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INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.

Alexandria, debate on the bill for the relief of the suffer- Claims for slaves, bill further amended, and read third

ers in, 68 to 71.

bill referred, 71.

bill from the House of Representatives to appro.
priate $20,000, twice read, 71; passed 76.
Appropriation bill, general, amended and ordered to a
third reading, 486.

military, debate on amendments to the, 487, 488.
motion to strike out appropriation for the Cum-
berland Road, 488.

debate thereon, 488 to 490; negatived, 490.
motion to strike out appropriation for surveys,
490; negatived, 491.

motion to recede from certain amendments of the
House of Representatives, rejected, 497.
Arkansas, bill for constructing a road in, read second
time, 35.

Senate refuses to order it to be engrossed, 35.
debate resumed, 172 to 174.

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time, 307.

recommitted, 308.

bill reported with amendments, 310.
amended and ordered to third reading, 491.
amendments of the House of Representatives con-
curred in, 500.

Collection Districts in Kentucky, debate on referring
bill for establishing, 29, 30.

Colonial Trade, debate on taking up bill for regulating
the, 397 to 399.

bill, 399 to 402.

debate thereon, 402 to 454; 456 to 486; 492 to 496.
proposed amendments, 403, 428, 451, 454, 468,

492, 493.

bill ordered to third reading, 496.

returned from the House of Representatives

with amendments, 501.

proceedings thereon, 501 to 506.

amendments disagreed to, 504, 505.
bill rejected, 506.

Colonization Society, debate on presenting memorial of
the, 289 to 296.

papers withdrawn, 296.

debate on referring memorial, 318 to 334.
laid on the table, 334.

Columbian College, remarks on introducing bill for the

relief of, 7.

Bankruptcy, remarks on introducing bill to establish a Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike. See Ohio Turnpike.

uniform system of, 2, 3.

bill read first time, 3.

read second time, and referred, 3.

bill taken up, 22.

sundry amendments by the Committee, and pro-
ceedings thereon, 23 to 26.

further amendments, 26, 27, 28, 65; agreed to, 65.
motion to strike out 93d section, 66; debate

thereon, 66 to 68 ; 76 to 122; negatived, 122.
debate on third reading, 122 to 140.
further amendment, 134; negatived, 139.
motion to reconsider vote on striking out 93d sec-
tion, 140.

debate thereon, 140 to 165; negatived, 165.

debate on third reading resumed, 166 to 172; 181
to 209; bill negatived, 209.

motion to reconsider, 223.

debate thereon, 223 to 227; carried, 227.
motion to recommit with instructions, 227.
referred to a select committee, 227.
bill reported with an amendment, 230.
debate thereon, 276, 277.

other amendments and proceedings thereon, 277,
279, 281, 282, 287, 288.

bill again rejected, 288.

Boyle, John, nominated Judge of the United States for
Kentucky, 335.

Brandy, bill to allow the importation of, in small casks,
ordered to third reading, 500.

Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, resolutions relative to,
and proceedings thereon, 71 to 76.
Choctaw Indians. See Chickasaw.
Claims for slaves, bill to provide for, taken up and
amended, 297.

debate on striking out 10th section, 298 to 303;
negatived, 303.

debate on appointing one Commissioner, instead
of three, 303 to 307; adopted, 307.
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Committees, resolution on the mode of appointing, 3

adopted, 4.
appointed, 4.

Cumberland Road, motion to strike out from the appro-
Congress, opening of 2d Session of the 19th, 1.

priation bill, 488.

debate thereon, 488 to 490; negatived, 490.
bill for the preservation and repair of the, passed,

500

Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky, debate on bill to
locate lands for the, 36 to 39.
amendment offered, 36; negatived, 39.
bill ordered to third reading, 39.

Executive proceedings, 334, 335.

French spoliations, memorial presented respecting, 35,
referred, 36.

resolution respecting, 454.

debate thereon, 454 to 456; laid on the table, 456.
Georgia, message relative to survey of Indian lands in.
267 to 269.

debate thereon, 269 to 274.

motion to refer to Judiciary Committee, 269.
motion to refer to a select committee, 272; car.
ried, 274.

additional documents, 274 to 276.
committee reports, 498.

resolution accompanying report agreed to, 500.

Illinois and Michigan Canal, bill to aid the, amended and
ordered to third reading, 338.

Imprisonment for debt, remarks on introducing bill for
abolishing, 4 to 6.

bill twice read and referred, 6. 21
bill, as amended, reported, 28.

Indiana, bill to authorize a road in, ordered to 3d read-
ing, 346.

Indiana Canal, debate on bill to aid the, 310 to 318.
amendments, 314, 337, 338.

bill ordered to third reading, 338.

Internal Improvement, proceedings on resolution for ap-
propriating public lands to, 7 to 12.

