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Land Bill.

[APRIL 25, 1836.

purchase by the United States. He believed the doctrines of the Chief Magistrate were correct. They were not called on to decide the question whether revenue arising out of all sources was constitutionally sub

was recommended by the Executive three months ago, when the estimates were sent from the Department to the committee of the House of Representatives. If the Executive shall be thus unsteady and wavering in its recommendations, its wishes would not be much regard-ject to a general distribution. Had they not the power, ed in any vote he (Mr. H.) should give.

[Mr. SOUTHARD having explained that the estimates differing from those of the House resulted from a changed view of the importance of the navy, and said they were derived from the commissioners of the navy-]

Mr. HILL continued: He would not regard communications coming from a subordinate bureau of any Department, as executive recommendations; he could not, knowing their sentiments in relation to the Chief Magistrate, take the recommendations of the navy commissioners as his guide.

The hour of one o'clock having arrived, Mr. CALHOUN moved to lay the bill on the table, for the purpose of taking up the special order; which motion was agreed to: Ayes 16, noes 11.

LAND BILL.

The bill to distribute the nett proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the States, and for granting lands to certain States, was then taken up as the special order of the day; when

he asked, to correct the mistakes of the Government in collecting the revenues? Suppose, said he, you estimate fifteen millions as the amount necessary for the expenses of Government, and when you come to collect it, it amounts to seventeen millions, must you let those two millions be locked up for ever? Or have you the power to correct the mistake by returning the excess to the people from whom it comes? In cases where the Government took from an individual more money than was due from him, where, he asked, did they get the power to refund? They had the power to assess and collect taxes, and to pay him out of it. It would be thought strange if one man, in settling with another, should not have the power to correct mistakes; and why should not the Government have the same power as individuals. He agreed with the President, that where a doubt of the power existed it ought not to be exercised. But the question is, said he, whose money is it you have got in your Treasury? You don't know who you received it from, and therefore cannot return it to its proper owners. All the public lands were acquired either by deeds of cession or by purchase. The deed of cession from Virginia in 1784 contained an express provision that these funds were to be applied for the benefit of all the States in the Union, or that should thereafter be admitted.

Mr. WHITE said the circumstances with which we were now surrounded were not only novel, but were different from those of former times when a debt was due by the nation, and no money in the Treasury beyond the sum necessary to meet the ordinary expenses of the Government. Now the nation owed not one cent, and the Treasury was full to overflowing. In this state of things, after satisfying every ordinary demand on the Government, every man supposed a surplus would be left. For the distribution of this surplus, various projects had been offered, and this among the rest. He had compared this one with each of the others, with a view to make a selection of that one which he conceived most advantageous to the country. The question arose, has Congress the power to make this distribution? If it had not, then the inquiry into the expediency or poli-propriations, that was another matter, in which the cy was useless. Some years ago it was foreseen that there would be a surplus; and, if he was not mistaken,

the President had made a communication in relation to it. The Secretary of the Navy, (Mr. Dickerson,) when in Congress, had made a report on the subject in 1825'26, from which he read extracts to show the great advantages he (Mr. D.) thought would result from an equitable distribution of the revenue for purposes of education and internal improvements, which report, Mr. W. said, was not confined to the revenue from one source or another, but embraced the whole revenue, and that it even recommended a distribution of a portion of the revenue in anticipation of the gradual extinguishment of the national debt; and asserted that it would relieve Congress from a great source of unnecessary legislation. When the present Chief Magistrate came into power, so far as he knew in the section of country in which he lived, it found very considerable favor among the mass of the people. He quoted the recommendation of the President to distribute the surplus revenue in a ratio of representation among the States, and that, if there were any constitutional doubts, to apply to the legitimate source, the States, for their removal. He cited the report of the Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. McLane) in 1831, in favor of the constitutional power of Congress over the revenue from public lands, to appropriate them to the purposes of education and internal improvement. No distinction was observed in the message of the President. But the Secretary of the Treasury saw difficulties ahead, and seized upon it, and suggested how it should be met by

But it was said this deed was made before the new confederation, and before which each State contributed its proportion to the support of the Government. Suppose, said he, that form of Government had continued, and the national debt had been paid off, and it had acquired a surplus, as it has now. In that case, he asked, what became of the question, what shall be done with the surplus revenue? They could dispose of it only by distributing it on the same principle by which it was paid in. If they were obliged to appropriate, as other ap

question of distribution was not involved.

