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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Governor shall execute deeds for the lots he may sell under the provisions of this act, to purchasers, so soon as the purchasers shall pay off entirely the amount they may have bid for any lot or lots, and all sales shall be for cash. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, so soon as the Governor aforesaid shall dispose of lots, he shall apply the proceeds of said sales to the erection of a good and substantial court-house and jail; and, after these shall have been completed, should there be any funds remaining, it shall be the duty of said Governor to apply the surplus thus remaining to the erection of a suitable and permanent house for the residence of the present and future Governors of Arkansas, during their continuance in office. Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers and seamen who were lost in the United States' schooner Sylph.

Be it enacted, &c. That, the widows, if any such there be, and in case there be no widow, the child or children, and if there be no child, then the parents or parent, and, if there be no parent, then the brothers or sisters, of the officers and seamen who were in the service of the United States, and lost in the schooner Sylph, shall be entitled to, and receive, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum equal to six months' pay of their respective deceased relatives aforesaid, in addition to the pay due to the said deceased on the fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyone, to which day the arrears of pay due to the said deceased shall be allowed and paid by the accounting officers of the Navy Department. Approved: March 2, 1833.

RESOLUTIONS.

ever it shall be made to appear that any applicant for a pen. sion under said act entered the army of the revolution, in pursuance of a contract with the Government, made previ ous to the eleventh day of April, one thousand seven hun. dred and eighty three, and continued in service until after that period, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to compute the period of any such applicant's service, from the time he then entered the army, and until the date of the definitive treaty of peace, and to allow him a pension accordingly.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

A RESOLUTION for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore. Resolved, &c. That the memorial of John S. Stiles, and the memorial of the owners of vessels, taken and sunk for the defence of Baltimore during the late war, with the papers and documents referred to the Committee on Claims of the House of Representatives in the cases aforesaid, be referred to the Third Auditor for his decision under the act of May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and thirty, "for the relief of sundry owners of vessels sunk for the defence of Baltimore," which decision shall be subject to the supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. Approved: March 2, 1833.

A RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to

correct certain mistakes.

Resolved, &c. That if it shall be made satisfactorily to appear to the Secretary of War, that in the treaties concluded in one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, with the Potawatamie Indians, in the State of Indiana, that in the proper schedules accompanying the same, mistakes were made in writing the names of persons to whom payments were to be made, such mistakes may be corrected and the payments made accordingly. Approved: March 2, 1833.

A RESOLUTION authorizing the delivery of certain papers in the Department of State to the Commissioners for Settling Claims under the Treaty with France, of A RESOLUTION providing for the continuation of the second of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

Resolved, &c. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the Commissioners for the Settlement of Claims under the treaty with France, ratified and confirmed on the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the evidences of any claim submitted to, and rejected by the commissioners for the settlement of claims under the treaty with Spain, which was made on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and finally ratified and confirmed on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, which evidences shall be returned to the Department of State when the Commission shall expire.

Approved: February 19, 1833.

A RESOLUTION in relation to the execution of the act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution." Resolved, &c. That, in the execution of the act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving off cers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved June sev. enth, one thou and eight hundred and thirty-two, wher

Gales and Seaton's Compilation of State Papers. Resolved, &c. That the provisions of the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, authorizing a subscription to a compilation of Congression al Documents, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the continuation of said compilation proposed to be executed by Gales and Seaton; and that the copies of the said continuation when completed, shall be distributed to the members of the twenty-second Congress, and in such other manner as Congress shall he reafter direct: Proded, The said continuation shall be limited to eight vol.

umes.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

A RESOLUTION to place thirty copies of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution at the disposition of the Secretary of State.

Resolved, &c. That thirty copies of Sparks' Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution, now in the custody of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, be placed at the disposition of the Secretary of State, for the use of the diplomatic agents of the United States in foreign

countries.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

INDEX.

INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.

American State Papers, a proposition for extending the
subscription to a continuation of the work; reso-
lution ordered to be engrossed, and was after-
wards passed, 786.

Calhoun, Mr., his resolutions declaratory of the nature and
powers of the Government, 191, 750; laid on the
table, 785.

Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Pise appointed, 6.
Commercial statements, a resolution for printing the an-
nual statements of commerce and navigation was
taken up, 6; agreed to, 7; considered and laid
on the table, 10.

Constitutional powers, Mr. Clayton's resolution on the
subject, 231.

Crimes, a bill supplementary to an act for the more effi-
cient punishment of crimes against the United
States, 12.
Cumberland road, a bill for continuing this road from
Vandalia to Jefferson, 51; taken up, 119; re-
sumed, 359, and bill ordered to a third reading;
bill passed, 486.

District Code of Laws, ordered to be printed in the re-
cess of Congress, 786.

Documents in the State Department, a resolution for em-
ploying temporary clerks for copying documents
in relation to the French treaty of indemnity, 79;
taken up, 122; agreed to, 123.
Duties on imports, a bill further to provide for the col-
lection of imposts, 150; taken up, 280, and or-
dered to be engrossed; bill passed, 688.
Endless life, a petition for land from persons who pro-
fessed to have discovered endless life, referred,
98.
Explanation by Mr. Clay, in relation to a misunderstand-
ing between Mr. Poindexter and Mr. Webster,

810.

Force bill. (See Duties.)
Frauds on the revenue, a resolution for inquiring into
the expediency of making further provision for
the protection of the revenue, 11, agreed to;
bill taken up, 244; ordered to be engrossed,
601; passed, 688.

