BILLS of the House of Representatives—

117. A bill respecting the district courts of the Unit-
ed States, within the state of New York

Page.

302, 316, 319,

382, 396, 412, 428
(approved)

118. A bill altering the time for holding a session
of the district court, in the district of Maine

307, 311,

388, 392, 412, 428
(approved)
119. A bill to alter the time of holding the circuit
court, in the southern district of New York, and for
other purposes
120. A bill for changing the compensation of receivers
and registers of the Land Offices 313, 487, 500, 503, 504

307, 311 382, 388, 390

(approved)

121. A bill for the relief of Thomas B. Farish
122. A bill making appropriations for the public build-
ings, and for furnishing the Capitol and President's
House

yeas and nays

yeas and nays

313

313, 429,
4.34

484, 485, 494, 485, 501, 503
494,
(approved)

123. A bill for the relief of major gen. John Stark

314,
487, 488

12. A bill directing the payment of certain bills drawn
by general Armstrong, in favor of Thomas Mor-

gan

125. A bill for the relief of Mottram Ball

126. A bill for the relief of certain volunteer mounted
cavalry

127. A bill to regulate and fix
clerks in the different offices

317
318

318, 450, 454, 494, 501, 503
(approved)

the compensation of

318, 467, 483, 484, 487,

500, 503, 504

(approved)

128. A bill to regulate passenger ships and vessels
129. A bill regulating the payment to invalid pension-

ers

180. A bill for the relief of William King

131. A bill for the relief of the legal representatives
of John Baker, and the legal representatives of Pe-
ter Trouillet

318

ib.

ib.

ib.

132. A bill to authorize the settlement and payment
of certain claims of the state of Massachusetts
133. A bill supplementary to " An act to provide for
the redemption of the public debt"

ib.

317

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BILLS of the House of Representatives--

134. A bill for the relief of Henry King 322, 427, 445, 449,

454, 494

(postponed to 1st. Monday in June next)
135. A bill relating to the duties on foreign merchan-

dize

136. A bill providing for the deposit of wines, and
distilled spirits in public ware-houses

325, 456,

to lie 462, 462, 495, 502, 504

(approved)

137. A bill for the relief of Thadeus Mayhue

138. A bill for the relief of Henry Davis

139. A bill making further appropriations for the con-
struction of the Cumberland road

327

327

332, 103
408

139, 440, 465

332

845

345

(approved)

140. A bill for the relief of Adolphus Burghart
141. A bill to augment the salary of the postmaster
general

142. A bill for the relief of Daniel Renner, and Na-
thaniel H. Heath

143. A bill for the relief of Ebenezer Stephens, and
Lucretia Stephens, late Lucretia Sands and others
144. A bill for the relief of Harold Smith
145. A bill making appropriations for the purpose of
extinguishing Indian claims

346

ib.

346, 410

(to lie on the table)
146. A bill authorizing the election of a delegate from
Michigan territory to the Congress of the United
States, and extending the right of suffrage to the
citizens of that territory
346, 351, 354, 397

(postponed until 1st Monday in July next)
147. A bill authorizing the subscription of stock in the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal Company
148. A bill for the relief of general Moses Porter 351, 354,
439, 441, 447, 463

(approved)

149. A bill to incorporate the Medical Society of the
District of Columbia

150. A bill for the relief of Samuel F. Hooker
151. A bill for the relief of Frederick Brown

346

(postponed indefinitely by the Senate)
152. A bill for the relief of Sampson S. King
153. A bill for the relief of Samuel Burr
154. A bill for the relief of John Delafield

BILLS of the House of Representatives

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155. A bill for the relief of Adam Kinsley and Thomas
French
166. A bill concerning the territory of Alabama 379, 393,

379

424.428, 449

(approved)

157. A bill to fix the time for the next meeting of Con-

gress,
yeas and nays,

380, 402, 407,
468 470, 476, 492
(approved)

158. A bill authorizing the payment of a sum of money
to the officers and crew of gun boats No. 149 and

154

159. A bill concerning the heirs and legatees of Tho-
mas Turner, deceased
160. A bill for the relief of John Johnson, Handy Per-
ry, Beley Cheny, the legal representatives of John
M.Grew, and the legal representatives of John
Turnbull, of the Alabama territory

161. A bill for the relief of James Mackey, of the
Missouri territory

379

379

387

387, 445,

(to lie) 457, 461, 498, 503, 504
(approved)

162. A bill for the relief of the sufferers on the Nia-
gara frontier

390, 440, 442

(yeas and nays, rejected)

