Index of bills relatiag to Banks, Currency, Public Debt, and Direct Taxes, 8c., presented in the House of Representatives from the First to the Forty-second Congress, inclusive-Continued. Title of bill. No. of Congress. No. of session. By whom introluced. Page of Journal. An act to refund to the Georgia Railroad and 25 Banking Company certain duties paid upon rail: road iron. An act to refund certain duties upon railroad iron paid by the New York and Harlem Railroad Company. An act to remit or refnnd duties to the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company upon cer. tain importations of iron made by them for the use of their raiiroad. An act to refund to the Newcastle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company certain duties paid by them upon iron imported for the construction of their railroad. An act to exempt from duty the coal wbich may 25 be on board of steamboats or vessels propelled United States. to levy and collect a tonnage duty on vessels en. tering the port of Boston for the purposes therein specified. A bill to extend the privilege of drawback, and to 25 abolish distinction in ports of entry. A bill to define the number, compensation, and duties of officers of the customs. A bill to authorize the cancellation of certain debenture bonds on the exportation of coal. A bill to authorize the importation, free of duty, of the iron materials for certain iron vessels. A bill to allow a drawback of duties on imported hemp when manufactured into cordage and ex. ported. An act in addition to an act supplementary to 25 and to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage," passed 2d March, 1799, and for other purposes, approved 1st March, 1823. Ad act to allow a draw back of duty on imported 25 hemp when manufactured into cordage and exported. An act to remit or refund to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company the duties upon certain railroad iron. An act to authorize the Secretary of Treasury to extend the time for the payment of the duties upon certain bonds given by the Alabama, Florida and Georgia Railroad Company, for the duties upon a quantity of railroad iron imported by said company, and for the laying of said iron upon railroads." An act further to prescribe the duties of collectors 25 of the customs and other officers and agents in the employment of the United States, prohibit. ing the admission of certain offsets in suits against the debtors of the Government, and to provide for the punishment of public defaulters. A bill to repeal an act to release from duty iron prepared for and actually laid down on railways and inclined planes, approved 14th July, 1832, and to graduate the duty to be paid on such iron hereafter imported from foreign countries. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to remit 26 duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at the conflagration in the city of New York in December, 1835," passed July 7, 1838. A bill to insure the more faithful execution of tbe 26 laws relating to the collection of duties on imports. 10 . Index of bills relating to Banks, Currency, Public Debt, and Direct Taxes, &-c., presented in the Title of bill No. of Congress. By whom introduced. Page of Journal.' 827... 1241.......... A bill to increase the duties on imported manufac. Mr. J. Q. Adams...... 756.... of the iron materials for certain iron vessels. Mr. White........ 1023... ports to Mexico. vessels in the ports of the United States. 26 i Senate .............. 216, 473, 734, 735, 736, 737, 754, 770 861, 1146.... 1032, 1037..... ship Alexandre. 578, 585, 758.... chandise exported in the original packages to laws relating to the collection of duties on im. ports. French ship Alexandre. factures of silk. duty. dise exported in original packages to Chihuahua and Santa Fé, in Mexico. 203, 209, 273 203, 208, 273, 363, 369, 375, 376, 378. 288, 289, 292, 515, 516. port of Cayenne, in the colony of French Guiana, vessels. Mr. Saltonstall ..... 634, 910.......... ing in the collection of duties on imports. 998, 1000, 1003, 1004, 1056, 1857, 1242. 919........ 113, 116. Index of bills relating to Banks, Currency, Public Debt, and Direct Taxes, g-c., presented in the Title of bill. No. of Congress. By whom introduced. Page of Journal. A bill to extend for a limited time the present 27 laws laying and collecting duties on imports. 2 Mr. Fillmore........ 936, 943, 967, 969 972, 974, 1014, 1032. 1380, 1383, 1384, 1369...... 115, 126,500, 1431, 1434, 1475, 1477, 1478. 835, 884, 913. 98.......... A bill to supply a temporary defect or failure in 27 2 Mr. Barnard ..... for other purposes.") pany certain duties upon railroad iron. ported in the original packages to Chihuahua do vessels. goods. dise exported in the original packages to Chi. huahua and Santa Fé, in Mexico. ered from shipwreck, in certain cases, free of the United States from Texas. and allowances made in consequence thereof. 1 Mr. Phoenix........ 1 ......do ............. Mr. Ingersoll ....... Ir. Burt..... 780......... Mr. Phoenix........ A bill allowing drawback upon foreign mercban. 28 dise exported in the original packages to Chi. merchandise, and for other purposes. ported from the Netherlands. gunny-cloth. railroad iron in certain cases. of pipes and machinery to test the utility of atmospheric railroads. lected on such importations to be refunded. dise exported in the original packages to Chi. Company to import certain pipes and machinery |