French spoliations, a bill to provide for the satisfaction of
claims due to certain American citizens, 5; re-
ferred; reported with an amendment, 12; a bill
reported and taken up, 98; agreed to, 99.
Government, on the nature and powers of, (see Mr. Cal-
houn's resolution,) 191, 750.

Interest to States, a bill providing for the final settlement
of the claims of States, 6.

Lands, public, notice given by Mr. Clay of his intention
of again bringing forward his bill for disposing
of the public land, 5; bill introduced, 6, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands; bill
reported with a proposed amendment; taken up,
61; ordered to a third reading, 231; bill passed,

235.

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Light-houses, a bill was received from the House on the
last evening of the session, and read a first time;
but Mr. Grundy objecting to its being read a se-
cond time, and as it could not be so read at that
time but with unanimous consent, the bill was,
of course, rejected, 812.

Louisville and Portland canal, a bill to authorize the pur-
chase of the private stock in, 359; laid on the
table, 360.

Members, a list of the, 1.
Military orders, a resolution calling upon the President
for copies of the military orders given to the
forces in South Carolina, 377; postponed, 378;
resumed, 405; agreed to, 433.

Missouri

canal, a bill granting land to enable the State to
open a canal in the Big Swamp, 12.
Order, points of, 300, 480.
Pension agency at Decatur, a bill for the establishment of,
809; laid on the table, 810.

Postage, a proposition for introducing a bill to reduce
the rates of postage, 27; discussed; agreed to,
40.

Powers of the Government, three resolutions defining
these powers, 191, 750; laid on the table, 785.
six resolutions offered as substitutes, 192.
President pro tempore balloted for; Mr. White, of Ten-
nessee, elected, 2.

his acknowledgments to the Senate, 3.
President's message received, 3. (See the Appendix for
a copy of it.)

veto on the bill of last session, providing for the
final settlement of the claims of States for inte-
rest on advances to the United States during the
late war, 3; laid on the table, 4.
Presidential election, a day fixed for counting the electo-
ral votes, 359; the votes counted, and Andrew
Jackson was declared to be elected President,
and Martin Van Buren Vice President, 487.
Printer to Congress, the resolution for his election taken
up, 587.
Proclamation, a copy of the President's, in relation to
South Carolina, called for, 99; proposition laid
on the table, 100; agreed to, 104.
Revenue. (See Frauds on, and Duties.)
Secretary of the Treasury called upon for a detailed state-
ment of articles of foreign growth or manu-
facture on which, in his opinion, the duties ought
to be reduced, &c., 8; agreed to, 27.
Senate called to order by the Secretary, 2.
Sheathing copper, a bill to amend the act to amend the
several acts imposing duties on imports, ordered
to be engrossed, 661.

South

Carolina resolutions, in reply to the President's
proclamation, 80.

Spanish claims, a resolution instructing the Committee on
Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency

of obtaining evidence deposited in the State De-
partment, 38; agreed to.

Special order, a resolution for changing the hour of taking
it up, agreed to, 359.

Standing committees appointed, 4.
Tariff, a resolution introduced calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury to furnish the project of a bill
for reducing the duties on imports, in conformi-
ty with the suggestions in his report, 6.

Tariff, a bill to modify the various acts imposing duties

on imports, 462; the bill reported with amend-
ments, 601; the bill taken up and discussed,
690; laid on the table, 785.

resolutions, offered by Mr. Webster, 483; laid on
the table, 492.

the bill from the House to modify the existing ta-
riff, was received, and both bills were ordered

to lie on the table, 785; the bill from the
House taken up, 786; consideration resumed,
787; bill passed, 809.

Treasurer's annual report of the state of the finances, 3.
Votes of absentees, an unsuccessful motion to permit
their names to be recorded, 688.

Yeas and nays, on considering the resolution for a reduc.
tion of duties, 16.

resolution for the reduction of the rates of post-
age, 49.

on amendment to the resolution calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of fo-

reign articles on which the duty may be reduc-
ed, 50, 59, 60.

on postponing Mr. Clay's land bill, 81, 122.
on postponing the force bill, 187.

on the land bill, 229, 230, 231, 232, 235.
postponing the revenue collection bill, 246, 404.
striking out the 3d section of the revenue bill, 483.
references of the bill to modify the tariff, 486.
on the passage of the Cumberland road bill, 486.
on amendments to the revenue collection bill, 518,
519, 595, 601.

on a question touching the election of printer, 588.
engrossing the revenue collection bill, 601.
on the passage of do., 688.

on striking out the 2d section of the bill to mo-
dify the tariff, 724.

on adding a 9th section to the bill, 724.

on striking out the 3d and 6th sections of do., 724.
on adding a new section to do., 725.
on the passage of the bill, 809.

INDEX TO THE NAMES

OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

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revenue collection bill, 518, 676.

electing public printer, 588.

modifying the tariff, 795.

Mr., from Connecticut, on printing commercial
statements, 10.

on a reduction of postage, 31, 35, 49.

ditto of duties on foreign goods, 51, 60.

Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 237.

calling for copies of military orders, 409.
modifying the tariff, 480, 708, 717, 718.
revenue collection bill, 517.
electing public printer, 588.

Forsyth, Mr., from Georgia, on copying documents in

State Department, 79, 80, 123.

call for a copy of the South Carolina proclamation,

103.

on the land bill, 232, 233.

Mr. Calhoun's resolutions, 243, 784.

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