It had been objected that, in making a distribution among all the States, they would include the grantor as well as the other States. If his views were correct, they would not only have the right to make appropria tions as trustees, but it was their bounden duty, under the old confederation, to return the excess to the States. He cited a clause in the sixth article of the constitution to show that a change of Government was not intended to change the relative rights of any of the States, but that they stood in the same situation as before; and also cited authorities to show that Congress had clearly the though they had a general power to collect taxes, yet power over the fund arising from the public lands. Althat power was necessarily limited to the objects for which it was given. If, by giving a section of land along a line of canal, it would increase the value of the rest, nobody would doubt the power of Congress to do so.

But it was said that Louisiana and, Florida were pur chased. How were the lands in these new States acquired? By the avails of the public lands, which ena bled the Government to purchase more lands; and these newly acquired lands in Louisiana and Florida would be decreed in a court of chancery to be held, as the other lands were held, in trust by the Government. With this view of the subject, his mind was clearly settled down that Congress had the power to distribute the surplus revenue from the public lands. But it was said that, after all the appropriations were made, there would be only four or five hundred thousand dollars to dispose of. Insettling this question, he doubted the propriety of going

INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.

Abolition of slavery; (see Slavery.)
Adjournment, resolution for fixing the day of, taken up,
962; adopted, 981.

day of adjournment fixed for the 4th of July, 1780.
Alabama; a bill for the better organization of the dis-
trict court of that State, 13.

pre-emption rights; a report on the memorial of the
Legislature of that State, 721.

and Mississippi five per cent. fund; a bill to carry
into effect the compacts of, 1458; passed.
resolution authorizing the President to cause
rations to be issued to supply sufferers from
Indian hostilities, 1537; laid on the table, 1593.
Alexandria; memorial on the financial condition of that
town, 46.

Appropriation bill for the civil and diplomatic expenses
of the Government for the year 1836; read
twice, and referred, 1249; taken up, 1399;
passed.
Appropriations for the navy for 1836, 1278; taken up,
1296; passed.

Appropriations for the army for 1836, 1413; read three
times, and passed.

Indian department, 1458; passed, 1739.

to carry into effect certain Indian treaties, 1928;
passed.
Arkansas, a message from the President, with the pro-
ceedings of a convention in that Territory, to
form a constitution, 782.

a bill to provide for the admission of Arkansas
into the Union, 934; passed, 1056.

do. in addition to the above act, 1577; passed.
Army of the United States, resolutions respecting, 386.
do. for the religious instruction of, 391.

bill to increase the military peace establishment,
1657; rejected, 1757; passed, 1854.
Armories, arsenals, &c.; a bill to establish them, 1882;
passed.

Bayard, the Hon. Richard, from Delaware, took his seat

in the place of Mr. Naudain, resigned, 1848.
Bennett, Caleb P., the memorial of citizens of Delaware,
praying for his pension to be continued to his
widow, 1642.

Bond and Douglass, Colonels, a bill for the relief of the
legal representatives of their widows, 1230;
passed, 1254.
Bourtoulin Count a resolution authorizing the purchase
of his library; rejected, 1694.

Brahan, John; report of the Secretary of the Treasury,

in answer to a resolution on the subject of mo.
ney paid by the legal representatives of the
late General Brahan, to the United States dis-
trict attorney, 1898.

Bullion for the mint; a bill to supply the mint with bul-
lion, 1090.

