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Walker, Mr., on grant of land to the State of Missouri, | Webster, Mr., on bill to regulate the public deposites,
1120, 1123.

Mr. Clay's land bill, 1172, 1173, 1175, 1282,
1283, 1285, 1302, 1303, 1361.

on fortifying Lake Champlain, 1199.

recognition of Texas, 1286, 1525, 1526, 1528,
1533.

Smithsonian legacy bill, 1377.

harbor bill, 1383.

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1649, 1745, 1758, 1767, 1776, 1778, 1783, 1785,
1743, 1805, 1858, 1859.

misstatements in the Globe newspaper, 1693.
incendiary publications, 1721, 1731, 1736.
on Michigan school lands, &c., 1739.

the Northeastern boundary of the United States,
1779.

the banks in Florida, 1848, 1859.
bill for organizing the navy, 1874.
supplementary deposite bill, 1913.

setting apart the surplus revenue for the defence
of the country, 4625.

White, Mr., Tennessee, on speculations in Indian claims,
102.

the bill for the relief of sufferers by the New York
fire, 128.

electioneering agents, 178

suppression of Indian hostilities, 291.

resolution for national defence, 291.

national defence, 422.

slavery in the District of Columbia, 697.

specie payments, 1094.

navy appropriation bill, 1278.

Mr. Clay's land bill, 1279, 1303, 1304, 1310.
rescinding resolution, 1427, 1884.
fortification bill, 1428, 1432.
Indian bill, 1459, 1460, 1462.
appropriations, 1720, 1739.

to regulate the public deposites, 1859.
proceedings of a meeting in favor of acknowledg
ing Texas as an independent State, 1877.

the bill for distributing the proceeds of the pub-
lic lands, 4641.

Wright, Mr., New York, on a memorial in behalf of suf-
ferers by fire, 46, 114, 116, 391, 782.

on the judiciary system, 60, 61, 62.
slavery in the District of Columbia, 201.
District of Columbia, 470, 1451, 1453.

Documentary History of District of Columbia,
499.

national defence, 534.

deposite banks, 843, 1383.

specie payments, 999, 1093, 1134.

admission of Michigan, 1019.

bill to regulate the public deposites, 1101, 1598,
1644, 1693, 1742, 1758, 1764, 1765, 1769,
1775, 1778, 1781, 1784, 1793, 1845.

Mr. Clay's land bill, 1214, 1310.

general appropriation bill, 1401, 1414.
Indian bill, 1459.

transfer of public money, 1476.

fortification bill, 1479, 1904, 1910.

extending the charters of the District banks,
1692.

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Michigan school lands, &c., 1738.

changing the organization of the Post Office De-
partment, 1771.

the bill to anticipate the payment of the indemni-
ties due under the French and Neapolitan trea-
ties, 1882.

INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Abolition, a report on, from a select committee, 3756;
concluding with three resolutions, which were
agreed to, 4051 to 4054.
Adjournment, a joint resolution from the Senate, pro-
posing to fix the day of, 3245, 3317, 4080,
4176, 4295; it was resolved to adjourn on the
4th of July.

African colonization; a memorial from Pennsylvania,
praying for an appropriation for the purpose of
removing free negroes to Africa, 2696.
Alabama; a joint resolution from the Senate, proposing
to grant rations from the public stores to suf
ferers in Alabama, 4032; agreed to, 4050.

Alford and Brush; a resolution for their relief, 2694, 2747, | Cotton; letter of the Secretary of the Treasury relating
2881; a bill ordered for their relief, 2883.
to the cultivation and manufacture of cotton,
Amendments to the constitution; the chairman of the
2735; a motion for printing an extra number of
copies agreed to.

committee to whom this subject had been re-
ferred reported certain resolutions proposing
amendments, for which he proposed to move
substitutes when they should be considered,
3015.

Amendment of the journal proposed, in relation to mem-
bers refusing to vote, 4057; negatived, 4063.

Anti-slavery memorial from Vermont, 3233.
Appropriations in part for the support of the Govern-
ment for the year 1836, 2172, 3240, 3246, 3268,
3316, 3318; passed, 3329.

in addition to the above act, 4607; passed, 4610.
for the navy, 2180; considered, 2504, 2668, 2780,
2801, 3151; passed, 3219.

for the Indian department; passed, 3367.
for the army, 3376; passed, 3469.

