347
..347

to whom to be accredited........
Charts, wind and current, appropriation for..353
Chelsea, hospital at, disposition of lands belong-
ing to......
...353
Chicago, salary of collector at.
.....347
Chickasaw Indians, appropriation for the....356
Chili, pay of officers engaged in astronomical ex-
pedition to..
..343

China, commissioner to reside at, salary of...348
Chippewa Indians, appropriation for........ .343
of Saganaw, appropriation for...... ..356
Menomonies, Winnebagoes, and New York
Indians, appropriation for...
..356

of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, appro-
priation for.....

.....

.356
.357

..356

and Ottowas, appropriatlon for...
Choctaw Indians, appropriation for
Christian Indians, appropriation for.........356
Circuit Court, of District of Columbia, cases com-
menced in, may be continued beyond end of
term of.........
.334
judge of, may appoint a crier..
..336
attendants on.....
.336
Claims on United States, transfers of, forbidden
before allowance.
transfers of, form of.....
powers of attorney to collect, how to be made,
and when.....
...337
members of Congress not to act as agents for,
337

....

.337

..337

........

350

of superintendent of coast survey ......349
of clerks in the departments as classified .349, 350
of Vice President, Secretaries of Departments,
Postmaster General, and Attorney-General,
of Assistant Secretary of State............350
of those engaged in assay office in New York,
350
of assistant treasurer of New York........351
of pursers and their clerks in California....352
of garrison at Fort Laramie.....

.352

of postmasters in Richmond, (Virginia,) and
Cleveland, (Ohio,)....

..363

.364

of secretary of census board..
extra pay of navy on Pacific coasts...... .352
of deputy postmasters....
..363
Congress, members of, not to act as agents for
claimants....

penalty for bribery..

...

...337
....338

distribution of books to, what allowable..343
delegates to, from Washington Territory...340
Corwin, Thomas, payment of expenses of com-

mittee of investigation of conduct of.....343
Costs, taxable, items of................335, 337
Counterfeiting, of postage stamps, penalty for, 363
Courts, cases commenced in District of Columbia,
may be continued into the next term.....334
criers of, and attendants on............
in Washington Territory...
Creek Indians, appropriation for the.........356
Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, salary
of judge of.........
...333

.336
.339

cases commenced in, may be continued in the
next term.......
.......334
Criminal Law, penalty for bribery of members of
Congress....
.....338

arrest of prisoners, charged with two or more
offenses....

commitment of prisoners..

..335

...335

in capital cases, witnesses for defense to be paid
by the United States...

...336

taking receipt for larger sum than is paid, to be
held embezzlement..

.359

..338

.363

offenses, concerning public records..
counterfeiting, &c., postage stamps.
Cuban Prisoners, appropriation for.....
Cumberland Road, surrender to Ohio of part

..342

of......

.332

Coast Survey, appropriations for...342, 347, 354
salary of superintendent of......

Custom-Houses, appropriations for, at—

.349

Bangor..

.347

annual report concerning...

.......

.349

Bath..

.........

.347

annual report of.

Coins, Gold, a three-dollar piece authorized..335
Coins, Silver, weight of..

......

..334

.347

purchase of bullion for.....

private deposits for, not allowed...

how to be paid out......................
..335
size and devices of.....

..343

act of 1853, chap. 79, respecting, when to take
effect....

.........343

Collector at Chicago, salary of....
..347
Commissioners, on California land claims, com-
pensation of...

of court, fees of...

.......349

.337

Compensation, of judge of the criminal court in
..337

the District of Columbia....

fee bill of 1853, ch. 80, respecting compensa-
tion-

of district attorneys..

Louisville........

Providence...

Richmond.
San Francisco.

............

............

..............

St. Louis....
Wilmington..

....

of marshals.....

.341

.335

library room.

..341

of clerks of court.

.341

Beast building...
west building......

ciency appropriation for.......
perg Expedition, appropriation
ng works of.........

F.

Pay, Theodore S., payment to.....
Pes, set of 1853, ch. 80, regulating

32D CONGRESS-2D SESS

appropriation for..

.347

Omahas...

....

.342

for minister to Central America.

.347

Osages..

