Navy, Secretary of, appropriation for a building for depot of

maps, charts, instruments, &c.

may appoint engineers and firemen for

the steamships in service

pay of engineers and firemen

may prescribe a uniform and rules for

may render facilities in testing Colt's
sub-marine battery

may experiment on steam-boilers

Navy Yards, appropriation for improvement and repairs of
Newman, Francis, heirs of, accounts to be settled
Newspapers, of the publication of the laws in
New Orleans land district, certain land claims in, confirmed
documents relating to claims in,
to be procured by Commission-
er of General Land Office

New York, northern district of, clerk may appoint a deputy,

being responsible for his acts

custom house at, appropriation for

Nix, George, allowed to surrender one quarter section of land in Alabama and select another

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Northeastern boundary, appropriation for survey of Northern frontier, disturbers of the peace upon, to be suppressed

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township of Dublin, in Mercer county, how to be in-
demnified for the loss of section sixteen

Orphan asylum, male, of Washington, incorporated
Ordnance bureau may employ a person to superintend the
manufacture of cannon at private establishments
Osteen, William, on surrender of certain land in Illinois, he
may enter other

Quachita land district, certain land claims in, to be confirmed

Parsons, Thos. B., pension increased

Paschal, George W., to be indemnified for losses incurred in

Patent office, appropriation for enclosing grounds

the discharge of official duty

for printing a digest of patents

for purchase of books for office

Patents, provision for paying back out of the patent fund money paid by mistake

of the renewing of lost patents

designs for printing on silk, cotton, or other fabrics,
also busts, designs in metal, marble, &c., may be
protected by patents

oath required by law, may be taken in foreign coun-
tries before a minister, consul, &c., of the United
States

penalty for counterfeiting or surreptitiously using
the name of a patentee on goods

patentees to stamp the date of their patent on articles
⚫ sold

Pearce, Elizabeth, and Mary M. Telfair, bounty land war-
rants to be issued to them, for the rights of sundry soldiers
who had assigned to their father
Pellerin, Bartholomew, a patent to be issued to him for
17,084 arpens of land in Mississippi
Penitentiary, in the District of Columbia, appropriation for
appropriation to purchase materials for labor -
Pennell, Jacob, and others, tonnage duty improperly levied,
to be refunded them
Pennsylvania, special court authorized in eastern district of
how jurors are to be appointed in

court. at Williamsburg, to begin first Monday

in October

Pennsylvania avenue, contractor for Macadamizing, allowed

for losses on

appropriation for lamps on
appropriation for building a bridge
across creek

Pensions, appropriations for, in the year 1842
appropriations to certain Cherokee warriors
widow of revolutionary soldiers not to be barred.
of, by a second marriage, if a widow when she
applies

benefit of the act of July 7, 1838, reserved, after
second marriage

Pension fund, naval, appropriation to supply a deficiency in act of March 3, 1837, repealed pensions to be regulated by the pay of officers and seamen as it was on the 1st January, 1835

Perrigo, Frederick, to be placed on pension list

Perry, Elizabeth C., and Elizabeth M. Perry, their annuity per act of March 2, 1821, appropriated

Perrysburg, pre-emption, sub modo, allowed for lots in
Pettibone, Daniel, heirs of, allowed compensation for the use
by the United States of the circular bullet mould
Pettrich, Ferdinand, balance of appropriation to be paid him
Phelps, Sylvester, to be paid for a house burnt by the enemy
during the war

Phillips, Samuel, his claim for superintending the erection
of a custom-house to be settled
Piatt, William, Secretary of the Treasury to pay his repre-
sentatives balance due
Pilcher, Pallon, & Co., Postmaster General to settle with
Pierce, John B., to be paid three-fifths of the amount of du-
ties on the cargo of the Rob Roy, which was saved after
being abandoned at sea
Plum Island Bridge Company, &c., to be paid for damage
by erection of a breakwater

Polk, William, his account for supplies to the Indiana mili-
tia to be settled

Polish exiles, pre-emption to extend to lands granted them
Portland, Ohio, the port of, to be called Sandusky -
Postmasters, appropriation for compensation of

to render an account of receipts from boxes for
letters or papers, and from branch offices

if the nett receipts of, exceed $3,000 per annum,
the balance to be paid over to department
not allowed to receive more than $5,000
when and how to advertise for proposals for
furnishing supplies needed -

Postmaster General, appropriation for salary of

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appropriation for assistants and clerks 29
may employ a topographer, at a salary
of $1,600 per annum

107

may appoint eight additional clerks-
their salaries

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247

161

25

179

107

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to cause an edition of post-office laws

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appropriation for same (18,000 copies)

Post Office and department, appropriation for repairs of the

Post roads, from Rome, in Georgia, to Commerce, in Miss.,
and to Memphis, Tenn., established -
established in various States

new routes to go into operation as soon as a re-
sponsible contractor will offer to carry the
mails for revenue derived from the new offices

Potomac bridge, appropriation for superintendents of
Pratt, John, may enter certain land in Alabama
Pound sterling, value of, in payment of duties, &c. -

Pre-emption, allowed in regard to lots in the town of Perrys-
burg, Ohio-

allowed on Dubuque claim in Iowa

allowed to settlers in the Mineral Point district,

effect of a prior claim to

Punishment, of crimes in certain cases, to be by fine in lieu

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President, proclamation of, touching agitators on the northern

frontier

President's House, appropriation for repairs upon
Prettyman, Mary, to be paid $247 -

Printing, for Congress, appropriation for

additional appropriation for, of Senate and House
appropriation for arrears due by Senate
appropriation for Senate and House

for Executive departments to be done by contract
of sixth census, accounts to be audited by Secretary
of State, or other officer

for departments to be by contract

Proclamation of President for the suppression of disturbances on the northern frontier

Providence, Rhode Island, appropriation for repair of customhouse

Public Buildings, Commissioner of, appropriation for

appropriation to complete the Treasury
same for work and materials for Post Office
same for repair of President's House

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144

242

of that heretofore inflicted

188

121

Pursers, not to procure stores and sell for their own profit,

their pay at sea, at stations, and waiting orders
their bonds to remain in force, and new bonds may

not to loan money, or make advances to officers in

may appoint clerks; in what cases

their stores to be taken at a valuation

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206

145

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naval, established (see navy)

Receipts and expenditures, annual statement of, how to be
prepared and published

Rees, Henry J., to be paid amount due by Post Office
Relfe, James H., his account of expenses for removing intru-
ders from reservation at Fort Leavenworth to be allowed
Reporter to Supreme Court, to be appointed; salary of

shall deliver Secretary of State
150 copies of Reports

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149

62

186

115

267

176

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Reynolds, John C., to be paid $1,121, which was stolen from
him, while acting as agent in the Indian department at
Fort Crawford

Reynolds, Thankful, allowed a pension

Rivers, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and Arkansas, appropria-
tion for improving

Rivard, Francis, heirs of, to receive a patent for an island in
the Mississippi, opposite to St. Genevieve

Rockwell, John A., patent to be issued to him for lands in
Illinois -

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Robertson, William H., interest to be remitted on a certain
judgment

Roberts, Benjamin C., to be paid for quarters furnished to
British prisoners during the war

Rush island, ceded by Caddo Indians, title of United States.
to, to be investigated

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Salvage, allowed to John B. Pierce (which see)

Sarpy, Gregoire, patent to be issued to him for 7,056 arpens
of land in Missouri