deceased; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Chinn, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported a bill (No. 690) to extend the charter of the Bank of Potomac, and the charter of the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Fulton,

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of James Taylor, of Kentucky, and that leave be given to withdraw the same.

Mr. Gilmer, from the committee appointed, on the 9th of December, on so much of the President's message as relates to the amendment of the constitution in relation to the election of President and Vice President of the United States, and to which committee was referred, on the 19th of December last, a resolution in relation to the same subject, moved by Mr. Hamer, made a report, setting forth that the committee have had the matters submitted to them under consideration, and have not been able to come to any agreement thereupon, and therefore asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

The report was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the petitions of Richard Oliver and William Van Burkleo; which reports were read, and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Adams, of New York, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the memorial of Isaac Eckright, accompanied by a bill (No. 691) granting him a pension; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to

morrow.

Mr. Lincoln, from the Committee on the Public Lands, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Benjamin Roach; which report was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands, to which were referred certain proceedings of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in relation to grants of land to endow institutions for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

On motion of Mr. Dunlap, by leave,

Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of paying Robert Marshall for a horse lost in the Seminole war.

On motion of Mr. Joseph M. White,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing for a post route from Pensacola, by Floridatown, Almirante, Pittman's ferry, to Camp

bellton.

On motion of Mr. Schley, by leave,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Forsyth, in Monroe county, by the way of Zebulon, to Newnan, in Coweta county, in the State of Georgia.

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (No. 692) granting a quantity of land to the Territory of Arkansas for the completion of a public building for a Legislature house; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 46) entitled "An act for the relief of Anselm Lynch, of Mississippi," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Clayton,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petitions of Joel Chandler and Frederick Hamilton, and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Clayton,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands, which was instructed, on the 19th of January instant, to inquire into the expediency of repealing so much of the act entitled "An act supplemental to the several acts for the sale of public lands," approved April 5, 1832, as provides that no person shall be permitted to enter more than one half-quarter section of land in quarter-quarter sections, or tracts of forty acres, and in no case, unless he intends it for cultivation, or for the use of his improvement; also, into the expediency of repealing so much of said act as requires the person applying to make the entry under its provisions to file an affidavit before making the entry, be discharged from the further consideration of the said inquiries.

On motion of Mr. Clayton,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands, which was instructed, on the 19th of January instant, to inquire into the expediency of gran ting to the State of Mississippi a quantity of land equal to that granted to the other new States of the Union, for purposes of internal improvements, be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.

The resolution submitted by Mr. John Quincy Adams on the 28th instant, calling for correspondence between the Governments of the United States and France, was read, considered, and agreed to by the House.

The resolution submitted by Mr. Ferris on the 28th instant, in relation to the claim of the United States against Thomas H. Smith and Son, was read, considered, and agreed to by the House.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, on the 27th instant, that one thousand copies, additional, be printed of the report of J. N. Reynolds, describing certain islands, reefs, and shoals in the Pacific Ocean.

Mr. Pearce modified his motion so as to print two thousand copies, additional, and, as thus modified, the motion was agreed to by the House. On motion of Mr. Ashley, by leave,

Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reinstating the name of John Davenport on the roll of invalid pensioners.

On motion of Mr. Fillmore, by leave,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of causing a survey to be made of the best mode of enlarging the harbor of Buffalo, for the reception and security of vessels navigating Lake Erie.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations for the War Department for the service of the year 1834; showing the amount appropriated under each specific head, the amount expended under each, and the balance. remaining unexpended in the Treasury on the 31st of December last; prepared in obedience to the act of May 1, 1820; which letter was read, and laid on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief Engineer, showing the amount of the funds which have been applied to the improvement of the Cumberland river, and containing further information in relation to expenditures for the improvement of said river, as called for by the House on the 8th of January instant; which letter and report were referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private Secretary; which was read, and is as follows:

WASHINGTON, January 30, 1835.

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

With reference to the claim of the granddaughters of the Marshal de Rochambeau, and in addition to the papers formerly communicated relating to the same subject, I now transmit to the House of Representatives, for their consideration, a memorial to the Congress of the United States, from the Countess d'Ambrugeac and the Marquise de la Gorée, together with the letter which accompanied it. Translations of these documents are also sent.

ANDREW JACKSON.

