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30,.1837..Mandamus against the Postmaster General....

...Power of Secretary of the Treasury to remit fines.
.The Creek Indian orphan fund...

.Duties of land officers in respect to entries and certificates..
.Employment and compensation of paymasters' clerks...
.Power of Secretary of the Treasury respecting customs.
.Extra pay for extra services...

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.Power of the President over mineral lands in Wisconsin.
.Payment of debenture certificates...

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5,.......Medical assistant of Exploring Expedition.

November 7,.......Concerning the Washington Canal Company.

November 10, ......Pensions from the navy pension fund..

.Pensions to widows of stewards....

..Contracts for supply of ordnance.

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.Interest on demands against the United States.

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..Compensation to Cherokee reservees.

January 19, 1838.. Pre-emption to officers....

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.Compensation, &c., to Cherokee reservees.

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.Secretary of the Navy to satisfy a judgment against Com. Elliott 1169
..Existence of war with the Seminoles..

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.When assistant entitled to pay of surgeon.

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.Duties of Attorney General, pre-emptions..
. Pre-emptions...

....Marshal's fees and the accounting officers..
Marshals and the accounting officers.

.Payment of interest and principal, and costs, of a protested draft 1179
Construction of act for the better government of the navy... 1180
.Title of the Brothertowns under the Menomonie treaty... 1180
.Pay of officers commanding in a grade above their rank..
.Navy pensions..

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.Extra compensation to clerks for extra services.
.Duties and authority of collectors of customs.
..Location of the Cherokee reserves.......

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.Compensation of secretary to commander of exploring expedition 1203 ...Extension of the Lake Erie and Wabash canal..

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27,.......Duties of Attorney General, claims under Cherokee treaty..
Power of President to cause surrender of slaves in refuge with
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OPINIONS OF FELIX GRUNDY, OF TENNESSEE :
Appointed September 1, 1838.

September 3, 1838..Pensions for wounds received in the naval service..
...Duties on milinery, hosiery and ready made clothing.
...Pensions to widows of revolutionary soldiers..
...Breach of blockade-capture, rescue, &c.,...
.Extra pay of clerks in the War Department.
...Real character of land scrip in satisfaction of warrants..
November 16, .......The Smithsonian legacy to the United States..
November 17, What banks capable of becoming public depositories..
November 17, .....Claim of Augusta for expenses of Florida war....
November 19, ........Abandonment of Creek reserves.....

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Damage to Spanish slave owners occasioned by U. States troops. 1227 .....Duty of collectors of customs respecting payments into the

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.Claim of General Scott for superintending removal of the Cherokees 1230 ...Naval courts martial--Judges Advocate..

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.....Continuation of the construction of the Cumberland road. 9,.......Power of the Secretary of the Treasury over Banks in Wisconsin 1236 12,.......Seizure for suspected intention to prosecute slave trade. 30,.......Choctaw reservees under Dancing Rabbit creek treaty. February 1,.......Territorial judges not liable to impeachment. February 4,.......What banks capable of being public depositories.. February 7,.......To whom patents for Creek reserves shall be issued. February 14,. Transfers of appropriations to the surplus fund.. February 15,.......Claim of General Scott to compensation for superintending remo

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.Priority of right to confirmed lands in Missouri.
The Cherokee fund not liable for damages..
.Pensions to widows and children of Paymasters.
..Arrears of pensions-to whom to be paid..
.Power of the Postmaster General over mail contracts...
.Contracts for supplies or services for the navy.
Extra compensation to salaried officers..

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8,.......Transfer of specific appropriations of House of Representatives

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•Back land pre-emptions in Louisiana..

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.The Wyandot reserve at Upper Sandusky...

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.Accounts and accounting officers......

15,.......Allowance for extra rations furnished United States troops in

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15,. .Superiority of jurisdiction of civil over military authorities.. 1277
.Certain misnomers in Choctaw treaty not important..
....Pensions to widows of surgeons in the navy...

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July 17, 1839..Printing for the Treasury Department...

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September 7,.. .....The President and the Judiciary-payment to Winnebagoes... 1281
Extra compensation of messengers and watchman..
.Guaranties for transporting the mails....
.Pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers..
Expenses of repairs and supplies for coast survey.
.Contingent expenses of pension agents..
Case of the Amistad--surrender under treaty with Spain...... 1289
....Relief where performance of a mail contract is impossible.... 1294

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February 8, 1840..Interest on State stocks held in trust for Chickasaws...
February 13,....... .Repairs in front of leased tenements in Washington..

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...Certified fees of marshals-accounting officers...
.Right of enlisted soldiers to bring actions for assaults...
.Scrip for Virginia land warrants.......

The President and accounting officers in the case of Otis..... 1301
.Boundary between lands of Charles Morgan and Point Coupee.
.Equipage of the Tennessee volunteers.......
..Attorneys of the Cherokee Indians.....

