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Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 20th Congress, 1st Session

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Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Bateman asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To encourage Vaccination. (S. 63)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Smith T. and Wilson P. Hunt. (S. 24)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Nathaniel Patten. (S. 25)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of sundry citizens of the United States, who have lost property by the depredations of certain Indian tribes. (S. 15)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To graduate the price of the Public Lands, to make donation thereof to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the States in which they lie. (S. 33)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave, to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved Lead Mines, in the State of Missouri, to be exposed to public sale, and those on the Upper Mississippi to be leased. (S. 17)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Explanatory of an act, entitled ''An act to reduce and fix the Military Peace Establishment of the United States,'' passed March 2d, 1821. Whereas doubts have arisen in the construction of the act of ... (S. 4)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Chambers asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to certain acts authorizing the payment of interest due to the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. (S. 101)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Dickerson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the distribution of a part of the revenues of the United States, among the several States of the Union. (S. 19)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Eaton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the Relief of Wilkins Tannehill. (S. 14)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Eaton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a Southern Judicial District in the Territory of Florida. (S. 13)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Harrison asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and ordered to second reading. A Bill To prevent Desertion in the Army, and for other purposes. (S. 28)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Harrison asked and obtained leave, to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Repealing, in part, the duty on imported Salt. (S. 5)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia. (S. 7)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Abraham Estes, an invalid pensioner, and for other purposes. (S. 8)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the reservation and repair of the Cumberland Road. (S. 6)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To abolish Imprisonment for Debt. (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Kane asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For regulating processes in the Courts of the United States, in States admitted into the Union since the twenty-ninth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. (S. 11)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Kane asked, and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Legislature of the State of Illinois to sell and convey a part of the land reserved and granted to said State for the use of the Ohio Saline. (S. 12)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To authorize those persons who have relinquished Lands, under the provisions of the several acts for the relief of purchasers of Public Lands, to purchase the same, at private sale, ... (S. 18)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the State of Alabama. (S. 3)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Marks asked, and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making an appropriation for the erection of a Breakwater near the mouth of Delaware Bay. (S. 10)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Marks asked, and obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported. A Bill For the benefit of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. (S. 114)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. McKinley asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahawba, and Black Warrior rivers. (S. 46)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Noble asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the continuation of the Cumberland Road. (S. 34)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Noble asked and obtained leave, to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Legislature of the State of Indiana to sell the Lands heretofore appropriated for the use of Schools in that State. (S. 2)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Parris asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to ''An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the Coasting Trade and Fisheries, and for regulating the same.'' (S. 9)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Robbins asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Prescribing the modes of commencing, prosecuting, and deciding controversies between States. (S. 21)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Silsbee asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To repeal a part of the act, entitled ''An act supplementary to, and to amend, an act, entitled ''An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage,'' passed the second of March, one ... (S. 22)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Smith, of Maryland, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. A Bill To revive and continue in force, ''An act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain act of Maryland.'' (S. 30)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Williams asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Moore, of Mississippi, and the other heirs of Alexander Moore, deceased. (S. 23)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved Salt Springs in the State of Missouri to be exposed to public sale. (S. 16)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Balthazar Kramar, and the legal representatives of Captain Richard Taylor, and of John McKenney. (S. 94)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second riding. A Bill Authorizing the establishment of an Arsenal at or near Pensacola, in Florida. (S. 55)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ruggles asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making an appropriation for the construction of the Cumberland Road, from Bridgeport to Zanesville, in the State of Ohio, and for continuing and completing the surveys of the Cumberland Road, from ... (S. 26)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Smith of South Carolina, asked, and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elihu Hall Bay, and others, confirming grants to Lands in the District West of Pearl River, derived from the British Government of West Florida, and not subsequently ... (S. 102)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Barton, to the ''Bill to graduate the price of the Public Lands, to make donations thereof to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the States in which they lie.'' [Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following:] (S. 33)

Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Noble, to the bill more effectually to provide for the National Defence, by establishing an uniform Militia throughout the United States, and providing for the discipline thereof. [After the enacting clause, strike out to the end of the bill and insert] (S. 53)

The bill to graduate the price of the Public Lands, to make donations thereof to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the States in which they lie, being under consideration in Committee of the Whole. Mr. Tazewell proposed further to amend the original bill, by striking out the third section, and inserting the following in lieu thereof. ... (S. 33)

