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Report'by Mr. Ingham on the Finances
Report by Mr. Ingham on the. Finances
Report by Mr. McLane on the Finances
Report by Mr. McLane on the Finances"
Report by Mr. Taney on the Removal of the Public Deposites
Report by Mr. Taney on the Finances
Report by Mr. Taney on Deposite Banks
Report by Mr. Woodbury on the Finances
Report by Mr. Woodbury on the Public Money
Report by Mr. Woodbury on the Finances
Report by Mr. Woodbury on the Finances




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. M 'pursuance of the povveK reserved-Jo th'e Secretaryr-of .the Treasury .^b,y the act of C6nd;ress entitled l^ An act to incorporate the subscribeTs
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the: Bank-, of the -United ..States^l^; I have directed that the deposites
.of the inoney -of the United States, shall not be made in the said bank or
branches ther.eofj But iaeer,taiii State banks which A ave been designated
'for ihat purpose:;' and I now- proceed to lay. before, Congresslhe I'easons
, .which induced m^ to give this order arid direction. ;- ;" ; . ; ;
.The sixteenth section of thfe law jabove mentioned is iii the fbllowing.
, v/drds": ;/'u472ci he: it fiurther, enacled, That the deposites of the. money :of. the
United "States, i n places in. which the said bank''a'n.d; branches thereof may
,be established, shall be made in said bankar branches, thereof, unless thp
- Secretai-y of the Treastiry .shall at any time othervvise order and.direct;; iri
which.case, the: Secretary of thp- Treasury shall'im^^^^
lay- before
Congress, if in session, and if not, immG4iateiy after "the ..commencement
.of thernext session,lhe.;reaspns of such orde^^
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It has been settled by repeated adj adications, that, a- charter granted by ;a
State to a cofporatibn. like that of thq Bank of the United, States is ;a conIract beUvaen the sovereignty which grants it, and, the stockholders.,^,The
same p.rinciple must apply to a charter granted, b]^ the United States : and
consequently the; act incorporating . the bank is to be regarded as-.a contract between, the United States of the one part, and lhe stockholders.-of
the. other ; and;by the plain lerms' of ;t he con tract, as contained in l h e section above .quofedy the stockholders;.liave .agreed thatthe power reserved
to the Secretary .over the deppsites sh&li not.be:restricted to_any particular
contingencies, but be absplute -and .uhGondition.al, as;far .as their iiiterests,
are; in volved 'in the removal. '"The order, therefore, of ;the:. Secretary of
the,' Treasury, directing the public money to- be( deposited .el se where,' cau
in- no/eveut:be regarded as a violatioii of the contract with the stockholders,
hor impair a;ny. right secured to • tliem by the charter.- :The;Treasury Be. partment .being intrusted vvyith the adrxlinistration of the finances of the
country, it \yas always the duty of the Secretary, in the absence of ar^y
legislative provision on the subject,' to take care4hat\the public money was
deposited in-safe keeping, in the hands of faithful agents, and in cbnve->
nient places, ready to be applied according to the wants of "the Government. ^ The lawincorporating the bank has reserved to him, in its fuli extent, the power he before possessed. - It does .not confer on him a new
power, but reserves to him, his fprmer authority .without any new limitation. The obligation to assign,the reasons for his direction to deposite the
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tion ofthe power, because the right of the Secretary to designate the
place of .deposite'^was always necessarily subject to the control. of Congress.- ^And as ttfe Secretary of thev Treasury presides over one of the
Executiye ]])epartments of the Government, and his power over this subject forms a part of the executivei duties of his ofiice, the raanner in which
it is exercised must be subject;to the supervision.of the officer to whom the
constitution has cpnfided the whole executive power, and has required to
take care that thelaws be faithfully executed.
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The faith of theUnited States is, however, pledged, according tothe
terms of the seetion above quoted, that the pubhc money shall be deposited '
in this bank, '• uiiless 'the Secretary of the Treasury shall otherwise
order and direct." And as this agreement has been entered-into by Congress in behalf of the United 'States, the'place of deposite could not be.
changed by a legislative act, without disregarding a pledge" which the Legislature has given ; and the money bf the United States must, therefore,
continue to be deposited in the bank until the last hour of its existence,
unless it shall be otherwise ordered by the authority mentioned in the
charter. The; power . over the jplace of deposite for the public money
would seem propeiiy to belong, to the Legislative' Department of the Gov-.
ernment. And it'is difficult to imagine why the authority to withdraw
i t from this bank was confided exclusively to the Executive./But'"the
terms of the charter appear to be tooplain to admit of question. And
although Congress" should.be satisfied that the public rnpney was not safe
in the care.of the bankj or should be- .convinced^ that the interests of the
people of the United States imperiously demanded the removal, .yet the .
passage of a law directing it to be done \yould be a breach of the agreement into which they have entered. ^ , '
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Assuming this, to be the ,true. construction of the charter to the bank,
it must be. the- duty of the Secretary of the Treasury tb withdraw the
deposites of the public money from that institution, whenever the change
would, in any degree, promote the public interest. It is not'neeessary that
the deposites should be unsafe,in order to justify the removal.-. The authority to remove is not limited to such a contingency. The bank may
be. perfectly solvent, and prepared to meet promptly all demands upon
it; it may have been fiiithful in the performance of its duties, and yet the
public interest may^require the deposites to be withdrawn.. And as that
cannot be done without the action;of this departmerit, the Secretary of
the Treasury would betray the trust confided to him, if he did not cause
the deposites to be mador elsewhere,, whenever the change would advance
•the public' interests or convenience. The safety of the deposites, the
^ability df the bank to nieet its engagements,^ its fidelity.in the pe'rformance of its obligations, are only;a part bf the considerations by which his
judgment must be guided." The general interest and convenience of the
.-people must regulate his conduct.
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^ This principle was . distinctly asserted by Mr.^Crawford, whenhe was
theSecretary of the , Treasury, soon after the bank obtained its charter.
In a postscript-to ^his letter to the president of the Mechanics' Bank, of
NewYork, dated February 13,, 1817, he says, " T h e Secretary of the
Treasury will always be disposed to support the. credit of the State banks,
and will, invariably, direct transfers from the deposites of the public money
•in aid of their 'legitimate exertions to maintain their credit. ^ But as
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pressure on its part, no measure of that nature appears to^be necessary at
this time." Othar passages in the. correspondence of Mr./Crawford, with
thebanks, about the period above mentioired, miglit ^be referred to, eq^^
indicating the saiiie ppinion ;; and, at that day, -no :doiibt• seems to"have
been .entertained of :the power br^ of'the duty of-1
in.relation
to this subject.^ It does, not-appear f
even suggested
thaf the right of removal depended on thevSplvehcy of the^'bank, or the
safety of th^ public money committed tb its -custody; pn-the contrary, in
the ;passage, above qiioted, the ;superior safety of the Stg-te banks is by no'
means regarded as necessai^ td give him the right l o make the transfer
to them; for he declares that h^^
deposites' to the State
banks on :accounVof, their Weakness^ and to protect them frorn- the Bank
of the 'United States, ifJ by means !of its superior strength, it sought to. oppress them. Nor can' any distinction b e taken between the transfer of a
• part, .and the transfer bf the whple siim rdmaining' on deposite. The language of the charter recognisies no such distihction •; and the principle as, seited l^y Mr. Crawford would have led him to the remoyalbf the whole
ainiountbf the; public money to the State bankSjif a:pressure on the part
,.of tlie^Batik of the; United • States had rendered such a; measure necessary,
:imorder:tp-support 'the Stiite banks ''iirtheir legitimate exertions to'maintain'their-credit/^\ -^.••''^' ^ .- 1;.^ ^--'';--...;.": V ';••'.:• ••''•. .. " ••/ •;• •.: ^.- :' . ' —
( T h e language of the law, therefore, ;ahd^^^^^^
pi'actice of the
Government under it, establish the foliowiu
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': l'st.> That-the :pow:er'of removal was intended to be^reserved excltisively
' to the Secretary of the Treasiiry, and that, according'to the stipuiations,in
; the charter,_Congress/coiild not direct if to be don'e. •'''^' / , ^.
2d. That the power reserved to the Secretary; of the Treasury does
not depend for its exercise merely on the safetyrpf: the public money in
the hands of the banlq rior upon lhe fidelity with v/hich it has conducted
itself; but he has the right to remove^ the; deposites, and; it is, his duty to
remove^them, whenever the public interest of conv^nienge will. be;pfomoted
(•'by the change. ','-; •^'
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j Taking these two'principles, AS unquestionable, I.proceed to state the
ireasons which induced .me to believe that it was riecessary foi; the interests and convcnieace of the people that, the Briik of the IJriited States
should:cea,se;tD be the ciepository^of the public rnoney.
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'The charter of lhe barik will expire, according to the existing law on
•<[ the isubject, ^on the 3d of March, 1836 ; arid for two-years after lhe ter mimation of l h e charter, it is authprized to iise the corporate riaime for the
final settlement and jiquidatioripf the affa^
corporation^ and for the sale and^^dispositiori of'their estate,: buf nbt^ for, any other,
^ purpose. It: is 'the.duty^ of the Executive Deparriiients .of the. Go.vernment to exercise; the, powers conferred, ori theni, and to' regulate the disGretion eonfided to them,, according to the existiug laws ; and they carinot
be allowed to speculate on the'chances of future^ changbs; by the legislative authprity. /Perhaps there may be cases in which the discretion vested
in an Executive-Pepartment might, with propriety,' be jn some , degree
irifluericed by the expectation of future legislatibn ; but they must be cases
ill which the. piinciples of Justice, or the public" interests,^^m
call
for an alteration of the law;;' or where sorrie expressidn'^of the public opinion has strongly indicated that a. 'change; will probably be made. ;But
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is not authorized to regulate a discretion which thelaw has intrusted to
hiiri; upon the assumption that the law \Yill be changed.
In de^iidingaipon the. course whichit was rny duty to,-pursue in relation
tq the deposites, I did not feel myself justined.in anticipating the renewal
of the charter on either of the abovementioned grounds, it is very evident that the bank has np claim to renewal fourided on the jvi'stice of
Congress ; for, independently ^of vthe ,-many serious Vand insurmountable
objections .which, its .own conduct has furnished,, it cannot be supposed
tha.t the grarit to this corporation, of exclusive ^privileges,, at the expense
ofthe rest qf, the community for twenty years-j, can give it a right to demand the still ^ further enjoyment b t i l s profitable monopoly. Neither
could I act u^pon' the assumption that the public interest required the recharter of the bank j because I am firmly persuaded, that thelaw 'which
created this corporation, in many.of its provisions,, is not wairranted by the
constitution ; and that the existence of such.a powerful moneyed mpriopoly
is dangerous to the,liberties of the people-, and-'io the purity of our'political
institutions;
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The manifestations ofpublic opinion, instead of .being favorable to, a
renewalj'-have been decidedly. to the .contrary.^ And I have always re-^
garded the result of the last election of President of the Uriited States'as
the declaration of a majority of the people that the charter ought not to
be renewed. Itis not necessary to state here, what is. now^a .rnatter of
history. The question of the.rerie.waLof the charter was introduced, into
the election by the cqrporation itself, its voliintary application to Congress forthe renewal of its charter, four years befpre it expired, and upon
the eve of the election ofPresident, was understood on all sides as,.bringing
forward that quesUon for incidental decision at tlie then approaching elec-.
tion.' /It was accordingly argued on both sides before the tribunal ofthe
people, and their verdict pronounced against the bank,/ by the election ofthe
candidate, who was known to havet)een alw.ays inflexibly opppsecl to it.'
Under, these circumstances, I could not Jiave been justified, upon . either
of the grounds above mentioned,, in anticipating any change ii\. the existing laws in' rei arion to the bank-*. and -as the act of Congress which
created the corporation liiTiits its duration to theSdof March:, 1836, it be- came my duty, as Secretar.y of the'Treasury, in execuring the ,trus,t-c6riiided to me under the law,.to look to that.period of time, as the terrninatiori of its corporate existence. I; h.ad. no sufficient grounds f^or presiumiiig .that the law would be altered in this respect by future legislation^, arid
;a new charter be granted to the-bank. It was,< therefore.; iiicumbent.'upon
me, .in discharging myofiicialdiities, .to act upon the assumption that this
corporation would not conrinueiri being after th.e time abpve specified. And
in this state of things, without any reference, to the .manner in which the
bank had conducted itself, it became.necessary to decide whet.her the deposites ought to remain in thebank until the .end of its corporate life, or
be removed at some earlier period. In forming my opinion on this -subject,
r could only inquire which of these measures would most .conduce to the
-^ public good;. .
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- It is obvious that the iriterests of the cbuntry would not be promoted by
permitting the deposites ofHhe public money to continue' in the bank until
its charter expired. Judging from the past, it is; highly probable that they
will always amount-tp several. millions of dollar's. If would evidently
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of the bank until the last moment of its existence; and theu-be suddenly
withdrawn, when its immense circulation is _returning:u.pon it tobe redeemed and^tts private depositors removing their funds into pther institutions.
The ability of the bank, under such circumstances, to be prompt in its
payments io the Government,'may welf be , doubted, even if the ultimate
•satety of .ihe deposites could be rehed upon. Besides,,'the principaf circula-.
tin^ medium now in the hands of-the pegple^ andthe one most, cpmmoriiy
used in' the excha;nge,.between di'staut' places,; consists of the -Uotes; of the Bank ofthe United States, and itsliumerbus branches. ;The-sudderi with-,
drawal of its^ present ampunt >of. cireuiatiori, or-, its - suddeii depreciation'
before any other .sound arid convenient currency was, substituted for; it,
worild certain By. produce extensiye pvilsy and be- seiisibly felt .arriong alf
,. classes-. rifsp-ci:ety..'' •„•'"••
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; I t is Wel 1 -URderstpQd that • the su perior rcredi t heretofore . enjoyed by, the
.notes of the Eank of the United'States, was. not founded rin any particular
confidence in.its raanagement or .soiidity.-^ It was. o.ccasibried altogether by
' t h e agreement Qfi'behalf of the public, iu, the act of incorporation, to re..ceive the iri in all payrrieutsMd the Uriited Stales^: .and.itwas-this pledge 6n\
:• tb^e.part^of,the. Go vern merits whichi .gave general -icurre;ncy; to the , notes
" •payable at remote.tjranches; . Thevsariie engagement in favor of any other
moneyed institutipn- would -give ;its, not^s. cquaf^ci^adit,, and ixiake them/
^ equally .convenient fp.r the.purposes,'of cpinmerce.;'• But tliis, pbligation; on
the part of Jhe LJri'ted:^StatesAvi;U' cease :;on; the ,3d of, March, 1836, when.
the charter expires:!^: and as. SQonr;as this, happen^,' allthe' outsta^ndirig notes
pf the bank ivill io.se J.he peculiar .value''they -now ppssess ;a,nd^ the- notes;
'payable/at'-distaiat pltlces^hecome as rnu^^^ depreciated as.the notes of local
ba-nks.': And if,-in the; mean time,^riO other, ;cuit:enpy,'is-, sufe
in its
place- by.commori'cqrissnt,,it is easy to Jbresee,the extent of, the: e.mbarrass"raent which won id •be-'ctused, by-the ^sudden derangement .of t.he circulating
mediurii, • It w^briklrie.too;late"at .that tinie to ptovide .a .substitute xvhicri
would; ward off the evil.. The notes-of the- Bank of tlie ..United StatesMn
cifcuiatibn'on ihe^2d of Sep.teLriber^ldst5 -which was the ^da^te; of the 1^^
return befoi-e me, wheu" the ' oi'der fbr. removal /was-given, aip6unted-;to
' .$18,413^^87: Q7^^scatt(3re!d ill evbry
States.J.-krid if a.
safe and-sound, currency lyere'irn
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XYiQ charter, tgr-iake the place of tlies^riotes,:it-' would';still. reqiuire :time to .
bring it.into general U;se,:ari(l,- iriythe interim, the people would;be'.stibjected .
to all the^ inconveniences and losses' wl rich necessarily, arise from, an unsound state of. the'.currency,... ."The, evil v/ouId' be so' greaty'-and the,, distress
so generai^ that it niighi^eyencoinpelrCongress; against its wishes to recharter the' bank. And periiaps^ r]:iore effectual; means-cpuld hardly be-devised,:,
forinsu ring tlie' rene.wal' of'the cliarte r.. .'It is evident ;;haf a state of things
soaiiuch to be deprecated can only be avoided-by timely .preparation ; and
trie coRlinuance of the .deposites can .b.^lj be. justified by thedetermination
to rene\y the charter. Ttie State banks can, I ;iiave rio ;4bubt,, furnish a.
gerieral circulating rnediumjquite^asuriirorm in. value as that Which has ,
been-afforded by the; Barik, of the Un.it-ed .-States : probably more;;so ; for
it is wel;t;kno,wn that in some pf the;cities the ;branches bf the bank have
beeri ip the habit, wtienever they thought proper; of refusing^ tp honor.the
notes of their own, bank, payable at othef'branches, when they were ..not.
offered in disGharge of a debt .due to' the Unried 'States. But a currency,
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that heretofore furnished by the Bank o'f the ^United States, and take theplace of it, at the same moment, in every part of the Union. • It is, essential
that the change should be gradual, and sufficient time should be allowed
to suffer it to make its way. by the ordinary operations' of commerce,' with-'
opt requiring a hasty arid yiolerit-effbrt. ^In this view of the subject, it would be^highly injudicious to suffer the
deposites to remain in the Bank of the United States until the close of its
corporate existence. And as they cannot be withdrawn without the action
of the Secretary pf. the Treasury;at must unavoidably become his'duty, at.
some period of time, t o exercise the power ,bf removal. \ Laying aside,
therefore, for the present, all the consideration's which the rniscquduct of
the bank has furnished, the que:Stion presented tp this departiuent was, how
long could the reirioval be delayed consistently with, the pubhc. interests ?It is a question of time only. The duty, must be p,e,rformed at some period^
and could not'be altogether bmitted,;^withput justly'incurring a heavy,
responsibriity to the community for alf the consequences that might: folloyVo
And;it is, I think, apparent that the- measure was delayed as long as was
compatible with the interests of the people of the United States. ^
The monthly statement of the - bank, of the-2d September last, before:
referred to, shows that the notes of the bank and its branches, then in
circulation, amounted to $18,413,287 07, and that its discounts amounted'
to the sum'of $62,653,359 59.' The immense .circulation' above'stated/
pervading every part of the United States,, and nipst comfnonly used in
the business of conjuierce between distant places, riiust all be .withdrawn,
from circulation when the charter expires." If any ^of the notes' then remain in the.hands of individuals, remote fromthe branches'at which they
are payable, their immediate depreciation will subject the .holders to ce'r-^
tain loss. ' Those payable iri the principal commercial cities would, perhaps, retain nearly their nomirial value ; but this would' not be the case
with the notes- of the interior' branches, remotey frpm the' great, marts of
trade. And the statements of the bank'will show that a great part of its
circulation is composed 'of notes of this description. Tlie bank would
seem to have taken'painsjto introduce into-common use such a descrip-^
tion of paper as it could^depreciate, or raise tp its par value, as best suited
its own views ; and.it is of the first importance to the interests of the ..public that these' notes should all be-taken out of circulation, before they depreciate in the hands of the individuals who iiold them ; and they ought
to be withdrawn gradually, and their places supphed, as they retire, by
thecurrency which will become the substitute fbr them. How long will
it require, for the -ordinary operations of commerce, and the reduction of
discounts.by the vbank, to withdraw the amount bf circulation before nientioned, without giving a shock tb the "c.urfency, of producing a distressing
pressure on the . community ? I am convinced that the time which remained for the charter to run, afterthe 1st of October, (the day on which
the first orderfor renioval took effect,); was. not more than was proper to^
accomplish the object with safety tothe conimunity. And if it had depended
upon my judgment at an earlier peripd, l should have preferred and should
have taken a longer time...^ ]Eiiough,-however, is yet left,, provided no measures are adopted by the bapk for the purpose of inflicting unnecessary
suflering'upoii the country. Ap£irt, therefore, frarh any considerations
arising.oot of the conduct of the bank, and looking merely to the riear
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deposites. appeared tb be required by the public interest, at the time when
the first order, for removal was gjven by, this department.^
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This opinion is confirmed by the-ground taken in favor of the renewal
of the charter,-at -December;,session,; 1831; It was then, urged that the.
shoit period which yet remained of. its corporate existence, arid the. necessity of preparing to-wriid.. up its concerns, if the charter: .was npt to be
renewed, niade it .proper that the question should /at pnce ^be decided, v
Very little more than lialf of. thaf tiniri yetl'.emains, ^ "Apd: althpugh I do,
;not concur in th0 ppiiiions then expressed; and .believe that theppphcatipn.
• was illli med and: pre mature,/yet the atgumepts' theii relied: oii, by;many
\-vhose judgnierit is entitled to Tespect, afford 'strong grounds for concl riding
thatthe measure tio w. adopted' is viiof objectionable (Dn the score of tinie ;
and th^difthe depo'siteswere riot to coutinue in. the bank:until the termina, tiPri of its;'Gh'arter,;' their wi thdr a\yal could not, with,, propriety be longer
\.delayed;''..-J -;••"•-'•-.'J'f .-^ •'•..•- ; . : fi • y.\ r fi^\.fi•• r/ ' - ^' ,. '•"': •-.
•Thereis, hpwever, another view of fhe subject,'which,;in iuy 't)pmioii,
. made it iriipossible- ffrther .tp postpone the Jremovar. ^-About. the ..Ist of
. Decerriber j-4832, ithad^ been ascertained:, that the .present Chief .Magistrate"
w^as re-elected, andthat his decision against the, bank -had thus been 'sanctidned by the people. .At that time the discouiftspf theibank amoun ted.^
to.$61,5,7.1.'62'5';-66.-.' Although-ftlie •'issue.ti^hich fhe •.ban-k'took. so niue.h '
'pains' to frame'.had now been tried, and. the decision prouounced against;
• it, yet no steps: y/ere takentb; pieparevforVits ;appr6aphing'erid. , On ., the
contrary, it proceeded.' to" enlarge it-s^ "dis.corints,' and,. bp the. 2d 'of Augu st,
1833, they amounted to' $64,160,3l9 14,t38ing an increaseof rriore than, two v
and a-half miUions in the .eight monihs immediately followirig the decision
' against them.'. And so far from preparirig to arrange it:s affairsw i t h a'vi^Vw
to-wind up its business, it seemed,; from, this" course.'of/conduet, to be tlie.design.of the bank'to put itself in such an attitude, that, .at the'close of its,
'charter; the country" would be compejled to^>sub.mit to its renewal, or tobear all the consequences of a,currency sbiddenly deranged, and also,a se-.
.vere pressure:for the immerise oiitstanding 'claims which wou.ld then'rie,
due to^ .the corporation. ;,- While the^.bank waLS.thus pmceedinsr tb enlarge,
its discounts, an agent v/as-appoiiitediby the Secretary-pf the Treasury to'/
inqiiife upon what terms the State 'bauks wouJ,d\iii'dertake toyperform the,
>ervices^ to: the Government which have heretofore been t^endered by the .
Bank of the United States ; and also to.ascertain-their;cpn'dition lufour of
the principal- comrrierciaV cities, for the--purpose of'pnabhng the depart-.,
men t i o judge whether they would be safe aud convenient depositories for
the'public^ money.' It was .deemed .necessary that suitable -fiscal.^ag'ents'
shpuld be prepared in due seasori, and it, was,proper that time shbvijd b.e .
allowed theni to make arrarigements with pnejano.ther thrpughout the
cpuntry, iri-ordpr that they., ini ght perfoiiii their duties iipconcertj-andjin a'
manner that would be poiiveriient and acceptaWe to the pubhc.- ;It, was essential that a change so'important inits; ehara.cter; andsQ'^extensive in.its
- operation, upon :the ffnanciaf concerns of |,he cpuntry, 'should not be introduced without ti rriely preparafioif.,; There vvas nothirig in this.prpceed ing,
npr in the condinon of thebank, which should at that tinie have produced
a-sudden and entire change of its policy ;./foiyi.n additibnto the ordinary
receipts fiom bonds given pii accpunt of .previous importatipns, the season
was .at hand when , the.^Cash duties on woollens rnight:well be expected to
be:very productive ; and frp-irijhese" two sourpes thereceipts from the cus-




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toms were in fact unusually Jarge, andthe ampunt of the public deposites.
in the bank proportionably heavy. The capacity of the bank, therefore,
at this tiriie, to afford facilities to eom.merce, was not only-equal, but greatly
superior to what it had been• for'some^ tiriie before; and the nature of
,the inquiry .made of'the State, banks, cpnfin.ed as it v/as to the four principal commerciar cities, showed that the immediate withdrawal of the entire deposites. from the b.anks so as to distress it, was not contemplated.
And if any apprehensions to the contrary were felt by the- bank, an inquiry at this'departmentl'would no^-doubt have been proniptly and satisfactorily answered. And certainly it was the duty ofthe bank, befbre it
.adopted a cours.e oppressive to the whole country, .to be sure of the ground
on which it aCted. It can never be justified for inflicting, a public injury,.
by alleging mistaken ppinions ofits own, wJien/the means of obtaining
ihformatiorij'absolutely eertain,'wereso obviously within its reach. .Thei
change was always designed to be gradrial, and the conduct of the bankitself has sirice cornpelled me" to remove a portipn of-Jhe deposites earlier than was. originally intended. There was nothing,,.therefbre, in the
inquiry befdre menribned, nor inthe views of the Executive Departmerit,'
nor in the condition of the- bank, which justified a sudden and oppressive
ehange in its policy. / -,. ^' ' - "
, .' - • ,
. The'situatiori ofthe mercantile" claims-also rendered then suaf aids of
the. bank, rno.re than'ever-necessary, tb sustain, them in their, business.
Their bonds for previous importations were, as before stated, constantly;
beGoming'due,:a.ndfheavy cash duties were almost daily to be paid-. The
demands o!: the public upon those engaged in cbmmerce wei'e'consequently
unusually large, and they had a jiist claimto the most liberal indulgence
from the fiscal agent of the Government, w.hich had • for so many years
been reaping harvests of profits from the deposites of the public money.-'
But the bank aboutthis time changed its course..
^ ^
V
'
B y t h e monthly statement of the.tiemk, dated 2d August,
• ." ^ 1833, it appears that its loan g- and domesiic brils' of"
^exchange, purchased and on hand, amounted to
-• $64,160,349 14
By the-monthly statement ofthe 2d.of September, 1833, ' ••
the.y appear to haye-been ' -,
' -."
,f
'-. 62,65,3,359 59
By that of the 2d of October, 1833, they v/ere^' - - . ^- '^ 60,094,202^ 93
Redu'ction intvv^o months _ , - ^ -'
--. ' -. $4,066,146 21
By the same papers it appears that the' public deposites, ,
<•
-including those for the red^mptipn-of the public debt,
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the Treasurer's, and those of the-public officers, were in
, August ' . - .^ • - . -^ . •
:
• • . |7;599,93t-47
September- - - .'
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^ - W^ ' ..'; ' •- .
- .:•• •-9,182,173 18.
^ October
. , . \ .^^ • ; . .' •- •_.. •- -. ,/ •-- ^ 9.868,435 58
Increase; of the public deposites-in two mbnths
- "Total amouiit collected frpm the community

' -

$2,268,'504 11

-' $f),334,650 32

' Thus upwards of six milliens of dollars were withdrawri from thebusi-.
ness. of the country bythe Bank of the United-States-in tlie Course bf two
months. : This, of itself,'must have produced' a pressure on the money
iriarket, aflecUng.all commercial transactions. But the curtailment in the



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bank. accommodations of the bommuriity \vas much larger.. The pohcy .
adopted -by the Bank.of the United States-compelled the; State banks, to. '
take .the- saiue xoiirse, imsellcdefeuce;-and'the Bank of the United States '
: appears ta have resorted to the expedienf-of drawing .from the State banks: '
the balances due, in specie, and: to: have hoarded^up: the aiticle in its own
vaults.
• - •'•.. • -••r.;-' '-" ;•'••-:-.:• '"-- . "•
; ': •
.,-•-• •;• • ....
In Auo-ust,' 1833, that bank had in specie;-. ^ - f ^ - • ^ • $10,023.677'38
• ^ September ... •-:'>>-', •; f',- '...'" f > , -' . •^---..-J ,:-.-.:: 10,207^649 20
. . .-October •••- \ ' ---fi ., y..^ •^•.'''- •:v',;-•: .' :--- ^' ' 4 0,663,441 J 5 i •
^ '.Showing ari inprease o:f specie i i i two' months, of' .' •:^.-^:.,- $639,764 1 3
. T h i s sum, it is believed, Avas- chiefiy drawn frpiri. the StateVbanks^ To^
fortify: themselves, tlTOse-banks were compelled l b call oli fheir debtors',, and
cuitaii their .accbmnipdations;; and so large a proportion of these calls, is
. always paid in their' own notes,/that, to obtairi $1OO,OO'0 in specie, t h e y are
probably obliged: tp.call fbr^four or five times that amount.'. T o replaee the
specie .takeri frorri --th em by the Bank^pftKe- United States,' and to'^pio vide
for their Pwn isafety,'tlie' State banks,; therefore,^ must/ha.ye curtailed froiri ^
two to three millions of dollars. -Orith'e whole, it is a;fair estimate, t h a t t h e
cbllections from the cpmmunity during those tvvo, month^, .withoiit any cor' responding return, did not fait miich short of nine mil lions, of doliars. . As
might have.been .ex"^pected^ complaint's" of a-pressure upon the money ,.mar-\'
ket we-re heard from e veiy^ quar ter,> .Th^,bala;n-ces'due front the-State banks
.had-; during tlfe-sanie time,;increased, from, $368,969 98 to $2,288,573.19 ;^
and, frbm the im certain policy ;of t h e bankj it was apprehende.d they might
suddenly.be called for in specie. T h e State banks,' so far from being ,able
to relieve the commu nity,. foririd themselyes under the necessri.y of providing
for their pwpv safety. ^ ' f'!
• .'•.—,;
, - ^ ' .,,-.•.
^
. ; A'yery, large ,proportibn of the collections' of the bank in August and' S^ep- ^•
tember, v/ere in .Philadelphia, New: Y'.ork,. and Boston. - .- J "" • .- •
. 'In Apgustarid. September, the cii rfail meiit ^ ' • .. , . , / ; - ' . . ,
'
^^\-^n^Philadelphija'.was, fi. - ,.'' '..--^'f • ^.' - $i9.5.,548'69^': • •' ••/'.:-• ^:
- Ihcrease of'p.ubhe deposites ,'.'-: •.•-•• ,''"-,'.\*- -.^646,846 80 .•;''•. ..-' -•.- e; . / :
.. Actual collecdonsby;the-bank^ ••-•."-.: x;; J - : . ;^ . - •^Jf-''$842,39,5 -49;
' Increaseof public-.deppsries iir New •York; T ' .,l,396,,-597'.-:'24' - •'•^ •"•.-'•';•'
. ^''Deductincre^ase:rifloans;' ''•-/-• :.''--^:;:- .~ • -•' ' g 3 f 2 9 5 - 38"-''• -'' . ''. ''
A c t u a f c o l l e c t i o & b y t h e - b a n k . t ^ > % / : . ; -\;-,-'-^. ';:•-.1,055,301 86\
''•Gurtailmentsin'.BQston'--i-p.:'' -v-.:'^^ ' •,; - -b717,264 45' ['^''[ . '^•:'-.increase of public .depositesV• • -' - '
'-"/•' 48,069^" 88.^
-1"

. Actuaf Gollections^by: the.bank •/ -.;-•• '-W ../• ..,- ' -.. ',-^ 765,334'33.
. Total'collections iri.trie throe cities. •'-. i.-' •-^-:\l . \

•$2,673,031--68-.