Carey & Lea's History of Congress; a joint resolution
proposing a subscription for it, 614; referred.
Catlett, Charles J., a bill for his relief; passed, 1872.
Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Higbee elected, 42.
Choctaw lands; a resolution proposing to suspend the

sales of these lands, 1412.

reservations; (see Pre-emption claims.)

treaty; a bill for adjustingc ertain claims under
the 14th article of the treaty of Dancing Rab-
bit creek, 1936; laid on the table.

1

Colonization Society; a petition from citizens of Ken-
tucky, recommending the society to the favor-
able notice of Congress, 1901.

Columbia, District of, a bill for the relief of the several
cities, 466, 964; taken up, 1449; passed, 1453.
Documentary History of; a resolution authorizing
the Secretary of the Senate to collect and pub-
lish such a work, 498; referred.

resolution to authorize the commissioner to rent
out the public grounds, &c., 1154.
Committees, standing; the Senate proceeded to their
election by ballot, 11.

Congress; a resolution proposing that the Judiciary Com-
mittee inquire into the expediency of fixing, by
law, the commencement and close of every ses-
sion of Congress, 42; agreed to, 45.

a bill to appoint a day for the annual meeting of
Congress, 1649; passed.

above bill returned, vetoed by the President, as
conflicting with the constitution, 1757.

the subject taken up, 1859, 1878; bill rejected.
a bill to fix a day for the annual meeting of Con-
gress, 1880; indefinitely postponed, 1908.
Constitution; a resolution to amend it, so as to provide
for a distribution of the surplus revenue, 52.
Constitutional currency; a bill to re-establish the curren-
cy of the constitution, 1745.

Cumberland road; a report from the Secretary of War,
on the construction of the road in Indiana and
Illinois, 34.

a bill to continue the road as proposed, 390; ta-
ken up, 615; passed, 811.

a bill making an appropriation for do., 4633.
Custom-house officers, a report from the Treasury De-
partment concerning, 34.

Dade, Major, petition in favor of, referred, 613.
Dauphin, Pennsylvania, memorial; (see Free negroes.)
Defence of the frontiers; a bill reported to accept the
services of volunteers, 1385.
Delaware breakwater; a bill making additional appropri-
ations for it, 1928; passed.

Deposite banks; a motion to print extra copies of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury's statement of their af-
fairs, 839; agreed to, 847.

District

banks; a joint resolution in relation to them, 63.
a bill to extend the charters of, 1577; passed,
1720.

Duties on imports; a bill to repeal the duty on certain ar-
ticles, 704.

wines; a bill to suspend so much of the discrimi-
nating act as relates to the Portuguese islands,
&c., 1123.

imports; a bill to amend the several acts imposing
duties on imports, 1287.

Electioneering agents; a resolution calling on the Secre-
tary of War for information as to the office
held by B. F. Curry, in the Cherokee nation,
178.

Executive patronage; (see Officers.)
Expunging resolution; notice given that it would shortly
be called up, 722; taken up, 877; again, 1593;
laid on the table, 1598.

Florida post roads; a joint resolution authorizing the es-
tablishment of certain post roads, 613.

railroad; a bill to authorize it to run through the
public lands, 664; passed.

Florida war, a bill making further appropriations for, | Lands; to appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of
1299; passed.

banks; a resolution instructing the Judiciary Com-
mittee to inquire into the character and condi-
tion of the banking institutions, 1447.

a bill prohibiting the incorporating of banks in
Florida, without the sanction of Congress, &c.
also, resolution on the subject; both passed, 1863.
Foreign relations; a letter of Mr. Clay, chairman of the
committee on this subject, to the Secretary of
State, with his reply, laid on the table, and or-
dered to be printed, 464.

Foreign paupers; a resolution in relation to foreign pau-
pers, 1378.

Fortification on Lake Champlain; a resolution proposing
the survey of a site for the work, 614.
Fortification bill taken up, 592, 1428; passed, 1592.

from the House, reported with amendments, 1877;
passed.