Arkansas; a bill for admitting this State into the Union,
2688; passed, 4294.

a supplementary bill, 4309; passed.
Arundel manuscripts; the President transmits a catalogue
of them from the trustees of the British Muse-
um, for the purpose of being placed in the
Congress library, 3463.

Banks in the District of Columbia; petitions for the ex-
tension of their charters, 2103.

a bill to extend the charters of certain banks in
the District, 2213; passed, 2238.

Bank of the United States; a bill to repeal the 14th sec-
tion of the act of incorporation, 2918, 3235;
passed, 3240.

Bank loans to members of Congress; a resolution pro-
posing a committee to inquire into the subject,
4348; agreed to, 4349.

additional resolutions, 4605.

Books to members; resolution providing books for the
new members, 3147, 4308, 4528; agreed to,
4529.

a resolution was offered, directing a subscription
for three hundred copies of Elliot's Diplomatic
Code; laid on the table, 4529.

a resolution for payment of certain books; nega-
tived, 4623.

Breach of privilege, occasioned by some disturbance by
two reporters, 4281; resolution adopted and a
committee appointed, 4284; report of the com.
mittee, 4289; decis'on, 4322.

Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Stockton elected, 2083.
Chickasaw school lands; a bill to carry into effect, in the

States of Alabama and Mississippi, the existing
compacts within those States in regard to the
five per cent. fund and the school reservations,
4612.
Choctaw Indians; a bill for the adjustment of certain
claims to reservations of land, 3615.

Combes, Leslie; a bill for his relief, 4286; passed.
Commerce and navigation; a motion to print 10,000 extra

copies of the Secretary of the Treasury's report
to Congress; agreed to, 4067.
Compensation to messengers; resolution allowing extra
pay; passed, 4623.

Congress; a bill from the Senate to change the time of
meeting, 4136; passed, 4139.

Creek

Indians; resolution on the expediency of adopting
measures for their immediate removal, 2556.
Cumberland road; a bill amendatory of the act for con-
tinuing the road, 2596; rejected, 4350.

a bill from the Senate to continue the Cumberland
road in the States of Obio, Indiana, and Illinois,
4495; passed, 4547.

a bill for continuing the road east of the river
Ohio was laid on the table, 4548.

the bill to continue the national road from Vanda-
lia to the Mississippi river, in the State of Hi-
nois, was passed, 4549; also, the bill to continue
the same road from the Mississippi river to Jef-
ferson city, in the State of Missouri, was passed,

4549.

Custom-house officers; the Committee on Commerce re-
ported a joint resolution proposing to suspend
the 38 section of the act making appropriations
for the expenses of the Government for the year
1835, which provides that the number of cus-
tom-house officers on the 1st of January, 1834,
shall not be increased until allowed by Congress,
3146; this resolution was put in the form of a
bill, and afterwards passed."

Dancing Rabbit creek treaty, memorials respecting,
2466.

Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, memorial, asking an ap.
propriation for removing colored persons to the
coast of Africa, 2779.

Deposites of public money; a resolution offered by Mr.
Peyton, proposing that the bill reported by the
Committee of Ways and Means, to regulate the
deposites of the public money in certain local
banks, be made the special order of the day,
and have preference over all other business,
certain hours every day (except Fridays and
Saturdays) until finally disposed of; the House
refused to suspend the rules for this purpose,
3096; laid on the table, 4103.

Deposite banks; a resolution proposing to inquire into
the mode of selecting them, &c., by Mr. Wise;
refused to be considered, 3231.

a resolution by Mr. Dromgoole, agreed to be con-
sidered, 3244; taken up, 3249.

bill in relation to public deposites, 3733, 4339;
passed, 4379.

supplemental deposite bill from the Senate;
passed, 4612.

District business; days proposed to be set apart for the
consideration thereof, 3015; laid on the table.
taken up, 3475, and sundry acts discussed and
finally passed.

banks; a bill from the Senate to extend the char-
ters of them, 4205, 4437; passed, 4560.
Doorkeepers; Overton Carr, principal doorkeeper, and
John W. Hunter, assistant, 1964.

Documents, public; resolution to supply heads of De-
partments, &c., with them, 4667.

Duties, resolutions proposed for the reduction of, 4338,
4446; the House refused to suspend the rules
to consider them.

discriminating duties on goods imported in ves-

a resolution instructing the Committee on En- Duty on wines; an act from the Senate to suspend the
rolled Bills to report a bill fixing the annual
meeting of Congress on the first Monday in
November; agreed to, 4533.

a bill was reported for the above object, ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading, and then
passed, 4538.
Constitutions of the several States; a proposition to print
them, 4349; laid on the table.

sels of Portugal, and to reduce the duties on
wines, 4610.