. It v/ill be .perceived that it was solely, through/ theincrease of tlie pu.blic
'deposites rthat the bank raised ^balances-;agaifist the :State banks i.ii New
York,-"and was placed iri\a situa'tion to tkake'from them, atjts^p'leasure, large ^
surris. in specie-.^ And',when'itis considered, that those curtailments and'
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banks to curtail also, we shall be at no loss to perceive the .cause of the pressure; which existed in the comniercial cities about the end of themonth of
September. It was impossible that the commercial coriimunity could have
sustained itself much longer under such a policy. In the two succeeding
months, the collecdons ofthe bank would probably have e.xceeded five millions more, andthe State banks woiild have been obliged to curtailjn an
equal sum. The reductiori of bank accomrnodations to the amount of nineteen millions of dollars in four nionths, must have almost put ari end to>
trade; arid before the 1st of October this pressure in the principal commercial cities had become so intense, that it could not have been endured much
longer without themostseribus ernbarrassments. It was theri daily increasing ; and from the best information I have been able to obtain, I am ,persuaded thatif the public riioneys received for, revenue had conrinued to be
cleposited inthe Bank ofthe United States for two months longer, and it had
adhered to the oppressive system ofpolicywhich it pursued during the two
preceding months, a widespread scene,of bankruptcy arid, ruin must have
followed. Tliere was nb alternative, therefore, for,trie Treasury Depart-•
ment,^ but to act at once, or abandon the object altogether. Duries of the
highest character wouldiiot permit the latter pourse,, and I did not hesitate
prompdy to resortlo the former.
.
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I have stated the condriion bf the mercantile classes at the time of the
' renioval, to explain why it was impossible to postpone it eveii for a short
period. Under other circumstances, I should have been disposed tb direct
the removal to take effect at a distant day, so as to give Congress an ppportunity of prescribing, iu the mean time,,the placesof deposite, and\)f regulating the securities proper to be taken..., It is true that the power given^to
the Seci'etary of the-Treasury to' remove the deposites from fhe Bank of the
United Slates necessarily carries with it the right, to select the places where
they shall afterwards be made.. The power of removal cannot^be exercised
wrihout, placing them elsewhere'; and the right to select is, therefore,,contaiped in, the right to remove.,, It is also true that,in my judgment, as has.
"already been stated,'the public ipterest would have been advanced if the
change had takeii place at an earlier period. Yet, as a few months would,
in ordinary times, have made no,very serious difference, andthe renioval
hi:id already been delayed until the meeting of Congress was appro.aphing,
1 s.hould have preferred, executing the measure in a manner that.' would
have enabled the Legislature to act on the subject in advance of the,actual
removal, if it had, deempd it proper to do sb. But the conduct of the bank
left me no choice, except between the, immediate, removaf and its final reliiiquishmerit; for, if the measure had then been, suspended, to be resunied
-at a future time, it was in the power, of the bank to produce the same evil
whenever it was'again attempted. .Putting aside, therefbrejfrom the view of
the subject which I am no\v presenting, all the inducenients which grew
outof the misconduct ofthe bank, and regarding only its approaching endj
and the intensity of the pressure it was then producing, nb further delay
was admissible. \
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The iactsahd reasons above stated ^appear to have-established the following propositions :.,
> J "-,.
:J
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.1st. It was the duty of this department n,pt to act'upon the assumption
that tlie legislative power wbuld Itereafier.change thelaw in relation to the'
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the principle* that the existence of this corporation would'terminate on the
3d ©f March, 1836, . ' ^Vj.. .. ;-..'- v _' :,
^ ; •••.-••.'"' J J, ^ ^-:"~
2d. Thc publictnterest requiredthatthe deposites of -public'nibney should
not continue tobe made iri the Bank pf the Uriited States,, uritil the clrise^
ofits existence, but should be transferrpd.to some otber-place, at some p e - ;
riod-prior to that time. ....'
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W- ;'
3d-. The power of rembvaf. being/reserved.exclusively to the SeeretarV';
of the Treasury, by .thetermsof thp charter, his action^ was.^riece^^^
order to effect it ;^ andfhedepositcs could not, accbrdirig to the agreeriient ,
made by Congress with.the s|oekhoiders; have be'en^ rempved by the legis- vlative branch of the,Gpyernnient,'uritil the charter was a;t an,end. ^ : ^ .,' .
4th. The neap approach-o,f\thetiipe wheixthe charterSvould expire, as _'
well as the eoridition of the mercantile community, .produced by the'conduct of the bank, xendered the removal indispensabie at the time it was be^ .
gun, andit could not have been postporied to a lateir day, without injury t o '
thb'couritry.; •- ''••.',.:-/: ''\^'fi- : . ' .:••'..' : •- ^< . •:
•'^,:: ,,., ^ • , '.;'.' ••
Acting on these: :prin:Gipies, I should have "felt"myself boundto follotv the
eours.eljiave pursued in •relation to the deposites, witliout. aiiy reference to.
the' misconduct of the barik." Buf tlierb'are; other .reasons for the remoyalv.
grbwing out ofthe:mannerin which the affairs ofthevbarik have been managed, clrid its money applied, 'which: would havp' iriade ri my-duty ^to\with-' •
drarw the.deposites atany period of the charter.'^'v^
; ^ \ r^ ' •
-It will, I ..presume, be admitted orirall handsj that the bank wasv incorporatedviri/brdpr-to create a-^usefuf and convenient public agent tb assist.the
'Goyernirieiit in its fiscar •operations. Tlie .act of ih"Corporatiori was nbt
desigried. rnerely, as.an act;of favor to the' stockholders, iior were" exclusive K
privileges given to them ,fpr the purpose of en a bli iig. therii tp obtain= political '
ppwer, or to arnass vveal t h af the expense of. the' people of the United ,'Stcries.
The motive for estabhshing this vast .monopoly was the hope that it
would coriducetb the public gbod: ilt was created, to be the ageiit bf the"
public; to.be emplpyed for; the benefit of .the pepple.;. and the peculiar ,priy-'
ileges and means pf private^embliiment, giyen .to it by the act of incorporation, were intend'edhs rewards for Jhe. services it was expected fo perform.
It ^yas riever supposed; ihatits own soparate;intere^ts would be^voluntari-'/
ly brought into collision with those bf the public. And still less :was i f an-i
ticipated that it Wbuld seek, by its mpney, to obtain political power,, and
oorttrol tiie miction' of the- Go'ye.rnment,.'eiiher by the favors if can. shower,
or the fear of jts resentment. .Its duty \y as simply thatof an agent, boundto render certairi services tbits priricipal, in consideration of trie.advaritages 'granted to it. And, like; every other public a'gent or offi-cci:, its own sepa-,
rate- interests were subpiiiinate .to its duty to the public ^ It;was; bound to:
consult the general good lather than its private emolument, if they-should
happen to. come in coiiflict Jvith otie anothpr. if, therefore, it sought,"to
obtain: poiiticaf power, ortb iricrease its gains by rrieans which woidd p.rob^- /.
ably bring.distress'on the conimunity, it violated its duty, and perverted, to
the public injury, the powers, which were given tO; be used for the puhlic . ;
.good , And^ in such an event, it was .the duty of; the public servants, to
whom the trust was. reserved, to dismiss it, so far as. might :lawfully be.
done, frorii the agency it had thus abused.
.J- - - ^..:
,^" - '. /• • '.
. .Rega.iding the, baRk,.. therefore, as the ,age.nt of theUnited States, and
bound by the duties, and liable to the obligatipns, which ordiiiariiy^ belorig
to the relation of principal andiagent, except >vhere the charter _has .other-

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wise directed,.I proceed to state the circumstances v/hich show that it had
justly forfeitedlhe confidence of the Government, and that it ought notvto.
have been further trusfed as the:deppsitory of the public moriey.
, The ^United States, by the charter,, reserved the right of appointing five
directors of the bank.. It was. intended by this ^means not only to'' provide
guardians for the interests of the public in the general admiin'stration of its
affairs, but alsotojiave faithful officers, whose situation would enable tbem
to become inrimately acquainted with alf the trahsaciions of the institution,
cmd whose duty it would be to. apprize the proper authorities of any misconduct on the part,of the corporation likely to affect the public interest.
.. The fourth fundaniental article of the constitution'of the corporation declares that riot less than seven 'directbrs shall constitute a board for the
transaction, of business. At these- meetings of trie Board, the directors on
the part of the United States had of .course a right'to' be present; and, cpnsequently,^ if the business of the'''corpoi'ariori hadbeen transacted in the
manner v/lrich tlietaw t^equires, there Was abundant,seeu rity that nothing
could be done,, injuriously affecting fheinterests of the-^people, Avithout being iriimediately communicated to the public servants, who'were authorized to, apply the reriiedy. ^And if the" corporation'-^has so arranged its concerns as to conceaf from, the public directors some of its most: important
operarions, and has thereby destroyed the safeguards'which v/ere designed
to'secure the interests^of the United States, it wbuld seem to be very clear
that ithas forfeited its claim to confidence,, and is no longer worthy of trust.
In the ordinary poncerris of hfe, among .indi viduals, no prudent .mari
would continue to plkce his fiinds in the handsof an agpnt, after he discovered that he was studiously concealing frorii him the inanner in which
they were employed. The pubhc money ought'not to be guarded with
less vigilance than that of an individual, and measures of concealment on
the part of this corporarion are^not only contrary to the duties of its .agency,
butare also in direct violation ofthe law tp which itowes its corporate existence. And the same misconduct v/hich, inthe case of private individuals,
would induce a prudent m'an to dismiss an.agent fromriis employment, would
require a similar cburse towards the fiscal agent.of the Government, bythe
officer to v/hom tfie law has intrustedJhe supervision of its conduct, and
given the power of reiiioval. J- , , ' ' '
. i ''
Tried by these principles, it .will be found thatlhe conduct-of the bank
made it the duty of the Secretaiy of the Treasury to withdraw from its.
care the public funds. '
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'
. 1st. Insteiid ofa board constituted of at least seven directois, according
to the charter, at which those appointed by the United States have 'a right
to be present, imany of the most important money transactioris of the bank
have been, and still are, placed urider the.cpntrol of a comniittee, denominated the "Exchange :Cbrmiiittee, of which no'orie of;the public^directors
has b'een allowed to b e a m.eniber sincethe commenceirient of the present
year. ' This: cpmmittee istiot' even .elected by the board, and thb -public
.directors' have no voice in their appointraent. .They are chosen'by the
President ofthe bank, and the business'of the institution, which ought to
• be decided on by the Board of Directars,is in mariy instances transacted'by
this .committee; and no one/has a light to be: present at theii' prbceedings.:
but the-Presid'entand.those whom he shall please to; nafiie as-members of
this committee. Thus loans are made- uriknown atthe time to a majority
of the,Board, and paper discounted, which might probably, be rejected at a
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bank are sorrietimes resolved on and executed.'by this committee: arid its
measures are, it appears designedly and/by regular system^ sbarran^ed as,
to conceal from the Jofficers of tlie Governmerit transactions in iwhich the
public interests* are deeply in vol ved:^ And this fict* alorie furnishes , evidence too strongfe be resisted, that the coriCealment of certain impbrtarit^
operatioris of trie corpbratipn frorn the; officers . of tire :'Gpveriiment is one
o f the objeets which/is intended to be accornplished by means of this committee. • The plain, wprds'pf the charter are yiolated,:in order to deprive the
people of the United States- of one of the principal securities which, the law
had provided to guard their interests;,tmd to fendep.more safe the-^public
money;intrusted.tbthe;care of the bank. Would any iridividual>of prd^^^^
ry discretion continue his riioney iri the liands of an agent who jViblated
his instrucrions, fpr the;purppse of hiding from him the. manner in which he^ _
, was cohduetingthe business Confided to riis charge-.^^ Would lie continue his
property irr his, hands,wh'en he had .not orily ascertained that concealmerit
had been praGtised.towards.riirii, but when the,^agerit avowed his determi-~
nation to cpntinrie in the same course,-and: to withhold from;hini, as far as
he could, all knowledge of therriianner in'which he-was employing his
funds ?' If-an individuar would not be expected to eontihue his confidence "
under siich circurristances, upon what,princi4)le Could a different lirie,of.conduct be' reqiiired from th.e officers • of the ' UrritedrStates,- charged - -with thp
care of the .^public interests? The public mpney is surely entitled" to the
;same care and prbtection as that of an iridiyiduaLl; arid if the latter 'would
be bopiid, in justice to hiniseif, to 'Withdrawihis money fromthe hands' bf an
agent .thus regardless of his "duty,the same priiiciple requires, that the
money of the United States should, urider the iike circturistarices,^be withdrawn from the hands of their fiscah agent.: "Arid as the power of withr
drawal was confided to the Secretary, of the^ Treasury, it was his duty, to •
remove it on ihis ground alorie, if no other cause of corn plaint had existed .
against the bank. > The conduct (Si' theJianW in -relatiori tb the three per ;
ceiiti stock of the/Uriited States, is a memoralje instarice of the power
^exercised in secret by the;Excharige Comrnittee, andtheabuses to which it
is/incident.: The-'tircunistances attending that trai,nsaction havebeeuvsb
fully/laidbefdrexGbngress. and the-public, that'it J s useless to repeat .them
here. - It was a case; in which thi^ coirirriittee nof brily irianaged in isecret
a moneyed trarisaction of vast ariibunt,: intimately con nected tvitli the intef^,
ests of:the people .of this country, but pne where the measrires of the Gov-,
ernment vvcre thwarted by the banlf, arid the nation compelled to coritinue
.^fbr a time liable Ibr a debt.which it was ready;;and desirbiis to exringuish.
Nor is this the only m<3^asure of the kind which has come ^officially; to my
" knowledge.' ^ I have the hoiior to present herewith\ a report,- rnade 'by three ,
of the public-directors to the/President of the, Uriited States, on.'the 22d
of-Apiil, lS33,; (marked A,) in vvhich, iri/corripliance with a J-equesf that
they would coriimunicateto liim such, iriforulatiPri^ as was •withiu their per^
sorialknowledge, relative t o the rinusual proceedings- ofthe Board of Directors, they dis^closCd the exceptionable nianner Jn^^\^^^^
by law. on the;Board has;been^surtendered to tlie Exchauge Corrimitt€;e f
that this lias beeri dorie eyideritly with the design of .preventing a proper '
and contemplated pxaminatiori into thp accounts bf persons whbse^' paper
was offered for discount • that a niinority of the Board, apparently suffi-^
cient to have pre ventedthe loan if the security w^^^ bad, were deprived of
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institution were set aside for the purposeof carrying those designs into
effect with less difiiculty or embarrassment. ,: .
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' I f proceedings like this are sanctioned by the constituted authorities of
the Unried States,- fhe.apppintment of directors pn their part is an idle ceremony, and affords no safeguard to the public treasure iri the custody of
the bank. Ahd even legislative enactments, in reidtipn to this corporation,
are of but little value, if ir may at its pleasure disi'egard one of the fundamental articles of its'constitution, "and transfer to a secret cornniittee the
business which by law ought Jo be transacted by the Board. It is scarcely necessary, in presenting this document .to the consideration, of Congress,
to notice an objection. which has been sometimes put forward against the
publication of any proceedirigs which relate to the accounts of private indi.viduals. The circumstances detailed are the regular and officiaf transactions of the Board of Directors ; nor do they involve the private debtor and
creditor accourit of persons dealing with the bank, which is alone included
• i n the.,distincrion taken by the charter, in regard to private accounts., If
, the ^argument th,us brought forward> were a sound ;Qne. there could be no
such thing as an examination, of any value Jnto the ^conduct ofthe bank,
because, the business of the bank, being with individuals, its misconduct
could never be sho^vri without bringing, before the public the individual
transaction in which the= conduct of the bank was impeached.' And if it
could make good the position that such proceedings never,are. to be exposed to the public, because individuals are conperned in them, it would ef
fectuaily shut out all useful examination, and be enabled to apply, its money
tothe most improper purposes, without dctecrion or exposure. When
:its conduct is impeached, on the ground that it has used its gieat money
power to obtain political influence, the investigatiop of the charge is, in its
, very nature, 'an inquiry into its^ transacrions with individuals. And although the accbunts brought forward on such occasions may be the accounts of individuals, yet they a;re also the. accounts of the bank, and show
its conduct. And being, the fiscal agent ofthe Government,'with such
imnierise; power to be exercised for good or for evil, the public safety requires that all of its proceedings should be bpen to the strictest and most
rigorous, scrutiny. /Its charter iriay be. foi:feited by its miscpnduct, and
would be jpstly forfeited, if it soughtto obtain a, pplidcaf influence in the
.affairs of^the nation. And yet such attempt on the -part ofthe bank can
.never be proved, except,by the examination and disclosure of its.dealings
with Individu^als. ; •
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. 2d.^ It is not merely by I'ts concealmpnts that the bank has proved itself
regardless of the duties of it's agency. Its own interests will be fpund to be
its ruling, principle,; and the just claims ofthe public to be treated with but
little,regard, .when they have come into colhsiNon with'the interests of the
corporation, This was .but too plainly the case in the afftrir.of the three
percents above mentioned. A recent instance proves that its rule of action
is not changed in this respect; • And the failure of the French Government
to pay the biU drawn for the -first. instal mented ue by the treaty, has been
<made the occasion of endeavoring to obtain from the (public the sum of^
$158,842 77, to which no principle of jusrice appears to entitle it. JPhe
money for which the bill was sold remained in the bank. The expenses
it incurred were of small arnount, and these the Government are wiihng to
pay. Butthe,corporation,notcoritent with the profits it was deriving from
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using in its discbunts, endeavors to convert the pubhc disappointment into
. a gamful transaction, foritself; and demands the large sum abovenienrioned, without pretehdiiig thatit sustained any loss orJncbnvenience commensurate with the amourit it seeks to obfain from the Goverriment. 'The
' fiscal agent of the public •attenipts to avail -itself of the uneipected disappointment of the prihpipal, for the purpose of enhancing its own profits at the
expense of the conimunitiy.\ ,^ / • : ' ' :^'\- ^ / J ' :'
3d. There is Mifficierit evi.dence to prove that the,bank has used its
means with- a : view to obtain' politieai power, and .thereby secure the
• renewal of its^chartet.^i^;> '^ •;-;'/:;t.. /:./:-„ ^: - . ' : ^--/•' •-• ^ ^'---' :;.•'...••:•. i
The documents.'whicfc have beeri: heretofore/^M
Cbngrdss, and
arempw^bn its files,/will show" that on the 3.1st of .December, .1830, the aggregate debt dub tothe. bank -was $42,40S,304- 24,-and.that on the 31stof
December, 183l,,it was-$63,026,452 9 3 ; beirigan extension of its loans, in
a single year, of twenty riiiilions of dollars, and aii;iriCrease bf nearly fifty
per cent.-on its previous acConimodations.
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/ , And,^as if to; leave no rporii to.dbubt as to the motive of this extraordi-^
nary conduct, it\ contin ued to, add rapidly to its loans, andpn the 1st pf May,
^':18.32,Jyhile its petitiou fbr the renewal of its charter was'yet pending; fefore^ rj:6rigi-ess, xthpy ampurited to '^$70,428,^0^^
ari increase of
. ^7,'tol,6l7;79;in.th four; preceding: months,;and/ making::a!ltogefhe:r an^ ad-ditibri of $28,0^5,764^^
' an extension of^more than 66 per cent, on itsrprevipus'lQans. ./^Such an intcrease atsuch a period of its;charteris without example in tSe history of
hanking. institutions. On thp 31st of I)ecem:ber, 1830, when, its loans
'amounted, as,, above stated, to only $42,402,304 24, the corporation Had
been in existence fourteen yeais.. /The sudden and; greatMncrease was
.niade when the charter was drawing to a close, arid it had but littie more
than four years to rum It camiot be supposed that these immense loans
weremade frorii a confident expectatipn thatthe charter would be renewed.
On, the contrary, it ismow aii) historical fact, that the bank itself deemed
the chances of renewal so'doubtfril, that^ in the/session o;f Congress beginning in Decerriber, 1831, it petitioned for a recharter.; and the reaspn^^gefre. rally assigned for pressing for-a decision at thcit time was the great extent
lof its busihess, and the riecessity.of preparing, to bring it to a'close, if the.
'charter was not to be renewed. ThuSj with but little more than fbur years
to run, with doubtfuf chances of renewalj and:aware of the ne<;essity of
beginning to arrange its vast transactions, it in:crea;ses its Joans in sixteen
months more than twenty-pight millions of dollars! Was this' iniprudence
only? It cannot be'believed thkt those who manage its concerns /cbuld
have committed such an oversight. Can any proper reason be: assigned
for J;his departure from the cburse which the irfteresfsbf a;j^oneyed cbrpo-ration,, as well as those of the country, obviously require ? I am- riot'aware
t M t a n y suflnlcient justification has been offered. Andthis Cxtrabrdiriary
increaseof its loaris, made in so^shprt a space of time, at such a period of
its charter, and upon the eve of a severely contested electipn of Presiderit,
in which the bank took ari open,:and direct inteiest, deriionstrates thatit
. was using its money for the purpose of obtaihing arhold ,iipori the pebple
of this country, in order to operate upon their fear's, arid to induee them,
by the appreherisibn of ruin, to vote against the candidate wh
it desired^
/ t o defeat/ In other/words, this great
riioneyedcoi^
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by causing its weight to be felt in the election .of its offieers. But if the
circumstances above stated/were, not of themselves sufficient to prove that
the bank had sought by its money to obtain political power, and to, exercise,
by that means, a controlling-influence on the measures ofthe Government,
recent, developments have furnished such proof as to leave rio room for
doubt. I have the hbnor to transniit herewith an ofRcial statement, (marked B,) signed by four of the public directors of the hank, showing at:., the
saime time tlie unlawful manner in which its business is conducted, and
the unwarrantable purposes to which its nipney has been, .and srill is, applied. It will be seen by the proceedings therein stated, that the whole
capital-of the bank is, in effect, placed at the disposition of the. President of
that institurion. He is authorized.to expend what he pleases in causing,
'.'tq be prepared and circulated such documents and papers as may communicate to the people' inforniation in regard to the nature and operations of
the bank." And he may, therefore,, under the very indefinite terms of the
resolutions, employ as many, persons 'as he pleases, at such salaries as he
thinks proper, either, to prepare daily paragraphs for newspapers iii favor pf
thebank, or to write pamphlets and essdys to influence the public judgnient. And he may even provide forjhe publicarions by salaries-to printers, orJiy p.urchasing presses and types, and placing them in tlie hands of
agents employed and paid by the bank. There is no limitatibn, short'of the
capital ofthe banlr,- as to the .sura of nioney he may thus expend in different parts of the United States. From the descriptioit of arricles which appear to have been paid for under this'resolurion, it seems that the Fresident of theinstriution has supposed that publications containing attacks on
officers ofthe Government, who dre supposed to stand in the tvay of the
renewal of the charter, is;one of the'^iuodes of "communicating to the people informarion in regardtp. the,nature and operations of the bank.'^ This
iconstru'ction was, it appears, approved by the Board, as they continued the
authority in his hands unchanged; after the manner in which-a portion of the
money had beeii-^applied was laid before theni. And we are left to conclude
that this institution is now openly in the field as a political partisan, and that
one of its means pf warfare is the destructibn of the pohtical standriig pf those v
who'are opposed to the renewal of the charter. The sum actually charged
fo the expenses under this resoluUon, is sufficiently startling.' Hbwmuch
riiore may have been^already-squandered, v/e are yet to. learn. . And the
work of preparing and circulatirigsuch pubhcations is stril, it is presumed,
going on,' under the last resolution of the Bdard. Itis, moreover, impo.'^si ble
t o ascertain the specific purposes to which the money may in fact have been
applied, since vouchers are not requiredto show the particular services for
which it was giveri. With these positive proofs of the efforts of thebank
to obtain power, and to influence the measures of the Government,'I have
not hesitated as to the'path of duty.;. If, v/hen this evidence was before: me,
I had fliled to withdraw the deposites of pubhc nioney from the.bank, it
would have been lending the couritenarice and support of this department
to measures which are but too well calculated to destroy the purity of our
institutioris, and endanger thereby the liberries of.the'people. It cannot be
supposed that these expendiriires are justifiable on the ground that the bank
has a right to defend itself, and that the money in question was therefbre
properly expended. - Some of the items accourited for sufficiently show in^
what nianner it was endeavoring to defend its interests. It had entered the
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feat the elecrions of those who were opposedto its views. It was striving,
,t)y means of its nipney, to cpntroi the! cpurse of the Governrnent, by driving
^ from power those who were obnoxious to its resentment. Can it be permitfed to a great inoneyed eorppratipn to enter on such a controversy, and then
justify its ponduct 'On the^ groundlhat it is defending its own iriterests?
' The right of-such aitipstitutipn^tpjnteifere im
poiiticaf corieerns ofthe
country, for any cause whateyerj .can never be ipcogriised; and a defence
like tBis on the,psu:t pfthe barikpm^
indiyidual
- ^stockhplders alone jyere^thus usirig^>their: own, mp;ney to pi'omqte their own
interests) But itjs^;npt orily the moneyof indiyidu^d^
is thus applied^
The one-fifth of the:capi^^^^^ of the .bank, amountihg^ td seven rriillions of
> dbllarsf belpn^s to the I^^
and the prig-fifth of the tiioripy which ,
:]ias beeri e^cpended,^'arid ia iyet tojie expended under this resolution, is the
' prppertyjif^riieipubiic, and does not
Yet the
JBoard/pf Direptb^^^
'^ jteriiqney/bf individual stpckh^
in:order to promote, .their individual
in terests,; but have also, by the resolrition in question, taken upon themselves
..to:'give:tiielike^authority; over nioney which beiong's to the -Uiiited S;tates.'
Is.-an institutipn,^^; which d
wHli the mpriey'of the-people, a proper
^ ^depository for tii^^ public tiinds?;•/ When sucli'a right is:- oppnly claiaied,
atid acted uppn^.fciy the: Board of Ditectbrs,Ccrii theriioney.:^of the IJnited
. ..States be.^eemedsa^^
I'he sanie piinciplethatvfouM
fhe application J)f one p^^^
of thepublic riioney to such purposes, would
justify the like use; bf all that may come to its possession. ThejBpard, of
Directors hayerio lawful authbiity/to employ'^t^^
the United
States fbr such objects.' .^So farras the nation is. concerned in;th^ character
of the .bank, thb "people, through their own representatiyes in'Qongress,, can
takel2are of their owii, rights, and vindicate the character ,of the bank, if
;,they think it unjustly assailedl And they, do not need the aid of persons
employed and paid by the bank to learn whether its charter be coristitutional
OJ npt, nor whether the public interest requires it to be renewed. - Nor have
: they authorized'the_.President and directors'of that institution tp expend the
^^/publicjiipney to enlighteri th^^
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.The resolution in-,question is moreover iri direct wiolatibn of the act ©f
Congress by which this^corpotationAvas established. And/itJs/diffiCult to
imagine how the unlimited, and irresponsible ppwer oyer themoney of the
^ baiik, .which the director
to the Presiaenti can be reconciled
to theelause iri its cliarter whicli requires seven (iirectors to form a: Board
ifpf the transaction, of business;' If the expeiiditure of (money for the piirposes contemplated by the resolution be, a legitimate part of the business of
, the corppration,the Board could not lawfully transfer it to one, of its ofiicers, luilpss they, can, by resolution, surrender into Jhe hands of rtheir
President the entire power of the corporation, and commit to the cafe of a
;'^ ..single indiyiclual the .cprpQrate power, which .thp: law/has declared should
be exercised by the Board of Directors. J _ \^
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Chief Justice. Marshall, in the case of therBank of thp .United States .
vs!'. Dandridge, when: speaking of the. bonds i^guirpd to /be given by
. thp cashiers of the bank, ;says: "It requires ye^y little kn'owle%e of t
iuterior pf bariks to know that the interests;of Vthe Stockholder? a^^
Jmitted to a very great extenf to these,'and other officers, f It Vas, a^
< ought to have bcerivthe intention of Congress^^^^^^
the' Governuient,
vvhich took a deep,mterest in this institufiori^and td secure individuals,
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who embarked their fortunes in it on the faith of the (jovernment, as far '
as possible from the malpractices of its officers." But the directors of the
bank seemed to havejicted on principles directly opppsite to Tthose stated
by the Chief Justice, and; instead of endeavoring to secure "as far .as
possible" the pubhc and individuals from the malpractices ,of its officers,
they place the'funds of th'e bank under the- control oi a single officer, froni
vyhbrn neither,security nor specific vouchers have been, required. Itis true
that, in the opinion which the'Chief Justice gave in the case from which' the.
above passage is quoted, he diflered from the rest of the court.; But thedifference was oh other principles, and notion the* one above^ stated.
' In forming my judgment on this as partof the case, I have not regarded the short time the charter has.yet to run. But rriy conduct has
been governed by considerations which arise altogether out of the cburse
pursued by the bank, and which would have equally influenced the decision
• of this department in relation to the. deposites, if the bank were now in the
first years bfits existence; apd upon this view of the/subject, the following
proposiripns appear; to be fully maintained.;
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- 1st. That the bank, being thefiscal agent of the Government in the
^duties which the law requires J t to perform, is liable to all the responsibilities which attach to the character pf agent in ordinary cases of priricipal and agent among individuals ; and it is therefore the duty pf the officer
of the Governnient, to whorn the power has been intrusted, to withdraw
ifrom its possession thepublic funds," whenever its conduct towards its prin- cipal has been such as would induce a prudbnt inan in private life to dismiss his agent from his'emplbyment.
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^ 2d. That^ by nieans of its Exchange Committee, it has so arranged its
business as to deprive the public servants of those/opportunities of observing its conduct which the law had provided for the safety of the public
money confided to its' care; and that there is sufficient evidence to show
that the arrangement on the, part, of the bank w^s deliberately planned,
and is stril persisted in, for the purposeof •conGealnieiit. ^
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3d. That it has also, in the case ofthe three per cent, stock,^-and ofthe
bill of exchange on Prance, endeaVored unjusdy to advance its own interNcsts atthe expense of the interests" and just rights ofthe people of the
'United States.
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- If-these propositions be established, it is; very clear that a man of ordinary prudence in private life; would withdraw his funds from an agent who
had thus behaved himself in relation to his. principal; and itfollows that
itwas the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to withdraw the furids
of,the United, States froni the bank. .• . ,
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4th. That there is sufflcient evidence to show' that- the bank has been,,
and srill is, seeking tp'obtain political power, and Has used its moriey for
the purpose of influencing the election of the public servants; and it was
incumbent upon the Secretary of the Treasury, on that account^ to withdraw from its possession the money of the United States, which it was thus
using for improper purposes. Upon the Jvhole, I have felt myself bound
by the strongest blDligation to remove the deposites. The obligation was
imposed upon me by the near approach ofthe time when this corporation
will cease to exist,, as welf as by the course, of conduct which it has seen
fit to pursue;
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The propriety of'renioving the deposites being thus eviden\/and it being
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moved, if J)ecame necessary; that arrangements: shpuld be imriiediately
made with the new depx)si{.pries ofthe publfemoney, which wpuld not ordy
render i t safe, but would (^at the same limp secure to the CTOvernment, and.
to the cornnuiriity at large, the Conveniences and facilities thaf /were intended to be obtained ^by inGoi;porating the Bank pf the Uriited :States.
Measures ^vereacGordipgly taken for that purppse,:aiid'copies- of the contracts which have beeri niMe witlr the selected; banks, arid pf the letters
of instructions , to therri; from.this.- departmerit, are herewith subniitted.
The Cbntractsjwith the banks /in the interior are ript precisely the: same
\vith those iri the; Atlaiitictcities^ T'he 'difference between them;arii^es from
the nature Jbf the J)usinress;; transactedJby ;1hev bariks iri the^e diSerent
• \ places./ The Sta:te banks ':selected: arb; alf JnstitutiGns; of high character
; /arid;iindoubted.strepglhv ain
the rriariagemenfiarid,coniroi.bf
persons of tiri^uestioried probity and iritelfigenCe... And. inorder toinsure
. the '^iafety of the-public rnb^^^^
them is^required, and' has agreed,
tb give security .^heriever the: arripurif of-tfre deposite shall exceed the half
. ,'of;the; amount of the eapital /actpally;paid in; arid this .department has
--/reserved^ tor itself j h e righf to demarid security ;;whenever itm a y tliink J t
,.:adv^isable, althbugh t h e ampunt ori dbf^^
be: equal to the/sum
" abbv^. stated. /The banks- selectediha^
severally:erigaged toirans- :
/<mit inbiiey tetany vpoinf at whicfoif
thisdepartriierif fbr the publib service, arid foJperfbrrri till the jseryices tothe Goyerriment :which were ;heretofore reh dered by the Ba n k ofthe Un ited
States. Arid, by agree merits among themselyes tQ\hono,r each other's notes
and drafts, they are ^providing" a gerieral curreiicy at least as, sou rid as Ithat
of the Bank of the United States, and will afford facilities to corniiierce
: and in the business of domestic exchange quite equalito:criiy:which the
0 community heretofoi-e; erijoyed. There'^has not been yet sufficient tinie t o
perfect these arrangements, but enough has alrea'dy been ^done to show
thatveyen^bn the:score of expediency,^ a Baink of the United States is not
: necessary, either fer the fiscal operation's of the - Goyernment, or the' public'
convenience; and that every object which the charter to the present baiik
Jwas^designed to attain, may be as effectually accomplished by the State
banks. Arid, if this can be done,, nothing th^f is Useful \yill be lost or
endangered by the change, while riiuch that is desirable will bergained-by
it. .Fpr rio one pffhese corporations will possess that absolute, and almost
.unlimited, dominion'over the property of the citizens of the'United States,
. which the ^present bank holds, and which enables it at any^.moment, :at its
own pleasure, to bririg distress upon any portion: of the community, wheriever
: it may deem it useful to its interesf t a make its power felt. "The influerice
of eacri of the State banks is necessarily limitedto its own immediate
neighborhood;: and they Will be kept/iri cheefc;l)y thelother local Jbariks;
They \vill not, therefore, be tempted by the consciousness bf; power to
pire to political influence, nbr likely t o iriterferp in thpreleGtipris; Pf; the
public servaints. They will, moreover,'be managed-by ^p
whoreside
in the midst bf the people :whpj^aret6; be: inaiMed lately r^
measures; arid they cannotbe insensible or indifferent to the b^^^^
pecriliarrinterests of thos^: by; whom ihey: are daily surrbunded^ arid with
. whpm they are constantly associated^ These; circumstances ialways; furnish strong safeguard^r against ari^oppressivp/exe
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ofthe United States, with its numerous and distant branches. A cor-,
poraribn of the latter descpprion is continually acting.urider the conviction
pf its immense power over the money concerns of'the whole country, and
is dealing also with the fortunes and comforts, of men who are distant from
them,, and^to .whom they are personally strangers. Tlie^ directors of the
/bank are not compelled tbhear, daily, .the coriiplaints,. and v witness the
sufferings of those v/ho .may be ruined by their'^^ proceedings.- From Jhe
nature of man, such an^ institution canriot always: be expected to sympathize with the wants arid feelings .of those who are affected by its policy.
And we ought not, J)erhaps, to be^ surprised if a corporatioue like the. Bcink
of the.United States, from the:feeling of rivalry, or from cold calculatioris
of intere.st or ambidon, shbuld deliberately' plan and execute a course of
measures highly injurious and oppressive in places where the directors
who control its conduct have no^ locaf sympathies to restrain them.. .
.
It is^a fixed principle^of pur political riisritutions, to guard against the,
unnecessary accumuratioii of powerv over persons and property, in any
harids ; arid. no.hands are less wbrthy to be trusted with it than those of.
a mbrieyed corporation.^ In the selection, thei-efbre,:of the State banks as the
fiscal agents'of the Goverifment, ,110 disadvantages appear toriave been
iricurred on the score of safety or<convenience, prthe generah, interests of ^
the cbuntry,. while much that is yaluable will be gained by the'changC; I;
• am, however, well aware of the y ast power ofthe Bank bf the United States,
and of its ability to bririg distress and suftering on the country./ This is
one bf the evils'of chartering a,bank with such an arnbimt of capital, with
the right of shooting.its branches into'every part of the Union, so a:s to ex• terid its influence \o,every'neighborhood. Theiriirriense loan of more than
' twenty-eight-millioiis of dollars suddenly poured out,, chiefly in the western vStates, in 1831,-arid the ffrst four months in: 1832, Sufficiently attests
'that the'bank is sensible of the power which its; nioney gives it, and lias
: placed itself in an attitude to make the^people of the United States feel the
weight of its resentment, if they .presume to. disappoint the wishes,of the
corpbration: By a severe curtailment, it has already made it proper to with' draw a portion of the riioney it held on deposite,'and trarisfer it to the custody of the new-fiscaf agents^ ill/order to shield the :community from the
injustice of the Bank-of the United States. But 1 have nbt supppsed that
' the pourse of the G 0 vernrrient bright to be' regulated by the fear pfthe' power ofthe bank.: J[f such a-motive Cbuld be allowed to influence^ the legisla' tion ofCongress, or the acrion of the Executive Departments of .the governmerit, the re is an end to the sovereignty of the peoplei and the liberties of the
country are at bn ce surrendered at the feet of a moneyed corporation: They
[may now..demandthe possession ofthe public money,' or the renewal,of the
• charter;, and if these pbjects are^ yielded to them, from apprehensions of their
Jpower, or. from the saffering which rapid curtailments on their part are
inflicting onthe commuriity, what rnay they not next require ?' Will sub; rnission render siich a corporation more forbearing in its course.?- What
law'may it not hereafter demand, thatit" will not, ifit pleases- be< able to
' enforce by the same meains ?
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Arid I rely with .corifidence on the representatives of this enlightened
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for, and which.had becbrne absolutely necessary to preserve untainted its,
free institurions, and to/secure the liberties aridhappriiess of the^pebple.
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Documents trcm^mitted witk the jiep'oriofi, ike Secretai-y ofi the Treasury
, 071 the Eemoval ofifik&Pu^^^^
firom;
tke Bank ofi ike- United
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'•'^ A.—Report .of the Goverriment directors of^ the Bank of the..United
States,-dated^2dApril,-d8^^^^
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.B.-7-Report of the Goverriment dire^^^^
Bank of the .United
^ StateSj..datedifc9th;Aug.rist,. 183.3,:•'•'•• f j ' ^ , •;;.;-".fi.'''-<. • /• ••;•'• " -'-^• \ ' ^ •
' ' Cl--Iristrrictibns to the Cpllector kfPhila^^
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KpTE.—Similar, instructions.sent to the Gollectors at Boston, ,New. York, and Baltimore;.

