Smith, John, petition of, referred

committee discharged

Smith, Thomas A., bill for the relief of. (See bill S. 161.)
Smith, E. W., and H., petition of, referred

bill for the relief of. (See bill S. 181.)

Smith, Thomas J., petition of, presented

109

committee discharged

346

Smith, William, petition of, referred

110

report adverse

Smith & Town, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 883.)
Smith, John Adams, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 615.)
Smith, Gilbert A., and others, bill for the relief of. (See bill
H. R. 274.)

Smith, James, and Thomas McClelland, bill for the relief of.
(See bill H. R. 386.)

Smith, Adam, bill for the relief of the legal representatives of.
(See bill H. R. 471.)

Smith, Nathaniel, petition of, referred

committee discharged

Smith, John, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 944.)

Smith, William, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 966.)

Smith, Leonard, bill granting a pension to. (See bill H. R. 977.)
Smith, Hon. Perry, attended"

Smith, Hon. Oliver H., attended

resolutions submitted by, viz:

to amend the act to provide for the better security of the
lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in
whole or in part by steam

to make an appropriation to pay the militia who were
called out to suppress a threatened riot at the payment
of the Indian annuities at Logansport, Indiana, in the
year 1836

for a copy of the report of Nathaniel West, commissioner
to examine claims against the Miami Indians -
Smithsonian bequest, resolution directing the mayor and city
council of Washington to prepare and
report to the Senate, a plan of an insti-
tution to be founded on the bequest of
Mr. James Smithson, of London
resolution concerning the

message from the President in relation to
the fulfilment of the

143, 155

174

306

3

4

65, 67

88

240

296, 307

Smithsonian bequest, bill providing for the disposition and man.

agement of the fund bequeathed to the
United States, in trust, by James Smith-
son, of London, deceased, for the es-
tablishment of an institution for the in-
crease and diffusion of knowledge
among men. (See bill S. 292.)
bill to provide for the disposal and man-
agement of the fund bequeathed by
James Smithson to the United States,
for the establishment of an institution
for the increase and diffusion of know-
ledge among men. (See bill S. 293.)
joint resolution authorizing the mayor and
city council of the city of Washington
to prepare a plan of an institution to be
called the Smithsonian Institution. (See
resolution S. 14.)

Snodgrass's company of Alabama volunteers, claim of, referred -
bill for the relief of. (See bill S. 84.)

Snow,

Jonas, petition of the widow of, referred

bill for her relief. (See bill S. 249.)

Snyder, Daniel, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 738.)
Solicitor of the Land Office, bill to abolish the office of. (See
bill S. 192.)

Souder, Charles, and others, bill for the relief of. (See bill
H. R. 807.)

Southard, Hon. Samuel L., attended

credentials of, presented

South Carolina, petitions of citizens of, presented, viz:

for the establishment of additional ports of
entry, and the erection of a light-house on
the Florida reef

of the Charleston chamber of commerce, for
the establishment of nautical schools
committee discharged -

presentment of the grand jury of the circuit
court of the United States for the district of,
in relation to the compensation of the dis-
trict attorney, marshals, clerk, jurors, and
witnesses of said court, presented and re-
ferred

committee discharged

Spafford, Tyler, petition of, referred

Spafford, Eliphalet, bill for the benefit of. (See bill H. R. 1005.)
Spooner, Lysander, memorial of, referred

committee discharged

Page.

50

102

45
198

37

313

74

62:

179€

68

159

221

142

159

Sprague, Ephraim, bill for the relief of. (See bill S. 74.)

report printed

Springfield Manufacturing Company, bill for the relief of the.

(See bill H. R. 395.)

Stalker, Gilbert, and N. B. Hill, petition of, referred

committee discharged

Stafford, A. M., and others, memorial of, referred

committee discharged

Stafford, James B., memorial of the widow of, referred

committee discharged

recommitted

Starr, William, petition of the widow of, referred
committee discharged -

State, reports from the Secretary of, viz:

with statements of the expenditures of that department,
for the year 1838

showing the number of American seamen registered in
each port of entry of the United States, for the year
ending September 30, 1838

showing the names and salaries of the clerks in that de-
partment, during the year 1838

showing the number of suits on the trial dockets of the
circuit courts of the United States, and the number of
miles travel of each judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States

transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed
to run the southern boundary of the Territory of
Iowa

showing the number and designation of the passengers
who arrived in the United States, during the year
1838

States, resolution in relation to the constitutional rights of the,
to protect their territories from foreign aggression
Steam, resolution to amend the act "to provide for the better se

curity of the lives of passengers on board of vessels
propelled in whole or in part by

bill reported. (See bill S. 303.)

