3d section of the act of the 22d July, 1813; which was ordered to lie on the table.

The Speaker also laid before the House, another letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of lands sold, northwest of the river Ohio, the purchase money of which has not been fully paid, and of moneys received for said lands, and of the sums now due, together with a description of bank paper, which has been received and is still receivable for the same; which was also ordered to lie on the table.

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The following resolution was submitted by Mr. Poindexter,

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Houee of Representatives, do adjourn their respective Houses, from Monday next, until Monday the 28th instant.

The said resolution was read the first time; and on the question, shall it be now read a second time?

It was determined in the negative.

On motion of Mr. Holmes,

Ordered, That when the House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next.

And then the House adjourned.

MONDAY, December 21, 1818,

Another member, to wit: from Massachusetts, Solomon Strong, appeared and took his seat.

Mr. Sampson, presented a petition of James Warren, a lieutenant on board the frigate Alliance, commanded by captain Peter Landais, in the revolutionary war, praying for his share of two prizes captured by that ship, in company with the ship Bon Homme Richard, commanded by captain John Paul Jones, on the coast of England, which were sent into the port of Bergen, in Norway, and subsequently delivered up to the British government by that of Denmark.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Porter, presented a petition of William Ray, praying to be paid a balance due him, for his services as captain's clerk, on

board the frigate Essex, while serving in the Mediterranean, in the war against the bey and regency of Taipoli.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Hanson Catlett, a surgeon in the army of the United States, praying compensation for a negro slave, who was drowned while attending him as a servant, during the late war with Great Britain.

Mr. Anderson, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of John Martin, Samuel Peterson, and Hannah Peterson; and a petition of Joseph Dutton, respectively praying compensation for the damage sustained in their landed property near Marcus Hook, whilst the same was occupied by the troops of the United States, in the late war with Great Britain.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee of Claims.

Mr. Porter, presented a petition of Jasper Bennett, the father and natural guardian of Malcolm Bennett, stating that Theodore Wood, deceased, devised to the said Malcolm, the bounty land to which he was entitled, for his services as a soldier in the army, in the late war with Great Britain, for which land he is unable to obtain a grant, in consequence of its being declared in the laws of the United States, that a soldier's right, in the bounty lands aforesaid, shall not be assignable or transferable in any manner whatsoever, previous to the emanation of the patent, and praying that an act may be passed, authorizing a grant of the land to which the said Wood was entitled, to his said son Malcolm.

Mr. Irving, of New York, presented a petition of Robert Swartwout, quartermaster general in the army of the United States, in the late war, stating that under the orders of his superior officer, he took into the service of the said army, a boat called the night hawk, which was destroyed by the enemy, while in said service, that the owner of the boat, subsequently commenced suit against him, upon which he has recovered judgment in the supreme court of the state of New York, amounting with costs to the sum of 2500 dollars; and praying to be indemnified against the said judg

ment.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentuɔky, presented documents, showing the loss of the recruiting accounts and vouchers of Robert M.Calla, late a major in the army of the United States, by reason of which he is unable to effect a settlement of his said accounts at the War Department.

Ordered, That the said petitions and documents be referred to the committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Irving, of New York, presented a petition of James Green, and company, manufacturers of copperas in the state of New Jersey, praying that the duty on imported copperas may be increased, from one to two dollars, per hundred weight.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

Mr. Ogden, presented a petition of sundry merchants, and other inhabitants of the city of New York, praying for the establishment of an uniform system of bankruptcy, throughout the United States; which was referred to the committee of the whole, on the bill for that purpose.

Mr. Walker, of Kentucky, presented a petition of Archibald Felts, praying compensation for his services in the revolutionary army.

Mr. Walker, also presented a petition of Peter Betto, praying for a grant of land, in consideration of his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war.

Mr. Walker, also presented a petition of John Mabry, praying for a grant of land, due for his services as a soldier in the revolutionary army, as also for a pension.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, presented a petition of John Brown, praying that his title to a tract of land in the territory of Missouri, may be confirmed.

Mr. McLean, of Illinois, presented a petition of Nicholas Jarrot, praying to be permitted to locate his confirmed claim to a tract of land in the state of Illinois, on any unlocated land in said state, for the reasons stated in the petition.

Mr. Scott, presented a petition of the inhabitants of the town of St. Charles, in the territory of Missouri, praying that the commons attached to the said town, may be surveyed and granted for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the town aforesaid.

Mr. Scott, presented a petition of Bernard Pratte, and others, heirs and representatives of Sylvester Labadie, deceased, and a petition of Antoine Saugrain, respectively praying that their titles to lands in the territory of Missouri, may be confirmed.

Ordered, That the said petitions be referred to the committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Scott, also presented a petition of James Burns, stating that having settled on and improved public lands, in the territory of Missouri, previous to the survey of the same, he now finds himself on sect. No. 16, reserved for the support of schools; and praying that other lands may be assigned for the use of schools, and that a right of pre-emption, in the purchase of the land on which he resides, may be granted to him.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Rhea, from the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Asa Turney, which was read and the resolution therein contained, was concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the said petition of the petitioner be rejected.

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