Baltimore, pilots of, memorial for the repeal of the pilot law
fortifications in the harbor of, resolution of Maryland
referred

citizens, petition of, admission of steel free of duty
ship-owners, ship-masters, and others, petition of,
against the repeal of the pilot law

militia officers of Maryland residing in, memorial of,
for improvement in the militia system
committee discharged

manufacturers in copper, memorial of, duty on copper
ordered to be printed

Bank, national, resolutions of States against:

Arkansas

Pennsylvania
Tennessee

Banking privileges, laws of Iowa and Wisconsin granting, dis-
affirmed. (See bill H. R. 439.)

Baptiste, John, Viscount de Lamogue. (See Marie Loubert.)
Barclay, James T., memorial of

Barclay, Robert, petition of

Barnard, William. (See Robert Barnard.)

Barnard, T. (See C. Alexander.)

Barnard, Robert, agent and attorney of Abraham Mann and
William Barnard, leave to withdraw

Barnes, Isaac, petition of

committee discharged.

Barnstable county, Massachusetts, petition of citizens against
the repeal of the fishing bounties, and for increased duties on
salt and Epsom salts -

Barra, Nicholas, heirs of, petition

committee discharged

Barrataria bay, survey of, &c., resolution

Barrow, Hon. Alexander, attended

46

153

240

167

76

423

480

37

resolutions submitted by, viz :

establishment of a mail route

Barry, G. R., resolution relative to accounts of

report and resolution (see resolution S. 30)

42, 60

121

370

375

43

480

109

456

Barton, Thomas P. (See Louisa Livingston.)

Bass, Sally, daughter and heir of Charles Pasteur, memorial of

adverse report

Batchelder, Gideon, and others, leave to withdraw

Bates county, Missouri, citizens of, petition for land for a coun-
ty seat

90

178, 227

57

123

193

Page.

Baton Rouge, sale of certain land at. (See resolution S. 33.)
Batty, John. (See Whale ship Margaret.)
Bayly, Mountjoy, heirs of, petition

69

Bayou Bonfouca, erection of a light-house at the mouth of, res-
olution of Louisiana -

278, 315

Bayou Lafourche, improvement of the channel of, resolutions of
Louisiana

377

167

238, 263, 266, 268

39

Beach, Samuel, heirs of, petition

adverse report

Beale, Robert, elected sergeant-at-arms
Beardon, John. (See Hannah Petty.)

Beaver Meadow, Pennsylvania, memorials of operators, proprie-

tors, miners, and others, duty on coal

Beetley, Hector St. John, petition of

committee discharged

Bell, James, heirs of, leave to withdraw

legal representatives of, leave to withdraw

report and bill, (see bill S. 191)

Bell, William, and Margaret B. Cameron, heirs of James Bell,

memorial of

referred -

Bell, James, and Allen G. Johnson, petition of

Belleville, proceedings of a meeting at, relative to the United
States claim to Oregon, and for giving notice to the British

government of the intention of the United States to annul the
convention of August 6th, 1827

Beloxi, erection of a light-house at, resolution -

Bend, W. B., petition of

committee discharged

Benjamin, Meigs D., petition of

Bennington, New York, citizens of, petition, pension to Zebulon
Meade

Bennington, Vermont, resolutions of Vermont, relative to the
cannon taken at the battle of

114

report and bill, (see bill S. 77)

136

Benton, Hon. Thomas H., attended

5

resolutions submitted by, viz:

allowance to the widow of Edward Dyer

59, 225

organization of a company of sappers, miners, and pon-
-tonier's

payment of the fourth and fifth instalments of the Mexi-
can indemnity

supplying the Senators with the Congressional Debates
for distribution
printing additional copies of the report of the committee
on the charges of corruption contained in the "Daily
Times"

Benton, Hon. Thomas H., resolutions submitted by, viz.:
proceedings of a court-martial on Major J. W. Ripley
increase of general and staff officers of the army, and
promotion of the efficiency of the volunteer force
Lieutenant Abert's report

Berri, Emanuel, and John M. Reese. (See bill H. R. 132.)
Berrien, Hon. John McPherson, credentials presented, and oath

administered

resolutions submitted by, viz:

mail by sea between Savannah and Charleston

estimates for increasing the military and naval defences
treaty with Spain of October 27th, 1795
G. R. Barry's accounts

Berrien county, Michigan, citizens petition, establishment of a

Bevin, Jean. (See François Le Beau.)