391

390

163. A bill for the relief of John Darnall
164. A bill for the relief of Kenzie & Forsyth
165. A bill for the relief Cornelia Mason 390, 485, 489,

492, 498, 502, 504
(approved)

166. A bill making provision for the claim of M. Poiry,
as secretary and aid de camp to major general La
Fayette

167. A bill authorising a subscription to the History

of Congress

393

396, 410, 421

168. A bill allowing bounty in land and pay, to sol-
diers who left the service without leave, after the
close of the late war with Great Britain

169. A bill for the relief of James Orr
170. A bill for adjusting the claims to land, and estab-
lishing land offices in the district east of the island
of New Orleans

401

405

405, 457

(to lie)

171. A bill to increase the duties on certain manufac-
tured articles imported into the United States 405, 452,
458, 463, 469, 494, 502, 504
(approved)

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BILLS of the House of Representatives-

172. A bill concerning invalid pensioners 405, 480, 483,

487, 494

(postponed to 1st Monday in July next)
173. A bill to increase the allowance to consuls on the
Barbary coast
174. A bill to change the name of the district of Erie,

in the state of Ohio

406

411, 413, 439, 440, 463
(approved)

175. A bill to establish a port of entry and delivery at
Cape Vincent, at the fork of lake Ontario and the
river St. Lawrence

416, 423, 468, 476, 492
(approved)

176. A bill declaring the consent of Congress to an
act of the state of Georgia, passed the 10th of De-
cember, 1817, "to establish the fees of the harbor-
master and health officer of the port of Darien❞
177. A bill authorizing the people of the Missouri ter-
ritory to form a constitution and state government,
and for the admission of such state into the union,
upon an equal footing with the original states
178. A bill to abolish the port of delivery established
at the mouth of Slade's Creek, in the state of North
Carolina

416

416

416, 423. 468, 476, 492
(approved)

179. A bill to establish and alter certain post roads

419,

485, 487, 501, 503, 504
(approved)

180. A bill to increase the pay of the militia while in
actual service, and for other purposes

419. 441, 449,

494, 501, 503

(approved)

181. A bill for the relief of Seth Sprague and others

426,

54. 468, 476, 495
(approved)

427,414

182. A bill for the relief of Samuel Thompson and
John Daily
183. A bill for the relief of the widow and children of
Jacob Graeff, deceased

433, 445, 449, 494, 501, 504
(approved)

184. A bill to authorize the sale of part of the glebe
of Rock Creek Church, in the county of Washing-
ton, in the District of Columbia
185. A bill for the relief Mary Sullivan

438

440, 444, 449,

484, 492, 499
(approved)

186. A bill for erecting a light-house on Galloo Island
near the outlet of lake Ontario, for placing sundry
spindles and buoys, and for other purposes

440

BILLS of the House of Representatives-

Page

445, 457, 461, 498

503, 504

187. A bill for the relief of Jonathan D. Essary and

John Seybold

title amended, strike out J. Essary

(approved)

188. A bill to extend the privilege of franking to the
Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of
Representatives

189. A bill to authorize the appointment of an addition-
al judge for the district of Georgia

190. A bill supplemental to the several
appropriations for the year 1818

(rejected)
acts making

446

446

451, 483, 484, 487,

500, 503, 504

(approved)

459, 468

191. A bill to increase the compensation of deputy
postmasters in certain cases
192. A bill making the port of Bath in Massachusetts
a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from
the Cape of Good Hope, and from places beyond the
same, and for establishing a collection district,
whereof Belfast shall be the port of entry

460, 494,
501, 504

(approved)

459

193. A bill for the relief of Samuel H. Harper
194. A bill for transferring the claims in the office of
the commissioner to the Third Auditor of the Trea-
sury
466, 493, 496, 500, 503, 504
(approved)

195. A bill to authorize the recovery of public mo-
neys

477, 482

(to lie)

196. A bill authorizing a subscription to an edition of
Domestic State Papers

197. A bill to suspend the sale of certain lands in the
state of Louisiana and territory of Missouri

BILLS from the Senate-~-

481

479, 481,

488, 500

(postponed by the Senate)

1. A bill for the relief of the heirs of Landon Carter 68,70,

82, 419, 488

(postponed indefinitely)

2. A bill to extend the time for locating Virginia mili-
tary land warrants, and returning surveys thereon
to the general and office, and for designating the
western boundary line of the Virginia military tract
141, 410, 413, 437, 440, 467
(approvea)

91,