France and the United States; (see United States.)
Free negroes; a memorial from Dauphin county, Penn-
sylvania, praying for an appropriation to re-
move such to Africa, 442.
French affairs; sundry resolutions proposed and adopted,
calling on the President for information in rela-
tion to them, 366.
French and Neapolitan indemnities; a bill to anticipate
their payment, 1881; negatived, 1882.
Frigate Philadelphia, a bill to reward the recaptors of,
1647; passed.

Globe newspaper, Mr. Webster's complaints against,
1693.

Grant, Joseph; a bill to extend his patent right for ma-
king hat bodies, 1864; passed, 1910.

Haight, Stephen, re-elected assistant doorkeeper, 8.
Hale, Captain Nathan; a memorial from the citizens of
New Haven, praying that a monument may be
erected to his memory, 323.

Harbor bill, for the improvement of certain harbors, &c.,
1383; taken up, 1930; passed, 1935.
Hemp, a resolution proposing a duty on all imported,
1397.

Hill, Hon. Isaac, the resignation of his seat, 1616.
Hospitals on the Ohio river; a memorial of the General
Assembly of Indiana on this subject, 56.
Hull, Commodore Isaac; a bill for his relief, 58.
Incendiary publications; a proposition for referring the
subject to a select committee, 26; agreed to, 33.
report of the committee, accompanied by a bill to
prevent the circulation of such publications,
383; bill taken up, 1093.

a bill prohibiting postmasters from transmitting
incendiary publications, 1374; taken up, 1675;
rejected, 1737.

Indian claims, speculations in; a memorial from Missis-
sippi, 100.

hostilities; a bill for suppressing them, 103; passed,

291.

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Land

land sales, 48; motion to take it up, 810; con-
sideration resumed, 1172; ordered to be en-
grossed, 1313.

the committee on, moved to be discharged from
certain petitions for rights of pre-emption, &c.,
303.

two bills on the subject of pre-emption rights, 836.
a bill to reduce and graduate the price of public
lands, 1028.

resolution authorizing the payment of the ex-
penses incurred by the committee of last Con-
gress, in their investigation of certain frauds,
1199.

a bill to change the mode of conducting the sales
of the public lands, 1697; postponed indefinite-
ly, 1870.

Office; a bill to reorganize the General Land Office,
1676.

Lake Champlain; resolution directing the Secretary of
War to cause a survey to be made for a fortifi-
cation, 1199.

Library of Count Bourtoulin; a resolution directing the
Library Committee to inquire into the expedi-
ency of purchasing it, 578; agreed to.
Lieber, Professor; his memorial in relation to his statisti-
cal work, 1198.

Light-houses; a bill making appropriations for them,
1930.

Louisville and Portland canal, a bill to authorize the
United States to purchase the private stock of,

1563.

Lowrie, Walter, Esq., re-elected Clerk of the Senate, 8.
McCartney, John; a bill for his relief, 934; passed.
Madison, James, his death announced, by a message
from the President, 1911; resolutions of respect
to his memory, 1914.

Mail contracts; resolution instructing the Post Office
Committee to inquire into the expediency of
authorizing contracts to be made with railroad
companies, 847.

Maine boundary; resolutions of the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts, in relation thereto, 958.

Maine resolutions, on the subject of abolition, 1109.
Manning, the Hon. Richard J., his death announced,
1384.

Marine corps, a bill to regulate and increase the pay of
its officers, 1877.

Marshall, Humphrey; an unfavorable report of the Com-
mittee on Pensions was moved to be recon-
sidered, 1780; reconsidered, 1854; and the re-
port of the committee concurred in.
Massachusetts claims, a joint resolution respecting, 464.
Meade, Richard W., a bill for the settlement of the
claim of his executrix; passed, 1872.
Melville, David; a petition complaining of his removal
from office, 1177.

Metropolis Bank; a memorial for a recharter thereof,
58.

Mexico; a bill to carry into effect the treaty with that
Power, 1427; passed.