Jefferson, Thomas, remarks on petition from the family
of, 165, 166; petition referred, 166.
bill reported, 254.

ordered to third reading, 310.

title amended, and passed, 334.

Judiciary, bill to amend the, read third time, 297.

Kentucky Asylum. See Deaf and Dumb.

Land claims in S. W. States, bill for adjusting, read, 380.
debate thereon, 390 to 397.
amendments, 380, 391, 397.

bill ordered to third reading, 397.
laid on the table, 496.

motion to reconsider, negatived, 496.

Larche, Francis, debate on bill for the relief of, 13, 14.

bill ordered to third reading, 14.

Lead mines, debate on bill to authorize the sale of re-
served, 52 to 55.

amendment, bill laid on the table, 55.

McIlvaine, Joseph, annunciation of the death of, and pro-
ceedings thereon, 1, 2.

Message (annual) from P. U. S. See Appendix.

relative to survey of Indian lands in Georgia.
See Georgia.

transmitting communications from Governor of
Georgia, 274.

Michigan, debate on bill for laying out roads in, 55 to 58.
Canal. See Illinois and Michigan Canal.

Public lands, debate thereon, 8 to 12; amendment, 12.
resolution negatived, 12.

bill to graduate the price of 39, 40.
debate thereon, 40 to 52; 346, 347.
bill laid on the table, 347.

debate on 2d reading of bill to authorize the re-
purchase of relinquished, 308, 309.

ordered to third reading, 309; passed, 334.

Revenue, bill for the distribution of, 209.

remarks on, 209 to 222; laid on the table, 223.
See Arkansas.

Road in Arkansas.

in Indiana.

See Indiana.

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proceedings thereon, 1.
Vice-President, letter from the, 26.

Navy, bill for the gradual improvement of the, 348, 349. Van Dyke, Nicholas, annunciation of the death of, and
debate thereon, 349 to 376; 505 to 524.
amendments, 367, 373, 374, 375, 376.
bill ordered to third reading, 376; passed, 380.
proceedings on amendments of the H. R. to,
500, 501, 504.

officers, debate on bill to increase the pay of, 496,
497.

bill laid on the table, 497.
New England Mississippi Land Company, debate on bill
for the relief of the, 30 to 35.

New Madrid, remarks on bill for the relief of the inhabi-
tants of, 12, 13.

bill ordered to third reading, 13.

Ohio Turnpike, debate on subscribing for stock in the,
376 to 380.

amendments, 377, 380; bill ordered to third read-
ing, 380.

river, debate on improving the navigation of the,
497, 498.

bill passed, 498.

Oder, points of, decided, 23, 28, 227, 277, 296, 335, 376,
428, 450, 499, 520.

Poinsett, J. R. proceedings on nominating as minister to
Tacubaya, 334, 335.

Postmaster General, debate on bill to increase the salary
of the, 58 to 62,

bill ordered to third reading, 62.

debate continued, 62 to 65; bill passed, 65.
President pro tem, elected, 26, 500.

Printer to the Senate, proceedings on electing a, 498, 499.
bill making appropriation for, amended

Publied to the H. R., 500.

committee of conference appointed, 501.
amendments of the H. R. agreed to, 501.

Public lands, resolution on the expediency of making do-
nations of, 6. kota bron

on the appropriation to internal improvements
of, 7, 8

Willinck, John A., bill for the relief of, ordered to third
reading, 13.

Woollens, debate on bill to increase the duty on imported,
335 to $37.

motions to refer, 335.

referred to Committee on Manufactures, 337.
bill reported, 348.

debate on referring to Committee on Finance, 381
to 387; negatived, 387.

to Committee on Manufactures, 387, 380; nega-
tived, 388.

motions to recommit, with instructions, negatived,
388, 389, 390.
motion to take up the bill, rejected, 488.
bill laid on the table, 496.

Yazoo Purchase. See N. E. Mississippi Land Company
Yeas and Nays, on rule for appointment of committees, 4
on bill to increase the salary of the Postmaster Ge-
neral, 65.

on bill for relief of the sufferers in Alexandria, 76.
on striking out 93d sec. from bankruptcy bill, 122.
on proviso to 1st sec. of bankruptcy bill, 139, 140.
on motion to reconsider vote on striking out 93d
sec. of bankrupt bill, 165.

on engrossing bill for a road in Arkansas, 174.
on third reading bankrupt bill, 209.

on motion to reconsider vote rejecting the bank-
rupt bill, 227.

on ordering bill for repealing duty on salt to third
reading, 254.

on passing salt bill, 267.

on striking out 93d sec. from bankrupt bill, 277.
on amendment to regulate the distribution of bank-
rupt property, &c. 279, 280.

on amendment to include banks, 288.

on engrossing bill for third reading, 288, 289.

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