Shubrick. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on

the petition of Irvine

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Silk goods. Memorial of James Brown and others, pray-
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Silk. Memorial of John Hancock and others, praying an

increase of the duty on

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Silk umbrellas and parasols. Memorial of manufacturers
of umbrellas and parasols in Philadelphia, praying
the imposition of a duty on imported
Silks. Memorial of citizens of Maryland and the District
of Columbia, praying the imposition of a duty on
imported
Silk hats. Memorial of hatters in the city and State of
New York, praying the imposition of a duty on
Silk hats, fur bodies, and felts. Petition of hatters in New-
ark, New Jersey, for the imposition of a duty on
Sixteenth sections of land in that State. Resolutions of the
Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to the -
Slave-trade. Memorial of the Society of Friends in Penn-
sylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the
adoption of measures to suppress the African
Slaymaker. Report of the Committee on the Post Office
and Post Roads on the petition of Samuel R.
Sloan. Report of the Committee on Pensions on the bill
for the relief of William

Smith. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition
of E. W. and H. Smith

Smith, of Arkansas. Report of the Committee on Public
Lands on the memorial of James

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Smith. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition
of Zadock -
Smith. Report of the Committee on Commerce on the pe-
tition of Gilbert

Sneed, Stephen K. Sneed, and Richard Sneed. Report of
the Committee on the Judiciary on the petition of
William M.

Snow, widow of Jonas Snow. Report of the Committee on
Pensions on the petition of Mary
Southport, on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Re-
port of the Secretary of War, in relation to the con-
struction of piers at Racine and

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Southport, Racine, and Milwaukie, on Lake Michigan.
Memorials of citizens of Milwaukie, Racine, and
Southport, and a letter from Thomas Holdup Ste-
vens, in favor of the construction of harbors at

Spanish vessels, in certain cases. Message from the President
of the United States on the subject of reducing the
tonnage duty on

Special deposites. (See Deposites.)

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Specie payments during the suspension of 1839, and those
which have resumed specie payments. A list of all
the banks in the United States which did or did not
stop
Stalker and N. B. Hill. Report of the Committee of Claims
on the memorial, recommitted to them, of Gilbert - 8 590
Stamps or stamped covers. Resolution submitted by Mr.
Webster relative to a reduction of letter postages, and
the use of.

Standard weights and measures. (See Weights and Meas-
ures.)

Starritt. Report of the Committee of Claims on the me-
morial of Preston

Starr. Report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition

of Eunice

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Staten Island. Operations on the public works on
State Department during 1839. Statement per Secretary
of State, of incidental and contingent expenses of
the
States. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with ac-
companying documents, in relation to the execution
of the act of 1836, which authorized the deposite of
public moneys with the

States and Territories in the Library of Congress. Report

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by the librarian of a catalogue of the laws, executive
and legislative documents, and journals, of the several 2 16
States. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire
opposed to dividing the proceeds of the public lands
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State Department during 1839. List of names and salaries
of clerks employed in the

State Department exchanging Government drafts for bank-
notes. Report of the Secretary of State in relation
to the officers of the

States. Report of the select committee in relation to the
power of the Union to assume the debts of the
States. Motion of Mr. Norvell to amend the amendment
proposed by Mr. Buchanan to the resolutions relative.
to the assumption by the United States of the debts
of the several

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States in which they lie. Report of the Committee on Pub-
lic Lands on the bill to cede the public lands to the 7 460
State, with a list of American seamen registered in ports of
entry of the United States during the year 1839.
Report of the Secretary of

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State, on the subject of the law providing for taking the
sixth census of the United States. Report of the
Secretary of

State, showing the nature and extent of the privileges and
restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the
United States with all foreign nations. Report of

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State, with statements of the number and designation of the
passengers who have arrived in each collection dis-
trict of the United States during the year 1839. Re-
port of the Secretary of

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Statistical statements of the increase of population, taxable
property contiguous to, and commerce, &c. on, the 2
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Statistical view of the commerce and navigation of the
United States during the year ending on the 30th of
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Steamboats being destroyed by fire. Letter of Noah Fair-
bank on the subject of preventing -
Steam-vessels does not require amendment. Report of the
Committee on Commerce on the resolution to inquire
whether the law regulating

Steamboats running on Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan,
for an amendment of the act of 1838 for the better
security of the lives of passengers, &c. Petition of
owners and masters of
Steam-vessels, against certain enactments contained in the
law of 1838 relating to steamboats, with tabular
statements of steamboat navigation and accidents in
America and Great Britain. Memorial of sundry
proprietors and managers of American