The ''bill to graduate the price of the Public Lands, to make donations thereof to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the States in which they lie,'' being under consideration, Mr. Barton proposed the following Amendments: [Strike out all the first section after the word 'prices,' in the 8th line, and all the second section, and insert the ... (S. 33)

The ''bill to graduate the price of the Public Lands, to make donations thereof to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the States in which they lie,'' being under consideration, Mr. Barton proposed the following Amendments: [Strike out all the first section after the word prices, in the 8th line, and all the second section, and insert the ... (S. 33)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act To admit Iron and Machinery necessary for Rail Roads, duty free. (S. 132)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. An Act. For the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution. (S. 44)

The following amendment was proposed by Mr. Bell, to the bill for the relief of certain surviving officers of the army of the Revolution. [Strike out the whole bill, excepting the enacting clause, and insert the following:] (S. 44)

The following bill of the Senate, passed by the House of Representatives, with amendments, was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed, with said amendments. The parts proposed to he stricken out are printed in italics, and those to be inserted are within brackets [ ]. An Act To alter and establish ... (S. 133)

The following bill, having been introduced on leave, was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, who this day reported it without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Brown, widow of the late Major General Brown. (S. 111)

Introduced by Mr. Ellis, on leave, and read. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill Making appropriations to enable the President of the United States to defray the expenses of a Delegation of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians to explore the country West of the Mississippi. (S. 126)

Introduced by Mr. Johnston, of Louisiana, on leave; read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of the claims to land therein mentioned. (S. 124)

Mr. Barton reported the following bill from the Committee on Public Lands; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Robert Barclay, of Missouri. (S. 57)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Gentry, of Missouri. (S. 20)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Concerning the selection of school-lands, in the several Territories of the United States. (S. 54)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Extending the limits of certain Land Offices in Indiana, and for other purposes. (S. 100)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of the North Carolina Institution for the instruction of Deaf and Dumb. (S. 68)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Francis English, of Indiana. (S. 105)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Hampton L. Boone, of Missouri. (S. 43)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Repealing the law requiring annual examinations of the several Land Offices. (S. 70)

Mr. Barton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled, ''An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of lands at the Land Offices, passed March 3, 1819. (S. 32)

Mr. Bell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Caleb Stark. (S. 73)

Mr. Bell, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of General Moses Hazen deceased. (S. 66)

Mr. Berrien offered the following amendment to the bill to provide for the final settlement of private land claims in the several States and Territories. Amendment: (S. 49)

Mr. Berrien, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To continue in force, for a limited time, and to amend, an act entitled ''An act to enable claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas, to institute proceedings to ... (S. 134)

Mr. Berrien, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the final settlement of Private Land Claims in the several States and Territories. (S. 49)

Mr. Branch, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Declaring the consent of Congress to an Act of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, entitled, An act to incorporate the Occacock Navigation Company. (S. 83)

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for opening and making a Military Road in the State of Maine. (S. 113)

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill More effectually to provide for the National Defence, by establishing an uniform Militia throughout the United States, and providing for the discipline thereof. (S. 53)

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Providing for the printing and binding sixty thousand copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics; including Exercises and Manoeuvres of Light Infantry and Riflemen, and for other purposes. (S. 31)

Mr. Cobb, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Brown and Aaron Stanton, of the State of Indiana. (S. 41)

Mr. Cobb, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Willoughby Barton. (S. 146)

Mr. Dickerson, from the Committee on the Library of Congress, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the purchase and distribution of the seventh volume of the Laws of the United States, and the General Index to the Laws of the United States. (S. 61)

Mr. Eaton reported the following bill, from the Committee on the District of Columbia; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas L. McKenney. (S. 86)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Reynolds, of Tennessee. (S. 87)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Concerning the Orphan's Court of Alexandria County, in the District of Columbia. (S. 121)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the improvement of Pennsylvania Avenue, in the City of Washington. (S. 97)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Fraser. (S. 84)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Constantine. (S. 128)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To alter the bridge and draw across the Potomac, from Washington City of Alexandria. (S. 143)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize a Rail road within the District of Columbia. (S. 140)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To incorporate the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph; and the Sisters of the Visitation, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. (S. 142)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To incorporate the Trustees of the Female Orphan Asylum in Georgetown, in the District of Columbia. (S. 85)

Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was re-committed the ''Bill for the relief of the Columbian College in the District of Columbia,'' reported the following amendment: [Strike out all the words after the enacting clause, and insert] (S. 7)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elvington Roberts, of Mississippi. (S. 29)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Cobun, of Mississippi. (S. 58)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of William Scott, deceased, citizens of the State of Mississippi. (S. 59)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making a donation of a quarter section of land to the county of Washington, in Mississippi. (S. 131)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the several acts providing for the adjustment of land claims in the State of Mississippi. (S. 79)

Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm claims to lands in the District between the Rio Hondo and Sabine Rivers, founded on habitation and cultivation. (S. 106)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the restoration of Simeon Webster, a Soldier of the Revolution, to the list of Revolutionary Pensioners. (S. 56)

Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For adjusting the claims of the State of South Carolina against the United States. (S. 65)

Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William M. Sneed, and the executors of Stephen Sneed, sen'r. deceased. (S. 90)

Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to an act, entitled ''An act granting certain grounds in the City of Detroit, to the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Freemen, of that City.'' (S. 115)

Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the purchase of a site, and the erection of barracks, in the vicinity of New Orleans. (S. 74)

Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To repeal so much of the Acts of December 12, 1813, and April 16, 1818, as provides for the conferring of Brevet Rank. (S. 145)

Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill to prevent desertions in the army, and for other purposes, reported it with the following amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (S. 28)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the better organization of the Medical Department of the Navy of the United States. (S. 72)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Francis H. Gregory. (S. 104)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Bell. (S. 123)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To compensate Susan Decatur, widow and representative of Captain Stephen Decatur, deceased, and others. (S. 50)

Mr. Hayne, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the pay of Lieutenants in the Navy, who shall have served ten years, or upwards, as such. (S. 45)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Explanatory of ''An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Ohio, for the purpose of making a road from Columbus to Sandusky.'' (S. 118)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Moses Shepherd. (S. 112)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting certain lands to the State of Missouri, to aid in making a road from Cape Girardeau to Clay Court House. (S. 95)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Select Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred ''the bill for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road,'' reported the same, with the following Amendments: (S. 6)

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Taylor, of Kentucky. (S. 89)

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard Biddle, administrator of John Wilkins, Jr. formerly Quartermaster General of the Army of the United States. (S. 81)

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard Taylor, of Kentucky. (S. 75)

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Postmaster General to erect a suitable building for a Post-Office, in the city of New-Orleans. (S. 138)

Mr. Johnston, of Kentucky, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To alter and establish Post Roads. (S. 133)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jonathan W. Brown. (S. 82)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting a township of land to Kenyon College, in Ohio. (S. 92)

Mr. Kane, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to lease certain Lots of Ground, therein mentioned. (S. 51)

Mr. King reported the following bill from the Committee on Public Lands; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of the Trustees of the Lafayette Academy, in Alabama. (S. 67)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading A Bill To authorize the selection of Lands for the benefit of a Seminary of Learning in the State of Alabama. (S. 27)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the relinquishment of the sixteenth sections, granted for the use of schools, in the State of Alabama; and the entry of other lands in lieu thereof. (S. 98)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry Case. (S. 148)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Brahan. (S. 76)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplemental to an act, to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive, passed on the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. (S. 120)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land claims in Florida. (S. 109)

Mr. Macon, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the President of the United States, to appoint certain Agents therein mentioned. (S. 130)

Mr. Noble proposed the following as amendments to the A Bill To abolish Imprisonment for Debt. [Strike out in the 6th section, after the word 'rendered,' in the 9th line, to the ward 'costs,' in line thirty-two, and insert the following:] (S. 1)

Mr. Noble reported the following bill, from the Committee on Pensions; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for persons disabled by wounds, or otherwise, while in the service of the United States. (S. 117)

Mr. Noble, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To revive and continue in force, an act entitled ''An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds, received in the Revolutionary War.'' (S. 137)

Mr. Parris, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of David Ellis. (S. 93)

Mr. Parris, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Chapman. (S. 129)

Mr. Parris, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Payson Perrin. (S. 99)