•D.i—Bettei^tb':the President of thevGii'ard HankJirithp city -of Philadeiphid;, selecting fhati'baink^aB oriejofithe depositories of/the;publi mbney.;
: - • iNOTE.^T—Siinilar letters ssent to the; presidents of the 'Cbmmon.wealth; Bank; and^ fhe iMer'-"
chant's' Banlr,^ at^Boston 5 the- Manhattati;'C9mpany,:i.the/iM.echaDies' VBanlf,' ^and the- Banlf ^of .r^
America, at/the cityof New York^;. and th8/^n-ionBaiak-:©.f,Maryland, at,^^
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- E.—-LetterJo the President of thp Bauk; of the:-Uriited .States,'auth or iz- ing him, to deliver to the collector at Phila^^^
duty bonds to the
United States, payabie on and after 1st Optober, 1833. ;
. NoTE.'^—Simila'r letters .were- addressed to the presidents of the offices of the Bank of the
-IJn-ifed:,..States at Boston, New .'York, and BaM^
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; '.F.T—Letter from the collector,at Philadelphia, transriiitting the contract
executedrby the, Girard Bank.. : > ^
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"* .\.NotE;--Sirhilar contracts liave been, execnted b'y theiCbrnmonwealth Bank ahd'the:Mer^
ciiants' Bank of ..Boston ; the M;anhattanvCoiupahyi, the. Mechanics' Bank, and the'B;ank of
''America, at New-York; the Union. Bank of Miaryland; at Baltimore; thei .Bank; of the'iMietropolis, of the city'of Wasihin'gtoii; the. Bank of ^Virginia, at: Richitiond,'for itself aild. the '
' Branch at Norfolk; and th'e Planters'^ Bank, of the State/of (r'eorgia;: at SaVannah;:•and-the-.
Uniob Bank-of Louisiana.- That executed' by the, Gommerciai Bank,at New Qpeans has. -not bee.n receiyed,.although the department has been\\adyised, |by the PresidehtT of the bank,
of the execution bf the contract, Which isi simUar to the. one above mentioned. ~ ;-. ; " /•'•'.

• ^-H.^Letter from the Pi:esident-':pf- the .Girard Bank, aiinbuncing. the
execution of the. con tract;'J ' " ,: / •/:•• :'., \f- J^' 'i\' i , ';^ ;. ~^ ;^^ •: ,' \ r/ . '•
I.—Letter to the President of the Maine ;Barik, at'Portland, selectiriig that
. institution as one.pf the depositories bf the pubhC/moneyJ.'J,
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iHampshire';;.tlVe Bran'cli of .the Bank of theStatepf Aiab""ama, at'iMbbile; vthe ?lanters"B'ank
of the State of ^ iM ississippi, at. iN.atehe z '• th e .i IJnion 'Bank- of:: T^n tii esse.e,. "at' Nas.h vii le; the
Franklin. Bankof.Cincinnap,"in Ohio; 'the Bankipif;yirginia, at Ricthmohd- the Branch of
i the. Bank of Virginia, at Norfolk.; the Bank of the Metrop.olis;,:'at the city of Vyashington;.^,
' the Bank of Burlmgton, iii Verniont^; .:the Arcade,>iBan,k,; at: Providen'ce, iRhode Island ; the
-Farmers and Mechanics' Bank^- .at^iHartford, Gonnecticut; the^Union Bank.of Louisiana, and
.; the'Cbrnmereial Barik, at^ New'OrJ'eans:. •';/;::•• 'V: ; , : . / . . , ; / i , ••';;•- '•; • •,,-' .

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L.-^Cdntract executed by the Maine Bank, at Portland, Maine..
NOTE.—Similar contracts, have been executed'by the Commercial'Bank, at Portsmouth,".•
New Hampshire; the Farmers.and Mechanics' Bank bf Hartford, Connecticut; the Arcade
Backj'at Providence, Pdiode Island; and the"Bank of Burlington, Vermoni.

M!—Letter fr'om the President of; the Franklin Barilf of Cincinnati,
announcing the transniission of the contract executed by that bank. , .
N.—Cbpy of the contract .executed by the Franklin Bank of Ciriciririati.
NOTE.—Similar contracts have been executed by the Uniori Bank.of Tennessee; at Nashville; the Planters' Bank "of the^State of Mississippi, at.Natchez; the.Branch of the Bank '
of the State of Alabama, aj; Mobile.
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United States, relative Jo/disbursing officers iof the-Governriient. ,' ^
P.—Cbmrnunicarion to the Departments ^of State, War, and Navy; / '.

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To the PRESIDEN.T ofi^the Unitea 'States : ' ''
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S J R : We have had the honor to receive your letter of the- Mth, calling
our attention tothe rumors which have cbnie to you, in relation to the
proceedings of the Bank of the /United States, and.requesting such information as is wJthinfhe persbnal knowledge of the Gpvernment directors,
that you niay judge of t h e expediency of. a more formal and Jhorpugh investigarion, through the Secretary bf the Treasury. , - "^' ^
In the letter we-had the honorto address you on the 8th instant, we took''
the liberty respectfully to state the limited extent of our present J.nfoimation,. which is only derived from our attentipn to the current business of
the insritution, acquired, atleast, by two of us, in the short period we have
been in the direction,.and ariiidthe {)ressure of other engagements. Sucli
as it is, we communicateit in cbmpliance with your request.
- We couljd not fail to,be struck withthe fact that the standing.commit-'
tees^of the Board, to whom, of course, the considerarion and preparatiori of,
a great deal ofthe most important business is assigned, were so cpnsrituted atthe commencement of the year,.;as to embrace none^of the directors^
appointed by the Governmerit, although three took their seats at thp first'
meering, and two of them were residents of Philadelphia. About the Cornmencement of the present month, however, on-a new organization of those
committees, one of- us. was appointed on the Comriiitteb on the statepf the
Bank, and another on that on. the ofiices.
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action, except in a. single instance—^that, of the' Committee on^Exchange.
This comniktCe, whose original power wasponfined t o the exchange business, and whose apppintmenf was formerly monthly, in rbtation, is novvappointed by the President, and has graduaily come to. exercise the.author-,
ity of another committee, also heretofore'selected in rotation, to attend
daily at the b'ank, and aflprd their aid arid advice in all cases relative to,
theinterest and business ofthe insritution., Of late years.the appointment of
this latter conimittee has, we understand, ceased. In the exercise of these
funcrions, the^CommitteC oil Exchange has not merely discounted inland
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between the meetings of the 'Bb.ard, and in some,instances even then,^but
after its adjournment.., Its proceedings; of this 'riafujc are entered oui' the
\ books ofthe bank, andJisLid.pn-the''directbrs' tabled though not-read tp
them, at pvery meeting. iFurther than this, wb cannot say that' we, haye
any personal khovvledge bf the^fihat'action of this committee withput the J
, express authority of thesfjoard ,,
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^ e thus transacted by a sraaller nuniber of directors than Jh at-required :by
the i charter,' and that the; busines^s of discbunts might :be corivenieritly
. done at fhe /Bpard, and beirig of /ppiniomthat a cornmittee exeicisirig such
extensiye powers^ ought to J)e selected iif rot)itionj:soas'^ to .include the whole
Board, which was the case iintif within a few ye^rs, and iis still prescribed
^by.the .-byJaws,,_ we ,offered-Jhese 'resolutions: ;", That the' duties' of the
.tJpnimittee on "E^
to the .business bf discPuuts ;-'
a n d " That. Jhe Committee ou Exchange shall^ after/ the expiration pf the
^'^ present iponth, consist of thred directors^ residirig: in Philadelphia, to loe
selected,as prescribed, by tlie existing by Jaws, uionthly,"from. the Board,
i n f otati0n,/and thatthe President and Cashier siiall be iiriited with them.''
We^ralso Calle4 the particular p;ttenripnJof, the'B^^
on their
• bwii niinutes fof the 2Qdri, Februaryv .1830, made by the ^ Coriiriiittep ph the
Offices^ to whom.had,been referred a letter froni the Presiderit of thp office af:
Cliairleston,-stating that
rnaking discpunts daily,, by a
cCpnamittee,: as practised in the State-banks in th'af city,-igave to those
institutions a,dja!nfages overJhe bffice, aind sugge^tingi a similar, course^ for >
the office itself T h e report of this coinmittee;.^made after rriiich deliberatipn, was as follows^: Thiat the. subject of discounts by coimmittees has
frequenriy engage4thB attenfioif of. the" Board, who have al ways felt Jand'
expressed a great repugnance tp such a pracrice, to vJiich, in fact, rriuch
-of the losses pfthe bank may be ascribedi The Cbfnmittee on the'Offices \
still -entertai^n that opinion, and they think that the better pourse-to be
pursued, in regard" to; the preserit suggestion, is that, adopted on the .30th
October, 1823, on, a similar application from the office at Bostori ;Jthey
accordingly recommend the adoption of the follpwing tesoiution: " T h a t ^
the President be requested to coniriiunicate to the President of the office ,
/ a t ..Charleston. the, unwillingness of. this -Board So. adopt tlie plan of mak-:
/ irig discourits of riotes by a committee, fhati5eing the proper business^bf the '
' Board organized as such: but^in' order^ to ^give every proper, facility'' to
business, the Board perceive iip obj ecti on to mrire frequen t, anct even daily
meerings of t h e Board,'which can take place, for a short time, ait a particu lar hour of every day.'J ;In -addition, to'this,'we also adverted.to the fabt:;
that, Jas late as ; the year 1828, iheN conimittee attending at the banlf was ".
selected'nionthly, in rotation,, as iippears, by the iriinutes. This subject is
StiU urider the ..consideratipn of the Board: ariy decisiori tbereon having;
beeii postponed until a prbposed altetation iii^the b^^^^
orijthe, sariie
subject, shall corne up for Gpn'sideratipri. JBy this ^alteration it is provided
that '• the Gbmmittee ori.Exchahge'shall consist of three meriiber^
be
/ap|:x)inted by the JPresident .pvpry three' mpijthSjAyhb: shall, have special
charge of alfmatters Telatioglpthepperatioiis/of.the bank and its-offices
in fbreign-an.d.domestic exchfinge and/'riu^^
"shall, act as a
.daily Committee foi ^thei:p,urchase.bf dbrriestic excliange , at the, bank."
, This, in fact, is ta cbn stitute, by, express-regulation
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the decisimf of the Board on this plan, \ye cannot/of course, sa^r; but
from the geiieral sentirrierits expressed by most of the other directors, we
presume it will be adopted. They are of opinion that the business thus
intrusted ,to- the Corriiuittee oil Exchange may be proper I yj^coiifided' to
them, without./Contravening the letter or spiritof the charter; thatit is expedient, and even necessary to the/successful business of the institution, .
to have a conimittee with authority thus to act in the intervals when the
Board is not in session''; and that-such acoiiimitte'^e may be" appointed in
the nianner pi:oposed, more advantageously and \yith no le§s propriety than
if selected in Jotaribn, by which alf the resident members of the-Board'
wpuld,: frpni tiriie to tiriie', participate in the action ori matters nof only
important in themselves, but peculiarly such.as the stockholders must ^
have looked to, in deciding on the fitness of all the directors.' Qur^ovvn
experience has not led us to adopt these views of pur colleagues ; but hav-ing stated-so fuUy the facts in regard, tp them, which haye come within our
knbwledge, it would be im'prpper in us further to^urge our opinions on the
subject in this coinmunication. • , ./
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of Conducring business, because it transfers from the Board to a few members an extent^of power and authority in the .disposal pfthe funds of the
stockholders, whicfr ought not to be exercised except bythe full represen-.
tation of, their interest, which the charter requires, and whicli involves the
institurion iri transactions droni which it is difiicukjO( withdraw-withputloss. ( Having/' observed on a late occasion, from the books Jaid on the table at the mee.tiugs of the Board, that a note of Messrs. Gales and - Seaton
for $5t")00, which had been due arid unpaid for sojne da3^s,_jvas unprotest^
ed, and that their account then was, and, since the month of Noveniber preceding, had been, repeatedly overdrawn tb/a corisiderable amount ; and
learning, on inquiry, that their debt to the barik had risen within a few ,
years from less than eleven thousand to"! upwards of eighty thousand dol-"
lars ;^ that the principal security therefor was-a pledge of the funds to be"
received from Qongress for an edition bf the State Papers, which funds
were partially and previously appropriated'to the paymerit of advandes
frbm bther sources, and also tothe current eixpenses of pubhshingthe wbrk;
and that, in thei present instancejno nptipe of the non-payment had Beeif
given to the trustees holding these funds,; \yhd were the acceptors-of a
draift which had beeri taken as collateral seciirity, although the accept-^
ance was .cpnditionp.l to be paid o n a .Cbiitingency, and outipf a particular
fund; w^e were desirous on all these grounds- that the subject should be
fully and specially investigated; we'also'desired it, as ,we'Stated at the time,^
for tlie purpose of ascertaining and preserving on record the reasons bn
which such a deviarion from the rules of .the bank had been made. Our '
wishes were at first ;acceded to, arid,'ori the morion of another director, it
wia's^ resolved, without a disseiiting voice, that the account in questiori:
should be referred to a special conimittee"of seven,.including thereiii the
three resideiit Go vern ment directors.
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loy the books laid on the table that thei note for $5,0.00 had "^been renewed
hy the Committee ori Exchange on the^day the investigatiori was directed.
On inquiry, we were, informed that the agree inen t to^ renew had been
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uritil the day in question,Jhe entry was theni made. on the books. We
observed; also, thatthe (I)onirriittee on Exchange had discounted a\note of
the same persons, for a further sum of $2,.500, oir the security of their order
on the Clerk of the House of Representatives,'" for thei-ampunt which
would be dueto the'mfor4he:2d pait, volume 6th, of the Register of Debates, •
say fbr 500 copies, twenty-five 'hundfed dollars, when authbrized by the '
House, as heretofore." On this order the Clerk declinedputtirig-ariy ,BCceptT
ance, as^ the 'above work; had nbt beeu Subscribed for,; thougri,; a^'^he said,
"he did, riot doubt ofits being ordered ;?' but hp sta te/d; that ^i'^^^j^^^^
order
wtis Ibdged with Mr... Jbhrison,':hi s pay ing clerk,; he - woiild pay th e. mon eys, .
when ^ciue, tp the-proper person." .They had also-discourited; a draff of
the same persoris/ori^iH. T ; Weightr^
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made $3,3l4r8i, the iamorint. pf the overdraft af the tiriie; '-The-dis-/
Gpunts thus riiade Jwere in opppsitibn to the by Jaws of the :bank,: whichi'
^p,rescribe;that no! person,'while he remains an overdrawer, shall have any.
note or bill discounted at the banki^, It was stated by the nierribers of the/;
Coiiiipitteepri Exchange, that these measures had heen adbptej asthe most;
p^^Xj iikeiytosepufe theif debt; that, in regard to the renewal of the note for
_^.:..i5J)00, they had reasori to believe thaf it; had remained -oyer frorri/ aeci-' dental neglect •in riot sending bri- iri« time bne tq^ replace it wJth^ which .was, :
also the cause ofits nprirprotestf and that, in their iipinion,;a protest-or no-:_
tice ^. was unriecessaf y to seCpre the hability of the accppters of trie draft ;s
that-'iri regard tb trie additipnd discouiits of/f 3^31^
trie order and
statement^ above mentjpned, they believed fhCy had secured, in the:^most
^ advantageous manrier^they could, the amourit of Jhe overdraft." ' The^
o pinioii .was ^ furtlier' expressed byi isbriieof the Comririttee oil Exch an ge,.
andpfficers bf the bank, that the wliole of this iarge debt was: secure ;. that
it had been coiitracted td execute the large wofk directed by Cbngress; and
Jhat jWhen the' paynients thereof sriould be niade, as they ^would /shortly be,:
trie debt would-be greatly reduced, or entirely liquida,ted^
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. trie preceding ineeting, to. refer trie:acepuritto a,speciaf •crolrirnittee,' yyas
called u p | i t was reconsidered by the vote of all ^pipseni,* except the mover
of the resolution arid the" Goyernmerit directors, and.Jtiwas subsequeiitly ;:
rescinded altogether." /We renewed; oiir pppositibn tb tliis course, on the
grouiids we have' iiientioried/^and also bri account.of the large janiourit of .
the debt, the uriusual character and uricertain value of trie priricipal seCui rity, and trie dibubts thatniigrit be ehteritainedof J:he ability^of trip parties, /
frorn several of Irieir Iiotes; ideppMted by individuals for ^collectiou in; the
barik,, having reinairied protested. F^^^
reasons, when, /their
- riptes eanib before .th'e;.^pard a/few days siripe for rene\yal, to thei ampunt af
$13,000, we-resisted a further/extensi^^^^ of the loan. rWe believejhat its
anlbuiit "arid duration were /isucri as to^ render it prpper l b commence its^
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' reduction; and shaving uriderstood that ytlie \vprk in, questipn wks ;sp fair
con\pleted as'tp entitle^the, pubhsriers tb a large pprtibn of the siirrii^payable ii
by Congress; we triougrit it ligritvthat they /should make 'some:-payment.
They iwere,riowe ver,/rerie wed by. trie votes pf all the members' present, ex-i^
cept triose of trie Govern ment directbrs. A :
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to "form sonie
opiriion of the actual value of this security, and \yrietrier,\as is alleged,Jt
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of the House of Representatives, or from the trustees to whom the moriey
to be paid was assigned, which give a definite statement of the amountof
the State Paper fund, or of the sum which the bank can calculate, upon as
a certain guaranty. The total amount loaned on that security is-;f 55,000,^
ofwhich $25,000 is on the coUateral acceptances of the trustees, deposited
at the bank here,'^to which we have already referred. Of one of these ,
drafts and^ acceptances, thus collaterally given, we annex a copyj that you
may see trie nature of the instrument, and the terms of the acceptances; we
also annex a copy of the statement of the Qlerk ofthe House of Represent,atives, relative to thei draft for $2,500, ^lately discounted, and of a statement of the sarne person, relative tp the payments to be made on account
of the fund. From these and our previous remarks, you .will be-able to
form an opinion on the whole/matter. As to trie actual value of trie security therefor, we express no opinion; irideed, one could nbt be formed with
the certainty we should desire,-in doing so', without an investigatiori^
much more thorough and forrnal than we have beemable to make. ' ; . //
These, sir, are the circunistances^ which have, come to o!ir perspnal
knowledge in the usual and regular exercise pf our duty:as directors of
the bank. -We have stated them to you wjth, perhaps, -more minuteness
than may seem necessary, but we have-done so that you niight be able to
judge at once ofthe'propriety of our course in the fulfilment of bur official
trust; and also of the grounds on whieri our colleagues have acted in pur-.,
suing one essentially different from it. We have refrained froni stating any
thing that we have /not made the siibject of much reflection, and{all trie
.^examinatioirin our power; any thing,that orir present persorial knowledge
do,es not wartant us in laying befofe. you as the basis of such measures
as you may deem it expedient to adopt; any thing in regard to whieri we
have not spught, and bbtaineid, as far as we could, eve/y explanation triat,
was to be inade. ' '
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Without corisidering auy, portion of our- remarks as falling within the
limits' of Jhose private accounts, which, as you state, the charter has so
carefully guarded,, since the whole relate to the action of theBoard.upon
matters fully open and discussed before theni, and extend in no instance
to the private debtor and creditor accounts of individual§,, yet we^ may
be excused, for ^expressing much gratificatiori at your assurance that the
information requested is for your own satisfacripn, .and that you do not
wish it extended rieyond our personal' knowledge. We may be permitted
alsb to add, that the ,-wishes and opinions, which we took the liberty of
expressing in our former letter, .have been since more strbngly confirnaed.;. arid that we should not only feel more satisfaction "ourselves, but be
enabled tb coriyey t-o you more , full and correct informaiion,' were we lo
proceed in an investigation whpse objectiJvas avo\yed, and if: we were
strengthened by that official,sancrion whieri we suggested.
Inponclusion, we can only say, fhat, in whatever light our pourse may
be regarded here, we shall act with a full sense of what we owe, both to
the institution and to the Goveitiment we represent,; with firmness iii;op-..
posing what we ibelieve to be inexpedient or wrong, no matter to wriat
morives: our .actions.may be attributed ; with-due. coiisideration pf the reasons urgedV by others for then' cburse, sriould it vary from our own; and
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will increase the usefulness oi the bank to' the whole contrriunity,''and proniote the objects for which it wasformed.
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In answer, to your request, I have to state that the subscriprion authorized by Congress tp the reprint ofthe State Papers has
been made by me; that as great progress has been made in printing as its
nature and Mr Lowrie's.exertions and my own could accomplish.
- N^o appropriarion has yet been made, but a bill has been reported making"
pne, ^which i believe ^iri eithpr pass in that shape, or be appended to the
general appropriation ^bill in. the Seriate. ^^
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the PRESIDENT ofthe United States:
S I R ; We liad tfre honor to,receive ybiirjetter of the 3d instant, directing us to examine and report upbn the expense account ofthe Bank ofthe
United States fbr the last two..years. Those of us to whom it was addressed, requested' the attendance of our colleague, Mr., McElderry, to
assist us, in theNexamination'. On his arrival, we proceeded tp invpstigate
tbe yarious charges, and to look into^uch of the vbucriers on /which they
were founded, ^s we had time and opportunity to do. These are so numerous, and embrace so many small items bf various kinds, that a full-,
yiew of them Can only be given to' you by transmitting copies, made by
sonie persoii authorized or requested by ypu, or the. Secretary of the
Treasury. ' The^ time and labor necessary for this mode .would have pre.vented our resorringto'it at present, even had you authorized us to do so ;
' for we have believed it w^ould be more^ consistent with your wishes that
we should at once report the result'of our own labbrs,ileavirig ybu to decide, after you.shall halve been made acquainted with them, whether such a
more minute' statement ofthe expense account be requisite-. We may add,
too, triat, finding the particulars, of many expenditutes were to be ascertained :only by an investigation ,of the numerous^.bil Is and receipts, wefe^
' -quested, at the Board, that the Cashier might furnish such a. statement of
them as niight be susceptible of ready examination; but eis this-request
was not complied vyith,-vve were obhged. to depend entirely on pur.owii
parrial inquiries. - These facts we mention, merely to guard against any
deficiericy you may observe in our remarks, arid any inaccuracies, sriotild
thererie such, in the details which we communicate. , «
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^ As.the expense account,embraces the various expenditures'for salaries,
makihg and issuing riotes,' transportatiori of,specie, buildings, repairs, and
taxes on, real estate, stationery, printing, and coutingeucies of^all kinds, it
^ is necessarily so large and intricate that we deemed it expedient at present/
to confine our, in "vestigation to that poition which embraced expenditures
cMculated to operate on the elections, as they seemed to be the ohjects of
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inquiry suggested by yjiu.;, .Jill:expenditures of this kind intrpduced into
t h e expense account, aiid: discb ver ed/by us, we fouiid; to be, so far as regards the institurion in this,pity,vernbraced under thejhead of-^ stationery
'•knd printing./'; Toi it, trierefpre, we;Chiefly directed our.inquiries; and am
exaniination of that item of the .iaccount for the last th.ree-years undoubt-'
^ pdly presents/ cric,umsta.nceS';Mhtcri, in .our, bpinion,jully. warrant .'ihe .be: liefyou^have been,led to pntertsLin/ /
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' T h e expense aacqunt isvinade. up at the end ipf pyery.si?:, mbnths, arid
V. submitted with /the voucheis tp.the idiyidend cpmniittee'ifbr.exaniihatibn. .'
. Gommencing/.with vthe Jast> six 'months, of the yeai/1829,.. we /find that/the
Suni: paid for stationery arid./printirig.arripunted.to,-.$3,765 ;94,. which we •
,i presume to' be the necessary iexpenseypf trie iristitutipni undei: this, item,
^ ^ when nb extraordiriary disbursements arp/ made. During trie /year 1830,'
^^^^'^rie'^expenditures increased to.|7,l31 -27 during/trie ..first, .and-$6.,950i 20
duiing trie, last half year ;. and entries are/made, in rioth. of large isums,
Hiciikirig togetlier. about '$7,000 paid fpr c printing arid .distributing^ i.Mr^
. /MpDuffie's repoit/and MrfGallatin's,\ pamphlet. These 'seenr to be thei
commencementbf'ra system of ex:penditure^ which was^ the riext/year, immensely iriC teased,'and receiyed :the,sa
the, Board, as appears' by
the/entries pp the":minutes, and' two resolutions .passed at the. close, of this
year,..and in thei' succeeding -spring. ^ i
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rriinutes tliat^" the.
K /President submitted to: the,/Bpard a .copy o^^
article/on bariks and CurV rericy, just :.publishedin trip American ftuarterlyReview of friis .city, cbn^vtaining a favprable riotice of triis institution,;and/suiggested the expediericy
of making the views of the- author more extensively know^n to trie public^
trian they can bei by means. of .thejsubscription list.' WJiereupon,. it.was,
on motion,/^ i^esofyec^,, That^the President be authorized to take such rneasures, in regard to the circulation/of the contents of trie said Sarticle, either
iri whole or^ in part, as he.niaiy deem most fpr t h e . in terests of tlie: bank."
Ori trie l l t h March, 1831, it again, appears by trie piinutes that^^ thei Pre-r
sid,enf.stated' to the Bbard that, in. consequerice ofthe general desire ex/pressed by tlie directors, at one of their ineetirigs. of trie last year, siibsei quent to trie adjpurnriientibf Congress,/and a! yerbaf understanding .with
^ trie Board,/^iiieasures had been takeii./by him,; in 1 he, couise: pf; that^ year,
- forJrirriisliingriumprbus cbpies^^^^^
Mr. /
McDuffie.iori trie sphject.of triis banfi.,. and fpr .widely disseminating their
eo.utentstrirougritlie.cUriited $t
;,-andtriat he:has^spce,-by virtiie pfltbe :
: autlibrity^ giveif him. by a resolutiori of this, Board on the3Qth day-bf iNovemj /ber last,/catisedi a large /edifipmpf /Rir, :Gallatin-s Essay on .Banks and Cur-,
.. rency to be(published?arid .circulated, in like .manner,, iat; trie expense/of trie
^riank. .i He/fsttggesteil, af trie.^same time, trie propriety and expediency of
extending stilf "more:; \yi.dely a knowiledge of trie' concerris of triis iristitu. tion, by rrieans of trie ireppblication of otrier yaluable ..arricles, which had
, issued frpm; the: daily arid'^^periodiGal press. Whereupon it was, orii motipn,
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W' ^ ;arid /circulated .S;Ueri documerltSvaiid/ papers as may comrniinicate'tb:trie^
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peqple: iriformatiion in iregar.d: to the riaturc,,and operations of/the bank."
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. iriprirsuance, kisipresuiried, of thiese resoiutiofis;3/the item of stationery
^ ; ::£riid printirig was incmased duringJhe^^fi
trie enor^ ' ^^,^;nious, sum of /|29,979 92, lexcepding; tha-t of the/tpreyious. balf ypar by
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$26,000. The expense account itself, as made up in the book \yhichjvas
submitted to us, contained very little in for niarion relative to trie particulars of this expenditure, arid ^we Were obliged, in order to obtain them, to
resort to an inspectioa ofthe vouchers. Aniong otrier sums was one of
$7,801 stated to bepaid on orders of thp President underthe resolurion of
.llth March, 1831, and the orders triemselves were the only vouchers ofthe
expenditure which we found on file.^ Some of trie orders, to trie amourit
'of about $1,800, stated that trie ei!:penditure was for distributing Gerieral
, Smitri's. and Mr. McDuffie-s reports, and Mr.^ Gallatin's pamprilet; but
trie rest stated, generally, triat it was made under the resolution of l l t h
March, 1831. There were also numerous bills and receipts for expenditures to individuals- among triem,:,of Gales and Seatori, .$1,30,0 for distri
^buring Mr, Gallatin's pamphlet.; of William Fry, for Garden and Thomp
son, |l,675^75 for 5,000 copies/of General Smitri's and/Mr. McDuffie's'"
reports, &c.; pf Jesper Harding,- $440 for,''11,000 extra papers; of the
American'Sentinel, $125 74 for printing, folding, packing, and postage on 3,000 extras; of William Fry, $1,'830 27 for upwards of 50,000 copies iof trie National Gazette, and supplements, containing addresses to
members of State Legislatures, reviews- of Mr. Benton's speech, abstracts
bf Mr. Gallatiii's article from trie American Quarterly Review, and editorial arricle on trie project of a Treasury bank; of Jarnes Wilson, $1,447 75
for 25,0Q0, copies of the reports of Mr. McDuffie'and General Smith, and
for 25,000 copies ofthe address to members of theJ S tate Legislatures,/
agreeably t o order and letters frorri Jolm Sergeant, Esq,; and of Carey and/'
Lea, $2,850 for 10,009 copies of Gallatin on Banking, and 8,000 Copies ..^i
Professor Tucker's article.
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was $13~224 87;'of winch $5,t)10^ were paid on oriders of trip President^
• and stated, ,generally,ito be under trie resolutiori of lltri Marcri, 1831; ahd
otrier sums were paid to individuals, as in the previous accQunt, for pririting
.and distributing documents.
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. During the first half year of 1832, the item of stationery and printing
was $12,134 1(3,, of whieri $2 150. was stated to have been paid on orders
of trie President, under trie resolution of lltlr March, 1831. 'Triere are
also variolas individual payments, pf wriicri we noticed $106,38 to Hunt,
Tardiff, & Co.for one. triousand copies ofthe review of Mr. Benton's speech';;
^ $200 for one thousaiid copies of trie Saturday Courier; $1,176 to Gales and
Seaton, for twenty thousand copies of aipamphlet boncerningthe barik, and
six .thousarid copies of trie minority report relative to trie bank.; $1,800 to
Matthew St. 'Clair^ Clarke, for triree hundred copies of Clarke and Hall's
.Bank Book. During the last half year of 1832, the item of stationery and
printing rose to $26,543 72, of which-$6,350 are stated to haive been paid
on orders of the^ President, und.er trie resolution of lltri Slarcri, 1831.
Among trie specified charges, we pbserye $821 78 to Jesper /Barding, fbr
printing a review of trie veto;, $lj37l 04 to. E. /Olmstead, for 4,000 copies
of Mr. Swing's speecri, bank documents, and review ofthe veto; $4,106 13
to William. F r y for^63,000 copies of Mr. Webster's speech, Mr. Adams and
Mr. Mcpiiffie's reports, and the majority and minority reports; $295 for
14,000 extras of " Trie PrbtectorV' containing bank documents; $2,583 50 to
.Mr. Riddle, for printing and distributing reports, Mr. Webster's speecri, &c.;
$150 12 to Mr. Fmuall, for printing the speeches of Messrs. Clay, Ewing,
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- Mr: Webster's speech and;artiGles on thevveto; arid $2,422 65 WNatrian
Hall, fbri52,50O copies-of Mr.,Webster's speech. There is also a qharge of
/$4,040 paid ion .orders of trie President, stating triat it is for expenses in
Irieasures for prbtectirig the bank figainst a rurrbn the western brancrips;
, Du ri ng trie first half year of 1833, trie' itprii of sf atibnery • arid printing
was .$9,093/i59,;of v^/^riicri $2,600 are stated tp: have been paid on orders of
the President,' under/trier resolutiori of fltri; March, 1831. ^Triere is .also a.
charo-e of /Messrs. Gales and Seaton bf $800, for .printing the report of trie
JExchange/Committee./'Hayirig made;tfe
count, we were riot only struck \yitri trip large,surii that hadAbeen expended
under trie/rieaid of stationery and:^priHtingJn the two; ybarstb.tyhie^
refers brit also bythe bvidenf necessity there was that the accourits shouldi
-->^'^be-"Sp stated as to enable the directors arid stockhplders .fo^asceriaimtrie particular sums of irioney, trie quantity arid iiiames of tlie docuriients furriished,
and.the expenses of distribution and ppsta^ Witrilhis object, we^stated,
atthe last meeting of the Board, the, result of our examination of the expense etcebririty imd stibmitted tlieifbllowing resolutipns: /. ; i
/ ' /Whereas, it appears by the/expense accourit,of trie bank for trie- years
/ 1831 and. 1832, that upwards of^ pigrity trioiisand dollafs/ were expended
and chdrge^ wilder the liead
stationery and/printing/duririg Jhat period ;
^ that af largp proportibri of this sum was paidjo trie proprietors.pf newspa- pers.and peripdical journals, and fof trie printing, distribution, and postage
' bi immense njiiriibers of piamphlets and iiewspapers; and that abbut tiventy
k / thbusand dbllai^s were, expenijed undefthe^ resolutions pf 3|}tri Noveniber,
\'"ISBO, arid itltri March,/ 1831//withput any account of th
wliieh,
I of the persons to ..wriorii, triey were, disbursed: Arid wriereas it is expedient
I an^; proper that;the particulars of this expenditure, so large iand unusual,
Nyhiich can , now ,be ascertained only by the examination of nurueroiis bills
\ and receipts, should be so statedas to be readily .submitted to, an.d examined
/ by, the Board/of/pireCtors; arid the istockholders: Therefiore, Resol^ved,
:. Triat the Cashier fiirriisri to the/Board, at as early a'day as possible,/a full
, and. particulsLr statenient of all these expenditures, desighktingthe siinis of
.irioriey paid to each:person, the quantity arid names of the documents fur: nished by him, and his-charges forthe distribution and pbsta
thesame;
/: fbgether with as Julf a statement Jis. may be of/lhe expenditures under the \
resolutions pf BtDitfrJ>foyemher,/18^ 'and iftri M m ^ , 183L J Tliatlie as. certain Jyhetrier expenditures of trie s
of trie ofBces; and; if so, procure si;rnilar statements thereof^ with the'au tribr^ ity on \vriicri triey wer^rnade.; Thatthe said Jesolutionsi ife rescindeS,/itrid
: ^ lio fur thef expenditures made u^
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the purpose of introducing a substitute, for them by the vote of'alf preserit,
except ourselves, andone otrier membef of the Board. Thefesolutipn substituted' was as fbllows: Resolved,'/Thdit trie Board have jconfiderifee i n trie
wisdorri and integrity of the Presiderit,. and in thei prppriety of the, resolutions of 30tri Noveniber,;/1830j and IJtriMcfrcri, 1831^ arid eriteh
conviction of trie riecessity of a renewed attention td the object • of triose
rbsolutions • and triat trie Presiderit be;autriorizedahd/requested to continue
his/eiertions fbr trie proniption of seiid pbjects. / / i
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continue, and; even extend,: trie system of lavish ekperiditure, and to autribr^ ize disbursements the particulars of wriich^




