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or declare any dividend which shall impair the said capital stock, all the Directors present at the making or declar ing of said dividend, and consenting thereto, shall be liable, in their individual capacities, to the company, for the amount or proportion of said capital stock, so divided by the said Directors; and each Director who shall be present at the making or declaring of such dividend, shall be deemed to have consented thereto, unless he shall immediately enter, in writing, his dissent, on the minutes of the proceedings of the board.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That if any vacancy shall, at any time, happen among the Directors, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the rest of the Directors, for the time being, shall elect a Director to fill the vacancy.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That in case it should, at any time, happen that an election of Directors should not be made on any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved; but it shall be lawful, on any other day, to hold and make an election of Directors at a meeting to be called in such manner as shall

be prescribed by the laws and ordinances of said corpora

tion.

Approved: 3d March, 1829.

AN ACT providing for ceding to the State of South Carolina the jurisdiction over, and the title to, a certain

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tract of land, called Mount Dearborn, in the said State.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to appoint a commissioner, to meet such commissioner as may be appointed on the part of the State of South Carolina, to assess the value of a tract of land on the Catawba river, at or near Rocky Mount, (and commonly known as Mount Dearborn,) or so much thereof as in the opinion of the superintendent of public works in South Carolina may be important or necessary for the completion or preservation of the public works of said State and if said commissioners shall disagree as to the value of said land, they are hereby authorized to choose, jointly, a third commissioner, the assessment and valuation of any two of whom, when certified under their hands and seals, shall be conclusive.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the State of South Carolina shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the amount of such valuation, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to convey to the State of South Carolina, all the right and title of the United States in or to said land so assessed; and from and after the execution of said conveyance, the jurisdiction of the United States over the soil so conveyed, be, and the same is hereby, retroceded to the State of South Carolina. Approved: 3d March, 1829.

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AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of John Guest, deceased.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Third Auditor of the Treasury Department is hereby authorized to settle and adjust the claim of the legal representatives of John Guest, deceased, for a frame house and brick office, burnt in the town of Havre de Grace, in the State of Maryland, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, by the British, upon the principles of the act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the same as if application

had been made to the commissioner, under the act of Congress of the 9th April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. The sum found due, if any thing, by the Third Auditor, under this act, and the acts referred to, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved: 3d March, 1829.

AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Chesnut. Be it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. to Samuel Chesnut, the sum of eighty-five dollars, the value of a horse lost by him while in the military service of the United States, during the late war, by reason of his being dismounted by order of Gov. Shelby, at Portage river, while on an expedition to Canada. Approved: 3d March, 1829.

AN ACT for the relief of the representatives of James A. Harper, deceased.

pay to the legal representatives of James A. Harper, deBe it enacted, &c. That the Secretary of the Treasury ceased, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred fifty-two dollars, and ninety-three cents, for money expended by the said Harper, in the recruiting service of the United States during the late war, and which is now due to said representatives, as it appears by a statement from the Treasury Department. Approved: 3d March, 1829.

AN ACT for the relief of Thomas Hunt. Be it enacted, &c. That the proper accounting officers pay unto Thomas Hunt, or his legal representatives, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and five dollars and sixty-seven cents. in full for his pay and subsistence as an adjutant, with the pay and rank of a lieutenant, from the 21st of July, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to thirtieth April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. Approved: 3d March, 1829.

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AN ACT concerning the government and discipline of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted, &c. That the Penitentiary erected in the city of Washington, in pursuance of "An act to provide for erecting a Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," passed twentieth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, shall be designated and known as the Penitentiary for the District of Columbia, and shall be exclusively appropriated to the confining such persons as may be convicted of offences which now are, or may hereafter be, punishable with imprisonment and