Election, contested; (see Graham, James.)
Eskridge and Fisk; a bill for their relief; passed, 2694.
Executive patronage; a bill to repeal the 1st and 2d sec-
tions of the act limiting the term of certain of-
fices to four years, 2470; not passed.

Expurgation of the journals; resolutions of the Legisla-

ture of Maryland, protesting against the expur.
gation, offered, 3232; laid over, 3233.
Florida, a resolution for the relief of sufferers in, 2438;
passed, 2447.

a bill to provide for payment of the expenses of
the war, 3811; bill passed, 3820.

a resolution calling on the President to communi-
cate all the measures which had been taken to
suppress Indian hostilities in Florida, 3820;
agreed to.
Fortifications; a bill for collecting materials preparatory
to the commencement of certain fortifications,
2171.
Fortification bill of last session; a resolution proposing to
refer so much of the President's message as re-
lates to it to a select committee, 2264, 2360.
bill making appropriations for fortifications for
the year 1836, 3594, 3735, 3863; passed, 4338.
France and the United States; a message from the
President, 2218.

a message from the President, 2605.
awards under the treaty with, 2799.

message from the President, stating that payment
of four instalments under our treaty with
France had been received, 3594.

French affairs; a resolution calling on the President for
information as to the amount of duties received
on wines and silks, 2518; agreed to.

Graham, James, from North Carolina; his election con.
tested, 1963, 2621, 2696, 2718; debate brought
to a conclusion, 3007; resolved, that neither
candidate is entitled to a seat; new election to
take place.

Hale, Captain Nathan; a memorial praying that a monu-
ment be erected for his services in the revolu
tionary army, 2134; considered, 2557.

Harbor bill; a bill making additional appropriations for
the Delaware break water, and for certain har-
bors, &c., 4380; passed, 4494.

a bill making additional appropriations for same
objects, 4530; passed, 4611.
Havre de Grace; a memorial praying for a removal of
the obstructions at or near the head of the bay,
2698.

Historical Society; the use of the hall granted to them
for their meeting, 2387.

Incendiary publications; an inquiry of the Committee on
the Post Office whether they would soon re-
port on this subject, 2485.

the minority of the Committee on the Post Office
express their readiness to report on this sub-
ject, 2944.

Indian affairs; (see President's messages.)

hostilities; a bill providing for volunteers for the
protection of the frontiers, 3763; bill passed,
3820.

annuity bill, 3367; passed.

resolution to suspend the sale of a part of the
public lands acquired by the treaty of Dancing
Rabbit creek, 3461; passed.
treaties; a bill making appropriations to carry into
effect certain Indian treaties, 4501, 4549; bill
passed, 4567.
resolution calling on the President for the same
information in relation to the Cherokee treaty
lately ratified, which had been laid before the
Senate, 4504; agreed to, 4528.
hostilities; a bill making appropriations for the
suppression of Indian hostilities, and for other
purposes, 4568; passed.

frauds and hostilities; resolution founded on a me.
morial of citizens of Alabama and Georgia, re-

specting alleged frauds in the purchase of res-
ervations of lands from the Creek Indians,
4578; agreed to, 4605.

Inundated lands; a joint resolution reported, directing a
survey of lands of this description on the Mis-
sissippi and other rivers, 3200.

Jackson city; a bill to incorporate the Jackson City Asso-
ciation in the District of Columbia, 3002; bill
laid on the table, 3005.

Janis, Jean Baptiste; a bill for his relief, 4286; passed,
4289.

Judicial system; an act supplementary to the act to
amend the judicial system, 4610.

Kane, Hon. Elias K., from Illinois; his death announced,
1958.

Kentucky Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb; a resolution
directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire
into the expediency of granting to the institu-
tion further time for the sale of its lands, 2736.
a bill to graduate the price of, 2133; laid on the
table, 3496.

Lands;

resolution in relation to frauds under the pre-
emption laws, 2517; agreed to.

resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, for the
distribution of the proceeds of the sales of pub-
lic lands among the several States, 2892, 3231;
postponed; taken up, 3231, 3580, 3820; laid
on the table, 3862.

resolution instructing the Committee of Ways and
Means to introduce a bill for the purpose of
distributing the proceeds of the sale of public
lands, 3201.

bill received from the Senate to appropriate, for
a limited time, the proceeds of the sale of pub-
lic lands among the several States, 3580, 3617,
3679, 3862, 4195, 4322.

