(see bills.)

6.

Additional duties on foreign tonnage, bill laying,

Adjournment, the daily hour of, fixed,

Aliens, the President returns a bill for the naturalization of, 21.
Algiers, hostile conduct of,

Appropriations, estimates of,

(see bills.)

(see bills.)

Armistice proposed to Great Britain,

Army, bill to increase the pay of the,

13, 43.

106.

336.

12.

bill in addition to the act for the more perfect or-
ganization of the

129.

(see bills.)

372.

bill the better to provide for the supplies of the,
(see bills from the Senate.)
bill for the better regulation of the general staff of

the,

(see bills from the Scnate.)

386.

Astronomical observatory, bill for the establishment of an, 194.

Bainbridge captain, commander of the frigate Constitution,
captures the British frigate Java,

331, 332.

resolution to present a gold medal to,

Balances unsettled, report of,

(see resolutions.)

ourse

Barbary Powers, expenses of intercourse with the,

state of our relations with the,

98.

163.

15.

Algiers, one of thie, hostile conduct of, 13, 43.
Berlin and Milan decrees, proceedings respecting the, 379, 403.
BILLS to authorize the transportation of certain docu-

ments free of postage,

31, 32, 33, 35.
(passed.)

further to prolong the continuance of the mint at

Philadelphia,

35, 36, 38, 45

70, 73, 74, 81.
(passed.)

in addition to the act concerning letters of marque,
prizes and prize goods,

40, 45, 53, 129
130, 146, 175, 181
198, 199, 210, 225
240.

(passed.)

vesting the power of retaliation, in certain cases,
in the President of the United States, 40, 44, 45
46, 47.
(rejected) (see bills from the Senate.)
supplementary to the acts heretofore passed on the
subject of an uniform rule of naturalization, 43, 55
72, 132, 306, 307, 308
314, 338, 342, 407.

to enable the people of the Mississippi territory to
form a constitution and state government, and
for the admission of such state into the union
on ar equal footing with the original states,
44, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65
389.

(postponed)

concerning the pay of the non-commissioned offi-
cers, musicians. privates and others of the army
of the United States, and for other purposes,

43

44

45, 47 to 53, 55 to 58
73, 80, 84, 88, 95.
(passed.)

Page.

BILLS concerning the district and territorial judges of

the United States.

47, 67, 68, 70, 77
82, 106, 107, 111.
(passed.)

making provision for an additional number of ge-

neral officers,

54, 71.
re-committed to the military committee, 143.
134, 294, 396, 297

again reported,

344, 349 355, 363.
(passed.)

to prohibit the use of licences or passes issued un-
der the authority of any foreign government,

59

339, 350, 364, 365
368 to 371, 376, 377
378, 407.

(postponed.)

making an appropriation to defray expenses incur
red or to be incurred under an act, entitled
"An act to authorize a detachment from the
militia of the United States."

for the relief of Jared Shattuck,

59, 60, 62, 83

87, 88. 89, 95.
(passed)

66, 176, 177, 185
186, 235, 245, 252
271.

(passed.)

making an appropriation for building a jail in the
county of Alexandria, in the district of Co-
lumbia,

to incorporate the fire insurance company of Alex
andria,

66.

67, 73, 78, 350.
(postponed)

to increase the navy of the United States,

69, 100

102, 103, 104, 107, 108
110, 111.

(see bills from the Senate)

providing navy pensions in certain cases, 69, 133

147, 172, 175, 190, 198
204.

(passed)

to authorize the sale of the glebe, situate within the
county of Alexandria,
supplementary to an act making provision for arm.

71.

ing and equipping the whole body of the mili-
tia of the United States, and for classing the
same,
77, 233, 238 to 240
242 to 244.

Page.

BILLS to alter the time and place of holding the circuit
and district courts in Vermont, 77, 81, 82, 97, 314.

for the relief of John Dixon and John Murray. 97

98. 199, 201, 313, 349

355. 364.

(passed)

to authorize the President of the United States to

establish post-routes in certain cases,

98, 132
133, 147, 160, 167, 170, 197.
(passed)

prohibiting the judges of the territories of the Uni-
ted States from holding certain offices and re-
gulating the qualifications of delegates to the
congress of the United States,

to incorporate the commercial company of the city
of Washington,

authorizing an increase of the capital stock of the
bank of Washington,

relating to captures,

98.

104.

106, 252, 255, 350.
(postponed)

regulating pensions to persons on board of private

222, 225, 226, 267, 289

armed ships,

299, 308.

(passed)

concerning the lead mines in the territory of Mis-

souri,

128.

in addition to the act, entitled " An act to raise an
additional military force," and for other pur-
poses,
128, 134, 142 to 144, 149, 151
154, 155, 158 161, 162
163, 165 to 167, 169, 172
to 174, 220, 233, 235, 240.
(passed.)

supplementary to the act, entitled "An act for the
more perfect organization of the ariny of the
United States,"

129, 134, 136 to 142, 147
148, 149, 171, 172, 180
190, 198, 204.

(passed)

giving a right of pre emption to certain settlers on
public lands in the Illinois territory, 131, 132

187, 189, 190, 194, 244
246, 261, 262, 264, 271.
(passed.)

Page.

BILLS to incorporate the Columbian insurance company
in Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, 133.
136, 233, 237, 334
349, 355, 364.
(passed)

for the relief of royal converse,

granting additional compensation to the collector of
the port and district of Plymouth, in the state
of North Carolina,

155.

152, 267.
to move the office of the commissioner of loans for
the state of Maryland to Baltimore,
confirming certain claims to land in the district of
Vincennes,

for the relief of John Binnion,

156, 187, 189, 267
289, 299, 308.
(passed.)

157, 160, 210
225, 240.
(passed.)

making certain partial appropriations for the year

1813.

162, 176, 178, 187
190, 198, 204.
(pass d.)

to increase the salaries of the secretaries of the war
and navy departments,

162, 248 to 250,
(postponed.]

making appropriations for the support of the navy
of the United States for the year 1813, 162, 368

378, 397, 398, 408
409, 411.
(fassed.)

to impose a duty on the importation of iron wire, 168

(passed.)

authorizing the issuing of treasury notes for the
service of the year 1813, 182, 208, 224, 226, 227
334, 339, 340, 349, 355