...357

.342

salary of ministers resident....

.347

Ottoes...

....357

Fortifications, appropriations for, in—

office of assistant dragoman abolished.....342
Fort Leavenworth, appropriation for bridges and
communications between and Republican
Fork of Kansas River......

Ottowas.
Pawnees..
Piankeshaws
Pottawatomies.

of Huron...

.352

..358

..358

..343

California..

..357

.351

Sacs and Foxes..

.358

..358

onomical expedi-

Maine.

..351

Seminoles...

.357

.343

Senecas...

..358

a mint in Califor-
......343

Fer at the mint, or

.........343
silver coins..343
e late collector at
...343

for the..342, 356

ritory.. ..340
s, compensation

Massachusetts.

Frauds on the Treasury, act for prevention of, 337
transfer of claims, when and how allowable, 337
members of Congress not to act for claimants,

penalty for bribery..

taking false receipts, penalty for..

Sioux of Mississippi...

Six Nations of New York....
Stockbridges..

Texas Indians..

.....351

Shawnees..

.358, 359

.....351

337, 338

Weas...

.359

.338

.358

..338
..359

Wyandots...

..358

Inspectors of Steamboats, may grant further time
to owners of steamboats to comply with
steamboat act....

..364

.352

no person interested in any patent for articles
required by steamboat act to be competent to
hold the office of....

.364

.336

reappropriation for militia of..
Gibbon, Lardner, payment to......

.......

on Territory, 339
ast six years, 335
.335

Globe, Congressional, and Appendix, appropria-
......341, 343

Interior Department, appropriation for the sup-

.....

Internal Improvements-see Harbors.
Iowa, regulation of terms of District Court in, 338
distribution of arms to......
...352

....

.342
.353

port of the..

....345

.337

Iowa Indians, appropriation for the.......... ..357

Harbors and Rivers, appropriation for improve-
ment of

J.

.336

Ashtabula Harbor......

.342

Jackson, Andrew, appropriation for statue of, 342,

Buffalo Creek......

..332

.342

Johnson, Levi, payment to....

.342

Genesee River.....

.346

..333

Milwaukie Harbor.

.....

.342

Jurors, pay of....

.337

Red River Raft...............
Seekonk River..

.342
.342

in California and Oregon, extra pay to..... .337

Hernden, William L., payment to..

K.

.353

Hospitals, marine, at—

Home Department-see Interior.

Napoleon....

Evansville...

.347

Kent, Edward, payment to.......

King, J. B., settlement of accounts of........343
King, William R., administration to, of oath of
office as Vice President..

.341

..353

L.

..365

to use twice, 363
ambia, regulation
..332
..344

.....

military reservations for Indians, in California,
New Mexico, and Utah

negotiations with tribes west of Missouri and
Iowa.......

....359

Lane, Thomas W., payment to.............342
Lee County, (Iowa,) claim of, to be audited and
paid...

......346
Lee, Richard B., payment of...
....352
Letters uncalled for in California, advertisment
of......
....354
Library of Congress, appropriation for......344
preparation of catalogue of...
.344
Life-boats, metallic, a substitute for, may be ac-
cepted by inspectors in certain cases.....365
Light-Houses, appropriations for...343, 346, 347
part of act of 1852, ch. 110, sec. 2, repealed, 343
general appropriation bill for..

Alabama..

California

..356

.343

.356

Menomonies, &c.

.347

of Lake Superior, &c.

.354

.355

.355

.341

.354

ion bill for Navy-Continued.
pay of purser in California

for......355
made concern-
........355
be discontin-
......355
..354

eneral fee bill
-335, 336, 337
....336

.....166, 336
y of.....337
..339, 340

for..356, 357
for payment
..331

iation for, 353
on survey of,
in part...331

ke an eques-
on......332
of Andrew
....351

for a light-
id......335
n, and their

Pensions, Navy, appropriations for..........332
half pay to widows and orphans...........332
Perjury, false swearing under fee bill made...337
Piankeshaw Indians, appropriation for the...358
Postage stamps, penalties for offenses concerning,
363
envelopes to be defaced when deposited....363
Postmaster General, salary increased... ..350
assistants to be hereafter appointed by the Pres-
ident with advice of the Senate..........363
Postmaster at Cleveland and Richmond, compen-
sation of......