Land Office; a bill to reorganize the General Land Office,
4606; passed, 4609.

Latham, James; a bill for the relief of his heirs, 2642,
2645.

Letcher, R. P., and T. P. Moore; a bill for their relief,
4191; ordered to be engrossed, 4194.
Lewis, Hon. Dixon H., a member from Alabama, took
his seat, 2698.
Light-houses; a bill making appropriations for building
light-houses, &c., 4494; bill passed, 4535.
Limitation of the term of office; a bill to repeal the first
two sections of the act for limiting the term of
office, 2634.

McCarroll, John; a bill for his relief, 4176.
McClelland and Smith; a bill for their relief, 4176;
passed.

Madison, James, ex President of the United States; his
death announced, by General Jackson, in a
message to Congress, 4563.

a joint committee of the two Houses appointed to
consider and report by what token of respect
and affection it may be proper to express the
sensibility of the nation on this event, 4565.
report on this subject, 4577.
contracts; a joint resolution for altering the time of
making mail contracts, 3495; agreed to.
Manning, the Hon. Richard J., from South Carolina;
his death announced, 3463.

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Marshall, late Chief Justice United States; resolution
proposing a marble bust to his memory, to be
placed in the chamber of the Supreme Court;
agreed to, nem. con., 2527.

Maryland resolutions; joint resolutions of the Legislature,
recommending the distribution among the
States of the proceeds of the public lands,
4177; ordered to be laid on the table and print-
ed, 4186.

Members, list of, 1942.
Mexican affairs; resolutions calling on the President for
information, 3733.

Michigan, the constitution of, 2077.

on its Representative taking his seat, 2102.
Mining Company, resolutions respecting, 2142.
memorial from the Legislature of Michigan, 2145.
Michigan and Arkansas; bills to provide for their admis-
sion as States, 4206; passed, 4294.
supplementary bills to do., 4309.
Militia; a resolution of the Legislature of New York, on
the subject of a reorganization of the militia,
2767.

Military and other roads; a bill making appropriations
for certain military and other roads, 4501; laid
on the table, 4548.

Mint; a message from the President, enclosing the di-
rector's report, 2263.

Mississippi; a bill to continue the national road from the
Mississippi river to Jefferson city, in Missouri,
4501; (see Cumberland road.)

Naval appropriations; (see Appropriations.)
Naval service bill; (see Appropriations.)
Navy; resolution instructing the Committee on Naval Af.
fairs to inquire into the expediency of increas.
ing the naval force in commission, 2160.

Newland, David; resolution proposing to allow him pay
for contesting the election of Mr. Graham,
3015.

report in favor of paying David Newland, 3064;
agreed to, 3090.

New York; (see Sufferers by fire.)

Trades Union, the memorial of, 2696.

Ohio and Michigan boundary; a report and resolution on
the subject, 2667; agreed to, 2688.

a bill from the Senate to establish the northern
boundary of the State of Ohio, and to provide
for the admission of Michigan into the Union,
3317; passed, 4294.

do. to settle and establish the northern boundary
of Ohio, 4309; passed, 4313.

Polish exiles; a bill to amend an act granting lands to
certain exiles from Poland, 4103.

Portuguese duties; (see President's messages.)
Post Office; resolution respecting its management, 2488.
resolution respecting its management, 2733.

a bill to change the organization of the Post Office
Department, 3779; passed, 4135.

Post routes; a bill for the establishment of certain post
routes, &c., 3811; passed, 4538.
Potomac bridge; a joint resolution for repairing it, 4140;
passed.

Fire Insurance Company; a bill to amend the char-
ter, 4489.

Presentation of petitions; a motion to suspend the rules,
in order to allow such petitions to be presented
as shall not be objected to, 3296.
President's annual message received, 1948; referred to
committees, 1964.

message, with reports from the Secretaries of
State and War, on the boundary question be-
tween Ohio and Michigan, 2178.

message informing the House that Great Britain
had offered its mediation for the adjustment of
our dispute with France, 2502.
message on Indian affairs, 2519.
message on Portuguese duties, 2667.
message relating to the treaty of limits with Mexi-
co, 3509.

message stating that the four instalments under
the treaty with France had been received, 3594.
message in relation to the Potomac bridge, 4139.
Printers to the House, Messrs. Blair & Rives elected,
1948.

