INDEX

SENATE.

A.

Abolition of slavery in the District of Colum-

bia, and against the admission of any new
State whose Constitution tolerates slavery,
petitions for the

Agriculture, Committee on

bills from the

- 77, 82, 137

12

82

Alabama, memorial and resolutions of Legis-
lature of -
25, 53, 99, 124, 129
bill authorizing the settlement and pay-
ment of certain claims of, 48, 53, 65, 124

127

bill to relinquish to the State of, the two
per cent. fund reserved by the act pro-
viding for her admission into the Union, 12
bill to establish an additional land district
15, 18, 41, 46
in
bill to amend an act entitled "An act to
13, 15, 18, 41, 46
grant certain relinquished and unappro-
priated lands to the State of Alabama,
for the purpose of improving the navi-
gation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Ca-
hawba, and Black Warrior rivers," ap-
proved May 23, 1828, and the several
acts supplementary and amendatory
thereto

-

48, 53

bill to annex Cherokee territory to Coosa
land district
proposition to authorize settlement of
claim for services of her militia
bill for the relief of certain settlers on the
- 226
public lands, who were deprived of the
benefits of the act granting pre-emption
rights, which was approved on the 19th
of June, 1834 -
12, 15, 18, 41, 46
bill to grant other lands to the inhabitants
of townships deprived of the 16 h sec-
tion by Indian reservations, 12, 15, 18, 41, 46
bill to relinquish the reversionary interest
of the United States to a certain reser-
vation in the Alabama, 12,
Alexandre, ship, bill to refund duties collected
15, 18,41
Alexandria, D. C. bill to extend the charter
112, 114
of the Bank of -
Allen, William of Ohio, 1, 22, 77, 99, 124, 133
115, 117
139, 142, 152, 181, 197, 204, 223, 236, 237
resolutions submitted by -
remarks on resolution to repeal Indepen.
23
dent Treasury law

Anderson's remarks on

Tennessee Land bill
- 182
resolution to go into election of Printer, 194
reduction of salaries of Federal offices, 222
Appropriations, bills, &c. for the support of the

Government in part for the year 1841, 25
for the payment of the Revolutionary and
other pensioners of the United States for
the year 1841 -

for the naval service for 1841, 212, 223
for the improvement of the harbors on

the Northern and Northwestern lakes - 223
for certain fortifications of the United
States for the year 1841

for the support of the army for the year
1841 -

Arkansas

bill authorizing the inhabitants of frac
tional township ten south, of range one
east, in the State of Arkansas, to enter
one-half section of land for school pur-
poses
12, 15, 18, 41, 46
bill making appropriations for the re-
moval of the raft in Red river, 18 25 40, 68
Army, bill to equalize the pay of
46, 64
bill making appropriations for the sup-
port of, for the year 1841
bill for the organization of the company
of sappers, miners, and pontoniers 30
Arts, bill in addition to the act to promote the
useful
46, 48, 96, 97, 226
Bank notes, bill to tax

222

Mr. Pierce

Mr. Sevier

Mr. Webster

B

223

for defraying the expenses of a delega-
tion of the Seminole Indians West of
the Mississippi to Florida
statement of, made during the second ses-
sion of the 26th Congress

Arkansas, memorial of Legislature of

222

257
13, 127

bill making appropriations for the comple-
tion of certain roads in the State of, 19
bill for the relief of citizens of, who lost
their improvements in consequence
of a treaty between the Choctaw In-
dians and the United States, 12, 15, 18
41, 46,49, 54

remarks of Mr. Benton
remarks of Mr. Phelps
remarks of Mr. Sevier.

Bankrupt law, petitions concerning, 12, 14, 39, 59
77, 81, 82, 85, 89, 99, 102, 107, 112, 113, 115
119, 124, 127, 129, 135, 139, 142, 146, 152
156, 165, 166, 175, 181, 197, 199, 202, 217
226

Bankruptcy, bill to establish a uniform system
of 65, 85, 140, 143, 153, 160, 186, 208
debate on proposition to take up
remarks on by Mr. Bayard

54

54

54

Mr. Crittenden

bill to quiet titles to certain land claims
in Missouri and, 12, 15, 18, 41, 46, 59
bill to sell lands heretofore appropriated
for use of schools, 18, 25, 30, 40, 46, 96, 97
bill to perfect titles to land south of Ar-
kansas river, held under New Madrid
locations
bill to revive the act entitled "An act to
19, 25, 96, 97
enable claimants to lands within the li-
mits of Missouri and the Territory of
Arkansas to institute proceedings to
try the validity of their claims," ap-
proved the 26th of May, 1824, and an
act amending the same, extending the
provisions of said act to claimants to
lands within the States of Louisiana
and Mississippi 18, 25, 59, 156, 160
bill to authorize the inhabitants of town-
ship eight north, range thirty-two west,
in the State of Arkansas, to enter a
section of land in lieu of the sixteenth
section in said township, upon condi.
tion that the same is surrendered to the
United States for military purposes, 12, 15
18, 41, 46

Mr. Henderson
Mr. Hubbard
Mr. Huntington
Mr. Merrick
Mr. Norvell

Mr. Preston

Mr. Sevier

Mr. Smith of Connecticut

Mr. Walker

Mr. White

Mr. Wright

144

143, 144, 153

by Mr. Roane