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labor, under the laws of the United States, or of the District of Columbia.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That shall be the duty of the President of the United States to appoint, annually, five respectable inhabitants of the District of Columbia to be inspectors of the said penitentiary, who shall severally hold their offices for one year from the date of their appointment.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President shall also appoint one warden of the said penitentiary, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the President.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said inspectors shall hold their first meeting within ten days after their appointment; they shall appoint one of their number to be their Secretary, who shall keep regular records of their proceedings; a majority shall be a quorum for the transaction of all business, and all questions shall be decided by a majority of those present; they shall hold regular meetings of the board at least once in every month, and oftener if they shall find it necessary; they shall, singly, in turns, visit and inspect the penitentiary, at least once in each week, upon some stated day, to be fixed by their bylaws; they shall direct in what labor the convicts shall be employed; it shall be their duty to prepare a system of rules and regulations, minutely providing for the discipline, health, and cleanliness of the penitentiary, the hours of labor, meals, and confinement, the government and behavior of the officers and convicts, so as best to carry into effect the several directions and requisitions of this act; they shall take care that these rules and regulations be made known to the officers of the prison, and the convicts, and that the strictest obedience be paid thereto; they shall provide that the strictest attention be paid to preserve cleanliness throughout the buildings, kitchens, cells, bedding, and, as far as may be, in the persons and clothing of the convicts; they shall appoint, and at their pleasure remove, such keepers, and other inferior officers and servants, as may be required for the service and government of the penitentiary; they shall, from time to time, inspect the accounts of the penitentiary, and shall see that the affairs thereof are conducted with economy and integrity; they shall, in the month of January, in every year, report to Congress a detailed account of the expenses and income of the penitentiary, the number of convicts received, discharged, or deceased, during the year, the rules and bylaws passed, altered, or repealed, within such year, and such other matters relating to the discipline and management of the prison, as may be proper to make known its state and condition; and it shall be their duty so to manage the affairs of the penitentiary, if it be possible, that the proceeds of the labor of the said convicts shall pay all the expenses of the said penitentiary, and more: but nothing herein contained shall prevent the said inspectors from employing the said convicts in labor for the United States. And if the said penitentiary shall fail to support itself, it shall be the duty of the said inspectors to state, in their annual report to Congress, what they suppose to be the reason of such failure.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the warden shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars a year. The other officers and servants of the penitentiary shall receive such annual or monthly pay as the inspectors shall direct.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the warden to keep accurate accounts of all materials bought or furnished for the use or labor of the convicts, and, also, of the proceeds of their labor; he shall make all contracts and purchases for the supplies necessary for the penitentiary; he shall have power to let out the labor of the convicts by contract, subject always, however, to the rules and discipline of the penitentiary; he shall, under the superintendence and inspection of the inspectors, oversee and manage all the affairs of the penitentiary, and shall be responsible for the due enforcement of its VOL. V.-K

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rules, by-laws, and discipline; he shall make out and deliver to the inspectors, at each of their monthly meetings, an account of all moneys received and expended by him on account of the penitentiary during the preceding month, specifying from whom received, and to whom paid, and for what; which account shall be sworn to by the warden, and carefully filed and preserved among the papers of the board of inspectors. He shall, also, on the first Monday of January, April, July, and October, in each year, make out and exhibit to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department, an account of all moneys received and paid on account of the penitentiary for the last three months, specifying from whom received, to whom paid, and for what, and shall settle the same with the said department.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the warden, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall give bond to the United States, with sufficient security, to be approved by the inspectors of the penitentiary, in such sum as they shall direct, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, and truly account for all goods, money, or other articles belonging to the United States, or to individuals, which may, in the discharge of the duties and trusts of his office, come into his custody, and pay or deliver the same over to the United States, or such persons as may be legally entitled thereto, whenever he shall be lawfully required; which bond may be sued in the name of the United States, for the use of the United States, or any individual, who may have a claim thereon, as often as the said condition may be broken; provided such suit shall be brought against the security within six years of the time when the cause of action accrued.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That, if the warden of the said penitentiary shall have any interest himself in any contract made by him touching the affairs of the penitentiary, with a view of gaining for himself, either directly or indirectly, any profit or advantage thereby, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and he shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding two thousand dollars, and be dismissed from office, and every such contract may be declared void by the said inspectors.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the said inspecors shall not be concerned in any contract touching the affairs of the said penitentiary; but if any such contract shall be at any time made, in which the said inspectors, or any of them, have, directly or indirectly, any interest, the same, so far as relates to that interest, shall be wholly null and void.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all suits that may be necessary to be brought for any matter or thing relating to the affairs of the said prison, shall be brought in the name of the United States, whether the contract on which such suit is founded be made in their name or not.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the male and female convicts confined in the said penitentiary shall be kept, and shall labor, wholly separate and apart from each other. Every convict shall be confined singly in a separate cell at night, and at such times of the day as he or she may be unemployed in labor, except at such hours and places as may be specially assigned, by the rules of the penitentiary, for religious or other instruction, or for meals, or when transferred to the infirmary on account of sickness, upon the recommendation of the physician. Each convict, immediately upon being received into the penitentiary, shall be thoroughly cleansed with warm water and soap, and shall have the hair cut close; and the warden and other officers shall take the strictest precautions to guard against the introduction of any infectious or contagious disease, from the persons or clothing of such convicts; which precautions it shall be the duty of the inspectors to regulate, and prescribe in their by-laws. A descriptive list of the names, ages, persons, crimes, and sentences of the convict, shall be kept by the warden, and such description