resolution calling for statements of the proceedings had
under the law for the examination of inventions for pre-
venting explosions of steam boilers
communicated

Steamboats, petitions for further provision for the security of pas-
sengers in, presented and referred

committee discharged

Steamboats, memorial of a number of masters and pilots of, for
a light-house and light-boat between Mobile and New Orleans,
referred

Steam boilers, document showing the causes of the explosions of,
presented and referred

committee discharged

committee discharged

93

107

46, 220
313, 314

238

320

208

314

Steam vessels of war, resolution to provide for the construction of

report

Steam revenue cutters on the northern and western lakes, memo-
rials for the employment of, presented

report

Steenrod, Daniel, leave to withdraw petition of

Stephens, Willis, and wife, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R.
246.)

Stevens, Nancy, petition of, referred

committee discharged

Stevenson, Wm. W., Joseph Henderson, and Wm. Marcus, bill
for the relief of. (See bill S. 25.)

Stevenson, Wm. W., and Joseph Henderson, bill for the relief of.
(See bill H. R. 237.)

(See bill H. R. 348.)
(See bill H. R. 716.)
(See bill H. R. 699.)

Stewart, Alfred, petition of, referred
Stigermire, Hiner, bill for the relief of.
Stipp, Abraham, bill for the relief of.
Stith, Sarah H. B., bill for the relief of.
Stockbridge Indians, memorial of the, referred
committee discharged

Stoker, Henry, and others, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R.
632.)

Stokes, James L., bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 853)
Stone, John H., petition of the heir of, referred

-

bill for their relief.

(See bill S. 239.)

Stone, Henry, and Charles M. Keller, petition of, referred

committee discharged
Stout, Aaron, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 296.)
Strader and Johnson, claim of, referred

Page.

58

276

190, 201
318

221

147

195

37

189

294

37, 72

48

55

72

87

Strange, Hon. Robert, attended

4

68

Strong, Martha, bill granting a pension to. (See bill H. R. 970.)
Sturges, Solomon, assignee of Rezin Frazier, bill for the relief of.

(See bill H. R. 547.)

bill for their relief. (See bill S. 228.)

Street, Thaddeus, petition of the attorney of, referred -

Sumpter, Thomas, bill for the relief of. (See bill S. 15.)

Sunday, resolution to meet on that day

Supreme court, report from the Secretary of State, showing the
number of miles travelled by each of the
judges of the

resolution on the subject of equalizing the amount
of labor performed, and the compensation re-
ceived, by each of the judges of the

Surgeons in the navy, memorial of a number of, referred
Surveyor general's office in the State of Illinois, bill establishing
a. (See bill S. 95.)

170

312

338

97

110

42

Surveyor general of the district composed of the States of Ohio,
Indiana, and Michigan, and for other purposes, bill
to change the location of the office of the. (See bill
S. 37.)

resolution to provide for the discontinuance of the of
fice of

bill for the discontinuance of the office of, in the several
land districts, so soon as the surveys therein can be
completed, for abolishing land offices under certain
circumstances, and to abolish the office of solicitor
of the land office. (See bill S. 192.)

Surveys, joint resolution authorizing the President of the United
States to cause certain surveys to be made. (See
resolution S. 4.)

bill making appropriations for certain military and geo-
graphical. (See bill S. 295.)

Swartwout, Samuel, message from the President in relation to

the defalcation of

Sweeny, George, and others, memorial of, referred

Swift, Hon. Benjamin, attended

Swinney, Presley H., petition of, referred

committee discharged

T.

Tallmadge, Hon. Nathaniel P., resolutions submitted by, viz:
to allow house-rent to the officers stationed at the
navy yards at Philadelphia and New York
in relation to the employment of banks as the de-
positories and disbursers of the public money, and
the receipt of their notes in payment of public

calling for statements showing the number and names
of deputy postmasters removed since March 4,1837
calling for copies of proposals and contracts for fur-
nishing goods to the Indian Department -
directing the Postmaster General to inform the Senate
why he had not communicated certain informa-
tion required by a resolution of the Senate

Tassin, Marcelin, petition of, referred

report adverse

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50

31

237

3

161

294

85

152, 278

222, 226

222, 226

276, 286

135

181, 187

48

Taylor, Cornelius, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 852.)
Taylor, George, petition of, referred

49

committee discharged -

322

Taunton Branch Railroad Company, memorial of the, referred

Taylor, Tilford, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 663.)
Taylor, Huldah, bill for the relief of. (See bill H. R. 186.)
Taylor, Ezekiel, leave to withdraw petition of
Telegraph, documents in relation to the establishment of electro-
magnetic, presented -