282 284, 313, 328

336 A bill for ascertaining claims and titles
to land within the territory of Cali-
fornia and New Mexico, to grant
donation rights, and to provide for
the surveys therein.

338 A bill to authorize the draining of the
everglades, in the State of Florida,
by said State, and to grant the same
to said State for that purpose.

340 A bill to promote the efficiency of the
military and naval establishment.
343 A bill to provide for carrying into ef
fect the fifth article of the treaty
between the United States and the
Mexican republic, for establishing
the boundary line between them.
345 A bill for the relief of John Crawford.
346 A bill for the relief of Samuel F. But-
terworth.

348 A bill for the relief of the captors of

the frigate Philadelphia

349 A bill granting to the States of Ala-
bama and Florida the right of way
and a donation of public land for
making a railroad from Montgome-
ry, in the State of Alabama, to Pen-
sacola, in the State of Florida, and
from thence to the waters of the
Tensaw river or Mobile bay, in the
State of Alabama.

350 A bill for the admission of California
into the Union as a State.

351 A bill authorizing the payment of in-

terest upon the advances made by
the State of Alabama for the use of
the United States government, in the
suppression of the Creek Indian hos-
tilities of 1836 and 1837, in Ala-
bama.

352 A bill to make compensation for th
transportation of troops and supplies,
for a limited time, over the isthmus
of Panama.

353 A bill to provide for taking the seventh
census or enumeration of the inhab-
itants of the United States.

355

357

358

A bill granting to the State of Illinois
the right of way and a donation of
public lands for making a railroad
connecting the upper and lower
Mississippi with the chain of lakes
at Chicago.

A bill authorizing new selections of
land in lieu of worthless school sec-
tions, or sections of inferior quality,
and for other purposes.

A bill for the remission of duties on an
equatorial telescope, contracted for
in London by order of trustees of
the University of Alabama.

62 139 145, 146, 153 160

Other pro-

ceedings.

Approved.

Number.

'Title.

SENATE BILLS-Continued.

359 A bill for the relief of William Plum-
mer, executor of Starkey Armistead,
deceased.

360 A bill to authorize the Secretary of
War to make reparation for the kill-
ing of a Caddo boy by volunteer
troops in Texas.

361 A bill to authorize the issuing of a
register or enrolment to the ship
Annie Tift.

362 A bill for the relief of Theodore,Offutt.
363 A bill granting to the State of Louisi
ana land for internal improvements.
364 A bill granting to the State of Missis

sippi the right of way and a dona-
tion of public land for the purpose
of locating and constructing a rail-
road from Brandon to the eastern
border of said State, in the direction
of Montgomery, Alabama.

365 A bill to establish an additional land
office in the State of Missouri.

8697

366 A bill in addition to the act entitled
"An act to incorporate the Wash
ington, Alexandria, and Georgetown
Steampacket Company."

367 A bill to cause the northern boundary
line of the State of Iowa to be run
and marked.

368 A bill for the relief of Elisha Hamp-
ton and others, of the State of Iowa.
369 A bill to establish an additional land of
fice in Iowa.

370 A bill to provide for the payment of
the Iowa militia, called into service
in December, 1839.

371 A bill to cancel illegal entries of pub-
lic land, at Columbus, Mississippi,
and for other purposes.

372 A bill to grant a certain quantity of
land to the State of Iowa for the
purpose of aiding said State to con.
struct a railroad from Dubuque to
Keokuk.

402 A bill reducing the price of the public
lands lying within the Miconic reser-
vation, in the State of Indiana.
403A bitl for the relief of Marvin W. Fisher
404 A bill for the relief of George Martin..
405 A bill to grant to the Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad Company the right of
way through. the public lands of the
United States.

406 A bill for the relief of Timothy Cavan
407 A bill for the benefit of W. R. Campbell,
George Myers, and John Kincart.

408 A bill to authorize the laying off of a
town at the Trader's Point, on the
Missouri river, in the State of Iowa,
and for other purposes.

409 A bill establishing a board of commis-
sioners for the investigation of claims
against the United States.

410 A bill for the relief of the legal repre-
sentatives of Jos. Watson, deceased.
411 A bill to change the location of the land
office in the Chippewa land district.
(Amended-see page 241.)

412 A bill making an appropriation for the
construction of a road from the falls
of St. Louis river, of Lake Superior,
to Point Douglass, on the Mississippi
river.

147 156

289

413 A bill declaratory of the act for the 169 169
admission of the State of Iowa into

the Union.

414 A bill to authorize the coinage of gold
dollars and double eagles.

415 A bill to grant the right of way across
the public lands, and to dispose of
said land in aid of the several States
in the construction of railroads and
canals.

416 A bill to regulate the pensions of offi
cers, soldiers, seamen, and marines,
who have been or may hereafter be
disabled while in the service of the
United States.

417 A bill for the relief of John Hutchingson
418 A bill for the relief of the heirs of Tru-

man Cross.

419 A bill for the relief of John A. Rodgers
420 A bill to authorize a change of the
venue in certain cases.

421 A bill to amend an act entitled "An
act to regulate the mode of practice
in the courts of the United States for
the district of Louisiana."

172

169 199 274, 281, 285, 311
1290

172 211, 212, 218 211

177 268

178
183

187
187

189 285

Approved.

425 A bill making an appropriation of 190
money for the improvement of the
harbor at the mouth of the Kalamazoo
river, in the State of Michigan.

426 A bill making an appropriation of 190
money for the improvement of the
harbor at Newark, in the State of
New Jersey.

427 A bill making an appropriation of 190
money for the removal of obstructions

in Great Egg Harbor, in the State
of New Jersey..

428 A bill making an appropriation of
money for the improvement of the
harbor at Block island, in the State

of Rhode Island.

190

Proceedings
before pas-

sage.