...335, 343
issued..335
...335, 343

ins....

...346
...339, 346
..350

of, at New
...350, 351

For the..353

...352
he.....353
.353
e......352
.352

in the act to prevent frauds on the treasury..337
Pensions, Invalid, of widows of revolutionary sol-
diers.....
appropriations for.....

Public Lands-Continued.
town and village lots...

officers concurred with, term of
bonds of......

grant to California for a universi
he buildings......

rveyor-general of Oregon to ha
has attested copies to be evidence.
he salary.....

rrection of erroneous locations a
nt for schools in Minnesota...
concerning suspended entries.
served cedar lands in Alabama t
Pable Ministers, salary of those res
iry places...

Moneys, compensation of the
of........

Printer, settlement of the cer
of the..
Prers in California, pay of......
ders of.......

Q.

vledians, appropriation for th
R.

now made or hereafter
mated post roads......
para Arkansas and Missouri in
in the Mississippi to the Tex

57....

my of a route for, to the Pacific.
vers, land, appointment of.....
Eure of office of..

mus fees of, for bounty land war
ad to the treasurer.

Lets, Public, penalty for offense

of or how made up.

Red River Rat, amendment of approp
rand......

Regen, Sonian Institution, ap
E...........

Beers, and, appointment of.
tesure of office of.....

Bus fees of, for bounty land war
paid into Treasury......

of vests wrecked, and purchased
care and repaired....

Brand, (Virginia,) compensation of

ter at.....

Bley, Brigadier General Bennett, sett
accounts of........
allowed certain expenses in Cali
indemnified against certain suits
and Harbors, appopriations for.
ppropriation for Seekonk river, ame
Red River Raft, amendment explanat
appropriating money for remove

Ate Agents, act of 1852, ch. 111, sec.
ing salary of, repealed....

S.

Band Fox Indians, appropriation for
seo, settlement of accounts
exten dame for bids for a mint
basis and way at....
Seamen, appriation for....

of, when they return to be witne

Bek River, amendment of approp
Setary, of California land claim co
pay of.......
dos board, pay of.....
Sate, pay of, increased.

.....

stant to, to be appointed.
Interior, pay of, increased..
Navy, pay of, increased....
Treasury, pay of, increased..
, pay of, increased.
Indians, of Florida, appro
Indians, appropriations for the
Shawanees, appropriation for th
New York, appropriation for the
Shawnee Indians, appropriation for th
Senecas, appropriations for the.
Shipping, registers and enrollment to i
en venaels wrecked, and purchase

ican citizens and repaired at a certa
pay of seamen sent home as witnes

..349
..359

Indian, appropriations for.......
Statue of George Washington, appropriation for,
332
of Andrew Jackson, appropriation for, 342, 351
Statutes at Large, appropriation for the purchase
of,......
.349
Steamboat Inspectors, authorized to dispense with
certain requirements of the act relating to
steamboats.
.....364, 365
persons interested in patents for things required,
not to be competent to hold the office of..363
Stockbridge Indians, appropriation for the....358
Stocks, (Public,) purchase of, authorized.....350
Stuntz, George R., payment to... ....324
Superintendent of the coast survey, pay of...349
of public printing to superintend the binding of
public documents.....

..344

of public printing, to receive and keep samples
of paper for maps, &c......

.344

of armories, inquiry as to appointment of..351
Surveyor-General for California, appointment of,

and his duties...

for Oregon, duties of..

Surveys, of the coast-see Coast Surveys.

of lands in California..

..360

....334

.360

.364

of railroad route to the Pacific..
Suspended entries, act of 1846 concerning, revi-
ved......
...364

secretary.

Washington Territory-Continued.

governor..

.338

.339

legislative assembly..

.....

.339

.339

.339

.339

.339

..340

sessions limited...........

qualifications of voters..

legislative powers........

taxes.

first session of...

.370
....370

....373

B.

Bates, Lewis H., claim of, to be audited and paid,

.368

MacKay, Sarah D., pension of..