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shall be entered immediately upon the reception of each convict. The convicts shall be clothed at the public expense during the whole time of their confinement, in habits of course and cheap materials, uniform in color and make; and so striped, or otherwise conspicuously marked, as may clearly distinguish them from the ordinary dress of other persons. Their bedding, and other personal accommodation, shall be of the cheapest and coarsest kind, consistent with use and durability. The convicts shall be fed on the cheapest food, which will support health and strength, with as little change or variety in the said diet, as may be consistent with the health of the convicts, and the economy of the penitentiary. They shall be kept, as far as may be consistent with their age, health, sex, and ability, to labor of the hardest and most servile kind, and, as far as may be, uniform in its nature, and of a kind where the work is least liable to be spoiled by ignorance, neglect, or obstinacy, or the materials to be injured, stolen, or destroyed. They shall not, at any time, be permitted to converse with one another, or with strangers, except by the special permission, and in presence of some officer of the prison, as may be regulated by the by-laws; they shall be made to labor diligently, in silence, and with strict obedience.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the warden of the said penitentiary shall have power to punish any convict in the penitentiary, who shall wilfully violate, or refuse to obey, the rules of the penitentiary, or to perform the work assigned him, or who shall resist by violence any of the officers of the penitentiary in the exercise of their lawful authority, or shall wilfully destroy any property, tools, or materials; and it shall be the duty of the said warden to inflict such punishment, either by confinement in solitary cells, by diet on bread and water, by putting such convicts in irons, or in the stocks; but all such punishments shall be regularly reported to the visiting inspectors at the next weekly visitation, and to the board of inspectors at their monthly meeting; and it shall be the duty of the inspectors to adopt and enforce special rules and by-laws, regulating the time, measure, extent, and mode of such punishments, in relation to the several offences against the discipline of the penitentiary, and to report the same in their annual report to Congress, whenever they shall be adopted, altered, or repealed.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors shall appoint one regularly practising physician to be the physician and surgeon of the penitentiary, whose duty it shall be to visit the penitentiary at such times as may be prescribed by the inspectors, and to render all medical and surgical aid which may be necessary. One apartment, or more, as may be needed, shall be fitted up as an infirmary; rand, in case of sickness of any convict, he or she, upon examination of the physician, shall, upon his order, be removed to the infirmary, and the name of such convict shall be entered in a hospital book, to be kept for that purpose; and whenever the physician shall report to the warden that such convict is in a proper state to return to the ordinary -employment of the prison, such report shall be duly entered in the same book, and the convict shall return to the ordinary discipline of the penitentiary, so far as may be consistent with his or her health and strength. Special rules for the order and government of the infirmary, shall be -made and enforced by the inspectors; and nothing in this act contained shall be construed to forbid any such relaxation of the general discipline of the penitentiary, as may be required for the sick.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors shall have power, and it is hereby made their duty, to pro-vide for the separate labor and instruction of any convict under the age of fourteen years, and to make and enforce such rules and regulations therefor, as may, in their judg-ment, most conduce to the reformation and instruction of such youthful convicts, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. They shall also have power, and it shall be their duty, to provide for all the convicts the means of re

ligious worship, and moral and religious instruction, subject, however, to general rules, not inconsistent with the discipline heretofore prescribed.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be permitted to visit ne said penitentiary, without a written order from one or more of the said inspectors, except the President of the United States, the Secretaries of the several departments of the Government, members of Congress, and the Judges of the courts of the United States. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That, if any keeper, assistant keeper, or other officer, or servant, employed in, or about, the said penitentiary, shall convey out of, or bring into, the penitentiary, to or from any convict confined there, any letter or writing, or shall bring into the said penitentiary, to sell or give away, any spirituous or vinous liquors, or any other thing whatsoever, without the consent, in writing, previously obtained, of the said inspectors, every such person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the jail of the county, for any time not exceeding one year.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors shall prescribe, and it shall be the duty of the warden rigidly to enforce, such rules for the government of the subordinate officers of the penitentiary, as may prevent all tyrannical or violent behavior to the convicts, or all conversations between them and the convicts, or with each other, within their hearing, except for necessary purposes, and may best preserve order, silence, sobriety, and gravity of deportment throughout the establishment.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That, in case of the death of the warden, or the temporary vacancy of his office, or his absence, sickness, or other disability, such keeper, or other officer, as may be especially designated by the inspectors, shall have power to exercise the authority and discharge the several duties of the warden, as prescribed by this act, and the rules of the penitentiary.