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either,by the Board or their constituents ;,, and regarding it also as evincing
' a desire to encounter remoristrances against the cpntiriuation of such a
systern, b y a reference to the personal character and motives of the Presi' dent,of the institutiori, (which were: ribt drawn irito question or discussion
. by us;) we offered as an amendriient the following resolurions: ^^Resolved,
-Triat, wriile trie Board have entire confidence in'the integrity of the Presi.dent, they respectfully request himto cause the particulars,of •theexpenditures, under the^resohi,tionspf30thNovember, 1830, arid llth March, 1831,
to be'so stated that trie sanie mayrie readily "submitted to, and examined
by, trie Board^of Directors .'and the-stockholders. /fe^o/vecZ, That the said
.resolutioris,be rescinded,/'and nq further expenditures be^ rriade.under the ,
^ same," /.Triis-.^amendment met witri trie same fate as our previous resolution s, being ^rejected by trie same vote; arid, the resplutiori offered as-a-^siib—.-^
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the 3d^ instant. Should they not'proye sufhcieridy minute, or our report
sufficiently explicit, we must infer, from trie course pursued by trie Board,
y wrien; our. resolurioiis were submitted to triem, that-a more exact statement
can only be obtained by an agent directly aiulmrized by the Executive.
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S I R : /Believing that trip public interest requires that the Bank of theUnited
Staters should cease to^be;the deposribry bf the nioney of the'United -States,
^ i have determined:toiise trie State'banks as places-pf deposite, and have
' selected for that purppse in the city of Philadelpliia trie Girard Bank, .^^r
. You will tlierefore, present trie/enclosed draugrit of a contract to that
bank, and, upon the execution of trie contract, you yirill forward it to triis department. You wilf ask trie ai.d.qf:trie Distiict Attorney of trie. United^ States,
, who will see tha't the contract is executed in due| form,.under the corporate
seal. Thecoptracf teing executed, you. will then: deposite all ofthe public
money which may come to your hands after .trie triirtietri day of/this present montri. of September, in the bank' above mentioned, until the further
order of. this department. ./Ybu. will also depositje in trie said bank for collection all trie bonds which may herecifter bp taken for trie payment of duties. You will alsq call oil the Bank of trie Uriited States at Philadelpriia,
and receive from it all bonds.heretpfore given tathe United States, which
are payable on or after trie first day of (Jctober next, and deposite triem for
collection in trie aforesaid State. bank. I send you herewith an. order on
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forward the enclosed letters t o the icollectors at Bridgetown, l3urlingtoD,,
Great Egg.Harbor, and Little Egg Harbor, who have heretofbre deposited trie
money received, by thera in the^Bank ofthe United States.
Ypu will continue to deposite as usual in the Bank of the United States,
until the 30th of this present rnonth of September, inclusive.
Ypu will keep a copy of the contract executed by the bank, and from
lime to time advise this department of any thing you may deem material
to the piiblic interest, .connected with the change of trie, deposi tes.,
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Secretciry ofi the Treasury.
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;SIR: The; Girard Bank has,beeri selected by this clepartment as the/depository of the public money Collected in Philadelphia arid its vicinity, and
; the coUectbi' at Philadelphia Jyill harid to you the form bf a contract proJ' posed to be-executed, with a copy of his instructioris froni this departnierit.
In selecting youi iristitution as one of the fiscal agerits of the Govern^; . ; ment, I not only rely units ^splidity,and established character, as affordiiig
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the,United States, payable on or after the 1st day of "October riextj. which
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S I R : I had trie honortp^receive, last evening, your cbmmunication dated
the 26th instant, in relariori to the deposite ofthe public money and tioiids
for coliectiori in this dist.rict, togeither \yith its several enclosures..
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Agreeably/to your direction, 1 this morning presented to the President
ofthe Girard Bank the letter addressed to him, witri trie draught of the
contract,'and a copy of the instrucrions received by me. The Board of
Directors was, in coiisequence, convened at 12 o'clock; but,'owing to the
absence of some of tfie members, and the desire to have a full board, it
''adjourned to meet at half past 5 o'clock this evening ;//at that hour a full
attendance of the Board took place,and the terms proposed were unanimously agreed to. I have, tlierefore, the honor to transmit the contract,
executed in ^due form, alter being submitted to the Attorney of the United
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The late hour at which the instrumerit was completed has made it
necessary to postpone the execurion of the reniaining part of your instru tions until Monday, when I shall proceed to withdraw trie bonds deposited
for collectiqn, fro/ii the Bank of the.United States, arid place them in the
Girard Bank..
The letters .to the collectors at-Bridgetown, Buriington, Great Egg.
Harbor, and .Little Egg Harbor, received with your communication, have
been forwarded agreeably to your.,directibii. '
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Memorandum ofi an agreement made and entered into this twenty-eighth
day ofi September, in theyear ofi our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three, between " the Girard Bank, in the city ofiPhiladelpkiafi
aud tke United States ofi America.
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1st. The said bank .agrees to receive, and enter to the credit o f t h e ,
Treasurer of the United States, all sums of money offered to be deposited
on account of the United States, wheirier offered in gold or sdver coin, in
notes of the'Bank of the Uriited States or branches, in notes of any bank
which are convertible into coin in its immediate vicinity, orin thenotes
of an y^bank which it is for the time being in the habit of receiving,
2d. If the deposite in said bank shah exceed one-half of its capital
StocK actually paid in, i t i s agieed that collateral security, satisfactory to
the Secretary ofthe Treasury,, shall be given for Jts safe keeping and
faithful dishmsemewi: Provided, T h a t i f the said Secretary shall at any
time deem >it necessary,the said bank agrees to give collateral-security
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tion to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to the Treasurer of the United
States, ofthe statesof his apdounts, and subniit its books and transacrions
to a critical pxamiriation by the Secretary, or any agent duly authorized
by hira, 'vJienever fre shall require it.
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on hand, and to all the acts and concerns of the.bank, except the current
accbunts of individuals, or as far as is admissible without a violation of
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United States, and to transfer apy portion of that deposite to any other
^Sarikorjbanks.employed by trie Government within the United States,
wheiieyer the-Secretary of the Treasury may require it, without charge
;. to: the Governnierit fpr transportatiori or difference of exchange, commission, or any thing else whatsoever; but the Seci;etary of the Treasury
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agent, or agents^, to examine and report-upori/the accounts and 'conditioii
„of /trie, banksin the service of the Governmerit, or any of them, t h e said
bank agrees toi pay ari equitable proporti.ori of riis or their expenses. and
,, compensarion, according to such 'apportionriients as may be made by the
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agrees to furnish, with aU convenient despatch, bills of exchange ori London,
payable at spch sight as may,be required, at the usualrnarkef price for
the time being, without commission, or advance for trie profit of said
bank, or any charge whatsoever, beyond the actual cost; the payment
of said bills to be guarantied by said bank.
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SD-idbank from the service of the Government, whenever, in his opinion,
thepUjblic interest may require it.
In, witnes's whereof, the said Girard Bank, in the'city of Phrindelpriia,
rias caused t o be affixed its corporate seal, attested by the signatures of its
President and Cashier, on thc day and year first above written.
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Philadelphia, September 28, 1833.
S I R : I have trie honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor ofthe
26th instant, informing me that you had selected this bank -'as the depository of thc public money coUected in Philadelpriia and its vicinity, and
triat the collector would hand me the form of a contract proposed to be
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The documents alluded to were accordingly furnished me this morning,
and trie contract has been duly'executedon^ behalf of this bank, by order
ofthe Board of .Directors. ' It^wril doubtless reach you through the medium
of Major Barker, by the mail which conveys this.
In inaking thepresent announcement, .1 take occasion to express the
high sense entertained by the. directors of this institution ofthe honor
conferred upon it by so distinguished a mark of 3^our confidence, and to
tender you the assurance that the duties we are about tb undertake, will
be performed faithfully, and according to our best abiriiy andjudgment.
I remain, very respectfull}^,
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the draught of a contract, which you will please have executed in proper
form, under the corporate seal of your institurion, and forward it to trie
department immediately.. V Afier you have done this, you: will please forward the enclosed, communications to the public officers to whom they are
directed, they being instructions from the departrnent to deposite all public money in their hands, or which, they-may hereafter receive, in your ,
insritution, to the credit of ithe Treasurer of the United States. I also .
enclose to you circular instruciions relative tp deposites and accounts o f i
public officers, tow^hich I respectfully call your attenrion.,
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In selecting your insriturion as one of the fiscal agents of the Gpvernment, 1 nbt only rely on its solidity and established character .as affording
a sufiicient guarauty, for the safety of the public nioney intrusted to its
keeping, but I confide also in its disposition to adopt the most liberal
course which circumstances writ ad mit towards other moneyed institutioris
generally, and parficularly those in your vicinity.
The deposites of the pufilic money will enable you to afford increased
facilities to the commercial and otrier^ classes of the, community, and the
department anticipates from you the adoption of such a course, respecting
your accommodations, as will prove acceptable to trie people and safe to
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S I R : Your communication of the.9tri/instarit, coyering articles .of agreement interided to be executed Joy this .tnstitutiori., with sundry other docu^
ments, has been ;received. t)ur .directprs..;have a:greed to the; articles.pro/
posed by you, which are.now.,enclosed:-a .title/a.nd.^eon.clusiop have been
added, .as. spaces ...were left,, and it was supposed that ai duplicate would be '
••-returned, executed; by the: Secretary pf the Treasury, if he should suppose.
! it necessary.,:..To prevent delay, the pa'per is/thus sent;, still i t is .apprehended/that liberty/is left tb the bankto. be,discharged from the responsibility assumed. ^ aoy/tijpe, upoii n6tice.:giyen to the Treasury Department/
^^;, Among the. letters enclose.d to us, to be forwarded to the .colleGtbrs of.
/the reveriue Jn this State,, we dp not find any cornriiunication addressed to :
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o r t b e /Barik o-f the United'States or branches, innotes of any bank which
are c|)nvertible into coin in its immediate .vicinity, or in notes^of any bank'
.\yhieii it is: for the time being in the habit of i^eceiving.' • .
i;'2j|.If.tlie-deposite in sa:id bank shall exceed; one Jialf-of its: capital stock
actually paid in,vit isjagreed that cpllateraf security, sarisfactory. to theSecf etary of the Treasury shalf be given for its., safe keeping and farihriil dis-.
bursement: Provided^- That if ;the>aid Secrela.ry, shall;ataiiy'time deem it'
necessary, the s'aid bank agrees tb'give collateral security Vv hen trie deposite ,
shall not equal one-half the capital. ^ .'- ^ ' '
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to the Secretary of the Treasury, and.to; the .Treasurer of the United States,
of the state of his accounts-i and to submit its books and traiis'actipns to^ a
critical examinatibn,by the Secretar.y of thei Treasury,-pr.any agent duly
authorized by him, whenever he shalli require it.' ;jrhis examination may
extend to sill theJ)ooks "and accounts,Jb. the cash on hand, and to all the
acts,and concerns of the bank, except the current accounts of individmils.
or as far as is admissible without a viplatibri pfthe barik's charter.
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United States, and to transfer any portions of triat deposite to any other
bank or banks employed by trie Governnient within the United States,
whenever the Secretary of the Treasury may require it, without charge to
the Government for transportarion or difference of exchange, commission,
or any thing else whatsoever; but the Secretary of the Treasury,shall give
reasonable notice of the time when such trans:fer will be required. ^'
5th. The bank agrees to render to the Governraent, whenever required
by the proper authorily, all br any portion of the services now performed
by the Bank of the' United States, or which riiight be lawfully required of
it in the vicinity of said contracting bank.
6th. If the Secretary of the Treasury shall think proper to employ an
agent or agents to exaniine and report upon the accounts and condirion of
the banksin the service ofthe Government, or any of them, the said bank
agrees to pay an equitable proportion of his or their expenses and compensation, according to such apportionment as may be madeby the said Secretary.
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said bank from the service bf the Government, whenever, in his opinion,
trie public interest niay require it.
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In testimony whereof, the said Secretary of the Treasury hath hereunto
subscribed his hand, and caused the seal ofthe Treasury to be affixed ; and
the President of the said Maine Bank hath subscribed these presents, and
affixed the seal ofsaid bank, the day and year first above written.
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S I R : Your fayor of the 9tri inst. to the President, announcing the appointment of this institution as ^^ one of the depositories of the money of
the United States," was duly received, and yesterday the contract, executed,
as you desired, was forwarded by mail to your department.
I'he letters which accompanied your instrucrions, addressed tofen''' Receivers of Public Moneys'' in Ohio and Jndiana, have been placed in the
post ofiice, as requested. ' ^
This bank will endeavor to conform, in its periodical returns to the ^
Treasury, to all the regulations prescribed ;. and we trust the business will
in. every respect be conducted to the .sarisfaction of the-Government.
I have the honor to be.
Your very obedierit servant,
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Mcnmrandmn ofi agreem£nt-made an&'entered into, on the 17th dafi^^.^
. October, in the year eighteen himdred cmd thirty -three, between the Pre-''
. sidenty Directprsyand. Company ofi the Franklin Baiik ofi, Cinciimati,
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accountof theUnited States, whether offerecf irr gold or. sil ver coin, in notes
•^f Jhe Bank of tile United States or bm^^
are cJnvertibie info cr^in,/aind wriicri js situated in the sairie .State withi the
' aforesaid .bank,:br in airy of the .^adjoining ,States, orin, notes of any bank
which it isfbrthefirrie beirig in the habit of receiving. ;"
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actually paidin. it is agreecf that collaterarseCiirity:'SatisfaGtory tothe Secretary of the Treasu ry,.-/sh all be given ;fpr its safe keeping and foithful disbursemeiit: • Pr(5i;k/ed, T hatJf the said Secretary sliall at/any time deem it neipessary, trie "^aid bank/agrees to give ^/coliaterafsecurity wheri trie deposite
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/to the Secretary of the Treasufy, and to the :Treasurer/of the United .States,
of the s^ate of his accounts.; and to' submit its.b.bok^ arid:tfansactioris to a
critical, exaniination by. the- Secretary of the Treasury, or any'agent duly
authorized by him, whenever' he shall require, it.~ This/ examin ati od rriay
extend to all the books and accourits, to trie cash on hand, and to alf the
acts and coricerns of the bank, except the current accounts of /individuals,'
or-as far asiis admissible,;without a violatioii of the.bank's ^^^
'4tk T h e said bank agrees to pay, out of tlie deposites on riand, all warrants or drafts which, may be drawn upon i t by the Treasurer of the United St,ates, to transfer any porrions of that deposite to any other bank or
banks^ employed by the Gayernment withi.ri the United States, whenever
the Secretary of the Treasury may require it, v/ithout charge to trie Government for transportatioii or difference of exchange, commission, or any
-thing else whatsoever; butthe Secretary of the Treasury shaH :give reai spnable notice of trie tiriie when such transfer will be/required.
5tri.iNTrie said bank .agrees to. render to the Governnient, wrienever re-..
; quired by the proper authbrity, all or any portion of the services now performed by the Bank of the;.United; States, or whieri: might be lawfully
required of itin trie vicinity of said contracting bank. .. / ,.
6th./If the S.ecretary'of lhe Treasury shaU .think proper to employ an
' a,gent,. or. agents, to examine;and report upori the accounts audi condition of
the banks in trie service of the Goyernment, or any iof triem, the said bank
agrees to pay eai equitable proportion of riis or their expensesand,Compensation j. according to such apportionment as may bemade by th.e said Secretary.
7th,' It is agrped that the Secretary of the Treasury .may discharge the
said bank from theiservice of the Covernriieiit, whenever, in his opinion,
the public interest may require it. / ..
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In testimony \vhereof^ trie-said President, Directors, and Company, of the
Franklin Bcmk of Cincinnati have affixed the seal of their said corporation, and caused the same to be attested b y their" President and Cashier,
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S I R : In pursuance of the power reserved to the Secretary of the T r e a sury by the 16th section of the act.incorporating the Bank of the United.
States, I directed the money of the United .Stales, collected in Washington, BaUimore, Philadelphia,' New York, and Boston, on^ and after the
1st of this present nionth, do be deposited in certain local banks, which I
have designated as the depositories of the public m o n e y ; and arrangementsare now in progress to make a similar charige t h r o u g h o u t t h e Uniied States,
]t is believed that public money, ;\vhen placed a t t h e disposition o f a
public ofiicer, iil order to be applied to the publi'c'service, remains the
m o n e y o f the-United States whife it conUnues in the hands ofthe disbursing agent, and is consequently subject to the control of trie Secretary of
trie Treasury, as to the place of its deposite.
,
I therefore respectfully propose fbr your consideration and sancrion—
F i r s t . T h a t , ari public moiiey, placed at the disposition of the public
officers, shall be deposited in one ofthe banks having the deposites of the
public money, if there be any such bank at the place where it is to be dis'-'
bursed, where trie nature o f t h e disbursement will admit of such deposite.
Second. T h a t the banks employed as depositories of the public money,
in the returns of the state of s a i d banks, required by the Treasury Department, shall present an account of all public money deposited in them
to the credit of any public otficer, and show the aniount at the disposirioa
of such ofiicer at the date o f t h e return.
Third. T h a t the T r e a s u r y Department, when required by eiiher of the
otrier departments, shall furnish a transcript of the return of any bank,
shovJng the amount standing to the credit of every,,, or of any, officer of
such department. _
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,
All of which is respectfully submitted.
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'
R. B. T A N E Y ,
•
Secretary ofi the T r e a s u r y .
T o the P R E S I D E N T " ofi the United States.
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A P P R O V E D : October 5, 1833.
.
. ANDREW- JACKSON.

Copy ofi a circular addressed to the D e p a r t m e n t s ofi'State, War,- a n d Navy.
TREASURY

DEPARTMENT,

October B, 1833.
S I R : I have the honor to enclose a copy .of an order adopted by this
department, and sanctioned by the-President, in relation to the deposite
o f t h e public money in the hands of the disbursing agents pf the United
States, and r respectfully invite your co/operation in carrying it into
execution.
A list ofthe selected banks is hereto annexed, .and 3'ou shall be advised,
from rime to time, of the additional.changes.
. I have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
R. B. T A N E Y ,
Secretary ofi the Treasury,




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REPORT, ON THE FINANCE.S^
/DECEMBER^/-1833:,- •„/ .

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In obedience to/the directions of the '• Act supplementary to the act to' establish the Treasury Department,"'the Secretary of the.Treasury respectfully submits trip following report: ./ • • \ "^ .
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T H E , ' P U B L I C - R E V E . N U E AND, E X P E N D I T U R . E S . ,

^ , \ ~. ...

T h e receipts, into the Treasury, from all sources, during : 'trie year 1831, were ' J ,.-•• ] :'-'.. .•":,-/
.- ./.$28,526,820 82
The expenditures, for the -same year,, including payments
,;
,'on account of the publib debt,'were _ . J / ,, - - . ,$30,038,446 12
The balance in trie Treasury on trie Istof January, 1832/
-was
.- '•
-:^
.-.. i - > • •^^• .;- ': $4,502,914-'45
Trie receipts from all sources during trie year 1832,-were 31,865^561 16
•-

Viz.

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•

Customs'- . • ' > . •-••
'-$28,465,237-24
Lands fstatement-D) '
^
-- 2,623,38103
Dividendson bank\stock (E)
_
490,000 00 '
Sales o f stock in the Bank ofthe United
- '
States J E ) - •
.: - ^ - '. < ••-^. -169.000 00 InGidentaf receipts (E) - ' ' ' ^ -' .-117,942 89 "
Wiaking, with the balance,'an aggregate of .
The exper.ditures of the sanie year/were/(F.)
/

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• 36,368,475 61
. 34',356,698 ,0,6
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Civil list, foreigii intercburse, and mis-. .
'
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cellaneous ' -,'
/'- ' . . ' ,.,•- | 4 , 5 7 7 , i 4 1 45: -. -'
Military service, including fortifications, ..
'
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.•
ordnance, Indian affairs, .pensions,..armJ
ing trie miliria, and internal Improve-..
•' •'
,-•'"
ments '
.
fi
- .• -i •
- \ 7^982,877•'OS-:-j ,•:
Naval service, including trie gradual im- ,
/
i
provement of the n a v y
- • 3)956,370 29- :
'Public, debt . - ,
.. : - . - • . - 17,840,309-29 •.'
~
Leaving a balanee in the Treasury ori trie 1st of January,: •
18.33: of • • •-:-,
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2^011,777 55

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REPORTS OF T H E

Trie receipts into the Treasury .during
the first three quarters of the present
year are esrimated at
•~

Yiz.

•

[1833.

• .
$24,355,317 95

,

Customs $21,256,089 11
Lands (G)
^ .
,2,219,957 35
Dividends on bank stocks
(H)
-. , - - J
474,985 00.
Sales of stock ilf theBank
-^
of United States (H) - •
91,000 00
Third instalment under the
convention with- Den• mark(H)
^ - ' / 221,315 17
Incidental receipts(B)
91,970 66
- The receipts of the fourth quarter are
estimated at ' -

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$7,6751)00 00

Making the total estimated receipts of the year
- $32,030,317 95
And, with tl^ie balarice on the 1st ofJanuary, 1833, forming
—
an aggreg\ate of
-' , - 34,042,095 50
The expenditures for the first three quarters of the present year are'cfitimated at (I)
18,248,888 15
Yiz.
Civil list, foreign intercourse, ^and miscellaneous, including $667,160
•
87, duties refunded un,
der the 3d section of the
.
. act of 2d March, 1833 .
^ - '_
and $661,16095,awards
'
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under the convention
witri Denmark
$4,951,462 84 • • '.
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Military service, including
forrifications, ordnance,
' J ,
Indian affairs, pensions,
,/J
arming militia, an<l in^
..
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ternal improvements 9,950,349 29
Nayal service, including
the gradual improve. .
ment of the navy
3,076.05139
. .
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Publicdebt
->.
270,524 63
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The expenditures for the fourth quarter, in-.
eluding $2,301,716 36,.on account of the
public debt, are esrimated^ on data furnish' ed by trie respective .departments, at
^ - 6,409,916 45
Making the total esrimated expenditures of the year

^ 24,658,304 60

And leaving in the Treasury on the 1st January, 1834,
an estimated balance of
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- $9,383,790 90



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' This balance, however, includes the funds, esrimated at $1,400,000.
heretofore reported by triis department as not effective.
. ^
Trie appropriations reriiaining unsatisfied at the close of the year are
estimated at $5,964,571 23 ;,but, of this amount, ri is estiniated by trie
proper departments—
/
1. That the sum of $5,190,287 62 only will be required/for trie objects
for which they were appropriated., : " ^;
l}/^.,^__2. That trie sura of $449,424 04 wiU nof .be required, and may therefore "be-^considered f\s an excess df appropriation, and/is proposed to/be
applied, witliout being reappropriated, in aid of, trie service of trie year
1834, as wfil niore fully appear whenjhe.estimates: of. trie appropriations
for that year are presented.
.
3. That the .sum of $324,859 57 will be carried to the surplus fund,
either because these moneys Jvril not'be required for, or Can no longer be
applied to, them..
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-11.. OF T H E ' P U B L I C

DEBT. /

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' Notice lias beeri given .^of trie iritended reiriibursemenr of the residue
of the exchanged 4J peri ceiit. stoclf pn trie Ist^of May, 1834. Thisstock was subject to redemption, at trie pleasure of trie Unried States, at
any time after trie 31st of December, 1833, upon six montris'public norice
of such intended,reimbursement. . The time at wriicri trie norice was
given does not:enable'the United States to;insist on'reimbursing^it so as,
to stop trie interest before trie 1st of May,'/1834. A smalf portion of it
was, however, purchased for trie United States, in- the months of September and October, by ari agent employed for that purpose; and on the
same day that notice was given ofthe intended reimbursement on trie ^
1st bf May xiext, an ofier was m^ade to the 'riolders, by public advertisernent, to pay them the whole amount of the prineipal, with interest
to fuQ day of payment, upon Jheir making the proper transfers of the certificates.
Many of the holders have already accepted this offer, and
portions ofil continue a^imost daily to be presented fpr payrnent. -It is
, believed that' the .greater part, if not trie whole of this- stock, wUl be. re\ deemed by the end of the present year. Under these circurastances, it
^^seemed: proper to charge-the wliole amount to ^the expenditures of the
present year, ratherthan to the 'next. The account is accordingly stated
on this principle,, and trie interest calculated to the 1st of .January ; and
i[ a part of it shouid not come iri by that time, it wfil make no material
difference in the result, because the jnterest saved upon the stock paid
before-the end of thC^year will, it ^is'expected, be equal, or nearly so, to
the amount, of interest which may afterwards accrue on the portipn. remaining unpaid. And if trie whole ofit should be reimbursed within
the present ^rear, the interest saved wih increase the estimated balarice inthe Treasury in but a very sm a.11 degree, in the following account,t-rierefore, the whole of this stock is charged to the expenditure of 1833,
and the interest on it calculated as: if it would be reimbursed on ihe 1st of
January, I831i-- •
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Trie disbursements on accourit of trie public debt, during trie year 1833,
will amount, as has already been shown,to,- : - '
-.-'$2,57:2,240 99
Of wriicri there will have been applied to the payment of
theprincipal .
- •
- • ,-...i $2,240,950 80
And to interest
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331,290 19



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REPORTS'OF THE

[1833.

T h e stocks wriicri will have been redeemed by the application of- this
sum, during the year, are as follows :
^
The residue of the exchano-ed Ah per cent, stock issued un•der the act of the 26th M-iy, 1824
-^
- $2,227,363 98
Apart ofthe 5 per cent stock issued under the act of 3d
.March, 1821 -,.
. . .13,03601
Also, certain porrions of the old registered debt which have
been presented for payment, being part of the unfunded
^
• .f
debt ofthe revolution
- •''
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'^^^50/^1 ^•
And Treasury notes
'.'." "^500 00
On the.1st of .lanuary next, itis esrimated the pubhc debt
•will be reduced to (K)
- ,
4760.082 -08
Yiz..

,

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1. The funded debt, ,corisisting ofthe residub
^
ofthe 5 per cent, stock issuedunder the'
• .
act of 3d March, 1821,'and redeemable
after 1st January 1835^
J - $4,722,260 29 '
2. The unfunded debt, amountingto
37,821 79^
Cousistingof trie registered debt, ,
'~'~- '^^^^^—~-t=r
being claims registered prior to
. the year 1798, , for services •: ,'
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and supplies during the revolutionary war - " -,
' -$27,476 70
•
Treasury notes issued duringthe "'
late war
. . .
6,025 00 ^J
And Mississippi stock - . 4,320 09
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.

These three fast sums, composing the unfunded debt, are payabie on the ,
presentation of the certificates;
III.

OF THE ESTIMATES OF THE PUBLIC REVENUE xiND EXPENDITURES
FOR, THE YEAR il83,4.
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According to the best judgment the department is able to
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' form on the subject, the receiptsinto the Treasury, frprii " ,
/
.all sources, during the year 1834, may be esrimated at $18,500,000 OC"''
Yiz.
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Customs
•- '
- $15,000,000-60
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Publiciands
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3,000,000 00- - .
Bank.dividends,' and miscellaneous receipts of all kinds . . - " '500,000 00
To which add the balance estimated to be in the Treasury
on the 1st January, 1834, after deducting the unavail• able funds
- V
- ^ ' ^-''J . Making together trie sum of

-

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7,983,790 90

- 26,483,790 90

Theexpenditures for the/year 1834, including the reim- ..
bursement ofthe whole ofthe public debt, are estimated at 23.501,994 85
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Civil, foreign iritercourse, and miscellaneous - '
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- $2,800,897 33



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Military service, including fortifications, .
; ordnance, Indian afiairs, pensioris, arming mihtia, and Jnternal improvements $8,654,942'25
RevoluUonary pensions, underact of June,
,
i 1832, including arrearages, fr-oni 4th '
_- - .
' March, 1831, irrcases in wriicri payment' ' ^ . .' . /
rias not been made ^' -^ • ; -• .. -.- • .3,000,000 00
iMaval service, including^trie^-gradual iiri- .
'Vprovemerit of trie navy, ' •/. .:- i. -...- •4,051,073 19
Pubfe debt, principal " : : 14,760,082-'08 ^ ' - i - .
• ••" •^"••- • interest/ :
- .235,000/00 : .: •
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. - • - • < • • - /-t--—--:--—-i: / 4,995,082 08 •••

i

Wriicri will leave'in the Treasury on trie 31st Deceniber, .•• . '
•"'
/l834,/a-balarice-estimated af' '- ' - • ' ' ' ' - '^ •'••-•'•• - - •- - - $'2,981,796 05
The value of trie (3xpbrts of trie year ending'on trie SOtri of Septernber
lastis. estimated, at $90,663,403, of wriicri'$70;642,030 were.of do mestic,/'
and$2()J)2i,373: of foreigri articles ; showing an increase in the;ex:ports df
domestic •produce of $.7',504,560 oveftheexports-of t h e same character for
trie year endirig 30tri September, 1832, and.a diminution iri foreign articles
of $4,018,100. • T r i e .valu'e of the irriports, forthe year ending on the 30tri
of September' last, 1^is estimated at $109,000,000, being greater, byi trie suni
. of ;$8,000,0'00, than-the impprts for the-^^year ending 30th Septeiiiber, 1832/
;'0f the irii pbrts for .trie year .ending trie SOtli of September ,last,.it is estimated thai:$34.000,000 were iri articles free from duty. •;-.
. ' I t •will-be seen; from the foregoing ;stafernent of the" receipts of the/pre/ sent yeai,. th at they very mu cri exceed the/ amou nt at which, they were estimated in-the last anriual report. . T h p excess has been derived chiefly
from customs, which are/estim.ated /to produce more tlian $28,000,000:
Trie large receipts^of this year have been priricipally occasioned by the act
'Of July 14,. 1832, which abolished the "system of long/credits on revenue
borids, and required the duties/on-woollen goods to be paidin cash, arid on
other articles i n three and six months. The new regulations took effect on
trie" 4tlT^pf.March' last, and the cash duties'and, shortened credits have
. brougrit intp trie Treasury, during the present year, a,large arnount of
Arevenue; which, urider trie fbr.nier;system.of crMits^
^ y a l j e uritil. 1834, lind woiikf have formed»a part of the: receipts of that
year., -Trie.inco-rae of 1833 has,-'therefore, had /the a!dvantage of the newsysterii, as w;ell asithe forriier bne; and the receipts are,much greater than
they wpiild frave been, under eitlier of triem, according tojrie establisheci
' rate-of dutie-sf'i^//;.. ^ .. i.;-'- • '.•.•"-^•.V/J ''•/ ;••"• . • '
" T h e expenditures for trie present year,, have also been unusually large,
and are estiniated.af :$22j086,063 61, exckisive of trie expenditure on account of trie public debt.
;J
' :.
The appropriatioris for trie year were lieavy, and exceeded, by three tnif
lions of dollars, trie appropriations for^ trie year 1832; arid trie balances.of
miexpended appropriations at the close of that year have'been, for the most
part, applied, during the present one, tothe various objects authorized by
law, and therefore eriter into trie account of its expenditures. Several
items of appropriarion, riowever, for the present year, cannot be considered as forming a part of the ordinary expenditures of trie Government.



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REPORTS O F T H E

[1833.

Without enumeraUng all objects of this description, it may be sufficient
to mention some which have contributed materially to enhance the aniount
actually expended. Trie duties refunded at the Treasury, urider the law
of the last session, and the awards under the convention with Denmark,
. are included in this account; and the expenses occasioned by the Indian
aggressions in 1832 have been, for the most part,, paid in this year.
These three iteras ainount to neaiiy two millions ofdollars. But when
this sum is deducted from the whole annual expenditure, it shows that
more than twenty millions of dbllars have heen expended, during the pre^sent year, for the various other objects authorized by law, exclusive qf^lfe
aniount set apart for the reimbursement of the four and a half pef cent,
stock. The pensions for life, grarited under the acts of 1818 and-1832,
to the oificers and soldiers ofthe revolution, have increased considerably
the annual expenditure. More than four millions of dollars have been
already paid, on that account, during the present year. There is, indeed,
no item m the list of appropriarions, which our citizens gen erally mo re
cheerfully contribute do pay, than the m e last mentioned; but, inthe
order of nature, it must be, annually decreasing; arid in the esririiates of
the coming year, those payable under trip act of June,. 1832, are set down
at three milhons of dollars. The different sums, above nientioned, therefore, show six milhons of dollars paid for purposes which cannot be considered as entering into the ordinary and regular expenses of the Govern. ment, and form no rule by wriicri its future annual expenditure ougrit to be
estiniated.
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The receipts of 1834 must be very much below those of tho present
year. A large portioii ofthe receipts frorn customs, as already stated,
has been derived from the importations of previous years. .'But, from trie
criange in the system of credit, only a sraall part ofthe duties accruing
in this year wdl go irito the receipts ofthe next; and the diminished rate
of duties, wriicri take effect on the 1st of January next on some of the
most productive articles, and trie entire exemption of others, will contribute still, more to reduce the receipts of the coming year, as compared with
the present.
>"
In estimating the receipts from customs for the year 1834 at fifteen
millions of dollars, I have assumed that the imports of that year will
neaiiy equal those of 1832. This esrimate is higher than the average of
the last five or six years, but it is believed to be a safe one; for althpughj
the importations of each of the two last years were unusually large, ypt
the iniports of the present one have gone still higher ;. and the genefal
state of our commerce and the situation of the country justify the belief
that there will be no serious diminurion in the coming year. The condition ofthe mercantile classes dobs not indicate any excess of importation; indeed, the short credits and cash duries will be found to contribute greariy to. prevent ^ overtrading in that respect. Moreover niany
articles in common use are admitted free from duty. This will produce
an increased,ability in the community to.buy those which pay duty, and
consequently a greater consumption.. There appears, therefore, to be no
reason to apprehend any serious diminurion in the importations of 1834,
and it will be safe to estimate its receipts by the standard above nientioned.
Yet any material excess beyond that estimate cannot, I think, be counted
on. The produce of the..public lands, can hardly faU short ofthe sum at
which it has been stated, and will perhaps exceed it.



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383

'*In this view of the receipts bf 1834, the income of the 3^ear will about
equal the.esrimated expenditure.; and,, with the aid of the balance in trie
Treasury on trie 1st of January next, it^ wfil be sufiicient fbr all the
wants of the Government, including the amount necessary to pay off the
^ residue of the narioital debt. 'It must,^ however, be Observed that, in adI dition to the'''apprbpriations now asked for, there \vill be. an'Unexpended
Imbalance of former Jippropriatibns ainounting to the sum of $5,190,287 62,
# whieri will probably die required, in the co.urse of the ensuing year, for
f/ trie pbjects for whicli it has been appropriated. And' if trie entire amount
of appropriatipns, proposed inthe estimates, for 1834,\were alsp to be required witriin the year, there would not be money enough in trie Trea- <
sury to meet triem, after sarisfying trie balan ees iabove stated, and paying
off> the public debt. JBut trie experience of Jornier years .shows triat a
pprtibn of trie appropiiations may always be expected to, remain unexpended at'trie end of trie year; and the average^bf triese unexpended
balanced /for the fast four years, is about ^$5,300,000.' In estrinaUng the
balancein the Treasury atthe close of 1834, I have therefore ^assumed
that a portion of the estimates of expenditures, here witri submitted, will
not be used during the yeair; and that^ balances of appropriations, equai
to th% amourit atthe close of the present year', wJll in like manner remain
in the Treasury at the end of the year 1834, and go into the expenses of
the succeeding year; and it is not necessary to raise money for the public
use sooner thari it will probably be rieeded. Butthe bafince stated at the
end of 1834 is not to be considered as a clear surplus/' It wih' stiU be
: chargeable with the amount of appropriations'estiraated to remain unexpencled at triat
rime.
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From this state ofthe fip-ances, and of the proposed appropriations, it is
evident that a reduction ofthe revenue cannot at this time.be made, without injury to,dhe pubhc service. Under the act of the last sessiori, the
receipts of 1835 wrill be less than triose of 1834, as a furtrier reduction, in
trie rateof duries will take effect un the 1st of JariUcjiry, 1835; a n d i f the
apprppriarioris should be kept up to the amount authorized for the present year, the charge upon the Treasury in 1835 would be riiore than it
could probably meet. But the debt will,then have been enUrely paid;
• arid if a guarded rule of appropriation Js at once commenced, there will
\ be no difficulty in bringing down the expenditure, witriout inj ury to trie
\ public service.
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•.
\ If the revenue is riot to be reduced more than the existing laws provide for, there seems; to be no sufiicient reason to open at this time the
vexed question ofthe tariff. The manner t n wriicri duties are npyr apportioned on difierent arlicles, would be hable to insuperable objections;
ifit were to be considered as a settled and permanent system/ But the
* law is terri porary ori the face of it, and was intended as'acomprpmise between conflicting interests-; and unless the revenue to arise under it should
hereafter be more productive than is anticipated, it will bdmecpssary in
two years from this time to imppse duties on articles that are now free,
in order to meet the current expenses of the Government. Thefe-would
seem, therefore, to be no advantage in eigitating the quCsrion/at trie present moment.. Yet, some modifications of the existing lavv^s will be necessary, in order to carry into efiect the intentions of the Eegislature, and to
guard against' attempts to evade its provisions, without, in any degree^
affecting its principles.