Pilcher, Josiah P., payment to...... .......370
Poindexter, George, claim of, to be audited and
paid...
.372

Prentice, The, name of, changed to Leonie...366
Price, Captain, payment of company of, for servi-
ces in Florida...
.......369
Price, William J., land confirmed to.........372
Public Lands-see Lands.

.367

Public Printer, settlement of certain accounts of,73
Queen of Dundee, The, register to issue to, under

..368
Maltby, Jasper A., land warrant to issue to...37
Matthews, Charles S., payment to...
May, of Baltimore, register to issue to the Brazil
Packet, under the name of..
..370
McFarland, William, land released to heirs of,
367
McKee, Colonel William R., payment to widow
and children of.....
..367
grant of land to children of..
McLaughlin, Benjamin, payment to......
McNeil, Mrs. E. A., arrears of pension of Gene-
ral John McNeil, to be paid to.......
.....366
Millar, John, registers to issue to vessels of..369
Miller, Henry, pension of....
Monroe, Elizabeth, pension of..

.367
.368

.372

..372

370

Morehead, Joseph, payment to guardians of..369
Moss, Matthew, adjustment of account of...373

the name of Kate Wheeler...
Quinney, John W., payment to..
land granted to.

R.

.372

0.

granted to.....

...373

S of

Shade, Jacob, Jr., pension of......

..370

to......368 Oglethorpe Barracks, site of, surrendered to Sa-

......370

Simons, Maurice K., pension of..

.368

vannah...

...370

............

..368

Olmstead, Moses, pension of..

..373
.371

Sisters of the Visitation, &c., incorporated...370
Smith, Gilman, pension of...

.372

Ontario, The, name of, changed to Carrier Pig-
geon.
..372
Ozias, John, payment to.....

Smith, George P., released from a bond..

.369

.372

Smith, J. L., payment to..

.370

P.

Smith, Philo, payment to..

.366

Southern Michigan Railroad, payment to....

.373

.362

Click, Henry.

Cobb, Ursula E..

Craig, Elizabeth.

.372

.371

Dade, A. M.....

.369

Darling, Nathan H..

.372

ed and paid,

Dudley, Thomas P.

.366

Elliott, Asenath M.

.368

371

Gardener, Frances P.

.367

or of-

Gibson, Robert..

.371

.366

Herring, Gardner..

..371

.369

Hughes, Cornelius...

.371

.368

Hutchinson, Thompson.

.367

.368

Johnson, Joseph..

.370

.370

Jones, Elizabeth..

..367

of-

Kerbaugh, John.

.360

Lomax, E. V.

.366, 369

.369

Mackay, Sarah D.

..368

.368

McNeil, Elizabeth...

.366

.371

.367

Monroe, Elizabeth.

.372

.367

.372

Olmstead, Moses.

of.......

.372

.367

Pearson, Mary.

.337

Wilcoxon, Joseph M., land entries of, confirm-

.365, 366
.3

Shade, Jacob, Jr....

......368

Simons, Maurice K.

..369

..368

Wingate, Jeremiah, land title of, confirmed...368

.372

Sowards, Rosanna.

.369

Wood, Charles, payment to......

.367

.369

Woodward, Mary, pension of.

..372

.372

Williams, John.

...366

MESSAGE

OF THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

Film- of the Senate

House of Representat
The which has elapsed
sergession has been mar

ical event. The q
Magistrate has passe

3 excitement. How
pares may have been dis

the rest is nevertheless a subject
that the choice has been

the endeat sutirages of a free peo
by those influences which in of

es are too often affected the purity

Or grateful thanks are due to an A
dence, not only for staying the
Ta different forms has desolate
tes, but for crowning the labors
acman with an abundant harvest, a
generally with the blessings of

Ang place in our history.

e course of the last summer c
My was caused for a short time by

3 from the Government of G
Sanders had been given for the p
bres upon the coasts of the B
North America against the
ments of the fishing vessels of

France. The shortness of
season of the year seemed t

urgent importance. It was
that an increased naval for
the fishing grounds to car
h interpretation of those prov
n of 1818, in reference to th

Fach the two Governments differ.
red that such was not the desi
, and satisfactory explanations

of the measure have been giv