PAGE.

Motion for the appointment of a committee on the sub-
ject of unchartered banks within the Dis-

for the appointment of a committee to confer
with the person appointed to superintend
the reconstruction and repairs of the capitol, 257
amended and agreed to,

for the appointment of a committee to inquire
into the propriety of making further provi-
sion for arming and equipping the body of

to refer to the Secretary for the Department of
War, the memorial of the corporation of the
city of New-York,

to instruct the naval committee relative to

the valuation of the ship of

Cyane,"

agreed to,.

259

266

270

271

66
war, the

273

289

for the appointment of a committee to inquire
into the propriety of altering the location of

to instruct the committee on finance to inquire
into the expediency of augmenting the sa-
laries of the judges of the supreme court,

postponed,

278

283

285

297, 302

to refer to the committee on military affairs the
report of the Secretary at War, on the mi-
litary peace establishment,

338

300, 306

311

PAGE.

Motion to refer to the militia committee the message of
the President of the United States, trans-
mitting a statement of the militia of the
United States,

agreed to,

304

for instructing a committee to inquire into the
propriety of authorizing the State of Ohio
to dispose of a part of a certain reservation
in the county of Jackson,
for instructing the committee appointed relative
to private banking associations in the Dis-
trict of Columbia to inquire into the expedi-
ency of providing for the more effectual pay-
ment of specie by the banks in said dis-
trict,

agreed to,

for instructing the committee on roads and ca-
nals to inquire into the expediency of laying
out a certain national or military road,
committee discharged from the further
consideration thereof,

for information in relation to the proceedings in
pursuance of the act to provide for survey-
ing the coasts of the United States,

agreed to,

instructing the committee on military affairs to
inquire into the propriety of granting boun-
ty lands to disabled officers,

amended and agreed to,

that the Secretary be directed to inform the
House of Representatives that an omission
has taken place in engrossing the amend-
ments to the bill entitled "an act in addi-
tion to an act to regulate the post-office es-
tablishment," and request the return of said

bill,

311

308

309

311

310

461

335

343

348

352

357

PAGE.

Motion for instructing the committee on roads and ca-
nals, in relation to the great coastwise canal

and river navigation company, .

agreed to,

357

363

461

for instructing a committee to ascertain and re-
port the actual number of inhabitants in the
Territories of Indiana and Mississippi, re-
spectively,

amended and agreed to,
directing the Secretary of War to report a
statement of the sums expended for the
purchase or manufacture of arms and mili-
tary equipments for the militia,
for excluding foreigners from the naval and
merchant service of the United States, and
for compelling merchant vessels to have on
board a certain number of apprentices,

withdrawn,

directing the Secretary of War to lay before
the Senate a statement of the military es-

378

386

384

390

397

tablishment,

408

413

agreed to,

relative to the attendance of the honourable Na-

than Sanford, before the committee of the

House of Representatives,

amended and agreed to,

to re-consider the vote on passing to third read-
ing the bill, entitled "An act for the liqui-
dation of certain claims, and for other pur-
poses,"
directing the Secretaries of War and Navy to
make a report on the subject of the great
coast wise canal and river navigation com-
pany,

amended and agreed to,

PAGE.

directing the Secretaries of the Departments to

report jointly, a plan to insure the annual
settlement of the public accounts, and a
more certain accountability of the public
expenditure,

Murray, Thomas, petition of, presented,

committee discharged from the further
consideration thereof,

506

57

500

N.

New-Hampshire, petitions of sundry inhabitants of, pre-

329

sented,

New-Manchester, petition of a number of the widows,

orphans, and females of, presented,

145

New-Orleans, petition of the mayor, aldermen, and in-
habitants of the city of, presented,
New-Orleans navigation company, memorial of, pre-

40

sented,

42

New-York, memorial of the corporation of the city of,

presented,

same,

Nicholas, Cyprian, and others, petition of, presented,

Notice of a bill,

50, 145, 188, 199, 222, 265,

330, 356, 414, 422, 588

447

Nourse, Joseph, memorial of, presented,

126

465

34

0.

Ohio, resolutions passed by the legislature of State of,

O'Neale, William, and Robert Taylor, petition of, pre-

sented,

126

178

93

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O'Neil, Bernard, petition of, presented,

committee discharged from the further consi-

427

deration thereof,

610

Orphan asylum of the city of Washington, petition of,

presented,

43

Otis, John, attorney of William Otis, petition of, pre-

sented,

362

P.

44

Parke, Solomon, and others, petition of, presented,
Patriotic bank of Washington, memorial of, presented, 288
committee discharged from the further consider-

ation thereof,

609

Patterson, William, and Robert, petition of, presented, 329
committee discharged from the further consider-

ation thereof,

Pennsylvania, legislature of the State of, instructions to
their Senators and Representatives in Congress,
communicated,

447

146

Philadelphia, memorial of the bible society of, presented, 218