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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 14th Congress, 1st Session

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As proposed to be amended by the Senate, the following bill will read. An Act To authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 6)

A Bill Making provision for an additional Military Academy. The committee of the whole House to whom this bill was referred, reported it with the following amendments, to wit: After the enacting clause strike out the residue of the original bill, and in lieu thereof insert (H.R. 27)

Passed the House of Representatives. Passed the Senate. Ordered to be printed as amended by the Senate. Note. The parts printed in Italics are insertions by the Senate. An Act To authorize the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States; and for other purposes. (H.R. 6)

Read and committed to the committee of the whole House upon the bill to-morrow. Amendments Proposed by Mr. Calhoun, to the bill entitled ''A bill for the more effectual collection of the public revenue, in the lawful money of the United States.'' (H.R. 166)

Read and with the bill committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. Amendments Proposed by the select committee of the House of Representatives to whom was referred the act from the Senate, entitled ''An act for the benefit of the widow and children of Robert Fulton, deceased. Strike out the second and third sections of the bill from the ... (H.R.)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Friday next. A Bill To enable President of the United States to lease out, or grant for a term of years, mines of the precious metals, discovered upon the public lands. (H.R. 78)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill Concerning Invalid Pensioners. (H.R. 171)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the relief of the widow and children of Charles Dolph, deceased. (H.R. 69)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill Supplementary to the Act heretofore passed for the encouragement of Vaccination. (H.R. 73)

Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. An Act For adjusting the claims to land, and establishing a land-office for the districts of lands lying east of the Mississippi river, and island of New-Orleans. (H.R. LXXXV)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Friday next. A Bill For the relief of certain Canadian Refugees, who joined the American army, during the late war between the United States and Great Britain. (H.R. 51)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Friday next. A Bill For the relief of certain purchasers of public lands in the Mississippi Territory. (H.R. 26)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Friday next. A Bill Rewarding the officers and crew of the sloop of war Hornet, for the capture, and destruction of the British sloop of war Penguin. (H.R. 10)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Friday next. A Bill To extend to Benjamin Tyler and Joh Tyler, of the State of New Hampshire, the patent right to certain improvements in the construction of corn and other mills. (H.R. 28)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill Authorizing Robert Lowe Stobie, to obtain Patents for certain inventions. (H.R. 54)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to James Levins. (H.R. 53)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the payment of the militia in the case therein mentioned. (H.R. 104)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Hamilton. (H.R. 93)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the relief of the Heirs of Alexander Roxburgh. (H.R. 49)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the relief of the infirm, disabled, and superanuated officers and soldiers, of the revolutionary war, the late war, and the army of the United States for the time being. (H.R. 7)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the relief of Thomas H. Boyle. (H.R. 75)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill Further to extend the Judicial System of the United States. (H.R. 127)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill To incorporate the Subscribers to the Bank of the United States. (H.R. 25)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill To provide for the widows and orphans of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the volunteers and militia, who have been killed in battle, died in service, or of wounds received while in the service of the United States, during the late ... (H.R. 22)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Saturday next. A Bill For the relief Young King, a chief of the Seneca tribe of Indians. (H.R. 82)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the ''bill for the relief of Edward Hallowell.'' A Bill For the relief of Robert Kid. (H.R. 111)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the bill for the relief of Edward Hallowell. A Bill For the relief of Henry Malcolm. (H.R. 79)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on the bill for the relief of Edward Hallowell. A Bill For the remission of certain duties on the importation of books for the use of Harvard College. (H.R. 110)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the bill making appropriations for enclosing and improving the public square near the Capitol. A Bill Making an appropriation for completing the centre building of the Capitol. (H.R. 138)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on the bill making provision for an additional Military Academy. A Bill Making further provision for Military Services during the late war, and for other purposes. (H.R. 38)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of ways and means on the subject of revenue. A Bill Respecting the compensation of Public Ministers. (H.R. 177)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means on the subject of Revenue. A Bill To abolish the existing duties on spirits distilled within the United States, and to lay other duties, in lieu of those at present imposed, on licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors. (H.R. 121)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means upon the subject of revenue. A Bill Supplementary to the act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for ... (H.R. 134)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means upon the subject of revenue. A Bill To allow drawback of duties on spirits distilled and sugar refined within the United States. (H.R. 190)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of revenue. A Bill To repeal the act entitled ''an act to provide additional revenues for defraying the expenses of government and maintaining the public credit, by laying duties on household furniture and on gold and silver ... (H.R. 120)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill For the establishment of a National University. (H.R. 88)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill For the gradual increase of the Navy of the United States. (H.R. 94)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill Making provision for an additional Military Academy. (H.R. 27)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill Making provision for three additional Military Academies. (H.R. 9)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill Providing for the sale of the tract of Land at the Lower Rapids of Sandusky River. (H.R. 102)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill Providing for the sale of the tract of Land, at the British Fort at the Miami of the Lake, at the foot of the Rapids, and for other purposes. (H.R. 101)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill To authorize the settlement and payment of certain claims, for the services of the Militia. (H.R. 17)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Thursday next. A Bill To authorized the Sale of Lands, forfeited to the United States, in the district of Jeffersonville, at the land office in said district. (H.R. 100)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Tuesday next. A Bill For the relief of certain claimants to lands in the District of Vincennes. (H.R. 41)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Tuesday next. A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Rogers, jun. of Waterford, in the State of Connecticut. (H.R. 34)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Tuesday next. A Bill Making further Provision for settling Claims to Land in the Territory of Illinois. (H.R. 40)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Tuesday next. A Bill 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 an equal footing with the original States. (H.R. 13)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Tuesday next. A Bill To regulate the commerce between the Territories of the United States, and of his britannic majesty, according to the convention concluded the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. (H.R. 15)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Tuesday next. An Act To amend an act, entitled ''An Act for the Relief of Edward Hallowell.'' (H.R. 33)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House on Wednesday next. A Bill For quieting and adjusting claims to Lands in the Mississippi Territory. (H.R. 76)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Authorizing payment to the widow of Elbridge Gerry, deceased, late Vice-President of the United States, of half of such salary as would have been payable to him during the residue of the term for which he was elected, had he so long lived. (H.R. 92)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to John T. Courtnay and Samuel Harrison, or their legal Representatives. (H.R. 87)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Concerning Pharaoh Farrow, and others. (H.R. 64)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Concerning pre-emption rights given, in the purchase of lands, to certain settlers in the State of Louisiana, and in the Territories of Missouri and Illinois. (H.R. 70)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Confirming certain lands in the county of Arkansas, in the Missouri Territory, to the heirs of Elisha Winter, deceased, to the heirs of William Winter, deceased, and to Gabriel Winter. (H.R. 118)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of Erastus Loomis. (H.R. 77)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill For the Relief of Moses Turner. (H.R. 50)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Dick, William Bruce, and Asa Kitchel. (H.R. 58)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Further extending the time for issuing and locating military land warrants. (H.R. 114)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Granting to Amos Spafford the right of pre-emption. (H.R. 91)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill In addition to an Act to regulate the Post-office establishment. (H.R. 89)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Making additional appropriations to defray the expenses of the Army and Militia, during the years 1814 and 1815. (H.R. 2)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Making appropriations for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. (H.R. 57)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Regulating the currency within the United States of the gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the crowns of France, and five-franc pieces of Napoleon. (H.R. 142)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Relating to Settlers on the Lands of the United States. (H.R. 81)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Rewarding the officers and crew of the Constitution, for the capture of the British sloop of war, Levant. (H.R. 67)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Supplemental to the act, entitled ''An act regulating and defining the duties of the Judges of the Territory of Illinois; and for vesting in the Courts of the Territory of Indiana, a jurisdiction in chancery cases, arising in the said Territory. (H.R. 36)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Supplementary to the act passed on the thirtieth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers. (H.R. 98)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Supplementary to the several acts organizing the office of Accountant of the Department of War. (H.R. 196)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To authorize the payment for property lost, captured or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States. (H.R. 6)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To authorize the surveying and making a road in the Territory of Illinois. (H.R. 180)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To change the mode of Compensation to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States and the Delegates from Territories. (H.R. 112)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To continue in force an Act entitled ''An Act laying a duty on imported salt, granting a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allowances to certain vessels employed in the fisheries.'' (H.R. 43)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To continue in force the Act entitled, ''An Act for imposing additional duties upon all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported from any Foreign Port or Place, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 42)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To enable the people of the Indiana Territory, to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States. (H.R. 24)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To enlarge the time for ascertaining the annual transfers and changes of property subject to the direct tax, and for other purposes. (H.R. 11)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States. (H.R. 99)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To Incorporate the Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria. (H.R. 60)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To increase the pensions of invalids in certain cases, for the relief of invalids of the militia, and for the appointment of pension agents in those States where there is no commissioner of loans. (H.R. 119)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To repeal so much of an Act passed on the twenty-third of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, as imposes additional duties on postage. (H.R. 44)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. An Act Authorizing a subscription for an edition of such of the laws of the United States, as relate exclusively to the District of Columbia. (H.R. 19)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the whole House Wednesday next. A Bill For the relief of John Delafield. (H.R. 86)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A Bill For organizing, classing, and arming the Militia, and for calling them forth to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion, and to repeal the laws heretofore passed for those purposes. (H.R. 143)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House, on the report of the committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of Revenue. A Bill Making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. (H.R. 130)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-day. A Bill Appropriating the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, for the purpose therein mentioned. (H.R. 185)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill Authorizing the President of the United States to renew the lease of John Bate to the Saline near the Wabash River, for a term not exceeding seven years. (H.R. 29)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill Making an appropriation for repairing the road from Duck river, in the State of Tennessee, to Madisonville, in the Mississippi Territory, and between Fort Hawkins, in the State of Georgia, and Fort Stoddard. (H.R. 181)