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Steamers running between Boston and the British province
of Nova Scotia may be relieved from the limitations
of the act of 1819 respecting the number of passen-
gers permitted to be taken on board. Report of the
Committee on Commerce, on the petition of sundry
citizens of the United States praying that
Steamboats to use any particular description of machinery.
Memorial of citizens of Pittsburg, remonstrating
against the passage of any law compelling owners of 8
Steamboats of Raub's safety-valve. Petition of citizens of
Washington city, praying the enactment of a law
requiring the use in

Stewart. Report of the Committee of Claims on the peti-
tion of Hugh
Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. Letter of the Secretary
of War, recommending an appropriation for the re-
moval and subsistence of a number of
Stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company to the State of Maryland. Message
from the President of the United States, with a com-
munication from the Governor of Maryland, on the
subject of surrendering the

Stocks in the London and home markets. Report of the Sec-

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retary of the Treasury respecting the prices of certain 3
Stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. Me-
morial of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce,
praying the purchase by the United States of the in-
dividual
Stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company stand-
ing in the name of the United States. Documents
relating to the transfer to the State of Maryland of the 8 610
Stone. Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition
of David

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Stricklin. Report of the Committee on Pensions on the pe-
tition of Lot

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Strong. Report of the Committee on Pensions on the bill
for the relief of Josiah
Stuart and John Davis to be allowed a pre-emption right to
certain lands occupied by them. Petition of Sands 6 303
Sturges. Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the

Subsistence, for 1839. Report of the Commissary General of 1 1
Subsistence Department during 1839. Statement of expen-

ditures, &c., in

Subsistence Department during 1839. Statement of amount
remitted to, expended by, balances in the hands of,
and unaccounted for by, each of the disbursing
agents of the
Sugars exported and imported within certain periods.
Statements of the quantity and value of

Sugars. Document signed by proprietors of sugar re-
fineries in relation to the drawback duties on refined 6 375
Sugar since the application of the drawback system to that
exportation. Report from the Secretary of the
Treasury, showing the annual amounts of drawback
paid on the exportation of domestic refined

Sugar during 1839. Documents submitted by Mr. Nicholas,
showing the quantity and value of the imports and
exports of .

Sullivan's Island. Report of A. H. Bowman, on state of the
channel between Shute's Folly and Hog Island, and
its effect on

Surgeon General of the army for 1839. Report of the
Survey of the coast of the United States. Report of F. R.

Hassler, as superintendent, &c., on the subject of the 2
Survey of the country west of the Mississippi, and north of
the Missouri. Report in relation to the

Survey of Yellow river. Report in relation to the
Survey of the mouth of the Suwannee. Report in relation
to the

Survey of the boundaries between the Indian tribes west of

the Mississippi. Report in relation to the
Survey of the Des Moines and Iowa rivers. Report in re-

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Survey of Red Cedar river. Report in relation to the
Survey of Oswego harbor and its vicinity. Report in rela-

Survey of Sackett's Harbor and its vicinity. Report in rela-
tion to the
Survey of a route for a railroad from Milwaukie to the Mis-
sissippi. Report in relation to the -

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Survey of the coast of the State of Mississippi. Report of
Mr. Wheeler to the Governor of Mississippi, of the - 4 163
Survey of the coast of Mississippi, and the erection of forti-
fications thereon. Memorial of the Legislature of
Mississippi, praying a

Survey for a site for a fortification on the coast of the State
of Mississippi. Report from the Secretary of War,
in relation to a

Sympson for confirmation of their title to a tract of land.
Petition of the heirs of James

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Tappan to amend the joint rules of the two Houses of Con-
gress. Motion by Mr.
Tarbell, late of the U. S. navy. Report of the Committee
on Naval Affairs, on the memorial of Ann Eliza
Laurie, one of the heirs of Captain
Taylor, for 1839. Returns of the army in Florida, under
command of Brevet Brig. Gen.

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Taylor, during 1839. Report, with a map of the seat of
war, of the operations of the army in Florida, under
command of Brevet Brig. Gen.

Taylor. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the petition
of David

Tennessee against a national bank, the bill to prevent the
interference of certain Federal officers in elections,
and the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of
the public lands among the States; and in favor of
the Independent Treasury bill, the reduction of the
price of the public lands, and granting pre-emption
rights to the occupant settlers thereon, and the
repeal of the duties on salt. Resolutions of the
Legislature of

Thistle, praying an appropriation for the construction of a

number of wrought-iron cannon on the plan invented
by him. Memorial of Hezekiah L.

Thistle. Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, on
the petition of H. L.

Thompson and others. Report of the Committee on Public
Lands, on the bill for the relief of Linus

Thompson. Report of the Committee on Private Land
Claims, on the petition of Joseph -

Thompson. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the pe-