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Patent for the Mackay grant in Missouri....
.Expenses on account of the Amistad negroes.

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.Compensation of Quartermaster of Marine Corps..

.Duty of accounting officers respecting claim of William Otis.... 1315
.Testimony of negroes before courts-martial.......
..Construction of a contract for army supplies..

..Payment of territorial militia called out but not mustered...... 1319 ....................Verification in foreign countries of applications for patents for

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..Payments directed by Congress-to whom to be made....
16,. .Compensation of marshals and certificates of judges..
.Erroneous payments for printing land patents...
.Payment of the pension granted to Mary Updegraff.
..Additional allowance to contractors for transporting mails.
.Error in proceedings before courts-martial..
.Error in proceedings before courts-martial........
.Error in proceedings before courts-martial........

Compensation of volunteers in Florida war acting as teamsters.. 1334
.Deficiency of lands granted to Ohio for Erie and Wabash Canal 1336
.Scrip to the heirs of Captain Kirkwood....

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..Contractors for removal of Chickasaws-how to be paid. 1341
Expenses of collectors in performing extra services....
.Pre-emptions in respect to fractional sections...
.Removal of certain settlers on public reservations...

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The right of Bartholomew Pelleim to a patent for land.
.Bonds of Deputy Postmasters under act of July 4, 1840..
.Liability of United States for fees of Circuit Court Clerks..
.Pre-emptions..

Date of office under a new and second commission.
.Confirmation of sales of Creek reservations..

.Coastwise trade under act prohibiting slave trade...
.Power of Secretary of Treasury to refund excess of duties.
.Collector's bonds under act of July 4, 1840....

.Company officers only provided for in act of March 19, 1836... 1345
.Payment of the three per cent. fund to Ohio.....
.Commissions of Receivers General.....

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1,.......Priority of claim of Winnebago reservees to that of certain Polish

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26, 1840..Compensation to navy agents for extra services
3,.. ..Extra compensation to navy agents for extra services.
21, Extra compensation to judges for extra services...
...Transfer of stocks from the Chickasaw to the Choctaw fund..
..Notice of application for extension of patents for inventions....
..Confirmation of sales of certain Creek reservations.
.Extra compensation for extra services..

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Liability of Assistant Quartermaster as drawee and garnishee.. 1370
Right of purchaser of the Amistad to a register....

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.. Patents for pre-emptions where there are conflicting assignees 1372 1841..Collector's bonds under act of July 4, 1840........ .Extra compensation of District Attorney for extra services. .Refunding duties paid under protest.. Discharge of imprisoned debtors..

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.Location of grants to the sons of Benito Vasquez..

February 23,. . . . . . . Right of Peter H. Hobart to a patent for land on Bayou Sara.. 1378
February 27,. ...Extra compensation to clerks for extra services..
February 27, Respecting the pardoning power...
February 27,... .Execution of patents for land......

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Right of the Senecas to retain possession of their lands...
2,.......Effect of acceptance of Postmaster General in payment..
3,. .Priority of right of United States to payment..
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September 7,.......Execution of a patent passes title.

OPINIONS OF HUGH S. LEGARE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA :

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...Accounts for removing Cherokees and accounting officers. 1455 ..Further explanation of the Maison Rouge grant..... December 29,.......Violation of neutrality and act of Congress of 1818.......................

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February 10,.. .Pleas before and jurisdiction of courts martial....
February 11,. . . . . . . .Military power of the President to dismiss from service.
February 17,. . . . . . . Compensation of clerks of the census....
March 11,...... .Postmaster General and foreign steam packets..

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Constitution and organization of courts-martial.
.Effect of promotion of a suspended passed midshipman.
.Postage-definition of a "newspaper.".

2,. .......Rate of duties on certain articles..

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Surveys and patents for pre-emption claims under act of 1834.. 1483
.Tenure of the office of deputy collector....
.Power of the Postmaster General to establish post-offices.. 1487
Tenure of appointments made during a recess of the Senate. 1488
.Accounts of defaulters and accounting officers.......
.Claim of administrator to land scrip....

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Adjustment of conflicting land claims.

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..Duties under the compromise act of 1833.
. Reciprocity act of 1817...

.Adjustment of over payments of Pensions.
..The distribution act.

....Claims for Indian depredations..

.New commissioners under the Cherokee treaty.
..Sales of Creek reservations by administrators...
...Sales of Creek reservations by administrators.
.Accounts and accounting officers-Interest, &c.,.
. Claim of Colonel Thomas and accounting officers.
.Claim of Thomas S. Clark & Co.-charter party.
..Assignments of Creek Indian reservations...
.Claim of Colonel Thomas and accounting officers.
.Pre-emptions...

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...Compensation of officers of exploring expedition....

..Swartwout's interest in Maryland and New York coal companies. 1557

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