Michigan applies for admission as a State, in a message
from the President, 5.

credentials from its Senators presented, 6; ques-
tion considered, 8, 36; agreed to, 41.
memorial asking to be admitted into the Union
presented, 282; referred to the committee on
the Michigan matters, 290.

bill for the admission of Michigan into the Union,
1006; passed.

school lands; a bill supplementary to the bill to
establish the northern boundary of Ohio, and
for the admission of Michigan into the Union,
1737; passed.

Michigan Senators; resolution for paying them agreed Post Office accounts; a communication from the Postmas-

to, 1780.

a bill to provide for the execution of the laws of
the United States in Michigan, 1876; passed.

ter General, 1048.

the bill changing the organization of the Post Of-
fice Department, 1769.

Military land warrants, a bill to extend the time for issu. Post routes; a joint resolution for the establishment of
ing scrip for, 970.

Mint; (see Bullion.)

Missouri land claims, a memorial respecting, 799.

a bill confirming the claims of, 964; passed.

a bill granting a certain quantity of land to, for
internal improvements, 1120; laid on the table,

1123.
Narragansett bay, resolutions of Legislature of Rhode
Island respecting, 1787.

resolution directing the Commissioners of the
Navy Board to report a plan for a navy estab.
lishment in do., 1793; agreed to.

National defence; resolutions offered by Mr. Benton,
392; agreed to, 577.

Naval service; a bill for the enlistment of boys, 1413;
passed.

Naval academy; a bill to establish one, 1453.
Navy; (see Appropriation.)

a bill for organizing the navy, 1855; laid on the
table, 1857; taken up, 1872; ordered to be en-
grossed, 1875.

Naudain, Hon. Arnold, from Delaware, resigns his seat,
1787.

New Hampshire resolutions in favor of the expunging
resolution, 1108.

New Orleans custom-house; presentments of its dilapida-
ted state, 534.

New York; a resolution instructing the Committee of Fi-
nance to inquire what measures should be
adopted by Congress in relation to the late fire
there, 13.

memorials on same subject, 46, 391.

a bill for the relief of the sufferers by the fire,
103; considered, 114; passed, 129; an amenda-
tory bill from the House of Representatives;
passed, 1092.

a bill to extend the relief of the act now in exist-
ence to the sufferers, 1875; passed.

Northeast boundary of the United States; a message
from the President on the subject, 1779; cor.
respondence on the subject ordered to be
printed, 1864.

Ohio; report from Secretary of War respecting the
boundary line of that State, 6.

a bill to define the northern boundary line of, 14;
report on do., 663.

a joint resolution respecting do., 35.
resolutions in favor of expunging the journal,

1021.
Officers; a bill to repeal the first and second sections of
the act limiting the terms of certain officers
therein named, 52; passed, 367.
Order, questions of, 74, 141, 209, 414, 494, 556, 835,
1525, 1782.

Page, Hon. John, from New Hampshire, took his seat,
in the place of Mr. Hill, resigned, 1759.
Paper currency; a resolution directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to inquire of the deposite banks
in relation to the circulation of small notes, 1857.
Patent laws; a resolution referring the subject of amend-
ing them, 42; agreed to.

Office; a bill to provide for the erection of a build-
ing for it, 1853; considered and passed, 1898.
Patriotic Bank, a memorial from, for a recharter, 34.
Paymasters; a bill to authorize the appointment of three
additional ones, 1463.

Pension bill, which grants half pay to the widows and
orphans of those who die in the service of the
United States, 1929.

certain post-routes in Missouri and Arkansas,
578.

Pre-emption claims, a bill to extend the time for receiv
ing the proof of, 1696; laid on the table, 1698;
rejected, 1742.