Mr. Parris, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. For the relief of William Otis. (S. 107)

Mr. Parris, from the Committee on Finance, to which was committed the bill supplementary to ''An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same,'' reported it with the following amendment: (S. 9)

Mr. Rowan proposed the following amendment to the ''Bill for regulating processes in the Courts of the United States, in States admitted into the Union since the 29th of September, 1789.'' [Strike out all the bill after the word ''assembled,'' in the second line, and insert the following in lieu thereof:] (S. 11)

Mr. Rowan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Edward Allen Talbot. (S. 149)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Abraham C. Truax. (S. 78)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Amasa Stetson. (S. 80)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Dillon Buell. (S. 108)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elisha Tracy. (S. 88)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Francis Larche, of New Orleans. (S. 37)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Gabriel Godfroy. (S. 119)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the representatives of Patience Gordon, widow. deceased. (S. 42)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee of Claims, to whom the subject was referred, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of sundry Citizens of Baltimore. (S. 71)

Mr. Seymour, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of State to issue a patent to Elizabeth H. Bulkley, widow of Chauncey Bulkley, deceased. (S. 47)

Mr. Seymour, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Providing for the appointment of an additional Judge of the Superior Court for the Territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. (S. 116)

Mr. Seymour, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to ''An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the Treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among such claimants, of the sum ... (S. 96)

Mr. Seymour, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To continue a copy-right to John Rowlett. (S. 141)

Mr. Seymour, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom the petition of Thomas S. Winthrop and others was referred, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas S. Winthrop and others, Directors of an Association, called the New England Mississippi Land Company. (S. 40)

Mr. Silsbee from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill Making an appropriation for the erection of a Breakwater, near the Island of Nantucket. (S. 150)

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Cyrus Sibley, agent of George M. Brooke. (S. 136)

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Dodd and Barnard, and others. (S. 52)

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ezekiel Foster and Co. of Eastport, State of Maine. (S. 62)

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Further to indemnify the owner and underwriters of the British ship Union, and her cargo. (S. 103)

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to ''An Act making an appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year 1828.'' (S. 135)

Mr. Smith, of Maryland, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To admit Iron and Machinery necessary for Rail Roads, duty free. (S. 132)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George Wilson. (S. 91)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Culbertson, and for the payment of an interpreter for the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District in Louisiana. (S. 69)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William W. Montgomery. (S. 144)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting to William Conner the right of pre-emption to six hundred and forty-eight acres of Land. (S. 77)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In relation to the Banks in the District of Columbia. (S. 139)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the purchase of certain copies of the Digest of the Laws of the United States, by Thomas F. Gordon. (S. 60)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom the subject was referred, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Anna Dubord. (S. 36)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was recommitted the ''bill for regulating processes in the Courts of the United States in the States admitted into the Union since the 29th of September, 1789,'' reported the same with the following Amendment: [Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following:] (S. 11)

Mr. Van Buren, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Richard H. Wilde, of Georgia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Cancelling of a certain Bond, therein mentioned. (S. 35)

Mr. Wickliffe, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate to abolish Imprisonment for Debt, reported the same, with amendments; which were read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To abolish Imprisonment for Debt. (S. 1)

Mr. Woodbury offered the following as an amendment to the bill for the relief of certain surviving Officers of the Army of the Revolution. Amendment: At the end of the bill insert the following sections: (S. 44)

Mr. Woodbury reported the following bill from the Committee on Commerce; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to an act, entitled ''An Act concerning discriminating Duties of Tonnage and Impost.'' (S. 48)

Mr. Woodbury submitted the following as an amendment to the ''Bill for the relief of certain surviving Officers of the Army of the Revolution.'' Second Form of Amendments Proposed. Strike out after enacting clause, and insert: (S. 44)

Mr. Woodbury's amendment, as amended, to the ''Bill for the relief of certain surviving Officers of the Army of the Revolution.'' The words stricken out are included within brackets [ ], and those inserted are printed in italics. Strike out after enacting clause, and insert: (S. 44)

Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Abraham Ogden, and others. (S. 38)

Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe. (S. 122)

Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the purchase of sites, and the erection of Customhouse at Newport, in Rhode Island, and at Mobile, in Alabama, and to repair a building for a Customhouse at Newburyport, Massachusetts. (S. 39)

Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a Port of Entry, at St. Marks, in Florida. (S. 64)

Mr. Woodbury, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Allowing the duties on Foreign Merchandise, imported into Louisville, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, to be secured and paid at those places. (S. 110)

Mr. Woodbury, from the select committee appointed on the subject, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of certain surviving Officers of the Army of the Revolution. (S. 44)

Ordered to be printed as amended in Committee of the Whole. A Bill To graduate the price of the Public Lands, to make donation thereof to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the States in which they lie. (S. 33)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act Explanatory of an act, entitled ''An act to reduce and fix the Military Peace Establishment of the United States,'' passed March 2d, 1821. Whereas doubts have arisen in the construction of the act of Congress, passed the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, entitled ... (S. 4)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act For the relief of Cyrus Sibley, agent of George M. Brooke. (S. 136)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act In addition to ''An act making an appropriation for the support of the, Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.'' (S. 135)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act Regulating commercial intercourse with the islands of Martinique and Guadaloupe. (S. 122)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act Supplementary to ''An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the Coasting Trade and Fisheries, and for regulating the same.'' (S. 9)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act Supplementary to ''An act to provide for the adjustment of claims of persons entitled to indemnification, under the first article of the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among such claimants of the sum paid, and to be paid, by the Government of Great Britain, under a Convention ... (S. 96)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act Supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement and confirmation of private land claims in Florida. (S. 49)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act To authorize the Legislature of the State of Indiana to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of Schools in that State. (S. 2)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act To authorize the purchase of a site, and the erection of barracks, in the vicinity of New Orleans. (S. 74)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. An Act To compensate Susan Decatur, widow and representative of Captain Stephen Decatur, deceased, and others. (S. 50)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act to establish a Port of Entry at St. Mark's, in Florida, reported the same with an Amendment. Section 2. Strike out from the word ''that,'' in the first line, to the word and, where it ... (S. 64)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Isacks, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act for the benefit of the Trustees of the Lafayette Academy, in Alabama,'' reported the same with an Amendment. [Note--The amendment is printed in Italics.] After the enacting clause, ... (S. 67)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Isacks, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act providing for the correction of errors in making entries of lands at the Land Offices,'' passed March 8, 1819, reported the same, with an ... (S. 32)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Magee, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act to alter and establish Post Road.'' reported the same with the following Amendments: Strike out so much of the Bill as provides for a post road in Pennsylvania, ''from ... (S. 133)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Wolf, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act for the relief of the legal representatives of General Moses Hazen, deceased, reported the same, with amendments. [The amendment proposed is printed in Italics ; the section to be ... (S. 66)

Pursuant to instructions, Mr. Noble, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard Taylor. (S. 127)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill [H. R. No. 162] regulating the appointment and pay of Surgeons and Surgeons' Mates in the Navy of the United States. Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act for the better organization of ... (S. 72)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill [H. R. No. 243] to authorize the establishment of a National Road from the junction of the Penobscot and Matanawcook rivers to flip boundary line between the United States and the Province of New Brunswick. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to ... (S. 113)

Read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment A Bill To alter and amend the Sinking Fund act of 1817, and to secure more effectually the application of the surplus money in the Treasury, to the payment of the public debt. (S. 147)

Read, and with the original bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House tomorrow. Mr. Duncan, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled ''An act to authorize the President to lease lots in the town of Galena, and lead mines on the Upper Mississippi,'' reported the same, with the following ... (S. 51)

Reported with amendments, ordered to be printed as amended, and made the order of the day for Wednesday next. The words proposed to be stricken out are included within brackets, [], and those proposed to be inserted are printed in italics. To abolish Imprisonment for Debt. (S. 1)

Reprinted as amended in Committee of the Whole. The words proposed to be stricken out, are included within brackets, [ ] and those proposed to be inserted, in italics. A Bill To graduate the price of the Public Lands, to make donation thereof to actual settlers, and to cede the refuse to the States in which they lie. (S. 33)

Reprinted as amended in Senate, and made the Order of the Day for Friday, the 28th inst. To abolish Imprisonment for Debt. (S. 1)

Reprinted as amended in Senate, and made the Order of the Day for Tuesday, the 15th inst. To abolish Imprisonment for Debt. (S. 1)