SEC. 19 And be it further enacted, That the sum o twenty-seven thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby' appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, and for completing the said penitentiary, and preparing it for the reception of convicts.

Approved: 3d March, 1829.

RESOLUTION amendatory of a Joint Resolution passed third March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, within thirty days before the adjournment of every Congress, each House shall proceed to vote for a printer to execute its work for and during the succeeding Congress, and the person having the majority of all the votes given shall be considered duly elected; and that so much of the resolution, approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "a resolution directing the manner in which the printing of Congress should be executed, fixing the prices thereof, and providing for the appointment of a printer or printers," as it is altered by this resolution, be, and the same is hereby, rescinded.

Approved: 5th February, 1829.

RESOLUTION in relation to the survey and laying out a military road in the State of Maine.

Resolved &c., That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized, if it shall seem to him necessary for maintaining the rights, and not inconsistent with the engagements of the United States, to cause to be surveyed and laid out, a military road, to be continued from Mars' Hill, or such other point on the military road already laid out in the State of Maine, as he may think proper, to the mouth of the river Madawaska, in the State of Maine. Approved: 2d March, 1829.

INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.

Adjournment, joint committee appointed to wait upon the
President, and notify him that Congress were
about to adjourn, 80. Committee reported and
the Senate adjourned, 80.

Alabama, bill for relinquishment of school lands in, &c.
(See School Lands.)

Arkansas, bill to elect certain officers, taken up, 17; or-
dered to third reading, 18.

Canal. (See Louisville and Portland.)
Chesapeake and Delaware canal, bill to authorize a sub-

scription to the stock of, taken up, 60, 61; mo-
tion to recommit, 61; motion withdrawn, 62;
proposition to amend, so as to include shares in
stock of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, 62;
amendment negatived, 62; motion to lay the bill
on the table, 62; motion negatived, 62; bill or-
dered to a third reading, 63.

Connecticut, bill allowing a salary to the marshal of the
district of, taken up and ordered to be engross-
ed, 12.

Crittenden, John J. executive proceedings upon the no-
mination of, to be an associate Judge of the Su-
preme Court, 80, 81.

Cumberland road, bill for its preservation and repair, intro-
duced, 2; taken up and ordered to a third read-
ing, 15; again taken up, amended, a third read
and passed, 74.

bill to extend westwardly from Zanesville, taken
up, 43; motion to lay on the table negatived, 43;
ordered to third reading, 44

Decatur, Susan. bill for the relief of, taken up, 9.
Distribution of the revenue. (See Revenue.)
Drawback, a bill to extend the time within which mer-

chandise may be exported with the benefit of,
taken up, amended, and ordered to be engross-
ed, 12.
Drawback on refined sugar, bill granting an extension of,

taken up, 12; debate thereon, 12 to 15; propo-
sition to limit the duration of the bill to five years,
14; amendment negatived, 15; further amend-
ment proposed, 16; amendment adopted, and
bill ordered to third reading, 17.
Duties on foreign merchandise imported into Louisville,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, a bill allow-
ing the, to be secured and paid at those places,
taken up, 9; ordered to be engrossed, 10.
Electoral votes for President and Vice-President, report
of joint committee in relation to the manner of
counting the, 52, 59, 60.

Exploring expedition to the South Seas, resolution calling

for information in relation to an, 50; agreed to,
52: report of committee on. (See Appendix, 33.)
Georgia, protest of the Legislature of the State of, against
the tariff act, 22; orderered to be printed, 23.
Indiana, resolution of the Legislature of the State of, in re-
lation to the public lands, presented, 58; refer-
red, 59.

memorial of the Legislature of, in relation to the
continuation of the Cumberland road, present-
ed, 59.