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REPORTS OF T H E

.

[1833.

It is, however, respectfully recoramended that the appropriatipns for
1834 should be regulated by a proper regard to economy. 'Heretofore,
the receipts to be expected could be ascertained with some degree of certainty, because they were principally derived frora the iraports of previous
years; and the rionds taken fbr the duries on such imports showed the
araount of receipts which might safely be counted on. But, under the new
system of cash duries and short cred ris, each year must mainly depericj..
for its income on its own imports. - And as commerce is always more or
less liable to fluctuations, the public interest requires that there should
be at all times in the Treasury a sufficient sum to provide for unforeseen
contingencies, a u d i o guard against disappointment in the estimated
receipts. The calculations on the income of a succeeding year are
necessarily more uncertain undei the present system, than under the
forrijer one of long credits. And if the anticiparions of the receipts of/
1834 and 1835 should-be, fully realized, there will not bo more than
ought to be provided in the estiraated scale of expenditures.. At the last
session of Congress, the appropriations exceeded twenty-one milliori
five hundred thousand dollars, being neaiiy three million five hundred
thousand dollars above the' esrimates presented at the beginning of the
session.' A similar aniount.of expenditure, authorized at the present session, might render it necessary to provide additional revenue earlier than
is now contemplated.
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It is understood to be conceded on all hands that a tariff for protection
merely is to be fi.nally abandoned, and that the revenue is to be reduced to
the necessary wants of the Governnient. Yarious causes have contributed
to enlarge the proposed expenditures fbr 1834, as will be seen by the particular estimates from the different departments. But it is believed that all
the objects Jor which this Government was established can be effectually
attained'at much less annual expense hereafter; and the harmony'and
mutual good feeling of-this extensive country will be best secured and perpetuated by rigidly ponflriing the operations of the Generaf Government
to its appropriate sphere. If this is done, and its expenditures are regulated
by a strict economy, the burdens it imposes will scarcely be felt by our
cirizehs, while its blessings are inestimable.
As the public debt will soon be extinguished, it is proper that the books
and papers which belong to the various loaii ofiiGes should be transraitted
to the seat of Governnient, and placed among the archives of the nation.- /
It. is believed that the outstanding debtcan.be purchcised on fiivorable^'
ternis, in the course ofthe erisuing year, and that it can be most conveni^
entiy purchased at tfie Treasury. It appears, therefore, desirable tliat
provision should be .made by lavv for iramediately transniiriing.to this department allthe books and papers relating to the national debt.' The
money can readily be remitted tothe public creditor,'without charge t o
him or to the Governnient, and he can be paid at any place where he may
wish tb receive it.
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The act of March 3, 1817,, abolished the ofiice of commissioner of
loans, and transferred the duries to the Bank of the United States. The
money necessary to pay the public creditors has, from tirae to time, been
advanced to:tlie Bank by the Treasury ; and it appears that large sums
have remained for a considerable time in the Bank, without being apphed
to the purposes for which they were intended. The amount has been reduced within a few months past. Butthe statement from the Register's



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ofiice,. herewith;presented^, (rrikrked L.) will,- show that $773.,tllJ98- stil^
remained in theif hands on trie/tst of October last.. A portiori of this.sum,
as appears/by trie paper referred to, was adyancpd -sbme: years ago;; and
there is no reason whyitlris nioney'sribuld cbntinu^ in the hands of the bank,
wiiere it is useless to Jihe Governnierit as well as to the c ied rior.\., The de-^
lay in' the paiyment ihas prpbably, in sorne instances, bebri caused ,by the
death of trie party en titled, and trie ignorance of riis representatiyeSv as/tp his/
^claira-on the; United jStates.f The situatipn-of triese outstanding; claims/
renders it-still more,iiecessary/triat the books and papers retaing to the/
public'debt should be^fbrthwith/tra,nsiinitted tofriis'-^pairtment, iwhere the
proper inquiries could-be .made as to ihe' cause of the delay, and meaisures
taken to/a.sGert;airi /^yho is .erititled/to receive the.money/ As the/a;mourit
is justly due froim' the United' States..to„ some/..one,.a;ridlniay-belong to ,persons who:areigribr(tnt|of their rights,Justice sebnis to require that.the Gov- ern merit, should take irieasures to apprize^ them bf their claimsp/and'iof the/
readiness ofthe 'Uniiite| Stated to/discha,rge thpm.
/^ ;, J . / /^. C i
,TrieJdestruction;ioffthe 'buildmg^deciapierf/by the Treasury Department
hasi pGCc^siPnedtrie//lj(^s of some/yaluable papers. .Bufiffis belieived' triat
.iirine have been desftoyed, triat lean piaterially ^ afiecf .the public interest.
It \yilf-becbrne neces^ctry to' provide anotrier building, and the Ipss/ailready ;
sustairl;ed in the-docu nients arid/records of triis pjffice shows the propriety
of erecting:.it upanjt.difierent; pl^n froin the ionmer^Qm,^ and of plariing trie
archives of the tjrqyernment ineai situatibn less/exposed to danger, i; T h e
inconveniences which:: are felt frorii thej^resent situ ari on of the/ofiices
connected with this departm.ent, as v/ell/'as the nibre exposed cbriditipri
of the,papers, induce, me to iiivi^^^^
attention' of Corigress to this
subject.,
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The report from;:tlie Cornmissioner of fhe General Land 0£fi.Ce:]s herewith preserited, showing the coupitiorfbf that branch of the pubhc sefvice,
and/containing sug^stibns forits irn prb venient
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'A S T A T E M E N T e.xhibitwg ihe duties whick accrued on merckandise, toimage, and light-money; ofi debentures issued
on the exportatiori ofi fioreign merchandise; drawback on doniestic refined^sugar, and domestic distilled spirits ex^ ported; bhunty on salted fisk exported; allowances to vessels employedin the fisheries ; and ofi expenses ofi collec.- tion during tlie year ending on the 3lst ofi Docember,fi832.
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A S T A T E M E N T exhibiting ihe amonnt ofi American and fioreign tonriage^ernployed in ilie fioreign trade ofi the
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Tonb.

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iForeign tonnage iil foreign trade,

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412,101

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1,381,:386
29.7 to 100
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A ' S T A T E M E N T exhibiting the values and quantities, respeciivelyyof
merckandise on \ij)hick duties- actually accrued during the year 1832,
"' (consisting- ofi the: difiference betweeri.articles paying duties imported, and
: those entitled to .drawback re-exported ; )^ and, also, ofi the nett revenue
luhick accrued that year firom duties on- merchandise, tonnage, and
'• light money. - /
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MERCHANDISE PAYING DUTIES AD VALOREM.

, S 5,295 96
,312,806 75.,
'770,807 40
r;:62,l,181 00
5.,496,072 50
1,220,853 90
198,803.00
• 396,403 70
157;618 00
2,405,169 45
• 230,568 50

.44,133 doilars, at 12!' per cent.
da 12^ .do.
2, ,502,454
'do. 15ii :-do,5-, 13S,7i6'
i05,9.05i
'do. 20;
do.
21, 98A,290
do. 25,'
do.
4, 069,513
do. 30;
do.
596,409
do. . m
do.
dd
1, 132,612 ' do. 35
do.
394,045
do. 40
- do.
;do. 45
5, 344,821
46:1,137
do. 50 . do.
49,774,035

do.

25J7

12,815,580 16

-do.

$12,815,580 16

DUTIES ON SPECIFIC ARTICLES.

5,326,094 gallons, at
L TVines
2. Spifits/ • 2,339,928-1 do
Molasses 16,354,788-j do.
8.-.Teas8,826,9(15 pounds,
4. /Coffee ' . 41,603,576 i do.
-5..Sugar---. 48,465,838 |- ko.
6/ Salt". .... 3,828,811 bushels,.
7., Ail other articles
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15.7 cts. average
do.
5
do.
14.1 . d o - * •
3.4

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837,249 83
1,404,332 77
817,739 40
/1,243,597'70
363,492 21
ij76;685'54
' 382,'284"'45
5,151,643 79
11,677,025 69
24;,492,605 85

From, which deduct'cluties on merchandise refunded, a'fter deducting,therefrom duties which, acc'rued on merchandise imported, the particulars of
which were not re'ndereld by collectors, and difference'of calculation

1,086,002 46
"23,406,603 39

To •\4^hic'li add- lO'per cent, extra duty on foreign vessels • discounts retained OR drawback
- .. -.
interest on jbonds . •
.storage
j - • • -•
/ //./ custom-house charges on Brrdsh Canadian
.: "•.' . vessels i " - .

28,898'56
1,509.74
11,541, 85
3,339 24
906 15
47,195 54
23,453,798 93

FD'ednct drawback on domestic refined sugar exported
drawback on 'domestic distiUed spirits exported
Duties on merchandise ,
Add'duties on tonnage
•light money

42,840 65
/: 3; 110 00
45,950 65
23,407,848 28
^28i;'387-74
21,173 66
49,561 40

Gross revenue. .; " • | •'
Deduct expenses of coirecliion

.23,457,409 69,
1,278,674 3^-

JSTett revenue, per statement A-

22,178,735 30




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•.KEPORTS: OF .-THE : •

[1833;..

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Ewplanatory Statements and Notes..
1. ^iii^Sr—Madeira. . ./--,.. Z.^-^^-,:,--(->-> ..1.77 ,,126 ,c>-allons at 50 cents' • .: ' e'88',563-0a
•' do./ - •[ ' 19,679 00
,.^^^": -.'Sherry- /.//- J.J.,-.J'J'-,' ^' '39,358- do.i ^ 50,
'y- - • Red of France aiid'Spain '-^ f;227,200. do.
l O i - m - ^ ' • ' • • 122,720'00
,: Jled:ofFranpe/c'^^JJ:^V- J - =^:876,645 - do.. - :•:6•• do,-':-'" '-J /.--• „.52,598'.70
i ;.White of .France ^and; $paii;i,.- ;2,:244,307 ;.do. .. •l5../.do:v..^oJ :,:, 336,646 05
V ^ .. 'Fren'chj'in'feot'tles'*and cases) - ^. 97,082 do. ' •3d- -do.--' 1 • •: 29,124 60
French
do. ' do. • ''• 142,429' do. . 22 •.do. • •" /* " /31j334^38
Sicily . - .^ -'
87,141 •do..
30-. do. 26,142 30
Another
._ -^-;---^ .-^ - -_• ^434,806 ^-"do.r i>/30' do: ' i" ' " •130,.441J^0
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2. Spirits---from grain/ V/lsV proof • • - / 626,982 gallons lit 57 eeks. • J
.357; 379:74
- • • •' i^/,-.-'^^d;:,do, " - . J 8,470 db. -- / 60 do. ' : .- /5^082 00
.-• / • J/JiiSd/fido^- -^ • - ''. 22,866^ :do. ^ 63 .do: ^ - 14,405i58 ,6,673 20'
^ ' -' ' ^J^^vJthi/:do/ .. "^ /- ' .'9,960 do. ': -i;67 -do;. /"
•'/.•:. i-ii'Stlii'/'da
.: •-' '" 17,555- do: ' -'75 do. • / ' '
1:3,16625
133,163' do/- - •'53 iida. /- : . 70,"576 39
0lherIniteria5si•.ist;<& 2d proof •' i J , i;'3di^ yf ooif, " - •386,713 do. - ^57 "do, -J220,426 41
; •//•:''.4til:do. ,r'" •-• .:r, 115,738' do.
i^63 ;d0. ^' ' 702,-914 94
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'- -• •: 19,869 do. - .72i M - •:'
14,.305 68
Above '5th do^.
, 186 do.. • • 85 dij. ^ - - ; ./.:i58jO
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. 1,574

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2,339,928

do. av.. 60' .do., /.

48 do.^ '•

' -1,405,088 21>:
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755/52
1,404,332.77

a Teas^Bohea -. ; / ^[:.r' : ' • \ - ' ' - ' 733,854 pounds at' 4 centj^-; /'. / J 29;35;4.16^^
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.Souchong and other bla'ck ' -' ,2.,-40£^,285 / ^ 6 .
•10
do..'^
:.; :;"; 240,928 50^
iHyson skin anid-q'ther,'green •-• 1,274,450 . - d o . •• Jl2''/dB.-J:./ i : 152,934 w
Hyson and young biyson
do./ •M db/V^-J !"::/706,940. 2H.
3,927,446
Imperial, guiipowder, ,&c.
, -" ^ 526,605 ^- /do. ; .'25 ,do?i''^'^^- •//-^ 131/651/^5
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Jl,:2te;808 Iir
s. ,. .. ' •Exported':/''"'/"'•'•""'''•' , ' •
'..,i' Hyson^skin •'91 lbs;
_ ;, • at 34 centsfi .S30 94
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.::.-.•' r - ' x . .: . ' 28 do. .- . 1686.84.
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Hyson and ydtihg-- -"'-^ r //...,.;,
40-'^£lo;J-I(!);98^7'20"-' f '•• ' ' ' ' ' i i ' ,.'/ .'" •
hyson - - • ' - •2'rj468 dbv
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^'8,-826,995
,136,950 pounds, at 2 cents'
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^: ^363/492 21

- 46,194,798 pounds at 3'cents
- i 2,271,040 do.
4 do.'
48,465,838 . do.:,

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''^^' ^;313,617'lbs/ '"'^'-•^ fi'- ' at '2cents-il66v272''34-J 50,225,690 do.
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1 do. 502,256 90
19,422 do.
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5 do. • 971 10
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.55,558,729 . •'• - •—-—l:-i^-^

isJ^^giars—brown - "^ - '
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Jl,2|2,i741 71
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- :90,841 60
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Explanatory Statements and Notes—Continued.
4,253 at 15 cents
- 6,183,942
10 do.

Salt^mported, biisheis
Do.
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4,215
-7., 756 .
'6,040

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bushels, at 10 cents
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at 20 do.
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604 00
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t 6 3 7 95
618,394 20
619,032 15

10 do: 234,137 30
2,359,384

236,747 70

. 3;828,811

382,284 45

EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS AND NOTES—Continued.
Gluantity.
7. All other artic'les,^

Importation oyer
exportation.

Woolle,ns, not exceeding 33^ cents per square yard - Carpeting, Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton
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Veneti3.n and ingrain
•
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'of wool, flax, hemp, &c. - •
mattingof flags or other materials
Floor-cloth, patent painted, &c.
other than patent painted, &c. - - ; Furniture oil-cloth
-'
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Sail duck
- ,
-, , •'•Do.
- Do.'
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'Do.
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Cotton'bagging-Beer, ale, and porter, in bottles .
-. ' •'
iDo.
do.
in casks ^
.Vinegar
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Oil, spermaceti
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whale and other fi.sh , oli\^e, in casks
castor
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linseed
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do., do.
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do.
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do. "
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do.
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1,634,003
127,584
492,406
1,034
106,196
26,740 i
3,387
51,2-24
. 1 2 5
347,248 •
, 1^,535,084
1,081,360
73,316
10,646
52,017
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5-29 ,
36,455 /
- -77768,010
28
^ 348
487,520
21,123
~6,523
1.321,390
453,045

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over
importation.

Rate of
duty.

Duties d n ^

Importation o.ver Exportation/
exportation. > _
over
importation.

•as.

14
70
40
32
15
50
25.
15 •
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10 .
. 6,794 .
^10^
11
5
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15
8
25
15
2540
25
25
25 •
17,434
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> 89,308 80:
196,962 40
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330 88
' 15,929 40
13,370 00
.846 75
7,683 60.

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36,461 04
168,859 24
53,-918 00^
14,663 20 ;
1,596'90
4,141 36
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9,113 75
30 80
192,010 00
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39,641 70
13,591 35

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• all other
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Candles, tallow
• . do.
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•. -'
spe'rmacetti •*
- , V wax - ' - - ' Cheese - ,
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Soap ' - '
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•Hbard—r--^—"—^-—^:--_--:.-.—^-^- —:,_^__v--4Beef and pork ^
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Bacon, hams and o.ther '- -'- •
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Butter -•'" ' •^•-,•-•
Saltpetre, refined
V.itriol, blue or Roman
-" . - "
Camphor, crude ' - ^
refined
Salts, Epsom • - ; - . . - ' . ' Glauber " . • ' ' . Spice, mace nutmegs
- . •^ ' • -cinnamon'
\ 'cloves -• '
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: ; ' -pepper "^'
pimento^ .•'
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cassia - • . ;Cayenne pepper
ginger - ' " '' - '"•
- . - Tobacco, mamifactured, -other than snuif, &c.
. . . _ , snuff' - .. .. • - . • . - . t' . '• cigars
• ' -^
Indigo . Do. .Do. Colton • -,
. -..
Gunpowder
' Bristles - '
- ^
- ^
Glue
-- ' Paints, cchre, dry
- '^ - ,
in oil



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121,943.
1,252,965.
4,195,407"
3,276,074
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/ 3*, 662

4
14,837

135
'3,.061
74,099.
555,748
•220,283

. -479',"944
'•
-181,523
.78,629
17 ,'392
404,517
308,6.55
1,398,742
352

4,877
. 37,588
167,816
98,282

1

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72
95
28
22;

_183
_ -10

,, 10 80
183 66
.9 .
6,668-91
422,229 92
• 2,202 83
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21-69125 10
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3" • 1
98 60
5
20 07
3 1
• 4
182 28
8
509 84
• 1,101 9G
13
4
44 16
2
8 48
100
-5,804 00^
60
:
28,533 60
25 ' 341 00
2533,755,75
8
• . 80,576 40^
6
24,621 06
6 ^
16,586 10
15
'
.60
'2
5i5 28
10
39 30
12
151 56
250
87,972 50
30
.
40
191,977 60
50
•• 90,761 50
3
.. 2,358-87.
8
1,391 36
3
12,135 51
5
15,432 75
1
1
13,987 42
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-^03

-6,255
23,991
• 1,972:
•
669
4,557
• 6,373
9,183
" i',104
• 424
.5,804
• 47,556
1,364
135,0>3
1,007,205
410,351
276,435
4
. 2i,.764.
393
1,263
35,189

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Duties on

7, All other articles.
Importation bver
exportation.

P a i n t s ; w h i t e a n d red l e a d '
' whiting, a n d iPari? white
orange m i n e r a l .
s u g a r bf lead .- , - .L e a d , pigj.bar, and sheet
'L e a d e n pipes - • - ' ' shot
- ,
-.'
. -C o r d a g e , cables, tarred .
- .
.
tarred
»
.~ untarred
.
. ^
T w i n e , seine, a n d packthread
Corks' - "
•- _
Copper, rods and bolts ^-.
nails a n d spikes
.
.
F i r e - a r m s , muskets
- :
- • • rifles '
-. • • ' i W i r e , iron and steel, not above N o . 14
.•
above N o : 14
- .
•
.
above N o . 14 .I r o n tacks, brads, and sprigs, not above 16 oz, per M .
above 16 oz. - nails _ - . - " . ' - ,
spikes
.chain cables, and parts, &c.
- mill s a w s ' - -- , anchors - '
,•arivils
s m i t h s ' h a m m e r s arid sledges . - .
castings, vessels of
-'
' '
. all other r
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• do.
du.
do.
do.
• do. .
do.
do.
do.
do.
, -do..
do.
Q\O.

.do.
No.
do.
pounds ~
do.
^lo.
M.
po'ands
do.
- do.
do.
No.
poijnds
do.
do.
do.
dQ.'

Exportation
over
importation.

R a t e of
duty.

Cis.
5
1
• 5
5
3

476,625
393,317
367
305,230
1,535,707
7,
385
747
30,963
39;709
- 400,719 •
. 231,687
18,879
5,.72a
1,156
. 23
243,711 .
'
392,880
. . 675
27,483
2,949
•639,979
"• 186,700
2,900,912
3,563.
125,527
1,288,231
84,485
. 826,692
2,306,281

Importation over
exportation.

,t23,S3l
3,933
18
15,261
46,071

25
17
35'
50
21
35 :
15 40
29 88

•

12
4
4
1.5b
250
6
10 .
9
^ 5
5
5
'4
3
100
2
2

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> I,^985 45
20,035 95
• 27,802 44
•755 }G
228 80
.1,734 00
' "•
57 50
14,626 26
39,288 00
60 75
^
1,374 15
147 45
31,998 95,
'7,468 00
" 87,027 36
3,563 00
2,510 54
25,764 62
2,112 12^
12,400 38
23,062 81

Exportation
over .
importation:

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braziers' rods, &c.
nail and spike rods, &c. sheet and hoop band and scroll pig and scrap
- .
- bar and bolt, rolled ^ • ' hammered Steel • '- - • Hemp '- • -

.
.
--. . - •
' -

.Flax

-.

.--

-.

.

• .

w •

Do.
",.
Alnm -,• • -• . . , - . , ' - . .
Copperas
- - •—^- T
-•
r -':
^
' Wheat flour - i
. ^ '- .
Coal
..'.-.
Wheat ^- • i - . ./
^.
Oats
- •
...
-; .
.Potatoes
.' , '^"
-,
' Paper,, folio and 4to.post'
. - ' i.
. foolscap, writing, and drawing
printing, copperplate, and stainers' .sheathing, binders', wrapping, &c.
.
. all other . Books, printed preyious to 1775
_
^
printed in other langiiages than English,
^Latin and Greek,'bound
do.
- do. in boards -,
all, other, bound
- ' do, in boards
.
.
Glass, cut, and not specified - o\her articles of
_,
, apothecaries'vials, not above 6 oz.
do.
'
do.
8 oz.
bottles, not exceeding 1 quart- not exceeding 2 quarts not exceeding 4 quarts demijohns
" .. "
Window glass, not above 8 by 10 inches
not above 10 by 12 do.
not above 10 by 15 da.
.above
10 by 15 do.
. Fish, dried or smoked -^
-


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&c.
•

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.

-^ do. • 1
387,603
do.
_~ •
'do.
5-, 888,876
dp.
7,390'
cwt.
^
195,904
do. .
"427,601
pounds
80,194,833
, cwt.
47,08/)
do. '
' • 118,983
do.
6,14
do.
1,747
pounds 1
- _9i)_
^"''"do. "
575
do: .
• 11
bushels .
2,358,037
do.
'1
1,071.
do.
'
. 1,247
do. '
52,522
pounds
. .- 9,356
~ do.
.'
' do.
. 3,618
do.
8,792
" do/
- •
31,954
vols.
161
do. '
-78,'666
/pounds
2,712
do;
5,125
do. '
11,539
do.
56,9:37
"- do.
24,508
do.
869,376
gross
647
do. 20
do..
28,240
do.
.
•
do.
11
No.
37,166
100 s.q. ft.
407
do.
395
do.
684.
do.
2,803
quintals 1" 5,688

41,912

3^
3.^
,3^
3^

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185.
1
150 •
300
250
275
-250
200
50. • 1
6 ,25 ,i
10'

la

196,369

20
17
10
o

13,566 10
206,110 66
258 65
122,440 00
791,061 85
801,948 33
70,633 50
'356;949 00
- i;535 00
4,804 25
—225-^001,150 00
• 5 50
141,482 22
267 75
124 ,70
5,252 20
1,871 20
361
.. 263
4,793
6
3,146
406
666
3,461
14,603
735
17,387
1,132
25
56^480

80
76
10
44
64
80
25
70
62
24
52
25
00
00

15
4
4
15
13 30 ,
26
3
2;
175
125
200250
. .
_
33 00
300
9,291 50
25 1,221 00
300 ~
1,382 50
350
i
2,736 00
400
14,015 00
500
5,688 00
100

1,466 92

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EXPLANATORY .STATEMENTS AND NOTES^-Continued.
GLuantity.
. 7 . All other articles.'
Importation over
exportation.

Fish,, salmon, pickled. - SL .
.
.
,mackerel .
_ . . alLother .
.
, •_
.
.
Shoes,'fee, silk ' .•., •:. ' • - • : . .
'prunella, nankeen,'&c:-. . .
leather, for men and^women - . ... ^^ . • • chiklren's
. - ,. -^
.
.
Boots and,bootees
'%
' -'
.
_^
Playing-cards -.,., .. '
/
> .
Wool, unman afac'tured . •- , . r.
-•
- ,
Slates, roofing, not above 6 by 12 inches
'not above 12by 14 do, '. - '
' nbt above 14 b y i 6 do.
-.
not above 16 by. IS do:
not above 18 by.20 do."
-•
-, "
notaboye20by 24 do.
' -•
- ' Total dollars
- - ^ •
Deduct duties on excess of exportation
Carried to statement B
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, i' ..

_

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-

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_ '
do."
.
' do. .
.
pairs .
..do.,
•do.'
- _.
do.-.
-do.' '
.
packs
pounds
'^ cwt.
•\ do.
do:
" •^ '
do.
, do.-.
-'
do.''
:
-,

.

•

Exportation
over
importation, i

•-

3;325
• .,2,690
15,569
, -2,732
1,710
' 289
9.03,242
3,743
13,03.6
66,899
13,-029
20,499
13,710

.
- -

,
-,"-;".

.Rateof
duty.

Importation over
exportation.

Cts.
200
150
. 100
30-. '
•25 25
^•
15
150 .
30 4
20
25
.
30
35
,
40
' 45

'1,804
' 2 6
• --^n

• •

Duties on

• -

Exportation
over
ipiportaiiori.

p,eos-co

39
417
997
.
-650
3,892
.
409
2-565
86
.39,729
. 748
3,259
20,069
. 4,560
• 8,1.99
6,169

00
00
50- 00
25
80
00
70
68
60
00
70
15
60 ,
50.

5,190,750 12
39,106 33 .

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^39,106 33

.^•5,151,643 79

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S T A T E M E N T ofi public lands sold, ofi cash and scrip received in payment tkerefior, and ofi incidental expenses and
^ . pa^ymerits irito tke Treasury ori accmnit ofi. pmhliclarid^
1832.^ .

;-

Lands sold after deducting
Am't receive'd in scrip.
.-erroneous entries. • -Amount re-'
Aggregate . Amount of Am't paid in• receipts.
incidental to the Treaceived in
—expenses:— sury ifrom 1st• cashi
^Fbrlfeiled" Military
- "'~'~ State or ^ s "Ctu'a'n/ir}'v^"' Purchase
Jan.:to Slst
.land scrip. " land scrip.
Territory.
. r.inbney...
Dec, 1832. '

Liandl)ffices.'

Acres, hdilis. Dotls. Cts.

Marietta ^^ ' _
^Ohio
Zanesville,
_
- _
dc.
Steubenville
db.
Chillicotbe
_. - do.
Cincinnati
_ .
_ • do.
Wooster •
«
._
do.Piqua _
.-,.do.'Tiffin and Bucyrus
"do.

_ _ • '

_i'
_ _
_

Total for Slate _ .,
Jeft'ersonville • Vincennes " «
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville _
Fort Wayne ^

Indiana ' _•
do.
_
do.
' _
, _
do.

Totalfor State _



•do.

,

DoUs: Cts. Molls. Cts.^ Dolls. Cts.• Dolls. Cts.

25,180 7 1 ' 31,475:87
31,407 67
88,132 33 110,167 42 -^36,-80.8 70
19,149
96
' 23,937 45- • 20-,88r 72
• 57,020 83 . 71,313 72 50,83r29
i 49,610 92
57,236 92
62,013 65
40,593 88
32,271 68
40,299 26:
'40,126" .56
60,130 37
54,503'49 ;
101,221 62 141,642 69 138,650 32
-

430,619 37 • 16,11.5 00

412,714 61

541,275 05

76,345
62,605
163,964
184,700
59,227

95,449 69 : 77,119 57
7o,999 76 '
78,258 94
204,958 42 109,953 81
230,887-09' 208,632 10
71,975.00
74,655 55

36
06
33
71
78

546,844 24 1 684,209 69

31,475
68 20
3,385 69 69,973 03 110,167
23,937
'
125
00
2,930 73
1,505 81 18,97.6 62 71,313
2,560 07- 2,216 66 62,013
40', 593
294 62'
4,601 88- 1,025 00 60,130
,768^00' 2,224 37 141,642

543,680 24

3,771 47
2,134 18
^18 20
.. '32 0.0

Dolls.'' Cts.

87' . 1,758-84
27,378 88
42
3:, 392" 72 ' 30;655 20
45
1,573 42
16,727 63
72 ^ 3,052-11
47 ,.600 00
65
4,354-2452,879 12
88
2,027 58
39,262'80
37.
2,013 79
16,il00 00
69
'4,538 36
130,037 51

94,540 68 541,275 05^
14,558
125
94.686
22,254
.2,648

Dolls.. Cis.

65 95,449 69
00 78,258 94
41 •204,958 42
99 230,887 09
55 74,655-55

22,711 06

360,641 14

3,051 89
•74,007 17
3,295 25 . 7 3 , 9 6 8 01
5,550-18
103,497 93
5,569 51'
199,411 56
3,376 65 . •76',481-8r

6,255'85 134,273 60 684,209 69 j 20,843 48

527,366 48

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S T A T E M E N T D-Continued.
Lands sold after ded acting
erroneous entries.

Land ofiices.

Shawneetown
Kaskaskia
Edwardsville
Vandalia
Palestine
Springfield
Danville ,
Cluincy •

Illinois
do.
do.
d.o.
do.
do.
do.
db.

Total for State _

-"

St. Louis,
Franklin and'Fayette
Palmyra
Jack.son
Lexington i _

Mis5^ouri
do.do.
do.
do.

Total for State

-

St. Stephen's
Cahaba^

Alabama
do.




Q-uantity.

Purchase
money.

Acres, hdths.

Dolis. Cts.

State or
Ten itory.

Amount recei ved'in
cash. "

Dolls;' Cts.

Am't received in scrip.
Military
Forfeited
land scrip. land scrip.

Amount of Am't paid inincidental to the Trea. expenses. sury from 1st
Jan. to 31st
Dec, 1832.- ,

Dolls. • Cts. Dolls. Cts. •Dolls. Cts.

Dolls. Cts.

Aggregate,
receipts.

_
'_
j.
._
_
. _.

-_
:_
^
'_
_

17., 624 82
17,417 38
> 80,713 19
8,021 33
23,773 26
,59,995 32
18,710'96
: 1,118 65

' 22,031.04
21,834 11

-

-

227;375V91

284,936 17

254,363 83

3,057 92

53,430 36
-77,1(;4 35
98,479 64
19,-298 52
64,768 25

32 96
332 49

_
_
-

14
54
39
53
49

53,397 40

_.
_
_
-

251,280 09

313,141 12

312,775 67

365 45

-'.

44,863 34
232,540 08

56,078 84
297,079 36

53,216 72
293,223 07

2,862 12
3,856 29

. -- ,-

42,740
:61,729
78,947
15,430
52,432

100,892 55
10,651 69'
.29,716 56
75,015 24
23,394 70
^1,400 28

19 ,,309 28
21,244 95_
86,829'44
9., 961 69
2D,411 56
64,261 93
21,94-4 70
1,400 28

76,831 SQ

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2,021 76
.-364 16
552 00
40 00
• 8 0 do

98,479 64
19,298'52
64-768 25

700 00
• ' 2 2 5 00
13,511 II
.650-00
225 CO
10,7,53 31
1,450 OOl

Dolls. Cts-

22,031'04
21,834 11
100,892 55
10,651 69
29,716 56
75,015 24
23,394 70
1,400'28

1,.566 92
1,561 27
3,188 79
1,350 85
1,748 75
2,^597 95
1,892 47
1,397 41

27,514 42| 284,936 17

15,304 41

228,292 69

2,118 13
2,957 27
2,955^33
1,531 05
2,753 27

52,525-26
75,317 03
97,142 43
15,850 00
64,760 00

313,141 12

12,315 05

305,624 72

56,078 84
297,079 36

2,899 25
8,362 69

39,028 14
278,734 05

53,430 .36
77,164 35
98,479 64
19;298'52
64,768'25.

17,040
19,579
.85,500
8,276
30,-193
48,900
18,803

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33
00
00
78
00
58

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Tuscaloosa
Sparta _

' -

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do.
do.
do.

, -

-

Total for^State . •

Washingtou
Augusta
M o u n t Salus

_ Mississippi _
L

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do!

_

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•._

80,477-40
81,804 99
6,897 05

78,016 05
81,637 64
- 6,897 05

3,461 35
167 35

412,682 79

522,337 64

512,990 53

9,347 11

36,985 01 - 3 5 , 2 3 1 18
29,661 56
— 37595--87- - — 4 - 4 9 4 - 8 5 - •—4y 494-85228,056 24 285,099 04 283,237 88 .

261,313.67

T o t a l f o r State _

N e w Orleans
Opelousas
Ouachita
St. iHelena

64,317 70
65,444 01
5,517.66

'

- Louisiana
do. •
do.
:
do.
.
_

'_
_
_

• ' 1,242
21,895
"47,741
7,574
- ' -

20
71
38
19

78,453 48

Total' for State -

'326,578 90

•

•

1,753 83

-

522;337 64

/

^-—-_

1,552 75
'27,369 64
59,89017
9,467 73

1,552
•25,938
59,890
9,467

98,280 2 9 .

96,848 67. . , . 1 , 4 3 1 . 6 2

-

1,431 62

-

Michigan Territory
Detroit _ White Pigeon P r a i r i e , _ i do.
. _

177,515 27
74,696 17

222,224 59
.98,080 24

221,523 76
98,060 24

700 83

Total for T e r . . . .

252,211 44

320",284 83

319,584 00

700 83.

3,048 65
4,450 82
2,680 00

"3,810 80
5,563 .53
'3,350 00

3,810 80
5,563 53
3,350 00

10,179 47

12,724 33

12,724 33

^ --.

'

17,926 03

•66,792 31
61,200 00
6,131 86

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451,886 36

32,150 GO

Ul

285,099 04

1,774 90
874_78^
6,306 26

275,750^51

Q

S26,578 90 -

8,955 94

307,900 51

36,985 01

-.--4-,494-85_

1,861,16

322,963 9 1 ' . ^ 3 , 6 1 4 99

75
02
17
73

2,837 73
80,477 40
81,804 99 " 2 , 6 3 3 85
1,192 51 .
6,897 05

_

.1,.552
27,369.
.59,890
9,467

75
64
17
73

98,280. 29

-

- 222-,224 59
98,060 24-

-

,320,284 83

f ,076
•:1,740
2,896
: 1,310

58
87 •
59
83

26,455 00
68,100 00
5,900 00

7,024 87

100,455 00

5,595 33
-.3,8.22-74

224,322 25
93,313 17

9-,418 07

317,635 42

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Little Rock
Washingion

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A r k a n s a s Territory
do.
do.
_

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•

•

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7.