President's annual message received, 4; (see Appendix.)
message in relation to French affairs, 163.

on the mediation of Great Britain in relation to
our difference with France, 390.

concerning sale of lands in the vicinity of Fort
Wayne, 471.

with the result of the mediation of Great Britain,
580.

respecting French spoliations, 662.

on discriminating duties with Portugal, 679,
in relation to Mexico, 1409.

informing Congress that France had paid the four
instalments, in fulfilment of the treaty, 1426.
with a communication from B. F. Curry, and the
response of Samuel Gwin, 1658.

returning the bill appointing a day for the annual
meeting of Congress, with constitutional objec-
tions, 1757.

enclosing a report from the Secretary of State, in

relation to Texas, 1871.

President pro tem., Mr. King, from Alabama, appointed,
1914; his address on the occasion.

Printing; a report of the committee on the contingent
fund, to whom had been referred a resolution
on the subject, 590.

Protection of the frontiers; (see Defence.)
Public deposites; a bill to regulate them, 52; taken up,
1383; modified, 1577; passed, 1845.

a supplementary bill, 1913; passed.
Railroad contracts; a report from the Post Office Com-
mittee, 1101; subject considered, 1199.
Revenue laws, a bill concerning cases of appeals arising
under, 46.

a resolution proposing a reduction of the revenue,
52.

a resolution directing the surplus revenue to be
set apart for the general defence of the coun-
try, 4625.

Rescinding resolution, offered in place of the expunging
resolution, 1427; taken up, 1884; negatived,

1897.

Ripley, General; a bill to audit and settle his accounts,
1676; referred to the Committee on Pensions.
Royall, Mrs. Ann; report of the Committee of Claims,
unfavorable to her petition, was laid on the
table, 1936.

School lands; a bill to authorize the relinquishment of
the 16th section of public lands, and to substi-
tute other lands, 389; passed.

Secretary of State's communication, enclosing a corre-
spondence on French affairs, 168.

Senators, a list of, 1.
Senate chamber; a report in relation to alterations in the
Senate chamber, 3.

Shackford, John, re-elected Sergeant-at-arms, 8.
Sheppard, Moses, a bill for the relief of, 580; rejected.
Sick and disabled seamen; a motion was made to recon-

sider a bill in addition to an act for providing for
this description of persons, 1758; which was
agreed to, and the bill was amended and passed.
Slavery in the District of Columbia; petitions on the sub-
ject, 72; subject discussed, 185, 471, 636, 664,

1199.

Arkansas; petitions against admitting the State

into the Union except on certain conditions, | Wabash, a bill to improve the navigation of, 563; order-
1134, 1277.
ed to a third reading, 565.

Smith, Hon. Nathan, from Connecticut; his death an-

nounced, 4.

Smithsonian institution; the President communicates cer-
tain papers relative to this institution, 13.

a joint resolution authorizing the President to ap-
point an agent, &c., 63; taken up, 385.
a bill for the same purpose, 1374; passed, 1378.
Spain; (see Treaty.)
Specie payments; a bill for the payment of revolutionary
and other pensioners of the United States, 999.
resolution proposing that nothing but gold and
silver ought to be received in payment of pub-
lic lands, 1254.

Statuary; resolution in relation to statues for the east
front of the Capitol, 1313; agreed to, 1318.
Stockton and Stokes, a bill for relief of, 1448; passed.
Surplus revenue, bank stock, and national defence; sun-
dry resolutions, 106.
Suspension of the rules; a suspension of the 17th rule
proposed by the House of Representatives;
and, after amendment, agreed to, 1937.

Texas; proceedings of a meeting at Cincinnati, in
favor of acknowledging the independence of
Texas, 1286.

several memorials praying Congress to acknowl.
edge the independence of the country, 1414,
1455.

proceedings of a meeting in Warren county, Mis-
sissippi, 1525.

a memorial from Shelby county, Kentucky, pray-
ing for its recognition, 1759.

resolutions of Legislature of Connecticut, on the
same subject, 1759.

report of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
concluding with a resolution in favor of ac-
knowledging its independence, &c., 1846; ta-
ken up, 1915; resolution unanimously adopted,
1928.

report from the Secretary of State on the subject,
1871.

proceedings of a meeting of citizens at Nashville,
1877.