Ordered, That the said message, and the papers accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Dunlap, by leave, presented a petition of Pugh Cannon, of the county of McNairy, in the State of Tennessee, praying for a pension; which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

On motion of Mr. Plummer, by leave,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting to those settlers on the public lands within the district of country ceded to the United States by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek, in the State of Mississippi, whose improvements have been covered by Indian and Jefferson college claims, and thereby deprived of the benefits of the pre-emption laws, a preemption right to other lands in lieu thereof; and of granting unto them such other relief as they may deem equitable and just.

On motion of Mr. Robertson, by leave,

Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of refunding to James Herron a sum of money paid by him. into the Treasury.

On motion of Mr. Boon, by leave,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing the State road from Evansville, in the State of Indiana, to Anthony's ferry, on the Ohio river, and thence to Hendersonville, in Kentucky, as a post road. Mr. Blair, by leave, moved the following joint resolution, viz.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, directed to cause to be paid to each pensioner of the United States the amount of pension due from time to time, whether as an invalid or indigent pensioner, at such office or agency as he may elect, at which pensions are paid by the United States.

The said resolution was read the first and second time.

Mr. Gilmer, by leave, moved the following joint resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, viz.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following amendments to the constitution of the United States be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, which, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the constitution, to wit:

First. No person who shall have been elected President of the United States, shall be again eligible to that office.

Second. Hereafter, the President and Vice President of the United States shall be chosen by the people of the respective States in the manner following: on the first Monday and succeeding Tuesday and Wednesday, in the month of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and the same days in every fourth year thereafter, an election shall be held for President and Vice President of the United States, at such places and in such manner as elections are held by the laws of each State for members of the most numerous branch of the Legislature thereof. And the citizens of each State, who possess the qualifications of electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature, shall then and there vote for President and Vice President of the United States, one of whom shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And the superintendents, or persons holding elections in each election district, shall immediately thereafter make returns thereof to the Governor of the State. And it shall be the duty of the Governor, together with such other persons as shall be appointed by the authority of each State, to ascertain the result of said returns; and the person receiving the greatest number of votes for President, and the one receiving the greatest number of votes for Vice President, shall be holden to have received the whole number of votes which the State shall be entitled to give for President and Vice President; which fact shall be immediately certified by the Governor, and sent to the seat of the Government of the United States, to each of the Senators in Congress from such State, to the President of the Senate, and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The places and manner of holding such elections, of canvassing the votes, making returns thereof, and ascertaining their result, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof. But Congress may at any time make or alter such regulations. Congress shall have the

power of altering the times of holding the elections, but they shall be held on the same days throughout the United States; and of altering the time herein afterwards prescribed for the assembling of Congress every fourth year. The Congress of the United States shall be in session on the second Monday in October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and on the same day in every fourth year thereafter; and the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall, as soon as convenient and practicable, proceed to open all the certificates and returns, and the electoral votes of the States shall be thereupon counted. The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of votes given; but if no person have such majority, or if the person having the majority of the whole number of votes given shall have died before the counting of the votes, then a second election shall be held on the first Monday and succeeding Tuesday and Wednesday, in the month of December then next ensuing, which shall be confined to the persons having the two highest number of votes at the preceding election. But if two or more persons have the highest and an equal number of votes, then to the persons having the highest number of votes: Provided, however, If, in the first election, there were but two persons voted for, and the person receiving the highest number of votes shall have died before the counting of the votes, then, in the second election, the choice shall not be confined to the persons previously voted for, but any person may be voted for who may be otherwise qualified by the constitution to be President of the United States; which second election shall be conducted, the returns made, the votes counted, and the result of the election in each State certified by the Governor, in the same manner as in the first, and the final result of the election shall be ascertained in the same manner as the first, and at such time as shall be fixed by law, or resolution of Congress; and the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be President. But if the two or more persons shall have received an equal and the highest number of votes at the second election, or if the person who shall have received the majority of the whole number of votes given at the second election shall have died before the counting of the votes, then the House of Representatives shall choose one of the remaining number of the persons voted for for President, in the manner now prescribed by the constitution. But if there shall have been but two persons voted for in the second election, and the person who shall have received the highest number of votes shall have died before the counting of the votes, the Vice President then in office shall be President for the next succeeding term. The person having the greatest number of votes for Vice President at the first election, shall be Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of votes given. And if no person shall have received such majority, or if the person who shall have received the majority of the whole number of votes given shall have died before the counting of the votes, then, of the persons having the two highest number of votes, the Senate shall choose one for Vice President; but if two or more persons have the highest and an equal number of votes, then the Senate shall choose a Vice President from the persons having the highest number of votes. But if there shall have been but two persons voted for, and the person