- -

3,810 80
5,563 53 '
3,350 00
12,724 33

1,315 54
. 970 97 "
390 72

3 , 6 0 0 00
- 9 , 9 3 8 05

2 , 6 7 7 23

13,538 05

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S T A T E M E N T D~eontinued.

Land offices.

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Lands sold after deducting
Am't received in scrip.
erroneous entries.
A.mount received in
cash.
Quantity.
Military
-. Forfeited
Purchase
land Scrip. land scrip.
money.

State or
Territory.

Acres, hdths. Dolls. Cts,

Dolls. Cts.

Aggregate
leceipts.

Amount of^ Am't paid inincidental to the Treaexpenses. sury from 1st
Jan. to 31st
Dec, 1832.

Dolls. Cts. .Dolls. Cts. -Dolls. Cts. , DoUs. Cts.
•

-Tallahassee
St. Augustine _

Flbrida Ter. '
do.

Totalfor Ter.—

_ , _

^'_

9,286-46

-11,608 07

11,608 07

•

—

•

•

•

- -

11,608 07.

Dolls. Cts.

•

1,252 08

10,040 66

O
'9,286-46 . 11,608 07

11,.608 07

•

,...-- ,.

11,608 07

1,252 08

. 10,040 66

Ul

O
Grand total

2,463,342 16 3,115,376 09 2,818,158.62

40,888 -77 256,328 7C 3,115,376 09

118,428 22 2,623,381 03

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SECHETAIIY OF .THE -TREASURY.
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•

' _ S T A T E M E N T of moneys received into ihe Treasury, from all sources;
.h "
other than\custom.s and public lands, for the year 1832.
From dividends od Stock in the Bank of tlie
United StaUs- ,
$490,000 00
-Sijies of stock in the Bank of tiie United
. States.
1 -169,000 00
Arrears of direct tax •$6,79I 1-3h;630 65
Arrears of internal revenue
Fees on letters patent -..
i-;
.-..: i4;i6o:ooCents coined tat the mint
21,845 40
Fines, penalties, and forfeitures
^ ,8,86g:04 •
Surplus emoluments of officers of the
customs i .-- ~ 31,965 46
. Postage on letters
-,
- ' 244 95
Consular receipts,ainder the act of Mth
• 1,884-52
,•- April, 1792
:'• . Interest on debts due by banks to the
136 OQ
• United States
- ; Persons unkriown, stated to be due the/
500 00
•UnitedStates
. -•
Moneys obtained froni the Treasury on
\ i
>- forged documents ., 115 00
Moneys previously advanced oniaccount • "•
•' '
of compilirig, printing, and-binding ' .
Biennial Register . :.-•. • 37- 00'
Securing the light-house oil the Brandy-.
wirie shoal,iDelaware
'.-• :^ - : 1,000 00Ligfht-house:on Mahon's ditch, Dela- ^ ^
Vare
|- '
- •
' - ^ 4,975-00
Balances of advances made in the War- '-••••'•'
Department, repaid underthe 3d section of the act-of 1st May, 1820 .•„ - - 15,679 24
119,832 39'
From which deduct; amount relinquished by
the Secretary of the Treasury in a cornpro,^
mise and final seltlement of the. claim of the
i .,
United Statesi on Ithe Commercial Bank of
.
'Lake Erie, made iri pursuance"of the act for. ' .
the relief of s'aid. bank, approved the 10th
February, 1832 i - ^'
- • ^ .--^ ; 1,889 50:
•117,942 89
$776,942 89
TREASURY DEPARTIMENT,

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S T A T E M E N T ofi ihe expenditures ofi the Uuited States for tlie year
, 1832. ' .
.ClVl'L, BIISCELLANEOUS. AND FOREIGN INTERCOURSE.

•Legislature-- ... - $871,813 68
•
Executive Departments . - 562,415 38
Oificers of the mint -; .
=- . 9,750 00
Surveyors and their,clerks . ' , 1
25,971 73 •
Commissioner of Public Buildings in" Washington
- .^ . - '.
- 2,000 00
Governments in the Territories of the United
States •
fi
-.:
' - •:. - : 50,783.99
'
Judiciary
-.
- ,
- '
.
. 278,022 96:
1,800,757. 74
Payment of sundry pensions granted by the late and preserit .Governments
s- ,, ^
1,398 57
Mint establishment • -.'. . v:-.
63,995 00
Extending'the mint establishment - .' ' -•
37,500 00
Unclaimed merchandise
- ,
- .' . .221 09
Light-house establishment
189,522 30Building light-houses, &c. -\- • • .70,595 09
'81,072 22'
Surveying the public lands ••
Survey of private land claims in Florida
8,000 00 .
Survey of the Choctaw cession iri.Mississippi
43,788(00
.Survey of the lands ceded by the Creeks
50,000 00
Registers arid receivers ofland offices
1,666 21
Preservation ofthe public archives in Florida
1,125 .00
Land^ claims in Florida
- '
.,- .
60 00
Survey ofthe coasts of the United States
8,125 00.
Marine hospital establishment
-,
-.; 76,877- 87,
Marine hospital at Charleston, S. Carolina ^' 169, 80
Roads within the State of Ohio,. (3 p.. c. fund)
5,118 94
Roads and canals in the State of Indiana, (3 per
cent.'fund)
35,257 81
Roads and caiials iri the State of. Mississippi,.
(3 ,per ceiit. fund) - .
- '
5,879 62
Roads and canals in the State-of.Alabama,
(3 per cent, fund) .- T^
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26,081 11
Roads and canals ia the Stat.e. of Missouri.,.
(3 per cent, fund) 3,746 99
Roads and levees withiri the State of Louisiana, (5 per cent, fund):
24,717 46
Encouragement of learning within the State
of Illinois, (3 per cent, fund)
- , ,32,237 81
90,550 00
Public buildinofs in Washinsfton
Purchase of the rights of the Washington
Bridge Company, and for the erection of a
32,000 00
public bridge on the site thereof Penitentiary for the District of Columbia
28,360 00



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Subscription. to the stock in the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company
- $150,000 00
Boundary line between Arkansas knd Louisiana
J 1,000 00
Boundary line between Florida and Alabama
1,800 00
Fifth census of the I United Sta.tes
32,218 86
'
Revision of all th^ fornier censuses of the
^
• UnitedStates ,| -^ ^ ' '. 229 00 •
Revolutionary claims, per act 15th May, 1828 1.72,938 -52
Liquidating and paying certain claims of the
State of Virginia^ under the 1st and 2d sec- . tions of theai^t of 5th July, 1832 ' - _ - , 380,888 66
Liquidating and paying certain claims of the,
State.of Yirginia, under-the 3d. section of
said act
j ^
"-^ 242,509 81
Sundry judgments |against the former marshal
•^
for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and
for the relief of J. & W. Lippincott & Co. 299,933 34
Compilation of documents, per act of 2d
March, 1831' | - 55,000 00
Consular receipts | ,3,270 00
Building custom-houses and warehouses
, 3,185 -84
Relief of sundry individuals »
.- 144,407 51
Miscehaneous expenses
45,755 21
2,451,202 64
Salaries of minisfers of the United States . - \ 44,410 .85
Salaries of charges I dei ^affaires'
- ^
59,936 66
Salaries of secretaries of legation
9.000,00
Outfits of the. ministers to Great Britain,
. France, and .Russia-;
^ - , 22,500 00
Outfits of the charges des affaires to Holland,
Belgium, Centrcil. America, Buenos Ayres,
and Naples^
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22,,500 00
Contingent expenses of the missions abroad 27,218 18
Outfit and salary o|f a charge d'aff'aires, salary
of a drogoman jat Constantinople, and for
contingencies-of {the legation
3,000 00
Salary pf a drogoman, and for contingencies
of the legation to Turkey . - , 37,500 00
Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse 20,631 00
Agency in relation to the northeastern boundary
.
I . •
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.
.
538 70
Expenses of the commission, under the convention with Denmark
14,623 98
Expenses^ of the cpmmission under the convention with the; King ofthe French . ' ^,857 91
Reliefand protectibn of American seamen - , .19,890 13
Salaries of agents at London and Paris
5,500 00
Intercourse with the Barbary Powers
- ^ '32,819 .58
Awards under the| 1st article of the treaty of
Ghent
-" i - .
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- ^ •2.,254...m
,325,181 07
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REPORTS OP T H E

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MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.

Pay of the army, and subsistence of oflicers ^
Arrearages in the Pay Department Subsistence . \ -'
Quartermaster's Department
Transportation of ofiicers' baggage, &c.
Transportation of the army, &c.
-'
Forage
• Purchasing Department
- ..
Clothing for officers'servants
'Bounties and premiums
- - . .- \
Expenses'of recruiting
,",Medical or Hospital Department
Contingencies of the army - - Arrearages to 31st December, 1816 - " -•
Invalid and half-pay pensions
Piensions to widows and orphans
Revolutionarypensions " -.
Invalid pensions, per act,20th May, 1830
Revolutionary pensions, per act 20th May,
1830 • -,
- • i Revolutionary pensions, per act 7th'June, 1832
Military Academy at West Poirit
- ^ :
National armories
- , . National armory at Harper's Ferry
Arsenals
Arsonalin Florida Ordnance
^ -^ , .
Armament of fortifications
Arming and equipping the militia
Repairs and contingencies of fortifications
Fort Adams , Fort Calhoun [
-.
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"^ Fort Columbus and Castle Williams ->
Fort Hamilton
, "..
Fort Macon J " Fort Moriroe
-"
Fort at Oak island. Cape Fear, North Carolina
^ J
. , Fort at Mobile point Fort on Cockspur island, Georgia Arrearages for preservation of Pea Patch island
' .- ',
Preservation of: George's island, Boston harbor
_
Fortifications at Charleston, South Carolina -Fortifications at Pensacola, Florida Barracks at Fort 'Winnebago, Nolrthwestern
Territory - '
- .
Barracks at Fort Crawford. Prairie du Chien,
Northwestern Territory' 


1,165,003 60
500 00
334,932 99
313,857 98
55,118 03
158;400 58
42,249 97
179,130 03
21,811 77'
28,009 19
13,748 87
' .28,041 55
11,209 06
5,319 82
117,702 69
, 7,644 63
700,360 24
•^ 1,953 50
1,075 01
355,686 33
. 23,590 00
371,943 43
. 7,500'00,
64.132'51
5,000 00
62,516 10
94,483 15
195,082 68
10,409 82
86,000 00
62,800 00
50,124 00
10,000 00
40,734 03
51,300 00
12,800 00
82,800 00
31,600 00
2,000 00
- 8,780 00
45,358 26
100,000 00
1,909 56
, 1,532 11

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SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY.

403

Barracks at Key West, and for other purposes $15,923 90
Barracks, quarters, hpspital, and storehouses
'
at Green Bay
-j
• -'
-• .2,000 00 ,
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri - - 2,287 52
Breakwater, Delaware bay - ^ .-.
- , 225,750 00
Breakwater, Hyannis jharbor, Massachusetts 3,399 90
Breakwater, Merrimack river,- Massachasetts
2,000 00
Breakwater and dike! in' Mill river,. Connec'
.
ticut
'I
- '
•-3,380 00
Light-house, Buffalo harbor, New York" - ,-'
2,500 00
Sea-wall, Deer island,'Boston harbor
- ' . 11,890 00
Piers at Oswego,, Nevlr York
'
'- •
150 69
,
Stone pier-head and I mole at, Oswego, New
.
,York
'•,'-= ,•
- ^ 26,470 00 Piers at Buffalo, Ne\y York - . 9,569 63
Work at Black Rock I harbor, New York • 2,502 27
s- Work at Dunkirk harbor. New York
. . - . 5,000 00
Pier-head at-Cunningham creek, Ohio
1,500 00
Repairing-Plymouth jbeach, Massachusetts 2,500 00
.
Deepening the channel at the mouth of Pascagoula river, Mississippi » '2,000 GO '
Deepening the channel through the^ Pass au
Heron, Alabama j .-•
'. -'
' 3,000 00
' ;
Improving the navigation bf the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers !'. -, .'5,174 03
Improving-the ^navigation of the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers I" from Pittsburg to New
'
Orleans , \ - • .. , 42,700 0 0 .
Improving the navigation of the ^ Qhio, Mis. •
souri, arid Mississippi rivers' . . - • 39,100 00 •
Improving the navigation of the Genesee river,
'
NewYork
|' . 16,000 00 ' •:
Improving the navigation of Conneaut creek,
:.
,•
Ohio
- , f_' '
- ^ '4,600 00 r
Improving the navig,ktion of Cumbeiiand river^
'
Tennessee
. j —
- -. . 10,000 00:
Improving the navigation of Red river, Louisiana and Arkansas
-965 00
Improving the navigation of Cape Fear river.
North Carolina | - ^
- .. - ^ 28,800 00 •
Improving the harbors of Newcastle,. Marcus
' •
•
Hook, Chester, arid Port Penn
- .
5,550 00
Improving the harbpr of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania. I - . - ,
3,000 00
•. Improving the harbor of Cleaveland, Ohio 4,147 50 .
Removing obstructions, Kennebeck river. Me.
2,000 00
Removing obstructions, Berwick branch of
Piscataqua river,! Maine ^
- ,
: .
250 0.0.
Removing obstructions, Nantucket harbor,
Massachusetts^ j - ,
2,575 00




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REPORTS OP T H E

Removing obstructions. Big Sodas bay. New
117,000 00
York
Removing obstructions, Huron river, Ohio 1,070 00
Removing obstructions, Black river, Ohio
5,580 60
Removing obstruction's. Grand river, Ohio 2,500 00
Removing obstructions, Ashtabula creek, Ohio
3,400 00
Removing obstructions, Oeracock inlet, North
20,644'38
Carolina - - . , - 5,000 00
Removing obstructions,.Savannah river, Geo.
Removing obstructions, river and harbor, St.
11,500 00.
Mark's, Florida
Surveys and, esti mcates of roads aind canals
• 17,916 22
Cumberlarid road in Ohio, west of Zanesville 112.274 79
102,080 00
' Cumberland road in Indiana '
Cumbeiiand road in Illinois
87,500 00
Repairs of the Cumbeiiand road east of the
56,000 00
river Ohio
\-^ ' y. -' '
-5,829 58
Repairs of the Cumberland road ' >8,980 80
Road from Mattanawcook to Mars hill, Maine
Road from Detroitlo Fort Gratiot 8,000 00
8.000 00
Road from Detroit to Saginaw bay - : . •7,50Q oo;
Road from Detroit to Chicago •
-•
1,750 00
Road from Detroit to Grand river
Road ,from Laplaisance bay to the Chicago
,• 500 00
road
.Road from Fort Smith to Fort Towson i . -^ --• 390 85
Road from Little Rock to the St. Francis
river, Arkansas
-fi .
-.
•. 5,000 00
Road from Washington to Jackson, Arkansas 14,500 00
Road from Pensacola to Tallahassee, Florida.
4,000 00
Road from St. Augustine to Tallahassee, Flor;
2.500 00
Road from Alachua to Mariana, Florida
.- 'no 00
Opening lhe old King's road in Florida
1,1,85 25
Florida .canal
73'50
Payment of Georgia militia claims ' 425 23
Payment of Misso'uri militia claims i-n 1829 9,075 68
Paymentof militia claims for services. &c. 1831 - 55,200 00
Pay of militia and volunteers of llhnois and
398,500-34
other States
Claims of South Carolina
- ^
157.259 16
Ransom of captives of the late, war ' 40 00
Relief of officers' and others engaged in the
379,' 79
Seminole war
-^
- .
Relief of a coriipany of rangers^under Gaptain
52 50
Bigger
-','•, -• ' - '/
Relief of sundry individuals - : ' ,
^- '.
47,218 03
11,637 66
Civilization of Indians
- i - ^
33,526 95
Pay of Indian,agents
Pay of Indian sub;agents
- ,
17,367 90
Presents to.Indians
11.870 74
Pay of interpreters and translators 22,335 02



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Pay of gun and blacksrkiths, and assistants .- $17,615 65Iron, steel, coal, &c. for gun and blacksmiths'
.shops
-^
- I
- ,
- ..
:4,871 9.6
Transportation'and distribution of annuities 8,144 82
Provisions for Indians| at the distribution of
annuities^ .j
- .
. . 14,298 56 Provisions'for Indians moving west in 1831 2,608 92
Houses for agents and blacksmiths' shops
- .^^ 2,730 00
Effecting treaty with Qherokees
r -_ 18,456 27
Extinguishment of Clierokee claims to lands '
• in^Georgia • ,, - . i ' -14,233 91
Conducting a deputation of Indians from the
/. ' head waters of the Missouri to Washington
city, and back
-| • ' ' • 5,7:50 00
Corn and other provisidns for Seminole Indiaris
2,500 00
Contingencies of Indiari Department
18,135 51
Indian annuities, and other similar objects,
'
per act 4th June, 18:33
-^ "
- ' •288.-,951 70
Choctaw schools , . - j
.. - /" - 2,121 08 ' To provide for an exchange of lands, and the ,
.
removal of Indians k ^ - 291,412 66
Yaccination of Indian itribes ' ,5,692 00
Visits of Indians to the seat of Government 394 42
Effecting treaty with the Florida Indians ' 195 OQ
,
Effecting treaty with Creek Indians- ,7,342 94^
Compensation to Cherokee emigrants from
'
.
Georgia -•.
-\
' , -fi fi -•
i0,551 30
Effecting treaty with Pottawatamies ,- N
200 00 /"
Wyandot delegation to Washington in 1832
400 00
Cherokee delegation to Washington iri 1832
675 50
Relief of friendly Indians on the northv/estern,, ^
' frontier ' - • , . . i ^- ., ' -.
•3,795 0 0 '
D'eficiency due to Seiieca Indians
-•
2,614 40
Three commissioners!to treat with Indians 4,000 00
Effecting certain Indian treaties, act 24th
May, 1828 , ' . f _
- : ' ' -: ' 5,127.85
Effecting certain In'dian treaties, act 25th
. >
March, 1830
i
, ' - ' ' ' ^
1,932 84 •
.
Effecting the treaty o^ Butte des Morts
249 90 '
Effecting treaty with jthe Seneca Indians
1,269 50
Expenses of holding'' certain Indian treaties,'
act 7th April, 1830; ,
687 42
Expensesof holding,certain Indian treaties,
- act 9th July,'18321 '
- "^ 20,000 00 ,
Effecting certain Iridian treaties, act 13th
January, 1831
i-^
1,000 00,
Effecting certain Indian treaties, act 2d
:
March, 1831
|' 71,886 25,
To effect certain Indian treaties, per acts 2d ^
March, 1831, and jlth June, 1832 , -> ,57,235 02
Stipulations of certairi treaties for 1831, per
• \
actof20th April, 1832- ' 44,756 50



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[183S

Stipulations of certain treaties with Creeks,
'
Shawnees, ,&c. per act 4th June, 1832 ^ - |101,230 01
Effecting certain Indian treaties, per act 13th
July, 1832
- -^
-. 167,080 63
Extinguishment'of Indian titles-to lands in
Missouri and Illinois, and other purposes,
per act of 14th July, 1832
-,
56,007 63
.Annuities
.- « .5-012 50
7,988,499 BB
From iohick deduct tke fiollowing repayments:
Fort Jackson '
|96
Arrearages of Indian Depart•
ment prior to 1829
734
Treaty with the Choctaws
and Chickasaws for lands ^
in Mississippi
- '.
- ,.1,214
Suppression of Indian aggressions on the frontiers of
Georgia and Florida
359
Aiding Creeks in their re'2,808'
moval
Eifecting' treaty. with: ihe,
Choctaws^
410

35'
14
;38
31
34
00
5,622'52
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ESTABLISHMENT.

Pay and subsistence of the navy
•^ 1,334,053 33
Pay of superintendents, naval constructors, &c.
^ - •'•,-'
- • •'• 62,921 23"
Provisions
- ^ -• - ' .369,987 6 6 '
Medicine's and hospital stores •• ." -21,317 56
Repairs and improvement of navy yards
' 48,429 09.
Navy yard, Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
'30,666 00"
Navy yard, Boston,-Massacfhusetts
41^361 2 r
Navy yard. New York ,- .. ' '.. 52,278 82'
Navv yard, Philadelphia - -• - i
- .,
8,838 71
Navy yard, Washington City - .
-,
19,783-80
Navy yard, Norfolk,"" Virginia - ;
- ,
76,070 68
Navy yard, Pensacola, Florida - '
- ' , 24^546 Oi ••
Timber shed, Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
121 58
Timber sheds, Boston,; Massachusetts - ' .
485-54
Timber sheds, Norfolk, Virginia .^^ • - fi. 6,li66 30
Timber docks, V/ashington, Norfolk, and ^
"
Boston
^ , . 4,952 37
Wharf at navy yard, Pensaicola .25,539 25
Repairing and enlarg-ing wharves .at
Washington and Norfolk
. - - -8,772 43 •
Repairs of storehouses at Washington,
. and for two building-ways at Norfolk
6,417 40

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Ordnance and ordnance stores Gradual increase of the navy
Gradual improvement of'the navy
Repairs of vessels
| / Covering and preserving ships in ordiriary
Building, equipping, and employing three
schooners
- ;
|r
Rebuilding the frigate Macedonian
Navy hospital at Norfojk
- • Furniture for navy hospital at Norfolk Navy hospital fund
i"- .
Navy pension fund ' | Agency on the coast of iAfrica, (prohibiting
slave trade), -j -•
- Removal and erection of naval monument
Survey of Narragansett bay
' Arrearage's for surveys; of coasts and harbors - ^ - • ' , : - •
••• Relief of sundry individuals
-' . ^ '
Balance due Waters Smith
Contingent expenses | ^
$312,938' 07

407

$11,746 35
11,754 35
475,735 99
560,080 81
8,065 00
17,864 94
8,768 00
27,055 90
- 4,774 25.
7,515 56
160,047 05
1,659 45'
200 00
2,911 17
3,891 50
-4,79573
, 3,330 61

From iohick deduct the fiollowing repayments: • Contingent expen- i '
' ses for 1831 ^ '•$5,il23 87 i ,
^
Coritingent expen- i
ses for 1825,.. - -!'6'25-Gontingent expen- 1
ses for 1829
- 4,275 58
Contingent expen- i
;
ses riot enumera- I
ted in 1829 •. - 682'54
/:-V
10,088 24
Pay and subsistence pf the marine corps
Clothing for the marine corps - •
Medicines and hospital stores for the- marine corps
- , ! Military stores of the inarine corps
Fuel for maiine corps Contingent expenses of the marine corps
Marine barracks, at Philadelphia
' -

302,849 83
133,336 53
31,623 04
2-,4l7'58
3,112 49
• ' 9,674 45
•, 15,929 .'82
6,000 00
3,957,849 37

From whick deduct the fiollowing repayments.
Privateer fund
-\
- $991 40
Timber shed at Washington
139 55
Repairs of sloops of \yar
-348 13.




1,479 08
3,956,370 29

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REPORTS OF THE^^

[1833.

PUBLIC DEBT.

Interest .on the funded debt . $772,56150
Redemption of the 4-i- per cent, stock, per
act 24th May, 1824- - ^ .1,739,524 01
Redemption ofthe exchanged 41 per cent. .
'>
stock, per act 26th May"; 1824r
2,205,956 41,
Redemption of the exchanged 5 per cent.
stock, per act 20th April, 1822
..
.56,704 77
Redemption of the 3 per cent, stock
- 13,064,723 18
Principal and interest of Treasury notes '
591 68
Paying certain parts of domestic debt 247 74
17,840,309 29.$34,356,6^98 06
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

Registefs Ofiice, December 11, 1833.




T. L. SMITH, Register,

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S T A T E M E N T ofi public lands sold, ofi cash and scrip received in payment tkerefior, ofi incidental expenses, and payments into the Treasury on amount of public lands, during the first, second, and third quarters ofi tlie year 1833.

Land offices.

State
or Territory.

Lands sold,' aftet ded acting Amount reAm't received in scrip.
• erroneous entries.'
• ceived in .
cash.
Purchase
• Military
.Gtuantity.
Forfeited
-4and-scrip.- -land-scrip-. ^ money .__•-_
Acres, hdths.

Ohio
Marietta
• do.
Zanesville
-do.'
Steubenville
do.
Chillicotlie . do.
Cincinnati
do.
Wooster
Piqua &Wapaglido: •
konetta
do.'
Bucyrus
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19,430 .50
55,126 05
6,584 80 •
32,812-88
20,226 92
21,925 58
72,380 37
144,198 12

Dolls. Cts.
24,288 12
69,405 38
8,230 99
41,19'0. 89
25,279 14
27,420 89

Dolls. Cts. ^
23,991
15,493
6,779
,11,184
20,430
26,292

90,986 05
179,654 36 1

58,205 72
165,386 68

,-372,685 22

466,455 82

327,764 11

Jeff'erson ville - Indiana
do. '
Vincennes
Indianapolis
• do.
Crawfordsville do.
Fort Wayne
do.
La Porte •
do.

40,992
48,520
112,628
91,668
38,398
6,076

Total for State -

338,286 20




78
50
80
93
72
47

51,241
60,655
143,289
114,586
48,002
7,595

36
84
90
15
95
59

425,371 79 1

35,882
56,956
63,654
• 96,778
44,791
7,395

24
10
21
14
05
59

305,457 33

Dolls. Cts.

Dolls. Cts:

Amcunt of Amount paid
incidental ex ' into the Treapenses.
sury ^from 1st _
Jan. to 30th
- -Sept-.-18-3-37-Dolls. Cts:
1,378 35
2-, 497 62
97196
1,702 20
2,453 33
-1,476 48

31,815 83
10,834 58.

90,986 05
179 ,-654'36

2,890 20
.5,047 91

81,201 00
160,353 79

12,753 30^ 125,938 41

466,455 82

18,418 05

335,253 75

3,529
.3^099
160
79
16
200

51,241 36
60,655 84
143,289 90
114,586,15
48,002 95
7,595 59

1,817
2,294
4,219
4,826
•2,103
323

34,124 33
60,.524 39
62,890.00
78,005 16
^ 30,247 74
5,025 00

964 50
3,433 10

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74
00
07
00
00

7,084 33

IOOOO.
50,791 07
998 75
29,561 18
1,287 00 550 00

11,829
600
79,475
17,728
3,195

60
00
69
94
90

112,830 13,

24,288
69,405
8,230
41,190
25,279
27,425

81
65
28
63
62.
59

425,371 79 j 15,584 58

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Dolls. Cts.

12
38
99
89
14
89

99'
196 13
55 . 3,120 76
05
453 19
00
445 71
73 - 3,561 41
39
- 578 50

Total for-State --

Dolls. Cts.

Aggregate
receipts.

CO

25,353
9,738
7,323
.
9,400
,17,976
.23,907

38
70
62'
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39
87

270,816 62

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Lands sold, after deducting
erroneous entries..
Land ofli;c3§."

Shawneetown
Kaskaskia
Edwardsville
Vandalia
Palestine
'
Springfield
iDanvilie
Ciluincy - .

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State
or Territory.

Illinois
do.
do.
do.

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do.
do.i'
do.
do.

Purchase
money.

Acres, hdths. ,

Dolts. Cts.

Dolls. Cts.

26,016 38
-25,824 30
79,771 43.
14,454" 82
-19,935 77
110,078 20
. 18,614 45
14,728 10

24,204
25,570
72,251
• 14,054
19,935
95,576
15,664
13,964

'246,636 41

St. Louis • . / - Missouri
.Fayette
' do.
Palmyra
- do.
Jackson do.
- Lexington
-^ do.
Total for State .St. Stephen's Cahaba
•Huntsville
-

Gtuantity.-

20,902 73
.20,659 53
63,816.88
-•
10,563 86^
15,948 63
88,062 75
• 14,899 56
^-. -• .11,782 47

Total for State -

, ^29,308 73
34,273 60
• .39,862 05
>-.: 14,387 85
29,034 60
•146,866 83'

Alabama.
- do.
do.




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Amount.received in •
cash.

28,348 98
99,612 89'
27,215 10

r

36,636
'42,841
49,835
• 17,'984
• 36,337

13
95
78
73
56

183,636 15
35,448 51
125,984 60
34,229 53

.
.

Aggregate
receipts.

Forfeited
land scrip:

Military.^
land scrip.

Dolls. Cts:

Doits. Cts.

Dolls. Cis.

Amount of Amount paid
incidental ex- into the Treasury from 1st
penses'.
Jan." to 30ih
Sept. 1833. ,
Dolls. Cts.

39
1,761 99
- ^50 00
26,016 381,421 52
30
254 00
'^5,824 30
1,329 82
98 • . ^ 419 AD • 7,100 00
79,771 43
2,569 .38
82
400 ^00 ' • 14,454 82 • 1,096 89
77
19,>935 77
2,054 93
13
110,078 20
' 14', 502 07
3,511 88
45
18,614 45
2,950 00
1,234 76
67
' ,763 43
14,728 10
1,232-93

281,222 51

309,423 45

Am't received in scrip.

36,636 13
.42,742 75
49,835 78
17,984-73
36,337 56

'2,435 44

25,765 50 '. '309,423 45
.

99 20

183,536 95

99 20

34,104 93
-122,625 10
23,909 46

*i;343,58
3,359 50
10,320 06

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•

-

.

-

Dolls. Cts.
21,363 00
20,231 89
72,724 65
9,171 77
19,592 92
96,021 80
12,600 60
18,19182

14,452 11

269,898 45-

36,636 13
1,449 .69
42,841 .95 - 2,,096 50
1,764 45
.49,8.55 78
1,353 55
T7,9.84 73
2,267 09
36,337 56

33,292 62
58,900 93
40,162-20
19,500 00
56,568 OQ

183,636.15

8,931 28

208,423 75

35,448 51
125,984 60
34,229 53

1,674 86
3,902 77
1,665 S3

51,113 63
127,948 92
31,483 40

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Sparta
DernopoTis

35,.505 25 1
3,991 22
- 24,^39 25

do.
do.
do.

219,212 69'

, Total for State Mississippi
Washington
do.
Augusta
:
•"^Tlo:"
Mount Salus Columbus, N.E,
•do.
• district - . -

• 13,399'8/•

315,725 16

394,84141 ;

393,040 34

11,468 10
47,809 .10
• 2,706 15

14,335 11
59,769 B4
3,382 69

14,147 24
59,769 84
' 3,382 69

. 61,98.3 35
124,888 26 j

Michigan

65,687 91
• , 125,505 72
316,081,89

Arkansas
do.
do.




275,722 36

11,573 93

60,500 00
4,182 13
23,568 61

1,323 57
•

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^477-50-

301,796 69

•20,200 00
27,516 65 . 1,224 03
811 97 1
3,055 29
"345-298-66
"~35P7869~66]^"'"37376~28'

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8,743 26
4,645 86
3,396 03

' 383 99

1,801 07

394,841 41

5,796 27

365,498 66

187 87

14,335 11
59,769 84
--• 3,382 69

251 25
1,059 37
2,494 46
731 49

8,100 00
63,234 00
3,770 69

77,487 64 ^ 4,536 57

75,104 69

4,048 26

151,805 67

Ul

2,719 11
82,109.'85
156,881 79 - 4,173 li

'68,996 94
146,800 00

d

i,'

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156,110 39

155,834 69

275 70

-

82,109 85
156,881 79 1

82,109 85
156,881 79

10,929 07
5,869 63
4,245 02 1

O

13,399 81

187 87

395,102 03

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77,299 1 1

.77,487 64 .

44,396 65 1 2,000 91 1
• 878 27
4,989 01
1,451 7>
. 30,674 06

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156,1.10 39

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Totalfor Terri'ry!
Batesville
Little Rock
Washington

15,288 84

13,399 81

Louisiana
do.
do.
do..

• do.
do.

260,433 51

275,722 36

• 10,720^77.

Total for State
Detroit
White
Pigeon
Prairie
Monroe •

265 70

27,516 65 - "26,193 OS
22,013' 57
3,055,29
"3,055 29
• 2,4'84 13
r;^28o;506"69' "~3507869'66l "~35"073'92T6l

TotalYor State j^^ew'Orleans
Opelousas
Ouachita
Gt.-Helena-

44,396 05 1 44,396 65
4,989 01
4,989 01
' 30,408 36
30,674 06

,394,826 33
10,929 07
5,869 63
4,215 02

275 70

-

; ; - ;
-

'395,102 03

10,940 48

781 90'
10,929 07
1,314-30
. 5,869 63
948 334,245 02 1

367 602 61
8,284.27
: 2,460 00
5,370 00

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Lands sold, after deducting
erroneous entries.
•-

State
. or Territory.

Land offic.es.

Gluantity. -

Acres, lidth-s

Purchase
^money.

Dolls. Cts.

Amount received in
cash..

Am't received in scrip.
Forfeited
land scrip.

Military
land scrip.

Amount of Amount paid
Aggregate
receipts. • incidental ex- intothe Treapenses.
„ sury from 1st
Jan. to 30th
Sept. 1833.

' Dolls. Cts. ' Dolls. Cts.

Dolls. Cts.

Dolls. Cts.

Dolls. Cts.

Dolls. Cts.

•

Fayetteville

Arkansas

?

Total for Terri'ry
Tallahassee
St. A'ugustirie

.Flori la - -.
do. - -'

16,829 30.

21,098 9®

21,098 90

S,333 33

10,416 65

10,416 65

^-8,333 33

-10,416 65

' 10,416 65

2.042,640 38

2,559,556 20

2,255-,096 40

T R E A S U R Y DEPARTMENT;




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55.18

-'

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. -.

,;

-

.

•

•39,925 76

• 53 38 .

-'

21,098 90

3,097 91

16,114 27

10,416 65^

' 964 31

9,.360 27
87 59

10,416 65 .

964 31

9,447 86

94,296 49

2,219,957 35

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Grand total -

55 18

,44 15

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264,534 04

2,559,556 20

General Land Ofiice, November 27,. 1833.
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other than custonis and public lands, firom 1st Januai-y to 3Q'ih September, 1833.
j
^
From dividends on stbck in the Bank of the United
^
'States - ~ I -•
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- ^ ' - . „ $474,98.5 00
Sales of stock iin the Bank of the United
.
States I - ' •• -'
. 91,000 00
Third instalment for claims under the con- .
vention wili Denmark of 28th March,
• 1830 I - '
221,315 IT
Arrears of internal revenue
- $1,016 16 i^Fees on letters patent
- " .- 13,230 00
Cents coined qit the Mint <- 20,107 64^
Fines, penalties, and forfeitures . - . . 140 56'
Surpkis emoluments of officers ofthe cus33,243 90
toms - -i -'
Persons unknown, stated to be due to the
232 00
United States Moneys oJDtailned, from the Treasury on
'
^ ' 1,158 33forged documents
Moneys previously advanced on account of
. 8,201 79
the fifth census of the United States
Balances of acivances made in the War Department, r|epaid under the third section
. 14,640 28
.of the act of, 1st May,'1820. 91,970 6&
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TREASURY DRPIA-RTMENT,

Registers Ofiice, December 11, 1833.
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CIVIL, MISCELLANEOUS, AND FOREIGN INTERCOURSE.