Read twice and committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill To prevent the circulation of the notes of unchartered Banks, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 137)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the confirmation of certain claims to land in the western district of the State of Louisiana. (H.R. 147)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the more effectual collection of the public revenue, in the lawful money of the United States. (H.R. 166)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Bowie, Kurtz, and others. (H.R. 156)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill Supplementary to the act, entitled ''An act for the final adjustment of land titles in the State of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri,'' approved April twelvth, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. (H.R. 148)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on the ''bill for the relief of Edward Hallowell.'' A Bill Providing for the distribution of one hundred thousand dollars, among the captors of the Algerine vessels, captured and restored to the Dey of Algiers. (H.R. 135)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on the bill for the relief of David Gelston and Peter A. Schenck. A Bill For the relief of George T. Ross, Daniel T. Patterson, and the officers and men lately under their command. (H.R. 191)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on the bill for the relief of Edward Hallowel. A Bill For the Relief of David Gelston and Peter A. Schenck. (H.R. 151)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on the bill making provision for an additional Military Academy. A Bill For organizing the General Staff, and making further provision for the Army of the United States. (H.R. 68)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means on the subject of revenue. A Bill To repeal the duties on certain articles manufactured within the United States. (H.R. 65)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means upon the subject of revenue. A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. (H.R. 144)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House on Tuesday next. A Bill To establish Post Roads. (H.R. 157)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Supplementary to the several acts organizing the office of Accountant of the Department of War. (H.R. 196)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To authorize the survey of two millions of acres of the public lands, in lieu of that quantity heretofore authorized to be surveyed, in the Territory of Michigan, as military bounty lands. (H.R. 169)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To fix the peace establishment of the marine corps. (H.R. 195)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House, on the report of the committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of Revenue. A Bill To fix the commissions of the Collectors of the Direct Tax and internal duties, and to revive and continue in force ''An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.'' (H.R. 155)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House, on the report of the committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of Revenue. A Bill To regulate the duties on Imports and Tonnage, and to provide suitable buildings for transacting the business of the Customs. (H.R. 125)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House, on the report of the committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of Revenue. Reported by the committee of the whole House with amendments, and ordered to be printed. Note. The amendments, that is, the insertions, are printed in Italics. A Bill To regulate the duties on Imports and ... (H.R. 125)

Read twice and committed to the committee of the whole House, to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of certain frontier inhabitants of the Territory of Missouri. (H.R. 164)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Friday next. A Bill Concerning Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer. (H.R. 126)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill For the relief of Charles Levan Trudeau. (H.R. 66)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House on the bill, ''to provide for the widows and orphans of officers, &c.'' slain in the service, &c. A Bill For the relief of the Widow and Minor Children, of Zacquill Morgan, late a captain in the United States' army. (H.R. 52)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House on the bill, making provision for an additional Military Academy. A Bill For the Liquidation of certain Claims, and for other purposes. (H.R. 39)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House on the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means upon the subject of Revenue. A Bill To reduce the amount of Direct Tax upon the United States and the District of Columbia, for the Year 1816; and to repeal in part the Act entitled ''An act to provide additional Revenue for defraying the ... (H.R. 72)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of revenue. A Bill For Reducing the Duties on Licenses to Retailers of Wines, Spirituous Liquors, and Foreign Merchandise. (H.R. 178)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill For the relief William Crawford and Frederick Bates. (H.R. 128)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Making an appropriation for enclosing and improving the Pub-Square, near the Capitol. (H.R. 59)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To amend the Act confirming certain powers on the Levy Court for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, passed the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred the twelve. (H.R. 63)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To appropriate the tax on Marriage Licenses, in Washington County, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 141)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To continue in force certain acts therein mentioned. (H.R. 45)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill To extend the patent granted to Andrew Law, far an improvement in the mode of printing Music. (H.R. 139)

Read twice, and committed to the committee of the whole House on Monday next. A Bill To provide for the appointment of a surveyor of the public lands in the Territories of Illinois and Missouri. (H.R. 146)

Read twice, and committed to the committee of the whole House on the report of the committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of revenue. A Bill Continuing the salaries of certain officers of Government. (H.R. 153)

Read twice, and committed to the committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Providing for the sale of certain lands in the State of Ohio, formerly set apart for Refugees from Canada and Nova-Scotia. (H.R. 136)

Read twice, and committed to the committee of the whole House, on the bill for the relief of David Gelston and Peter A. Schenck. A Bill For the relief of certain owners of goods, entered at Hampden, in the District of Maine. (H.R. 162)

Read twice, and committed to the committee of the whole House, on the report of the committee of ways and means, on the subject of revenue. A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. (H.R. 154)

Read twice, and ordered to lie upon the table. A Bill To establish the Office of Accountant in the Department of State. (H.R. 198)

Read, and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. A Bill Placing certain Persons on the list of Navy Pensioners. (H.R. 85)

Read, and ordered to lie upon the table. A Bill To establish a board of commissioners to decide finally on claims to land in Louisiana and the Mississippi Territory. (H.R. 176)