Page

255, 259

295

331, 336

37

99, 1400

212

291

370

199

Biddle, Jesse, leave to withdraw

Bigelow, Joseph, administrator of Francis Cazeau, petition

Biggs, Polly, petition

adverse report -

45

109

321

356, 378

Bill, return of a, for the correction of an error in its engrossment 419, 42
Bills of 1st session 29th Congress, table of. (See end of volume.)

Black river, protection of lands in Arkansas overflowed by, res-
lution

Blair and Rives, memorial of

Blanchard, Thomas, petition of

180

5

34

149

25

Bogardus, James, memorial of -

Bomba Hook, construction of harbor at, 108, 114, 116, 119, 138, 144, 14
Bon, Jacques, leave to withdraw

Books, presentation of, to the Minister of Justice of France.
(See resolution S. 12.)

persons engaged in literary and scientific pursuits, and
in the importation and publication of books, memo-
rials of

ordered to be printed

25

246, 4

4

Page.

Books, relative to the duty on, petitions, &c., 170, 236, 246, 250, 363,
368, 373, 385, 398, 404, 428, 430

Boonen, Graves, and Company, and others, petition of
Boots and shoes, relative to the duty on, petition
Boston Marine Society, petition for a light-house on Minot's
ledge -
Boston, merchants of, petition, value of foreign moneys as fixed

by bill H. R. 232

-

specific duties of wines and liquors

citizens of, petition for a light-house on Minot's ledge

that leeches may be duty free

importers of foreign goods in, memorial opposed to bill
H. R. 384, and in favor of specific duties

Bounties and allowance to fishing vessels. (See bill S. 45.)

reports of the majority and minority of the select com-
mittee on, of 1st session 26th Congress, referred

Bounties, allowances, and drawbacks on salted provisions and
pickled fish, fishing vessels, and refined sugar, documents
relating to

317

257

328

217

387

328

388

407

119

116

Bounty on fishing vessels, petitions against the repeal of, 167, 209, 215, 254
Bounty lands. (See Lands.)

Bowen, James. (See Robert Jones.)

Bowie claims, confirmation of titles to purchasers of, resolution
of Arkansas

(See bill S. 94.)

Bradley, Joseph H., and others, petition for an extension of the
powers of the orphans' court in the District of Columbia

Branch, Elijah, widow of. (See Hannah Branch.)

Brandon, railroad from Jackson through, to the western bound-

ary of Alabama. (See bill S. 19.)

yeas and nays -

Breese, Hon. Sidney, attended -

resolutions submitted by, viz:

suspension of the 34th rule

yeas and nays

binding of Frémont's reports

printing additional copies of the annual report of the

Commissioner of the General Land Office

138

5

7

36

49

67

86

Brandywine shoals, erection of a light-house on, petitions 80, 81, 85, 93,

mineral lands in Illinois

securing of the titles to lands confirmed by the governors
of the Northwestern, Indiana, and Illinois Territories,
and the establishment of a board to determine cases
of suspended patents-

102

Breese, Hon. Sidney, resolutions submitted by, viz:

amount of the 3 per cent. fund paid to Indiana out of
sales of lands in Illinois

naval defences on the northern lakes

Page.

121
124

pay of officers of the navy

allowance to certain officers of the Senate

Bright, Hon. Jesse D., credentials presented, and oath admin-
istered

Brimstone, crude, relative to the duty on, memorials

Bristol, R. I., merchants and shipmasters, memorial of, against
the removal of the custom-house from Bristol to Warren
Bristol, Pennsylvania, petition of the importers and dealers in
steel, for its admission free of duty
British cruisers, American vessels searched by, resolution
message from the President

British provinces, adjoining, drawback on certain articles from,

199, 221

408

481

68

398, 425

421

183

233

251

279

of drawback, resolution

Brooks, John, senior, legal representatives of, petition

adverse report

Brower and Neilson, petition of

Brown, Erastus, heirs-at-law of, petition of, referred

Brown, Margaret C., widow of Thomas Murray, jr., petition of

Brown, Sampson. (See bill H. R. 155.)

471

45

133

225

411

136

178, 230

108

177

207, 228

183

Brown, Jonathan. (See bill H. R. 332.)

Brown University, faculty of, petition, duty on books
Brownell, Thomas, memorial of

Bryant, William. (See Thomas Bryant.)

Bryant, Thomas, heir of William Bryant, memorial of

Buchanan, Elijah, petition of

Buenos Ayres, protection of American vessels trading to, peti-
tion

254

Buffalo and Mississippi railroad, land for, resolution of Indiana

174

petition

176

Buffenbarger, Semington. (See bill H. R. 19.)