Legislature ' - • . i • ' -•$335,137
Executive Departments
- 5,06,010
Officers of the Mint .'7,425
Surveyors and their clerks ^
22,086
Commissioner of Public Buildings 1,500
.Governments in the Territories of the United
States
- i -^
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41,920
Judiciary
i - 286.551
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78
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13
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-1,200,630 72

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REPORTS O F 'THE

Payment of sundry pensions granted by the
late and present ^Governments
Mint establishment Extending the Mint establishment, Unclaimed merchandise
- "
Light-house establishment - .
Building, light-houses, &c. Surveys of public lands
/Survey of the Choctaw cession in Mississippi
and Alabama ^ ' - .
Registers and receivers of land offices
Preservation ofthe public archives in FloridaBoundary line between Alabama and Florida
Roads withi;! the State of Ohio (3 per cent.
fund)'
-'
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Roads and canals within the -State of Indiana
(3 per cent, fund) _ • iRoads and canals within the State of Missouri
(3 per cent, fund) .
Public .buildings in Washington, &c.
Purchase of the rights of the Washington
Bridge Company, "and for the erection of a
. public bridge on the site thereof To improve the Potomac river between Georgetown and Alexandria, &c.
Purchase of the rights of the Washington,
Canal Company - -. .
Aqueduct across the Potomac near Georgetown
-' "
- Penitentiary forthe District of Columbia
Subscription to the stock of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company
Marine hospital establishment
,- '
Revolutionary claims, per act 15th ?Iay, 1828'
Liquidating and paying certain clairas of the
State of Virginia, under the third section of
theact 5th July, 1832 ' -,
Sundry judgments against the former marshal
for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and
for the relief of J. and'W., Lippincott'& Co.
Compilation of documents, per act 2d. March,
1831 ^ -- .' Consular receipts^
Building custom-houses and warehouses
Relief of sundry individuals^ Survey ofthe coast of the United States
Furniture of the President's house
Road from Line creek to Chattahoochie
Duties refunded, per act 2d March, 1833
Miscellaneous expenses
Salaries of ministers of the United States



$1,217 93
30,084 22
11,000 00
, 157 07
227,619 34
20,790 06
58,075 00
25,000 OO'
2,346 48
875 00
. 200 00
-13,998 88
• 19,903 07
16,145 45
155,176 03
10,000 00
100,000 00
KG,0OO 00
10,000 00
15,000.00
295.000 00
47:495 51
182,147 99
256,009 58
,450 30
50,000 00
614 52
246,111 70
131.888 66
14,250 00
20,000 00
2,000 00
667,160 87
• 4,5,766 34
2,826,484 00
38,779 57

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, Salaries of charges d,es affiiires of the United
"States
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,- $54,735 00
^ •
Salaries of the secretaries of legation
7,396 61
Outfits of the ministers to Great Britain,
. .
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Prance, and Russia
, -4,500 00
Outfits of charges des. affaires ,'
-'
13,50000
Salary ofthe drogolman, and for contingen^
/
,
cies of the legation to Turkey
6,500 00
Contingent'expenses of missions abroad
- ^ 20,721 35 •
Diplomatic services of G. W. Slocum, consul . :
at Buenos Ayres I-^
- ,
.4,870 0 0 , ,
Outfit, &c., of John! R. Clay, acting charge ^
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des afaires at Sf. Petersburg
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7^200 ,00 ^
Diplomatic services 'of Michael Hogan at Chili
18-,112 50
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Arrearages on' account- of the iservices of
George W. Irving, as charge d'affaires at
London '- .
j - . , - •' ' -•
1,833 ...85 .
Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse 10,000 00
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Expense of an agent to Havana to procure
,
archives of FlorMa
2,000 00
Indemnification to [George W. Storer, United
States navy
I .. - .
- .
500 00.
Indemnification to,' Captain Turner, United : .
. , . '
States navy
j - '
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- - •„ 1,182 78
Indemnification to Sweden •. "5,666 6i. .
George F. Brown, consular agent at Algiers,
for his services
- .
3,366 00
Relief and protection of American seamen ' 20,336 5,8
Salaries of agents at London and Paris
-•
4.000 00
Intercourse with the Barbary powers
.12,649 47
Expenses; of the commission under the convention with Denmark
'
6,700 86
Expenses of the commission^ under the convention with the King of the French
14,766 68
Eixpenses of the commission ^under the con-'
.
.
vention with thb King of the Two Sicilies
500 CO
•• - -•
Payment of claims under the 9th article of the
treaty with Spain - - • - ' -3,087.50
Awards under the! 1st article of the treaty of
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- \ j - '
281 7^
Awards under the convention with Denmark 661,160. 95
924,348 > 72
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.. •

Pay and subsistence Sub^sistence - J
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(Quartermaster's Department
Transportation cjf officers' baggage
Transportation of the army Forage ~ - , - • ' , ,
Purchasing Department
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- 967,180 34
- . 258,000 52
- - 93,225 84
50,033 58
- 169,318 87
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30,958 50 - 204,380 72

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REPORTS OF T H Ei

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Clothing for officers' servants
- $16,615 83
"Bounties and premiums
7j391 94
.
Gratuities
-'
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146 50
Expenses of recruiting
^
,' ,15,694 24
Medical or hospital department
25,888 87
Arrearages of medical or hospital departriient
3,<m) (10
Contingencies .of the army 8,951 39
Arrearages prior to July, 1815
3,270 98
Invalid and half-pay pensions
289,129 36
Pensions to widows and orphans
' 6.276 35 . , „
Revolutionarypensions
787,376 88 •
Military Academy at West Point
17,862 00
National armories
-'
' 296,570 -65
Armoiy at Spnngfield.,
.^
- ^'
- • 21,000 00 ; Armory at Harper's Ferry . - ,
-^
11;100 00
Arsenals
- ^
88,677 95
Arsenal in Florida .15,000 00
Arsenal at Watervliet, New York, purchase of
.
forty-five acres of land
-r
' 9,000 00
Arming and equipping militia
164,794.08
Accoutrements and swords -•
2,ciO0 50Ordnance
^49,461 2r ,
Armament bf fortifications 9i,237 93
Repairs and contingencies of fortifications •4,575 85
130,426 41
Fort Adams - . ' - . ' /^
Fort Calhoun '
- . .' .5.5,000 00.
Port Columbus
•27;ono 00
, 30,000 00 .
Fort'Delaware
- •'"••-' .^
3,266 29
Fort Jackson
\/-•
- 5,301 80 Fort Macon
- , '
48,5)10 00
Fort Monroe
-. "3,000 00
Fort on Throg's neck'
- 9,990.00 ' Fort on Oak islan^d '-...52,6.00 00
Fort on Cockspur islaiid
•29,998 00 '•
Fort on Mobile point
; "-•
7,000 00
Fbrt on Foster's bank, Pensacola
-,
Preservation of Castle island, and repairs of
37,000 00..
Fort Independence
Repairs of Fort Marion, and sea-wall at St.
7,000 00.
Augustine
101,621 15
Fortifications at Charleston -- ,
Fortifications at Pensacola - 126,350 50
400 00 Purchase of ground at Fort Trumbull
Purchase of land at Fort. Gratiot
- , .1,600 m
200 00
Wharf and site at Fort Preble .
1,500 00 ,
Wharf at Fort Independence^
90 40
Wharf at Fort McHenry ' - - -'
Wharf at Fprt Washington / ^- ^ 1,500 00
.7,988 00
Barracks at Fort Crawford 10,000 00
Barracks at Fort Howard
Barracks at Fort Severn
•300 00 ;
2,000 00
Barracks and hospital' at Baton Rouge .'



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$5,805 95
Barracks at Key West, and other purposes 3,550 00
Storehouse and stable at Pittsburg Purchase of one square acre of land at Pitts3,500 GO
burg
- I .
Breakwater in Dellaware bay
301,058 02
Breakwater in Hyannis harbor
9,525 10
Breakwater and dike in Mill river
1,110 43
Sea-wall, Deer island, Boston harbor
29,000 00
Pier and mole at Oswego
' 6,438 00
Piers at Buffalo
19,377 57
The work at Black Rock harbor
2,600 00
The work at Dunkirk
5,200 00
Piers in Kennebeck river
1,700 00
Pier head in Cunningham creek
500.00
Piers in Laplaisance bay
.8,123 07
Preservation of Provincetown harbor
.4,456 23
Repairing Plymouth beach 600 00'
Improving the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi
40,350 00
rivers
"
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4,O0O 00
Improving the Genesee river
r
12,000 00
Improving the Cumberland river
14,807 00
Improving the Caipe Fear river
21,663 00
Improving the R^d river
14,318 36
Improving the Arkansas river
2,535 52
Improving the Cc^nneaut creek
5,000 00
Improving the Ochlochney river
2,500 00
Improving the CHoctawhatchie river
Improving the harbors of Newcastle, Marcus
7,500 00
Hook, Chester, and Port.Penn
7„50O 00
Improving the harbor of Presque Isle
2,473 89
Improving the harbor of Cleaveland -[
17,360 00
Improving the harbor of Chicago
263 91
Removing obstructions, Kennebec river
14,000 Oo
Removing obstructions. Big Sodus bay
39 49
Removing obstructions, Huron river
4,500 00
Removins" obstructions, Black river
68 51
Removing obstructions, Grand river
135 02
Removing obstrucftions, Ashtabula creek
11,500 00
Removing obstructions, Oeracock inlet
5,000 00
Removing obstructions, Appalachicola river .150 00
Removing obstructions, Escambia river
Removing obstructions, fiver and harbor of
5,430 00
• St. Mark's - j • - .^
500 OO
Survey of White and St. Francis rivers
Purchase of instruments to adjust the northern ,
6,110 00
boundary of Ohio 27,829 88
Surveys and estimates of roads and canals
74,728 -17
Cumberland, in Ohio, west of Zanesville
61.200 00
Cumberland, in Indiana
40.000 00
Cumberland, in Illinois
Repairs of the Cumberland road east of the
180,000 00
Ohio
VOL. HI.—27



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^

REPORTS OF T H E

Repairs ofthe Cumberland road in Yirginia Lucius W. Stockton, for repairing Cumberland
road
-,
Road from Mattanawcook to Mars hill
Road from Detroit to Fort Gratiot
Road from Detroit to Saginaw bay Road from Detroit to Cbicago
Road from Detroit to Grai.d river
Road from Laplaisance bay to the Chicago
road
-^
..
Road from Fort Howard to Fort Crawford Road from Little Rock to the St. Francis river
Road from Washington to Jackson Road from Line creek to Chattahoochie
Balance due commissioners for surveying road
from Laplaisance bay to the Chicago' road
Survey of canal routes in Florida
Payment of militia claims for services in,1831
Pay of militia and volunteers of llhnois and
other States
- .
Pay and subsistence of mounted rangers ' Subsistence of mihtia to suppress Indian hosrtihties
Milliard, Gray, & Co. balance due for printing
Infantry Tactics .Relief of sundry individuals -,
Civilization of Indians
Pay of Indian agents, &c. • Pay of sub-agents
Pay of interpreters and translators ' Pay of gun and blacksmiths, and assistants Presents to Indians - .
Iron, steel, coal, &c. for smiths' shops
Transportation and distribution of annuities Provisions for. Indians at the distribution of
annuities' Houses for agents and blacksmith shops
Corn (tnd other provisions for Seminoles
Effecting treatv with Cherokees, act 24th
May, 1828; '
" -'• . ^
- '
Effectingtreaty of Butte des Moi-ts, act 20th
May, 1830
'iEffecting treaty Avith Winnebagoes, act 25th
March, 1830
-.
- \
Indian annuities and other similar objects, act
. 20th February, 1833, and previous
Arrearages in the Indian Department
' Oherokee schools, under treaty 27th February,
1819
Medals for Indian chiefs
Vaccination of Indian tribes -




[1833.'

.130,000 OO
38 42
17,832' 42
15,000 00
4,000^ 00
7,431 82
11,7.50 OO
8,480 66
3i277 00
15,000 00
1,906 38500 OO
'340 21
• 2,959 74
32 00
438,560 33
108,984 89
55,163 20
410 59
13.443 36
7,302, 94
19,995 00
11,309 45
12,201 OO9,327 50
9,811 06
4,676 81
6,624 77
9.377 35
1,237 50
1,000 00
4,217 54
894 60
768 40
343,459 18
694 97
42,490 00
1,476 87
721 50

1833.]

SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY.

Effecting treaty withl Greek Indians, act 22d
May, 1826
|Three commissioners to treat with Indians Extinguishment of | titles of Delawares to
reservations in Ohio
Provisions for Q,uap'aws
Relief of friendly Indians on northwestern
frontier
"
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"
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Improvements abandoned by Cherokees of
Arkansas ^To effect certain treaties with .Delawares,
Choctaws, &c. actj 2d March, 183L &c. ,Claims of Cherokees| for improvements abandoned, under treaty and convention
Stipulations of treaties, wi; h Creeks, Shawnees,
&c. act 4th June,|l832^ To eff'ect certain Indian.treaties, and for other
purposes, acf 2d IVIarch, 1833
Unsatisfied claims of J. W. Flowers and others
Extinguishment of Indian titles in Missouri
and lUinois
.Procuring assent of |Menomonies to treaty
Legatees of Alexiinder McKnight
Revolutionary pensions, per act 7th June,
1832
Relief of officers arid others engaged in the
Seminole war
Relief of officers, &c. of Fort Delaware
Reo-iment of mounted drao^oons

419

$.572' 45
15,000 00
r

' 307 84
1,000 00
883 55.
. '21,287 11
31,923 80 ,
. '4,565 00.
123,135 00
1,097,113 80
. 1,072 50
' "' 1,391 71
2,949 50 '
.5,566 84
2,066,984^24
20 00
800 16
94,491 '45

10,056,425 96
From which deduct tke fiollowing repay
ments:
I
.
.
Fort-Rigolets and Chef Menteur -^ $14 17
Battery at Bienvenue
- '
89 10
Storehouse at Baton Rouge
300 30
Road irbni St. Augustine to Tallahassee
34 28
Contingencies of Indian Department 100,650 35
Cherokee claims to lands in
Georgia
2,088 58
Exchange of lands and removal
of Indians
38 70
Aiding Creeks in their removal - 1,500 00
Annuities
Certain treaties, act 13th January,
268 55
1831, for 1830 '
Certaia treaties, act 2d March,
567 51
1831, for 1830 '
525 13 106,076 67



9,950,349 29

,420

REPORTS OF T H E
NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT.

Pay and subsistence of th^ navy
.
$1,114,143 30.
Pay of superintendents, naval constructors, &c.
41,499, 92
Provisions , -^
-- 295,452 30
Medicines and hospital stores
^28,813 24
Navy yard, Portsmouth
- >
20,907 49
Navy yard, Boston -•
..49,469 63
Navy yard. New York
53,419 47.
Navy yard, Philadelphia
-'
5,124 29
Navy yard, Washington
. 24,248 00^
Navy yard, Norfolk - .
• •- 110,077 45
Navy yard, Pensacola
- ^ , -.
27,976 64
Wharf at navy yard. Pensacola
,166 18
Ordnance and ordnance stores
-.
17,701 99
Gradual increase of the navy.
. . .
1,55924
Gradual improvement of the navy - 208,366 72
Repairs of vessels
- 531,120 40
Building, equipping,, and employing three
schooners •
. ' 473 68
Timber to rebuild the Java and Cyane
4,167 97
Rebuilding the frigate Macedonian , - . 51.066 .08
Iron tanks -,
- '
24,417 78
?Navy hospital at Norfolk
^
3,944 10
Furniture for the navy liospital at Norfolk
1,825 75
Navy asylum at Philadelphia
22,000 00
Furniture for the navy asyluni at Philadelphia
. . . .
4^856 2.5
Navy hospital at Charlestown
20,104 63
Navy hospital at Brooklyn .
10,362 31
Agency on the coast of Africa
1,500 00
Purchase of a bridge at Norfolk
16,000 00
Survey of Narragansett bay , •
^ 1,241 31
Board of officers for revising rules, (fcc.
' 2,012 56
Captors of x\ Ige rine vessels 20 85
Relief of sundry individuals '
••
6,795 73
Contingencies and arrearages of contingencies
...
.
. 239,862 48
Pay and subsistence, extra emoluments,
and allowances, marine corps
- 119,390 02
Clothing for marine corps 24,818 24
Medicines, (fee. for marine corps
2,021 16
Military stores for marine corps
191 52
Fuel for marine corps
7,515 96
Contingent expenses for marine corps
. 14,054 52
Barracks at Philadelphia for marine corps
3,000 00
3,111,689 16
jProm v)kich deduct ihe fiollowing repayments :'
Repairs, &c. pf navy yards - $1,697 02
Covering ships in ordinary 423 00



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SECRETARY OF T H E TREASURY.

Building 10 sloops ofi war
Timber docks
Timber shed, Portsmbuth
Naivy hospital fund Navy pension fund
Privateer pension fund

421

$44 66
1,00
511 61
15,333 34
17,373 59
253 55
35,637 77
.3,076,051 39

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DEBT.

-

Interest on the funded debt
-,
Redemption exchanged "4^-per cent, stock
•of 26th May, 1824 i -*^
Redemption exchanged 5 per cent, stock
. of 1821
- I' -•.;-••
Paying certain parts, of domestic debt
Reimburseraent of Treasury notes

251,861 06
16,382, 20
1,301 43
•50 81
929 13

270,524 63
$18,248,388 15

TREASURY DEP|ARTMENT,

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Register's Office. December 11, 1833.




T. L. SMITH,' Register,

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l>3

E S T I M A T E ofi tkefiimded and unfiimded debt ofi the United States as it will exist on tke 1st January, 1834.
Date of the acts constituting the stocks.

Stocks. .

FuDded debt—five per cent, stock . •
Unfunded debt—registered debt, being claims for services
plies duringthe revolutionary war
/ - •
Treasury notes i&sued duringthe late war -Mississippi stock
- • -

.
and sup-

March

3, 1821

When redeemable.

Amount.

.

After Isi Jnn., 1835

July ' ' 9, 1798 ^' On presentation
Do.
"February 2.4,1815
Do. .
March
3, 1815

S 27,476 70,
6,025 00
4,320 09

S 4,722,260 29

37,831 79

O
' 4,760-,082 08

r

^7,001,698-83'
Amount of the debt, per statement K, which accompanied the Secretary's report of the 5th December, 1832 Deduct payments in 1833, subsequently to the date of said report,, and tlie amount paid and to,be paid during the present year, viz: •
On account of the residue of the exchanged four and a half per cent, stock issued under the act of 26i;h May, 1834 $2,227,363 98
In the purchase (5f five per cent, stock of 1821 -, ' . . .
"
,"
13,030 01
On account of the unfunded debt, viz:
,
The register<?d debt, amount redeemed in 1833, subsequently to the date ofthe report, in money, and by
S74 05
the issue of three per cent., stock 50 81
Amount on same account in 1833 - / 125 76
On account of Treasury notes:
591 00
In December, 1832 500 00
In 1833
1,091 00
1,216 76
2,241,616 75
"As above
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Register's Offce^ Decemher 11, 1833.




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00

T. L. S M I T H . Register.

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SECRETAEY OP THE TIIEASURY.

423.

[STATEMENT

AMOUNT UNAPPLIED FOR ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1833,
OF
M O N E Y S P R E V I O U S L Y A D V A N C E D F O R T H E P A Y M E N T OF T H E PTIBLIC D E B T ,
EPIOWING, ALSO,

THE DATE OF THE ADVANCES. ,




Denomination of stock, .

Portsmouth

-

-

-' 3 per cent. -

Boston -

-"

-

.

.-

-i

3 per cent. . - ' Exchanged ih per cent.' of 1824

Money ad.vanced
in 1817.

Ofiioe where payable.

Amount unapplied
for at each office
on the 1st October,
1833.

ofi tke amount unapplied fior on tke 1st ofi October, 1833, ofi moneys previously advanced fior tke payment ofi tke public debt^ skewing also tke date ofi tke advances'.

STATEMENT

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fl
fl

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CO

CD

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1

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- aT
fl
fl
fl

o

-^

S3,608 55

Ul

1,317 39
4,100 OQ

o

^ 5,417 39
Providence, R. I.

3 per cent. -

-

1,362 03

-

2,818.69

Hanford

-

-

-

3 per cent. -

iNew York

-

.

-

3 per cent. - ^
-' . 76,524 28
12,228 59
7 per cent. -. . . 3,058 30
6 per cent, of 181.3, 7 | millions
5,525 00
Do. 16 millions loan
615 84
6 per cent. ofl814 17,224 92
6 percent, of 1815 .
- 220 86
4^ per cent, of 1825 - . 1,310 33
4iper cent, of 1834 1,000 00
5 per cent, of 1830 -




.

^13,228.59
S3,058 30

«

117,708 11

S5,525 00.
S615 84

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CO
CO.

•fel

Trenton

3 per cent. -

-

-

Philadelphia

3 per cent. •"6 per cent, of 1-813, Ih millionsDo. 16 millions loan
6 per cent, of 1814, 6 millions
Do. 10 millions
'6 per cent, of 1815 4^ per cent. -

, 1,184 98
155,025
3,063
244,.528
26,21)4
48,071
857
87,598

00

CO
OJ

67
25
14
74
57
24
05

3,063 25
^^387 13

244,141 01
26,294 74

Ul
565,438 66
Baltimore

3 'per cent. 4iper cent, of 18.25

Richmond

3 per cent. Navy 6 per cent.

Q

54-3~87'
116 77
660 64
6,798 10
400 00

S4C0 00

O

,7,198 10
Fayetteville

3 per cent. -

2,346 47

Charleston

3 per cent. 6 per cent., of 1813
4|per cent, of 1834

6,839 71
5 98
,1,000 00

98

7,845 69
Savannah

3 per cent. -

Washington

3 per cent. 6 per cent, of 1813
6 per cent, of 1814




Ul

1,264 96

a

52,807 7 :
1,200 0
2,250 0}
56,257 72

1,200 00
2,250 00
400 00

12,228 59 6,121 55

387 13

250,871 99

29,160 58

S

STATEMENT L—Continued.

to

3. Office where payable.

Denomination of stock..

c^

• ii

1

cJ QT
in fl

. r•

•

^.

Portsmouth
Boston -

-

Providence, R. I.
Hartford
NewYork
-

. -

-

,

Trenton
Philadelphia

Baltimore
Richmond

-

-

, -

„

iPay ette ville



CO
00

fl

:• ^1

3 per cent. . . _
3 per cent. Exchanged ih per ceht. of 1824
_
_
3 per cent.i - .
3 per cent. .. - , - 3 per cent. 7 per cent. 6 per cent, of 1813, Ih millions
Do. 16 niillion;^ loan
6 per cent, of 1814 S17,224 92'
6 per cent, of 1815 _
4iper cent, of 1825 -; • _
_
4^per cent, of 1824 _
_
5 per cent, of 1820 3 per cent.- - ;
3 per cent. , 6 per cent, of 1813, 7^ millions
Do. 16 millions loan
6 per cent, of 1814, 6 millions
Do. 10 millions
_
_
_ $48., 071 57
. 857 24
6 percent, of 1815 _
4^ per cent. 3 per'cent. 4iper cent, of 1825 -' _ 3 per cent. Navy 6 per cent. -"
3 per cent. _
_

Q

H^

• tB

•

_

S2,405 70 SI,202 85,
878 26
439 13
4,100 00
908 02
454 00
1,879 13
939 56
51,016 19 25,508 09

•

-

C
m

O
t220 86

_
__^

Sl,310 32

ii,ooooo

•

789 99
394 99
103,350 45 51,675 22

-

2,052 67 10,000 00
116 77

75,545 38
362 58
181-29

-

4,.532 07

_

1,564 90

2,268 03
781' 57

CD •
-OO
OO

.

*

3
6
4|
3
3
6
6

-

per
per
per
per
per
per
per

cent. cent..of 1813 cent, of ,1824 - i
cent. - .• " cent. -.
_ ,^ _
cent, of 1813 cent, of 1814.-

• -

-

-

48,071 57 j 18,082 16

III

Savannah
Washington

»

4,559 81

3,279 90

843 31
35,205 15

1,000 00
421 65
17,603 57

1

Charleston

337 63

3,052 67 11,310 32

208,295 56 184,792 23
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RECAPITULATION.

Office.

Portsmouth '
"Boston
Providence -. "
- x
Hartford
- • - • . .
New York " -Trenton
Philadelphia -'
Baltimore
-/
Richmond
-"
Fayetteville .
Charleston . - - ^
Savannah
- .
Wa.shington •

-

,

-

-

-.

- "
.
, - "
-"
- ,
.
_
. _
- o . - .
-

. . --

,

-

-

-.
•
".

'

-

. - ^ • -

-'
. -.
-'

,
-V

• -

• "
, '

'

, -^

-

•

Amount ahd time ofadvances.

Aggregate amount
unapplied for at
each office October 1, 1833.
$3,608 55
5,417 39
1,362 02
2.818 69
117,708 ill
1,184.98
565,438 66
/ 6no 64
7,198 10
2,346 47
7,845 69
1,264 96
56,257 72

Time.

Amourit.
#400
12,228
6,121
-, - 387
• . 250,871
29,160
48,071
•18,082
337
3,053
- '11,310
208,295
184,793

00 .•January, '
December,
59
June, •
55
June,
13
June,
99
December,
58
June,
57
June,
16 •
June,
63
'December,
67
March,
32
September,
56
December,
23

o
1817.
.1824.
1826.
1827.
1828.
1828.
1829.
1830.
1831.
1831.
1832.
1832.
1833.

773,111 98

773,111 98

* Payable in 1806, when the funds were placed in the old Branch Bank United States at Richmond, and subsequently transferred to the present branch.
TREASURY DEPARTMIENT, Register's Office, November 26, 1833.



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REPORTS OF T H E

'

• [1832

• E E P O R T FROM T H E GENERAL LAND OFFICE..

.

GENERAL LAND O F F I C E ,

November 30, 1833.
SIR : 1 have the honor of submitting to your examination-, and for the '
consideration ofthe Government,, a report of the operations of this office'
during the pastyear; thepresent condiiion of the same, with its arrears
of business, and the necessary action of Congress, to enable it to discharge
its various duties wiih more promptness, and with that justice which is due
to the parties interested, and to the public service.
'
The annexed dpcument, marked A, shows the periods to wlaich the quarterly accounts of the receivers hciive been rendered to this office, as also the
monthly abstrcacts of sales and receipts, and the admitted balances remaining in the hands ofthe receivers at the respective dates of their last returns.
With few exceptions, the land officers have been very prompt in transmitting to-this office their monthly and quarterly statements, as required by ,
law find the regulations ofthe department.
The accompcanying statement, .marked B, exhibits for the 3^ear 1832,
and the first three quarters of 1833, the amount of public lands sold in the
respective States and Territories; the several amounts received in cash,
in forfeited land stock, in military bounty land scrip, and .the total aimount
of purchcase money, with the amount paid into the Treasury. ' From which
statement, it will appear that the sales of the ifirst three quarters of'1833
have exceeded those of the corresponding quarters of 1832, 532,838 acres;
655,080 dollars of purchase money ; and of amount paid into the Treasury,
the sum of 609,838 dollars. This excess can be accounted for. in the increasing disposition for emigration which pervades the Atlantic States
and many portions of Europe, and in the persevering industry^and enterprise of our western and southwestern population. . It is not improbablethat the sales fbr the present year will amount to three millions of acres,
and the money paid into the pub'lic Treasury exceed three millions of
dollars. In raany ofthe districts, the largest sales frequently occur in the
last quarter of the year.
I have caused to be prepared the tabular statement, marked C, which
presents, at one view, the sales of the public lands, under the cash system,
from its commencement, on the 1st of July, 1820, to the end ofthe y^ar
1832, It exhibits the quantity sold at the several land, offices in each
year, with, the aggregate amount at each office during the whole of that
period, as also the amount sold in each year in the several States and
Territories, together with the total amount in each year,- the total amount
in each State and Territory, with the grand total. This statement also
shows the progressive increase of the ordinary sales, with the exception of
the year 1832, which did not equal those of 1831 by 315,514 acres, in
consequence, principally, of the general prevalence of ^he Asiatic cholera
in many of those districts to which emigration tended, and from which it
usually emanates, and the Indian war which pervaded the northern frontier of llhnois and the westerri/part of Michigan. '
A schedule of forfeited land stock issued and received at the several
land offices, under the;irprovisions of the acts of Congress of May 23