Judiciary system, resolution to inquire into the expediency
of amending, 2; agreed to, 3; report made and
laid on the table, 49.

bill to amend reported, second and third read and
passed, 43.

Land claims in Missouri, bill for final adjustment of, taken
up, 44; amended and ordered to third reading, 44.
Lead mines in Missouri, bill for the sale of, taken up, 8;
ordered to be engrossed, 9.

Louisiana school lands. (See School Lands.)
Louisville and Portland canal, bill authorizing a subscrip-
tion to the stock of, taken up, 47; motion to
postpone, 48; negatived and ordered to a third
reading, 49.

Maison Rouge et al., bill to provide for the settlement of
the claims of, taken up and postponed, 35; again
taken up, 44;
ordered to a third reading, 46.
Mississippi school lands. (See School Lands.)
Missouri, bill for adjusting land claims in. (See Land
Claims.)

Northeastern boundary, resolution in relation to the ap-
pointment of the King of the Netherlands as um-
pire, &c. taken up and agreed to, 43.
Order, points of, decided, 42, 72, 80.
Pacific Ocean. (See Exploring Expedition.)
Panama ministers, resolution calling for the instructions
given to the, 64; motion to lay the resolution on
the table, 65; motion withdrawn, 65; motion to
lay on the table again renewed and withdrawn,
66; motion to lay on the table negatived, 68;
debate thereon, 69; laid on the table, 70.
instructions to the ministers to, communicated and
referred, 74; motion to print debated, 75 to 80;
motion negatived and documents transferred to
executive journal, 80; motion to refer to com-
mittee, 93; motion withdrawn, 94; motion to re-
move the injunction of secresy and to publish, 94;
to lay the motion on the table, 94; propositions
to amend, 94, 95; resolution amended and adopt-
ed, 95. (See Appendix, 38.)
Pensions to revolutionary officers and soldiers, a bill grant-
ing, introduced, 3; taken up, 63; debate there-
on, 64.

for the relief of sundry officers, soldiers, and
widows, introduced, 3; taken up, 70; motion to
lay on the table negatived, 71, 72; amendments
proposed, 71, 72, 73; laid on the table, 73; mo-
tion to take up the bill negatived, 73.
President and Vice President, electoral votes for. (See
Electoral Votes.)
President of the United States elect, communication from,
announcing his readiness to take the oath pre-
scribed by the constitution, 73; committee of ar-
rangements appointed for the purpose, 73.
message from, transmitting a copy of the instruc-
tions given to Panama ministers, 74.

Printing for Congress, resolution in relation to, introduc-
ed, 2, taken up, and propositions to amend, 3;
ordered to be engrossed, 8.

Public

lands, bill to provide for the extinguishment of
the debt due by purchasers of, taken up, 60;
motion to commit, 60; motion withdrawn, 60;
ordered to a third reading, 60.

Revenue, bill for the distribution of the, taken up, 28;
debate thereon, 26 to 35; proposition to strike
out second section, 34; proposition to lay the bill
on the table negatived, 40; to postpone indefi-
nitely, 40; motion withdrawn, 42: proposition
to refer the bill to a select committee agreed
to, 42.

Revolutionary Pension bill from the House of Representa- | Sugar, drawback on refined. (See Drawback.)
tives, read the first time and laid on the table, 63. Treasury, annual report of the Secretary of, communi-
Sabbath mails, report of the committee on the petitions in
cated, 2.

relation to the transportation of the mails on the Yeas and Nays on third reading bill to extend drawback
Sabbath, 42; debate on the reading and printing
on refined sugar, 17.

of the report, 42, 43.

School lands in Alabama, a bill authorizing the re-
linquishment of the sixteenth section granted for
the use of, and entering other lands in lieu there-
of, taken up, 10; amendment proposed, 10; re-
jected, 11; ordered to a third reading and pass-
ed, 12.

School lands in Louisiana, bill authorizing the relinquish-
ment of, &c. taken up, amended, and laid on the
table, 47.

in Mississippi, bill authorizing the relinquishment
of, taken up and laid on the table, 47; taken up
and amended, 49; laid on the table, 50

Sinking fund, resolutions in relation to, taken up and de-
bated, 18 to 22; amendment proposed, authoriz-
ing the commissioners to purchase public debt
at current market price, 22; resolutions laid on
the table, 22; again taken up, 23; amendment
withdrawn, and proposition to refer resolutions to
Committee on Finance, 23; debate thereon, 23 to
28; referred to Committee on Finance, 28;
committee reported, 60.

