...resolution; which was read, and, objection being raised, it was laid over, under the rule, to wit: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into and report upon the expediency of ceding the public lands lying within the States of Alabama, Mississippi,...

...at which said surrey will be completed. Mr. Tait submitted the following motion for consideration : Resolved, That the committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing, by law, the exchange of territory with any of the Indian tribes ; and that the said...

...with an early report. The motion was agreed to. On motion of Mr. M'Coy of Virginia, it was Resulted, That the committee on public lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of increasing the price at which said lands should be sold hereafter. On this question there was a...

...of militia duty, during the last war. Mr. Benton submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making further provision by law for the final adjustment of private land claims in the state of...

...to-morrow. and Joseph Bogy, and that they be referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion of Mr. Gurley, Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of relinquishing to the Parish of West Baton Rouge, in Louisiana, the title of the United States to...

...now offered.] FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 182G. PUBLIC LAND PURCHASERS. Mr. COOK submitted the following : Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the legal holders of certificates of the purchasers of public lands under the credit...

...Illinois, moved to strike out all of the resolution after the word Resolved, and insert the following: " That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating onethird of the proceeds of the future sales of the public lands to objects of internal...

...until the committee's report could be received. Mr. E. accordingly modified his resolution to read as follows: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire to whom, and on what conditions, the tract of land reserved by the fourth article ofthe treaty with...

...moved to strike out all of the resolution after the word Resolved, and insert the following: '.' Tliat the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating onethird of the proceeds of the future gales of the public lands to objects of internal...

...soldier, on the pension roll. The following motion, submitted by Mr. Tyler, was considered and agreed to: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the justice and expediency of authorizing those persons, or their heirs or devisees, whose clajms to military...