Tobacco trade; a resolution requesting the President to
open a negotiation with France on the subject,

1381.

Transfer drafts; a resolution calling on the Secretary of
the Treasury for information on this subject,
1209; agreed to, 1213.

proposition for printing an extra number of copies
of the Secretary of the Treasury's report on the
subject, 1409; agreed to, 1412.

Transfers of public money; a resolution on the subject,
1464; agreed to, 1479.

Treasury, Secretary of, his annual report, 4; (see Ap-
pendix.)

Treaty with Spain; a bill giving effect to the 8th article
of the treaty of 1819, 1154; taken up, 1426;
and passed.

a proposition for appointing a board of commis-
sioners, 1647; modified by appointing one in-
stead of three commissioners, 1694.
Turnpike from Zanesville to Maysville, memorials in favor
of, 1153.

Tyler, Hon. John; his resignation, 656.
United States and France; resolutions calling on the

President for information on the difficulties ex-
isting between the two countries, 104.
Vermont; a memorial praying for the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia, 300.

militia; a bill to provide payment for their servi
ces, 1339; passed.

Western boatmen; a memorial on the subject of a marine
hospital, 748.

Western frontier, the bill for the better defence of,
1930; passed.

Wetmore, Alphonso, petition of; the Committee of Claims
discharged from its further consideration, from
the disrespectful terms in which it is expressed,
1457.
Wildman, Hon. Zalmon, of the House of Representa-
tives; his death announced, 7.

Wisconsin, bill to establish a Territorial Government in,
978; passed, 1124; a conference with the House
of Representatives on an amendment, 1177; the
Senate receded from its disagreement to the
amendment.

Yeas

bill to create the office of surveyor of public
lands in the Territory, 1913; passed.

and nays, on a resolution to supply the Senators
with newspapers, 54.

the judiciary bill, 63, 65.

regulations of the Senate chamber, 71, 72.
bill for limiting the terms of office, 104, 367.
for the relief of sufferers by the New York fire,
129.

on reference of the Michigan memorial, 289.
resolution for admitting certain persons into the
Senate, 532.

resolutions in relation to national defence, 572.
bill for relief of Moses Sheppard, 589.
Cumberland road bill, 722, 724, 725, 802, 803.
referring the proceedings of a convention in Ar-
kansas, 782.

Ohio boundary, 785, 799.

slavery in the District of Columbia, 787, 804, 810.
land bill, 810, 811, 333.

bill for relief of the corporations of the District
of Columbia, 964, 977, 1452.

resolution for the safe keeping of the journal, 977.
adjournment resolution, 981.

bill for graduating the price of public lands, 1032.
bill for the admission of Michigan, 1046, 1047,
1048, 1050.

bill for the admission of Arkansas, 1056.

bill for payment of revolutionary pensioners, 1094.
granting land to Missouri, 1123,

establishing the Territory of Wisconsin, 1177.
relief of the representatives of Colonels Bond and
Douglass, 1254.

Mr. Clay's land bill, 1254, 1301, 1302, 1305,
1305, 1308, 1313, 1396.

navy appropriation bill, 1299, 1427.
Smithsonian legacy bill, 1378.
harbor bill, 1383, 1384.

fortification bill, 1524, 1550, 1576, 1592.

the bill to reward the recaptors of the frigate
Philadelphia, 1649.

cases of B. F. Curry and S. Gwin, 1668.

the bill to prohibit the circulation of incendiary
publications, 1675, 1737.

extending the charters of the District banks, 1695,
1720.

bill for extending the time for receiving proof of
certain pre-emption claims, 1696, 1697, 1698,
1742.

the bill supplementary to the bill to establish the
northern boundary of Ohio, and for the admis-
sion of Michigan into the Union, 1739.
proposition for increasing the army, 1757.
bill to regulate the deposite of the public moneys,
1766, 1768, 1778, 1780, 1782, 1784, 1785,
1786, 1787, 1845.

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