South Carolina, protest of the State of, against the tariff,
presented, 53; debate thereon, 53 to 58; ordered
to be printed, 58.

on laying bill on the table to extend Cumberland
road westwardly from Zanesville, 43.

on third reading bill for settlement of the claims of
Maison Rouge et al., 46

on third reading Louisville and Portland canal
bill, 49.

on third reading Chesapeake and Delaware canal
bill, 63.

on laying revolutionary pension bill from House of
Representatives on the table, 63.

on laying on the table resolution calling for the in-
structions given to the Panama ministers, 68, 70;
on taking up motion to print the instructions, 77 ;
on the question to print, 80.

on various propositions to amend resolution in rela-
tion to, 94, 95.

on laying on the table bill for relief of sundry revo-
lutionary officers and soldiers, 71, 72.

on reading documents connected with the bill for
the relief of revolutionary officers and soldiers, 72.
on resuming the consideration of the bill, 73.
on amendments to Cumberland road bill, 74.
on passing the bill, 74.

on the nomination of John J. Crittenden to be an
associate justice of the Supreme Court, 81.

INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Acts of Congress passed during the session. (See Appen-

dix, 51, et seq.)

Adjournment, joint committee appointed to wait upon the
President and notify him that Congress were
about to adjourn, 390; committee reported, and
the House adjourned, 390.

Amendment of the rules of the House. (See Rules.)
Amendments to the constitution. (See Constitution.)
Appropriation bills taken up, 371.

Arkansas, bill in relation to the territory of, taken up and
debated, 385.

Arrangement of business, and committees appointed on the
various subjects embraced in the President's
message, 95.

Baker, John, resolution calling for information in relation
to the seizure of, in the State of Maine, by the
British authorities, taken up, 160; amended and
agreed to, 161.

Canal, Pontchartrain. (See Louisiana.)

Casting vote of the Speaker, 320.

Census, bill for taking the fifth, taken up, 372.
Claims (See Georgia.)

Claims of Maison Rouge and others, bill to provide for the
settlement of, taken up and recommitted, 266.
Congressional documents, resolution submitted to reprint,

351; referred to Library Committee, 351; report
of committee, 359; motion to lay report on the
table negatived, 359; motion to postpone indefi-
nitely, 360; motion negatived, 360; taken up
and postponed, 361; again taken up and debat-
ed, 373 to 378, 382, 383; motion to lay on the
table, 386.

Congress, list of members of. (See Appendix, 1.)
Constitution of the United States, resolution proposing to
amend in relation to the manner of electing the
President, &c. 119; taken up and motion to
amend, 320, 321; debate thereon, 322, 337, 350,

361; further amendments proposed and debated,
362 to 371; amendments laid on the table, 371.
Cumberland road, resolution to inquire into the expediency
of widening and improving it, in the State of In-
diana, 96.

bill for the preservation and repair of, taken up and
amended, 191; again taken up, amended, and
laid aside, 215; further amendments proposed,
and bill postponed, 215; again taken up, and de-
bate thereon, 240 to 244, 247, 256, 266, 273 to
296, 298 to 309, 320, 322 to 337; motion to
amend, 337; further debate thereon, 337 to 350;
motion to discharge the committee of the whole,
351; amendments negatived, and bill reported to
the House, 351; further amendments proposed
and debated, 351 to 359, 360, 361; bill ordered
to a third reading, 361; bill returned from the
Senate with amendments, 385; motion to dis-
agree to the amendments, 385; motion to post-
pone indefinitely, 385; to lay on the table nega-
tived, 385; motion to postpone withdrawn, 385;
amendments of the Senate agreed to, 386.
District of Columbia. (See Slavery.)
Documents. (See Congressional Documents.)
Drawback, bill extending the term within which merchan-

Duties,

dise may exported with the benefit of, taken up
and ordered to a third reading, 97; passed 99;
returned from Senate with amendments, and
amendments concurred in 144.

on refined sugar, bill allowing additional, taken up,
97; motions to amend debated, 100 to 111; or-
dered to a third reading, 111; again taken up,
112; passed, 119; an amendment of the Senate
concurred in, 167.

resolution calling for information in relation to the
effects of allowing credit on, 99; laid on the ta-
ble, 100.

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