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Whereupon,

Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the message and accompanying documents, and that the same be referred to the next Session of the Senate.

A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Gouverneur, his Secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the United States this day approved and signed "An act to designate the boundaries of a land district, and for the establishment of a land office in the state of Indiana;" An act for ascertaining claims and titles to lands within the territory of Florida;" "An act to establish an additional land office in the state of Illinois;" also, "An act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices in the districts east of the Island of New Orleans."

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

On motion,

The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolution from the House of Representatives, for the appointment of a Joint Committee to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that, unless he may have further communications to make to the two Houses of Congress, they are ready to adjourn; and,

Resolved, That they concur therein.

Ordered, That Mr. King, of New York, and Mr Macon, be the Committee on the part of the Senate.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

Mr, King, of New York, from the Joint Committee, reported that they had waited on the President of the United States, who informed them that he had no further communications to make to the two Houses of Congress.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Dougherty, their Clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives having finished the business before them, are about to adjourn.

On motion,

Ordered, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that the Senate, having finished the business before them, are about to adjourn.

Whereupon,

The President adjourned the Senate without day.

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APPENDIX.

List of Acts passed at the First Session of the Seventeenth Congress. An act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage.

An act reviving and extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases.

An act 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."

An act making partial appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two.

An act authorizing the transfer of certain certificates of the funded debt of the United States.

An act for the preservation of the timber of the United States in Florida.

An act for the relief of Peggy Mellen.

An act for the relief of Isaac Finch.

An act for the relief of Samuel Clarkson and Alexander Elmslie. An act for the apportionment of Representatives among the several states, according to the Fourth Census.

An act making appropriations for the military service of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and towards the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

An act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States, within the state of Missouri, and for the establishment of a district court therein.

An act for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida. An act concerning the commerce and navigation of Florida.

An act supplemental to the act, entitled "An act authorizing the disposal of certain lots of public ground in the city of New Orleans and town of Mobile."

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