Protest of Messrs. Garland, Glascock, and Robertson,
on a portion of the resolution adopted on the
subject of slavery, 2503.

Recession of the District of Columbia; a resolution in-
structing the Committee on the District to in-
quire into the expediency of receding said Dis-
trict, 2697; the suspension of the rules to allow
the motion, refused.

Representatives' hall; leave asked to offer a proposition
for a committee to ascertain whether a better
hall for legislation cannot be provided, 3617;
leave refused.

Retrenchments; resolutions for making them in the sev-
eral Departments, proposed to the House, 3225;
not received.

Order, points of, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971,
1972, 1974, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 1998,
1999, 2017, 2128, 2129, 2131, 2134, 2137,
2178, 2219, 2264, 2265, 2267, 2268, 2269,
2281, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2293, 2294, 2315,
2317, 2437, 2447, 2497, 2533, 2534, 2535,
2536, 2539, 2556, 2607, 2638, 2639, 2640,
2657, 2658, 2660, 2661, 2662, 2685, 2686,
2717, 2737, 2760, 2968, 2984, 2986, 2987,
3005, 3006, 3233, 3298, 3300, 3329, 4028,
4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4050, 4051, 4052, Rules of the House; a motion to amend them, so as to
4053, 4055, 4057, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4062,

4081, 4212, 4596, 4597, 4600, 4613, 4615.
Patent Office; a bill to promote the progress of the use-
ful arts, &c., 4609; passed, 4611.

Paymasters of the army; a bill for appointing three addi-

tional ones, 4115.

Pay and mileage; a bill to establish a more uniform rule
of computing the mileage, &c., 4194.

Pennsylvania avenue; a resolution directing it to be
watered, &c., 3461; laid on the table, 3465.
Pension laws; a resolution to inquire into the expediency
of extending the provisions of the act of 1832,
2525; agreed to.

bills; a number of bills in relation to pensions
taken up and passed, 4284.

system; a bill to extend it, 4338; passed, 4339.
Pea Patch island; a bill to secure the title to the United
States, 3226; taken up, 3708, 4068; laid on the
table, 4175.

Pensacola and Perdido railroad; a bill to authorize the
construction of the road through the public
lands, 2963.

Revenue service; a bill to regulate the compensation of
officers of the revenue cutters, 4205; passed,
4206.

require the Committee of Ways and Means to
report the general appropriation bill within
thirty days of the commencement of every ses-
sion, 1949; agreed to in the form of instruc-
tions to the committee for reporting the rules,

1957.

Rules, on the suspension of, 2487.

resolution proposing an alteration of them, 4499.
Salaries; a bill providing salaries for the officers therein
named, 3364; passed.

Schmuck, Ellen Abein; a bill granting her a pension,

4289.

Secretary of the Treasury's annual report received, 1948.
Seminole hostilities; a bill making an appropriation for
repressing them, 2138; taken up, 2180; passed.

a bill making additional appropriations, 2358;
passed, 2360.

a bill for the payment of volunteers and militia
corps, 2722; passed.

Sergeant-at-arms, Roderick Dorsey elected, 1960.
Slavery in the District of Columbia; petitions on the sub-
ject, 1961, 1966, 2607.

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

nounced, 1949.

Smith, Jesse, and others, a bill for relief of, 2489; passed,
2642.

Smithsonian legacy; a motion to print a large number of
a report on the subject, 2236; amended and
agreed to, 2237.

Standing committees appointed, 1959.
Spain; a bill for carrying into effect a convention with,
2141, 2681, 3734; passed.

Speaker, James K. Polk, from Tennessee, elected,
1945; his address.

Sufferers by fire at New York; report and documents,
and a bill for the relief of the sufferers, 1991;
taken up, 2239; passed, 2705.

a bill amendatory of the above act, 3117; passed,

3119.

Sufferers in Florida; (see Florida.)
Surplus revenue; (see Lands.)

Tatum, Nathaniel P.; a bill for his relief, 2746; passed.
Tennessee pensioners; a bill providing for the payment
of certain pensioners at Pulaski, in Tennessee,
3677; passed.

Territorial bills; a resolution proposing to fix the time
for considering them, 3234.

Texas; a memorial from Ohio, praying Congress to rec-
ognize the independence of Texas, 4080.
memorial from Nashville, in Tennessee, 4499;
and a resolution proposing an appropriation for
the outfit and salary of a minister to Texas; laid
on the table.

resolutions reported, declaring that the independ
ence of Texas ought to be acknowledged
whenever satisfactory information has been re-
ceived that a successful Government is in op-
eration; agreed to.

