Chesapeake and Delaware Canal-continued.

a report of said committee, with a resolution
for the grant of land

the resolution reported by the committee
agreed to, and a committee appointed

a bill reported, for the sale and grant of land
to the, company, read

read a second time

further action on it postponed

an amendment submitted and the bill again
postponed

.

taken up and again postponed
postponed to the next session of Congress
a resolution submitted, directing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to report at next ses-
sion the best information he can acquire
as to the usefulness, practicability, and ex-
pense of the contemplated

the above resolution withdrawn by the mover
Chester, John, the petition of, together with the
report thereon of the Secretary of the
Treasury at the last session, referred to a
committee

a bill reported for the relief of, read, and or-
dered to a second reading

ordered to a third reading -
read a third time, and passed

Chickasaw Indians, a bill from the House of Rep-
resentatives making appropriations to car-
ry into effect a treaty with the, read twice,
and referred to a committee

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on the table

Creighton, James, a petition of, praying allowance

of drawback -

Crimes against the United States, a bill from the
House of Representatives providing for the
punishment of certain, read and ordered to
a second reading -

read a second time, and referred

reported with amendments

ordered to a third reading as amended
read a third time, and passed as amended
Cumberland Road, report of the Commissioners
for laying out the, transmitted by the Pre-
sident of the United States

Pagi

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103

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90

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77

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35

91

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which amendment is adopted, the bill read a
third time, and passed

referred to a committee

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Circuit Courts, a resolution submitted to extend to

a bill reported, making appropriations for the,
read

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78

the report considered and postponed
agreed to, and petition referred as recom-
mended

Durity, Francis, a resolution submitted authori-
zing the Secretary to pay additional com-
pensation to

Government, a bill from the House of Represen-
tatives making appropriations for support
of, read twice and referred

reported, amended, and ordered to a third
reading -

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read a third time, and passed as amended
66 Grand Jurors, a motion submitted for a commit-
tee to prepare a bill to regulate the sum-
moning of

a bill reported, and read

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the motion agreed to, and a committee ap-
pointed

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E.

Eaton, General William, a bill from the House

of Representatives authorizing a settlement
of the accounts of, read -

Griffin, John, and others, petition of, praying re-
muneration for the trouble and expense of
organizing a government for Louisiana
88 Gunboats, a Message from the President of the
United States, relating to the effect of

read a second time, and referred

90

Enrolled Bills, appointment of Mr. Turner as a

reported with amendments

61

a bill reported, read three times by consent,
amended and passed

F.

Fee Bill, a report from the judges of the District
of Columbia, in obedience to a resolution
of the last session, on the subject of a .
(See District of Columbia, ante.)

Fees, a motion submitted directing the Attorney

General to procure and lay before the
Senate, at their next session, a table of,
to attorneys, &c.

Fire, a bill from the House of Representatives,
for relief of the sufferers by, in Portsmouth,
read
read a second time, and ordered to a third
reading -

89 Harding, Captain Seth, a petition of, read and

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referred

17

18

30

amendments adopted, and ordered to a third
reading

read a third time, and passed as amended
Henry, James, memorial of, as foreman of a grand
jury in Michigan, against the division of
Indiana Territory into two governments,
laid on the table

Hays, John, memorial of. (See Weights and
Measures.)

tary of the Treasury, with a transcript of
the decision of the Commissioners in fa-
vor of claimants to land in the district of
Detroit

the report referred to a committee
Indian depredations, a resolution submitted to
appoint a committee to inquire what fur-
ther provision is necessary to insure the
indemnity guarantied by law to sufferers
from

the resolution agreed to, and a committee
appointed
Internal Improvement, Mr. Worthington submit-
ted a resolution directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to prepare and report a plan
for the application of such means as are
within the power of Congress, to purposes
of -

the resolution adopted

Invalid Pensioners, a bill from the House of Rep-
resentatives concerning, read twice and
referred

reported without amendment

read a third time, and passed

Johns, Kinsey, and others. (See Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal.)

reported without amendment
ordered to a third reading -

read a third time, and passed

Library, a joint committee appointed on the part

of the Senate, on the

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Light-houses, a bill from the House of Repre-

sentatives to erect certain, &c., read

read a second time, and referred

reported without amendment

taken up and postponed -

read a third time, and passed

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a report from said committee

Little, George, a bill from the House of Repre-
sentatives for the relief of, read and re-
ferred

reported without amendment, read a second
time, and postponed

ordered to a third reading -
read a third time, and passed

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Mead, Cowles, the President transmits a letter
from, relating to Aaron Burr -

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