Topographical engineers; a bill for their better organi-
zation, 2172.

do. to authorize the chief engineer to employ
clerks and a messenger, 2172.

Trades Union; memorial asking Congress to regulate the
hours of labor, 2890.

United States and Mexico; a bill from the Senate to pro-
vide for carrying into effect the treaty of limits,
&c., 3723.

Volunteers; a bill to provide payment of volunteers and
militia in the service of the United States, 2575.
do. authorizing the President to accept of volun-
teers, 3322, 3330; passed, 3375.

Washington, George; a bill authorizing the officers of
the Washington Monument Society to erect a
monument to his memory, 4490.

West Point Academy; a resolution proposing the ap
pointment of a committee to inquire what
amendments, if any, are expedient to be made
to the laws of the institution, &c., 2191, 2682.
a bill making appropriations for the Military
Academy for the year 1836, 4569; passed, 4577.
Western frontier; a bill appropriating a million of dollars
for its defence, 3493, 3510; bill passed, 3548.
a bill to provide for its better protection, 3593;
passed, 3756.

Whitney, Reuben M.; a resolution offered by Mr. Wise,
proposing the appointment of a select commit-
tee to inquire into the mode of selecting banks
of deposite, and into the contracts by which
they are regulated, and to inquire into the con-
nexion which exists between R. M. Whitney
and the Treasury Department, or between him
and said banks of deposites, &c, 3095; the
House refused to suspend the rules to take up
the resolution.

Whittlesey, Thomas T., from Connecticut, took his seat,

to supply the place of Zalmon Wildman, de-
ceased, 3460.

Wildman, Hon. Zalmon, from Connecticut; his death an-
nounced, 1958.

Wisconsin Territory; the bill for establishing the Terri-
torial Government thereof, 3090, 3201, 3220,
3308; passed.

Yeas and nays, on questions in relation to the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia, 1961,
1963, 1987, 1997, 2076, 2077, 2136, 2179,
2220, 2238, 2315, 2320, 2483, 2498 to 2301,
2535, 2608, 2620, 2658, 2659, 2660, 2662,
2695.

the constitution of Michigan, 2090, 2101.
the Representative of Michigan taking his seat,
2103.

banks in the District of Columbia, 2103, 2111,
2127.

Michigan memorial, 2159, 2160.

resolution in favor of increasing the navy, 2168.
taking up appropriation bills, 2358.
fortification bill of last session, 2437.

resolution for relief of sufferers in Florida, 2447.
considering the report on the rules of the House,
2484.

appropriation bills, 2486, 2487.

bill for relief of the sufferers at New York by
fire, 2627, 2628, 2668, 2704.

do. touching the limitation of the term of office,
2634.

boundary line between Ohio and Michigan, 2680.
West Point Military Academy, 2682.

contested election of Mr. Graham, 2686, 2688,
2759, 2865, 2880, 2887, 3008 to 3014.
recession of the District of Columbia, 2697.
memorial from Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
2779.

bill for repealing 14th section of the act incorpo-
rating the Bank of the United States, 2934,
2933.

suspending the rules of the House to consider
Mr. Wise's resolution in relation to the employ-
ment of Reuben M. Whitney, and Mr. Peyton's
proposing that the bill to regulate the public
deposites in certain local banks be made the
special order of the day, and have preference
over all other business, 3096, 3120.

bill graduating the price of public lands, 3219,

3495.

on a motion to suspend the rules to take up a
resolution in relation to deposites of public mo-
neys, by Mr. Wise, 3230.

on a similar motion, by do., 3244.
Mr. Dromgoole's resolution directing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to communicate full infor-
mation of the manner of selecting banks, &c.,
3244.

navy appropriation bill, 3474.

the bill for the relief of the corporate cities of the
District of Columbia, 3508, 3720, 3722.

bill for the defence of the Western frontier, 3511,
3547.

Kentucky resolutions respecting the public lands,
3862.

a report on abolition, 4030, 4031, 4051, 4052.
the suspension of the rules to take up the bills to

establish the boundary line of Ohio, &c., 4186.
amendments to and on the passage of the above
bills, 4290 to 4294.

bill for appropriating proceeds of public lands,
4322.

the deposite bill, 4371, 4378, 4379.
harbor bill, 4531, 4533, 4534, 4611.

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