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429

1828, March-31, 1830J and July 9, 1832, is.herewith appended, marked
D. It shows the amoihnt issued and received at each ofiice in each of the
years 1828, 1829, 183i), 1831, 1832, and-the first three quarters of 1833,
the total amount issued and received in each year, lhe whole amount at
each office during that period, with their respective grand totals. The
small balance of less than 16,400 dollars of the whole amount issued, remained to be received and accounted^for at this office on the 30th of September last.
I
By the-act of May 30, 1830, there were appropriated 260,000 acres of
land, subject to private entry, in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, to satisfy the
unlocated military^ bounty land warrants ofthe Virginia State line and
navy; 50,000 acres of the Virginia continental line, and an unlimited
quantity for the Unitejl States military warrants, for services rendered in
the rcATolutionary warl; and scrip .\yas authorized to be issued in eighty
acre tracts, in iieu of said warrants. The act of July 13. 1832, made'an
additional appropriation of 300,000 .acres for the Virginia continental line,
and the State line and navy; and by the act of March 2, 1833. the further
quantity of 200.000 acres was appropriated for the Virginia warrants, to
be located on any of the public lands liable to sale at private entry ; making
a total for Virginia warrants, of 810,000 acres. Of this quantity, scrip had
been issued, or prepared to be issued, by the Secretary ofthe Treasury, on
the 15th of November instant, for 772,424 acres, leaving a balance of
37,576 acres, the warrants for which'have been filed, and the scrip will be
issued thereon so soon as the title-papers thereof shall be completed. The
schedule hereunto annexed, marked E, exhibits a summary statement of
the number of warrants which have been satisfied, ofeach class or description ; the quantity ofland for which scrip has been issued ; its amount in
tooney, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre ; together with the
total number of certificates of scrip issued. Virginia warrants have already
been filed for about 10,000 acres, exceeding the amount which can be
satisfied with scrip out, of the appropriations which have been made. I
have no nieans of ascertaining the amount of outstanding Virginia warrants not yet filed in ithis office, and it will be for the decision of Congress
whether further provisions shall be made to satisfy the same.
^ .The annexed statement, marked F, shows the amount,, in money, ofthe
military land scrip received in payment for public lands, at the several
land oMces, in the years 1830, 1831, 1832, and the first three quarters
of 1833, with the total amount in each year, in each State, and at each
office, with the grand total. It will appear from this statement, that, of
the whole amount of scrip issued, (1,063,592 dollars,) there had been received at the land offices and accounted for at this office, on the 30th of
September last, th,e sum of 754;827 dollars; ahd that, of this sum, raore
than one-half had been taken at the Zanesville office, in Ohio, and at the
office of Indianapohs, in Indiana. It is altogether, in my opinion, irreconcilable with the ordinary course of such business, and the usual current
of public,sales, that so large a portion should have been received at these
two offices, without the connivance or direct agency,of the land officers
and their clerks, or one or more of them, at each pffice, by which scrip has
been taken in cases where otherwise cash would have been received. Other
offices have also received and transmitted an unexpected amount; in consequence of which, measures have been taken to ascertain the facts and
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been required of the'officers.' Befpre the close of the present session of
• Congress, the department will be able to show'the causes and agencies
which have contributed to throw this species of property so rapidly upon
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The appropriation of seven thousand dollars, madeat tbe last session of
-Congress, for extra clerk hire for this office, has enabled me to progress vvith
its current business to a very considerable extent,,and to great advantage to
those most interested, and to the Government. Out of that appropriation
ihevQ have been opened twenty-two tract books, containhig the entries of
-. ihe tracts of 504 townships; the posting of about 17,000 entries of lands
sold, besides the writing and recording of more than 13,000 patents, and
the performance of a large amount of miscellaneous business, equally pressing and important. Yel, notwithstanding the benefits wiiich have resulied
from that appropriation, the force of .the office, provided by law, has been
: inadequate to the discharge of its current duties, and leaving, at the close
of the present year, a greater aggregate amount of arrears than existed on
the ist of Jannary last.
. On the passage of the,act of March 2, 1833, providing for the appointment of a secretary to sign patents, in the name of the President, there
were wrilten and recorded, and prepared fbr signature, more than twenty
thousand patents for lands sold. In consequence of the provisions of that
act, it became necessary to alter the date of execution of each patent, and
the record thereof, and the endorsement ofthe certificate on which the same
was founded. . This service was an expense to the offiee of more than six
hundred dollars, requiring, on all the documents, more than sixty thousand
• alterations or additions, and, in effect, abstracted that sum frorn the appropriation for the salaries of the permanent clerks. I wouid, therefore, for
the purpose of reimbursing that amount to the office, respectfully recommend a special appropriationof six hundred dollars, to be expended in
writing and recording four thousand patents,, w^hich would diminish that
branch of arrears, witliout interfering with current duties.
Tne unfortunate destruction of the Treasury building by fire admonished me of the propriety and absolute necessity of adopting eveiy precautionary measure to secure the safety of the title-papers, records, and
other important documents, which constitute the archives of this office.
-On a particular examination, with a view to that object, it w^as found"^tliat
; about two tons of. the papers, embracing a large portion v/hich belong to
the credit system of the land sales, were deposited in the attic story of the
building, immediately under the roof, in the utmost confusion, in bundles
arraijged neither in chronological order, nor in the order of consecutive
numbers. On a representation of these facts to the then Secretary of. th^
,• Treasury, and by his advice, I have adopted those means which would
• secure to the Government, and tothe extensive regions of the Ohio and
Mississippi, the safety and security of those documents which are connected with the land titles of more than three millions of white population.
Portable cases for all papers and documents not of daily use, and fire bags
for each room of the.offico, have been contracted for, and will be delivered
in the coiirse. of two or three weeks, while the assortment and arrangement of the title-papers are in rapid progress, by persons especially em.ployed in that service. The plan adopted, and which, when completed,
as it v/ill be in t\vo or three months, will enablie twenty able-bodied men,
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• record of the same, to a place of security, in fifiteen minutes, without the
: derangement of either; so that, in case the roof and second story of the
building should be in flames, every thing belonging to the larid office, except its furniture, could be saved and removed by the ordinary assistance
which is found in the case of fires. The whole expense of these necessary
and precautionary m'easures will amount to about twenty-six hundred dollars, for which a special appropriation is respectfully requested.
•^ One of the- most serious causes which have produced the delays and ern"'barrassments to the performance of the ordinary business of this otiice, is
the want ofthe statutes and llie reports of the adjudicated decision's of the
highest courts of justice in the several States. The daily necessity of a
recurrence to such documents, and the'difficulty of obtaining access to the
same, has been the occasion of vexatious delays, in numerous instance-, to
the parties immediately interested, and to the prompt discharge of official
duty. This can be remedied by a special appropriation, for that purpdse,
of about twenty-five] hundred dollars, which is respectfully and urgently
recommended. It is! frequently the case that a resort to these statutes,
and the reported decisions thereon, is absolutely necessary to a correct action on questions arising under the law of descent, thejurisdiction of probate matters, the settlement and distribution of intestate estates, the law
of judgments and executions, and the lien created thereby, with the law
of assurance or conveyances in relation, to. real estate. Access to these
sources of infor-matioin is often indispensable to the security of individual
rights, and importanit to the pecuniary interests of the Government. In
many of the States, some of the principles of the common law havC' been
declared inapplicable to the peculiar circumstances of the people and the
country, and inconsistent with the genius and provisions of our political
institutions; and others have been substituted by legislative adoption,
compatible with con'sntutional rights and the immunities of the citizen.
Hundreds of questions are presented every year, in the administration of
the powers and duties of this office, involving the examination and-applicaition of legal princi]Iples, connected with the subjects above enumerated ;
and it is a matter of 'surprise to me that more complaints have not.been
made against the decisions of the commissioner in cases where he hasbeen
called upon to decide', without the requisite legal information to do so understandingly. In many instances, I have no doubt they have been submitted to, rather than! incur the expense of an appeal to the administration
ofs justice in the United States-cou rts. These evils should-no longer prevail, and the excuse, for them should cease to exist, by the appropriate
action of Congress, [The small sum necessary to be appropriated, cannot
come in competition with the resulting benefits to individuals and to the
Government. There] is, probably, no bureau under the Executive Departments, v/hich requires so frequent recurrence tothe statutes and judicial
decisions of the sever'al States, as that of the General Land Office, and in
which they are so necessary to the administration of right and justice.r In
truth, it has become in practice, from necessity, a court of exchequer,
where its decisions ar e tacitly assented to, from ignorance of the law,.or
acquiesced in from pecuniary considerations. My duty to the Goveriiment and to individual rights requires this statement from me, as an act
of justice to the parties ill terested, and as higbly proper and important for
the legislative action of Congress.
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office are annually increasing and rapidly accumulating, it is proper for
me to say that they present but a small portion of the items of such increase. Exclusive of the correspondence with the Secretary ofthe Treasury,
in relation to the issue of military and bounty land scrip since the 1st of
January-last, which is equal to the writing and recording of 342 letters,
and the letters written to the several land officers, acknowledging the receipt of their monthly and quarterly returns, amounting to 1,150 to the
15th of the present month, there have been written in the office, on other
subjects, from the 1st of January last to the 15th instant, including copies
of a portion of the same, 4,5S9 letters, occupying, in the record thereof,
3,047 large folio pages. During the present year, there will have been
issued and transmitted from the office more than fiorty ikousand patents,
leaving an arrear of patents for- land sold, at the close ofthe year, in
amount exceeding SEVENTY THOUSAND. T O this should be added, besides
other increasing dernands upon the office, the requirements of individuals
for copies of title-papers, records, correspondence, and other documents, to
be usedin the administration, of justice, the settlement of in.testate estates,
to supply the loss or,destruction of the originals, and for other lawful purposes, which will amount, for the present year, at twelve and a half cents
per one hundred words, to a sum exceeding three thousand dollars. This
class of requisitions upon the time and duties of the office must.annually
increase with the progress of the sales of the national domain, the opening
and clearing the forests, and the extension of the western settlements.
Another source of expense to the office, and which is constantly increasing
with the accumulation of its arrears, is the issuing, in ignorance of the
fact,- of patents to purchasers, or to their assigns, after the death of th,e
patentees. To remedy this defect in the system of legal grants for lands
sold, which has now become serious and embarrassing', it is necessary for
Congress to provide by law, that patents issued to persons deceased, the
legal title shall inure to the heirs or devisees, to .every lawful effect and
extent, as if they had been executed and delivered in the lifetime of the
same.
The surveys of the public lands have progressed to a very considerable
.extent; a large portion of which, however, are rendered Immediately unavailing, in consequence of the deficiency of aid provided by law in ihe
offices of the surveyors general. At the present time, I am not able to
make a particular report thereof, but it is expected that statements, in detail,
ofthe progress of this work, and the condition and necessities of each office
on the 1st of Januaiy next, will be returned, as soon as practicable after
that date, by the several surveying departments. When these, statements
are received, they will be communicated in extenso, or in a condensed form,
as may be required. It is known, however, that the surveys of about\800
townships have been made and paid for, the plats and descriptive notes of
which should be returned to this Oxffice, and to the proper land offices, in
the course of six or eight months. A large amount of surveys have been
made and are in progress, which wih be completed and paid for, and the
returns thereof made, during the year 1834, if the necessary means should
be provided by Congress. I consider it my duty to state, in connexion
with this subject, that it is impossible for the public surveys to progress,
and the sales and disposition of the national domain to be facilitated and
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ment to meet unforeseen evils and the defects of legislation, to.bring up and
prevent the accumulafion of arrears; and to secure a prompt .and efficient
discharge of public d^ty. - 1 would, therefore, respectfully propose that the
Secretary of the Treasury, on a reported statement of facts by theCommissioner of the General Land Office, be authorized and,directed by law
to cause allthe arrears ofthe surveying departments to be brought up as
soon as practicable; tp require..an authenticated transcript ofthe records
of-the field notes to Ibe transmitted to, the General Land Office-; to cause
renewed lownship plats'to be furnisheci fo the land offices, .where the originals have become so. defaced and iiijii-red, andthe entries thereon obliterated
by constant use, as to bie no longer available in every particular, as public docurnent^; and to make reasonable allowance-for the surveys of the principal
and guide meridians cind. base! lines, and particular sections ofthe public
lands, in cases .where lihey cannot be. executed for the prices allowed by law;
and that the expense.tihereof be.paid out of the general'-appropr-iation for
the surveys of the public lands.
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In ma;king this' annual report, I am again required,\by a-s^nse of public
, duty, to present a "brief view of the arrears of business 'in this, ofiice, and
4he means necessary tp'bring up those "arrears, in connexion with a proper
discharge of current duty. iUnder.the head ot.
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' 1st. Private lands claims. The printing ancl publication of State Pap'ers,
by. Gales and Seaton and Dufi* Green, supersede, much of'the duty previously required by this bureau. • The arrears bf[ this branch of business
can now b.e brought up'by one competent clerk in one year.
, 2d. ^Military bounty laiads. The dti ties now required to. be pe>rformed,
• under this head would require the time of-three clerks for one year.
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, , 3d. Posting the entries and sales bf public lands, and adjusting the qiiar-.
terly accounts thereof, would occupy the. time, for oneyear, of six intellig-ent and industrious clerks.:
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'4th.' Indexes to the records of patents, a work of the most pressing he-^
ce'ssity, and which is almost entirely in arrears from the commen9ement
ofthe public lanJsales,^cannot be accomptehed in. less than one year, by
fifteen active and competent clerks.
^5th..-Thei opening lof tract boolvS for- surveys already, returned to the
.office,:as rendered necessary by the, quarter quarter section subdivision,
would require the service of two clerks-for-one year^
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6th. Writing, recording, and examining patents for lands sold. The
amount' of arrears under'^this head, for lands sold to the Istof January
nextjAvill exceed seventy-two thou san dpatents. To write,, record, and
exaniine the same, would require the-service of eighteen diligent xl erks Tor
a yeair:
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service of two clerks^one year, who are acquainted, with this duty.
8th> The draughtsman's bureau. There are noAV in the office 926 township plats to be protracted onthe maps of theproper land districts, besides about. 800 other plats which are expected to be returned in the course
of six or eight months ; information having been received that the surveys
thereof have been rnade and returned tothe respective surveyors general.
To make the protraction^ and connexions, which should be done in ^ the
course of the ensuing year, will reqiaire the labor of one competent and
industrious draughtsman at least twelve months. The lands selected by
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the 'States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Alabama, under grants for canal
purposes, and, those ^ selected, under grants for other purposes, with the
school lands selected.in lieu gf section;16, have' all to be entered and marked
On the township'plats and maps of the proper districts. To perform this
service, as also that of making similar entries, under theact of April, 1832,
authorizing a subdivision of, the fractional sections into forty acre tracts,
would occupy the time ofa draughtsman more^ than one year. . If it is contemplated by the Government-to complete the service as far as practiciible,
required by a resolution ofthe Senate of February~28.182,3,:the labor of one
draughtsman acquainted with the duty would' be required for six years.
The daily interruption to the proper discharge of-public duty, and the expense resulting to-the offi.ce, in consequence of the, continuance ofthese
arrears, have become evils of the most serious character, and should be done
away immediately..
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9th. Miscellaneous arrears, other than those, enumerated/ would oc,cupy
the time of four clerks one year. These-arrears, now amounting to the services o'f fifty-nine clerks for one year, have been accumulating for a long
period of time, a large portion of which existed before the administration
of the office was comhiitted to my. hands. They have arisen from the
physical impossibihty of the officeto discharge all the^duties required ofit
by law. with the force proyided for that purpose; frOm>the injudicious and
unfortunate reduction, of six of its clerks ^ in 1827<; frpm'the, great increaseof business arising under the rehef laws since 1826:; from the, establishment of additional land and surveying districts;-from the numerous reservar
tions made in Indian treaties ; from the-many grants .of public lands', for^
canal, road, literary and other purposes;, and from the great increase qf
miscellanepus business, within the last four or five years, not previously demanded of the office.
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To bring up these arrears, I would .respectfullyTecpmmendthat the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized fo cause the same to be done, and the.
expenses'th.ereof paid out.of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to such an extent as, in his judgment, the necessities ofthe Government and justice to individuals may require. .And ito enable the pffice
to discharge its current duties, I propose the employment therein of, one
chief clerk at a'salaiy of $1,700 per annum; oiie clerk at $1,500 ;.five at
$1,400: ten at $1,150 ; and, thirteen at $1,660 ; making, in all, th.irty^
clerks; and also one draughtsman at ,^1,500; one assistant draughtsman'
at $1,150; one messenger at $700; and two assistant messengers at $359..
For the reasons of this additional aid, iand the increase of pay to a portion
of the same, I refer yoii to my report made to the Secretary of.the Treasury on thei2lst of Januaiy last,.and which h^as been printed as No..
50 of the Senate documents of last session. If, howeyer, it should not be
deemed expedient by Congress to adppt this proposition, an appropriation of
$6,000 per year, for the writing and recording of .^patents lor lands sold,'
and a like appropriation for six extra, clerks in the office,'would greatly facilitate its business, and very much fessen the embarrassments under ivhich
it now labors.
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TREASUR.Y D E P A R T M E N T ,

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ELIJAH HAYWARD, Commissioner.
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1^.'—EXHIBIT'ofi tke operations ofi the land ofiices ofi ike Uniied States in tke severat States and Territories, during
the year fending 31si .December, 1832 ;' the 1st, 2d, and 3d quarters ofi 1833 ; and ofi the payments made into the Treasury on account ofi piiblic lands during tkose several periods.
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Lands sold, after deducting erroneous entries.

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,.-'Totalfor 1832 _

Acres, hdths. • ,

* • "

Stateof Ohio
for
~ . - Indiana
Illinois ^ ••
Missouri
..
Alabama
'Mississippi •
• Louisiana
Territory of Michigan
Arkansas
^ i^
Florida

1833' >
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

412,714
~ 546,^844
- 227^375
251,280
• 412,682
261,313
78,453
252,211
^ 10,179
9,286

Total for 1st, 2d, & 3d qrs. of 1833

• /

•Dalls. Cts.

•' 541,275 05i
61
24'684,209 69
91
284,936 '17
09
313,141 12
79- ' 522,337 64
67
. 326,578 90
4'8
- '98,280 29
41
320,284 83
47
12,724 33
46
: • : 11,608 07

2,462,342 16

" L.

State of Ohio 1st, 2d, & 3d quarters. 1833 -_
State of Indiana ,
do;^ ^
• Illinois
do. ,-.
Missouri
^ do. • - _
Alabama • . 'do. i_
Mississippi
do.' _
- Louisiana
do.
Territory of Michigan do.
Arkansas do.. Florida
do..

Purchase "'
money.

Gtuantity. -

• Land offices inihe ~

3,115,376 09

.."

•

2,559;556 20-

327,764
305,4,57
281,222
183,53&
260,433
393,040
• .77,299
• 394,826
;. '21,098
10,416

• 40,888'77^
^

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, 94,540 68
1-34,273 60
27,514 42

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39,925 76'.

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256,328 70
=

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11
12,753 .30
33 7,084 33
51
.2,435 44
95
99 20
51 • 15,288 85
34 . .^ 1,801 0777
. ASI Sl
33
275 70 .
90
65 -

2,255,096 4 0 -

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Doiis. fits. - -• Dolls. Cts. .

430,619 37
,16,115 00
•543,680 24 : , 6,255 85
, 254,363 83
.. 3,057 92
312,775 67
365 45
- 512,990 5,3
, 9,347 11
.^ 322,963 91
3,614 99
" 96,848 67
1,431 62
319,584 00-.
700 83
12,724 33
,
11,60807.
: \ '-^ .,
2;818,158 62

Aggregate ;
receipts.

Forfeited ^ Military- '
land scrip.
- land scrip.

•

372,685 22-466,455 82
338,286 •20
425,371 79
246,636 41 ' 309,423 45
146,866 83
183,636^15
219,212 69 ^ ^ 275,722 36
-315,725 16
394,8il 41
61;983 35
77,487 64
316,.081 89
395,102 03
16,829 30
. 21,098.90
8,333 33
10,416 65
2,042,"640'38 .

Am't received in scrip. .

^. Dolls, (ts.

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Amount received in
cash.,

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• Dolls: c t s . •
541,275
684,209
284,936
313,141
522,337
326,578
98,280
320,284
12,724
11'-, 608

05
69
17 '
12
64
90 •
29
83 •
35
07;

,3,115,376^09 -

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-_ •
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264,534 04

•

466,455.82
425,371 79
309,423 45
183,636 15
2-75,722 36
^ 394,841 41
•
77,487-64
395,102 03
21,09.8 90
10,416 65
3,559,556 20

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Dolls: cts.
. 360,641 14
. ~ 527,366 48
228,292 69 ~
305,624.72
451,886 36
307,900 51 •
100,455 00
317,635 42
13,538 05
^ 10,040 66
,2,623,381 03

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125,938 41
112,830,13
25,765 50

•

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325,253 7 5 .
270,816 62
269,898 45
- 208,423 75
•.
301,796 6 9 365,498-.66
75,104 69
367,602 61
. . ' 16,144 27
9,4.47*86

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ELIJAH HAYWARD.

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c.
'^'^^^'^^^^l^NTof ihe quantity of land sold at each.of^a^^^^^^^^

Land offices.

State ^''
or Territory.

Marietta
Zanesville Steubenville Ohill-icothe - Cincinnati .-'
Wooster
Pi.qua
Tiffin, -

Ohio
do.
do.
dp.
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do.
do.'
do.

Total for State"

1821.

Acr^es. hdths.

Acres, hdths.

1,413 01
7,739 37
2,860 20
1,855 15
." • 3,542 49
3,460 99
• 3,679 80
•' 20,366 74

'44,917 75

Jeffe'rsonyille
Vincennes .-'
Indianapolis - Crawfordsville
Fort Wayne -•

Indiana
do,
'do.
do.. do. ^

Total for State
Shawneetown
ICaskaskia -.

Half year of
^ 1820.

39,580
7,603
96,367
-18,939

30
23
88
41

162,490-82
Illinois
do. .




2,^392 74
1,65,8 10

1822.

1,090 34
10,439 88
15,176 88
4,956 59
5,911 72
13,009-23
3,487-05
60„874 S6
i|14,946^55
• 22,972
23,045
200,913
17,646

49
92
64
33

264,578 38
3,329 61
^ F,627 50,

-.

. 1823.

" 18,247

fi

1826.

Acres, hdths.

Acres, hdths.

Acres, hdths.

Acres, hdths.

2,868 57
14,899-37
22,824 38
8:, 910 94
6,729 28
. 15,054 33
' 11,042 10
102,858 42-

- 1,'589'48
, 11,012 46
' 17,143 56
7,394 05
4,389 84
49,031 11
-4,011 90
'60,162 92

9,69:8^59
24,215 84
29,063 91
16,183 81
^7,856 91
30,098 58
2,415 06
27,219 31

12,700 97
25,790 32
2,1,025 44
'19;, 723 74
16,359 00
17,994 76
5,325 79
23,012 62

1.85,181 39

124,735 32

166,752-01

44,656 73^
15,777'20
149,335 26
73,213-15

5,244-44
10,725 79
86,619 48
58,722 40
• 3,734 58

11,313 34
12,283 52
60,683 23
69,203 40
1,075,02

165,046 69

154,558 54

- 1,253 63
793 00

2,278 66
1,278 28

2,050 12
1,^61 41 I

.141,932 61
5,943
13,368
52,644
86,912
3,.403

2504
07
17
li8

462,270 71
1,357 63
711'22 I

12,411
29,314
28,894
.13,366
10,625
16,128
2,383
2D,965

53
21
55
44
12
25
82
10

133,789 02
10,-720
13,154
71,167
103,106
2,041

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Acres.- hdths.

i252-,-982 34

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74"
65
35
92
06

200,190 72
2,086 87
1-,901 28

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Vandalia' ^-,
Pales; ine ' Spririgfield Danville ' Gluincy ' .'-

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do.
do.

Total for State St. Louis
Franklin and Fayette
Palmyra
Jackson
- • /Lexington -

Missouri
do.
,do. .
,do.- •
do;-

5,373 22
2,205^08
16,474 01

11,223 99
640 00
7,903 87
38,720 28

.5,541 30
614 00
11,936 63
22,339 10

5,.748 43
895 36
10,323 76
26,767 88

6,584 93 K-i
1,472 61'
g
12,, 915 63
CO
56,122 41
^^

,,27,763 84

60,534 77

43,987 97

81,083 73

50,382 15

45,804 28

6,699 99
1-5,420 19
9,401 65

30,026 88
36,649 10

11,420 64
13,621 76
_ )
'7,121 30

31,337 20
45,964 20

18,363 45
'34,400^58

3,657^7

43,677 60
20,343 49

18,519 50
28,431 65
18,333 90
. 5,2l7 09
15,255 85

14,532 78.
30,968 08
. 9,701 44
3,314 73

24,821 84 I ^^ 99,687 78'

Alabama
do;,
do. '.
do. ,.
-do..

.-

Total for State
Washington Augusta .V Mount Salus-

35,243 ^'6
,9,227 37
954 01

33,011 80

Total for State
St. Stephen's
Cahaba. '-^ - iHuntsville Tuscaloosa Sparta

2,649 15

Mississippi
' do.
do.~
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Total for State



2.451 71
20^245'42
36,600 23

5,417 20
32,716 16
29-,679 65
150,878'27

32,163 70^

}, 95-8-57

86,785 12

85,807 99.

58,517 03

5,213 81
43,183 69
21,636 44
91,361 34
. 242 76

77,298 66
15,082-55
10,910 26'
23,797 10
26,414 36

23,579 92
75,531 70
8,019 15
16,883 60
7,171 59

'26,749 57
52,158 62
•20,859 79
88,676 27
- 12,473 28

.17,420 08
35,373 37
6,665 2 2
86,648 05
1,609 28

131,185 95

200,917 ;53

147,716 00.

26,840 98^

10,269 22
320 00
.70,612 52

10',661"02
703 80
75,200 48,

7,441 75'
961 07
74,019 55

31,016 24

81,201 74

86,565 30

•82,422^37

59 ,"310 36

218,691 28

164,638.04

153,502 93

1,670 46

23,765 47

10,147 06^

4,175 26

1,G70 46

23,765 47

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10,147 06-

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STATEMENT C—Continued.
Land offices.

State or Territory.,

^ ijN"ew Orleans
Opelousas
Ouachita
- '
St. Helena - , .

' Half vear of
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^

1821.

•

Acres, hdths. r Acres, hdths.

Detroit Ji ^Michigan Monroe •
• do.
'Wh.ite, Pigeon Prairie
do.
%

.•

->2,860 32

1825.

.^

89,091 2-2
8';3S6 07
2;352 47

348- 82
" 156 71
720 14

. 3,627 26

1,157 32^

.90,829.76

• 1,225 67.

•3,627 26

560 07

7,444 39

. 17,359 38

61,'917 15
46*, 329 53

92,332'55
14,420 08

610 50
516 Q2'

632 55

1824 ' /
Acres, hdths-.

632 55

Total for State.

• 1823. ^

Acres, hdths. - Acres. Jidths.

-^

Louisiana - do.
:
- do.
• -'
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1822.

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Acres, hdths.
~

18,26. ^ Acres, hdths.
' ' 591 09
'4,50512
14,082 66

400 00
' ' 100 07

30,173 34
3,844 43 '

'

19,184 87
47,125 13
., 12,236 83

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Toial for Territory -

• ,

7,444/39.

2,860 32

17,359 38

34,017 77

'

78,246 68^

106,752 63

. 59,361 96-

• 2,088 43 ••' -'5,855.-56
- 899 36
1,938 94

5,018 77
8,333 43

- 7,794 50

13,352 20

55,056 07

52,464 36

55,056.07'

52,464 36

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Little Rock Washingto'n'-

Arkansas - > do. - - ,
.do.

Tpialfor TerritoryTallahassee -' '
St. Angustine

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do. ,

.Total for Territory Grand total -"

360'OOi
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-' -

-

--, fi •

^
303,404 09

22,593 54
567 13

" 1,479 12
802 44

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360 00

' 23,il6b 67 • ^ 2,281 56
,

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•

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-781,213'32'.

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•

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801,226 18

- . . -^
- 653,319 52

• 2,977.79

_

-74.9,323 04

•
893,461 69

00

848,082 26

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• 1827.' •
Land .offices. •
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1830.

Totals in each
District, State,
and'Territory.

1832.

.. State\
of Territory.

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Acres, hdths.

Acres, hdths.

Acres. Jidths.

f

Marietta
. "Ohio
Zanesville -"•
do.
Steubenville ~-do.
• Chillicothe'- '' -do..
-•Cincinnati -'
do. - -.Wooster " - • ° • -,. do. , ~- Piqua
. ,do.
Tiffin
•
do.
•' -

^

7,52151
29,810/69
- .. ' 25,003 98
10,285 96
- 24,389 00
. 17,030-89
2,451 54
34,506 74

'

151,003 31*

Total for State_

8,525
37,019
28,013
15,074
28,303
14,185
2,323
32,345

Acres: hdths. .Acres, hdths.

Acres.' ^hdths.

Acres, hdths.

'- 92
56.
47
93
82
45^
62
60'

- 165,793 37

•

7,574"23 ^~^. 9,656
37,619^67 ^ 33,894
28,095 91
• 18\318
19,585.52.
15,880'
35,477 99
^26,475
21,664 32
I8;857
' 2,872
'\ 2,405 57
23,793 19
30,436

54
15,675 66
25,180 71
115,610 06
71,064 41
88,132 33 - 420,953 02
91
19,149 96
' 281,966 74
91 • 26,398 56'
31,976 29
57,020 83
222,214 25
03
350,322 85
110,6.50 80" - 49,610 92
96
32,271 6828,061 68
246,847 25
98
40',126 567,363 2189,888 03
01
101,22162 • .-581,965 51
36 • -44,202 03.
335,392 64

412,714 61

17,716 82
. "31,444 56
112,503 89
291,387 89
23,301 69

49,252
73,839
156,815
222,033
52,496

76,345
62,606
163,964
184,700
,59,227

;476,351 85

554,436^78

176,216 40

156,392 70'

20,^861 03
26,495 34
89,861^94^
,203,049 48
,6,259 7 2 '

2,309,767 68

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Vincennes^ -" ,
ifndianapolis Crawfordsville
FoTt"\Vayne,-

Indiana ; • do.
.. do..
. do\
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16
71
24
85
25

•v. 209,091 21 '

Total for Slate
Shawneetown
Kaskaskia Edwardsville
Vandalia
Palestine

• 14,095
14,017
^66,024
113,341
^2,212

-. Illinois
- do.
do.
'~ do.
do.
'




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:
'

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3,340
2,2,56
,8,398
1,743
9,466

57
54
66
64
69

10,486
18,401
67,457
153,354
1,113

11
04
84
57
25

250,812 21
'4,512
3,415
18,829
3,594
20,537

• 346,527 51

91 ^- 8,143 78
72
6,380 57 '
17' ' ,23,602 10
77
19,405 48
47,221 45 ,
22

37
12
68
47
14

20,52312 '
7,720^61
, 11,186 33
.5,000 92
100,350 46 1
80,020.46
35,362 00
43,174-.35
^ 86,413. 93 Y ^ 54^872 82

36. "" " 299,188T4
06
322,759 18
33
1,374,358.83
71
1,595,611 75
78 ' 154,864 67 '

546,844 24 • 3,.746,782 5 7 '
17,624
17,417
80,713
8,021
23,773

82
38.
19 '
33
26

. 76\615
.-55,288
'389,278
126,353
303,793

07
25
72
59
28

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- 1828.

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1834

Totals in each
District, State,
and Teriitory.

1832.

Statie •
-or Territory.

Land offices. '

- - .
Acres, hdths.' Acres, hdths.

Springfield
•DanviUe
Cluincy •

J830.

1829. ,

Illinois
do. - - ^
do. , :- .

--'
-

^

33,398,97

45,206 12

Acres.^ hdths,.. Acres^ hdths. ~ Acres, hdths.
. 86;492-35'

104,933 19

-

99,496 44
9,647 92
160 00

Acres.. hdths.
59,996 32"
48,710 96,
1,118 65

Acres.- hdths..
570,473 06
• • 28,358 88
1,278 65

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Totalfor State-.

-

St. Louis
Franklin &
Palmyra •
Jackson. '
Lexington

- -iMissouri - ^ do. • • - :do;
-..
-do. . • - . do. ;^ . -

58,605:07-

-96,092,91

196,245 73.

316,451 71

'339,411 44 i

227,375 .91

1,550,439 50

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- ,
Fayette
- >
.
-'• '
-.,

155,070 53 .

Total for'State
St. Stephen's
Cahaba , Huntsville ^ - ^
Tuscaloosa-- •',
Sparta'

27,040" 41
, 62,798 02
26,127^07. -.
3,724 67
35 ,.380 36 .

Alabama do.
-

Total for State



do.

•

•-

6,257
•48,040
^ 4,797
15,189
^ 23,694

'. -

do.
doi

y

22,-822 56
42,943 41
42,078 87
6,046 94
S3 ,,256 34
147,148 12^ -

62' •^ 33,908 15
'51,059
54,494-72
76
68,042
56
118,448
.97,128 90
32 '
6,.572 02 - .11,051
38 , ^ 25,813 65 ' . -47,867

152,545 64

214,947 44

24
30
70
30
10

15,877^56
.66,905 05
1,94^ 02
.12,905 .59
22,593 88

18,225 96
•155,227 77
165,507 65
• • 19,419 44
14,822 91

I67,S12 64

120,201/10

373,203 73

- 19,824
28
85 ,,391
38
1,804
04.
. 56,590
71
53 ~ 4,202

- 98,078 94-x

24,499
40,255
.54,936
, 5,309
'27,544

21 \ 42,740 44
,341 j 690.73
05
- 61,729 54 ,.• 526,750'52
37 - , 78,947-39-. '
445,702 50
2415,430 53
114,134 41
07,
52,432.49
257,893. 63

• 296,, 467 94 - >.51,280 0 9 '
80,311
425,606
115,975
23,716
• 16,222

44,863
29
36 , 232,540
79
64,317
18
65,444
46^ . 5,517

661 ,"832 08

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1,686,171 79

34
> 343,503 6^
08
1,288,102 45
70
488,692 64
01 ' 651,509 86
66^134,964; 81

412,682 79

2,906,773 38

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Mount Salus
Total for State

. -•

New Orleans
Opelousas Ouachita - St.. Helena -^

-.
-

•7,238^78
1,608 36
89,438 17'

6,894 42
74 03
101,471 22

60,749.51

68,700 36

: 98,285 31.

. 108,439 67

1,971 23
4,504 22

1,842 8V
• 2,283 18

;

320
7;319
20,309
3,072

Louisiana do.

•

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do.

^

. -

••

-.

/do.

Total4or State - ^- '

•

6,^419 88
633 20
61,617 28

7,326 83
399 8553,022 83

Mississippi
-do.
'do..
-

4 12^^03 -

6 475 45

Detroit
- ' • • - Michigan -_
Monroe
do. - ' - .
White Pigeon Prairie
do.

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Total for Territory

34,805 45- '
7,604 60

17,43372
9,462 07

42,440 05 ..

26',895 79

"00
28
08
01

.31,020 .^7 -

6,438 '72
9,413 84
. 50,570 06
, '8,225 08
-74,-647 70

160,798 14
11,128
. 14,176
, 39,462
, 2^617

147,oof 55

281,313 67

6T,^384 28-

320,476 9.0

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CO
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Ij075,075 30

02
1,242 20
100,566 07
79 - 21,895 71
74,567 91
1347,741 38 i ' 182,702 21
34 •
21,488 62
7,574 19

70,361 21 • v2ia,021 93
• 23,329 4 8 .
44,530 78 . ^ 76,700 34
101,454 9 7 ,
.67,860 26 ,

^152,523 29
9,056 68
913,495 33

26,851 58 , , 29,661 56 .
3,595 87
760 50
228,056 24
133,186 06

78-,-453 48- •" ; 379,324 81

^ 74,696 47

. 801,679 32
185,12'8 66
176,151 14

252,211 44

1,162,959 12

177,515 27
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Batesville LittleRock'.- .
Washington -•••

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Arkansas -i "
do.
/do. , - i

^ ' 2,165 81
1,890 17

•'• 1,868 211,16,7^25

2,003-84
677 36

-. 786 25
-4,862 70

. 6,315 11
7,062 22,

-

Total for Territory .

3,035 i f i

4,055 98

..2,-681 20

2,648. 95 ;

13,377 33

3,048 65
' 4;450 82
^2,680 00^
10,179 4Y

'[ 53,223 29
. 30,201 82
2,680 00
86,105 11

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. Florida ' - •
do,
-

Total for Territory'
Grand total

• -

•• .140,587-71 fi

140,587'71
- ^926,727 76

\

53,276 49

^ 59,618 49

27,441 35 ;
838 00

' 9,286 46

"432,913 80
838 00

35,182-87

53^276 49

59,618 49

28,279 35.. '

9,286 46

- 433,751 80

2,462„342 16

15,337,151 06

965;600 36

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT^,„ Geiieral
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35,182.87

1,244,860 01 . 1,929,733 79' 2,777,856 88
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Commissioner.

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S T A T E M E N T o f ike amount ofi fiorfieited land stock issued under tke acts ofi 23d 'May, 1828, 31st Marck, 1830, a7id
9th July, 1832; and, also, the amount received in payment4o the 31st September,'1833. ^
•

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Marietta ' . ' .Zanesville Steubenville • • - .
Chillicothe Cihci'nnaii ' - , " ' Wooster
- • - Piqua and Wa,paghkoneU"a Tiifm and Bucyrus ^ .Jeffersonville
. - "
Vincennes .- '
- •
Indianapolis
. -.
(iJrawfordsville • - Fort Wayiie
La Porte -• , - •
Shawneetown
<- Kaskaskia. - r
Edwardsville '
- . ' ,Vandalia' Palestine --•
• Springfield - •
-.
Danville
' --:
Quincy ' ••St. Louis Franklin and Fayette, ^ Palmyra. - . / ^ ".
Jackson
Lexington -. '



States and Territories. '

Ohio
do.
/do.
• do.
do.

-

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-

• -do.-. -

do. "do. Indiana
doi ^• do:

^•- . ' -

-

-

do. do. do.
•. do.
Missouri
. do. do. -'
do.
do. . -

,1829. :

Stock
received.-

."Stock
issued.'

•

.374 41-

3,730'34 .
1,509 87
1,584 69
•-

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Stockissued; '.

S'2',262 10 ,S1,912 09
,^1,812
6,999.556,125 81 -^ 7,198
10,735.06
5,567-94
17,144
16,412 49
5,551 97 •18,2b5
46,994 49 - 17,82973
53,624
1,157 50 . 1,794-97
4,266
717
49
:_
2,564 44
. •_ . - _
2,812 94 ; 1,620 53 - 8,479
7,804 97,
3,586 00 ' 13,035

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do. -.
do. • .do.
• Illinois . do. do. do..

-^ T828.

.,-_
_
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2,021 07
.3,805 60

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•

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.Stock
received.

1830.
Stock
issued.

-

._

Stock received.

'

, -Stock
Issued.

t2,112 11
29
#706 52
. 1831 29 ' .'
76s 11,523 9^6
6,417 80
llf032 50
72 '11,608 76 : 6,525.53
2,219 43
27 .15,085 11
6,655 87
1,376 21
82 ^64,550 25
'8,843 91- 18,529 38 97
6,596 97
2,695. 04 y 3,51'3 35 '
],174 72
332 25
_ .
8^530 84
• - 4 , 2 1 5 53
75 .13,614 13
,'8,885.90
5,849 18
95
9,010 64
8,868 21 -- "3,882 02
499 87
4,873 69
-, _' '
-1,782 94 '
, . 1,556 61
' •

( ' '.
i.,139 12 • 2,265 90 .' 3,'675 30
10,085
209 704,41:4 71
1,618 02
3,557
1,945 04 • .2,3.85 83
2,349 66
2,743
_ : / 56 00 ( .- —
L
• ' i'
- ^ 96 00•- _
•449 00
1,538 43
"
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- . 1,564 63
.4,001 50
2,793 38' ^ ^ 31
2,657" 90 V 5,353 49
5,815 52
2,146
§78 08 .
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-'

124 88 •

^

19
2,259
20
769
01 - 2,424
' -i
1,496

04
00
00
21

279 15~
"

52.
92

'

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received.

S366 09
S130 34
1,224 09
6,135 62
9,416 21
6,625 03
4,410 3 5 . 2,817 52
4,787 35 11,059 19
1,^394 50^ -2,017 61
444 23
J
1,625 >2
473 06 '4,243 73
3,729 60
826 64
270 30
795 35

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208 00 .-' 5', 478 37
478 o r
955 00
2,514.95
1,226 66
-052 69
, _,
466 05
682 43.

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856 29r
243 32
1,625 93^ " ,- . 683 99
1^456 44
6 39

1.

,. '"-

692 46
636 90
193 72
16 00

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St. Stephen's
Cahaba
Huntsville Tuscaloosa Sparta
Demopolis Washingtoh
'Augusta
Mount SalusColumbus^, -New^Orlean-s—^-^—
Opeloasas Ouachita St. Helena 'Detroit
White Pigeon- Prairie
Monroe
- "
Batesville - , • -'
Little Roek Washington
.Fayetteville
•Tallahassee - •
St.'.Auofustine
'Total




Alabama
do. -,
do. - do-. -

2,421 52
11,224 02
14,813 14

31
90
79
60

7,672 65
9,991 30
12,475 67

6,370
12,716
12,089
623
731

64
89
07
45
93

30,608 29
5,015 ,33
11,634 43,

409 97

23,990 11

20,641 75

20,015 .06

3,164
8,413
1,757
8,131

• do: • -

do.
Mississippi
^. do.
do. - ^do. Ibouisiana—
do. do.
- do.
Michigan

4,316 29,

373 04

• d o . .V-

217 77
' 16 00

06
38
I'O
48

931 17
2,151 96
3,547 25

6,918 60
5,663 16
7,357 42
445-16

4,040 39

5,442 01

1,, 774 70
6,318 24

11,439 00
GO

-1-60-00- __5.35_75_

-4:508-44

--402-^16-

136 06

5,333 62

2,986 91

11,000 00

200 00

221,803 22 I 137,050 20^| 128,001 90

36,333 29' 93,076 57

- 982 5(4

~244~50-

51 20

615 20

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294 27i

2,634 22

1,178 93

12,207
13jlll
40,273
/903

do.
Arkansas •
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iFlorida
do.
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140,978 68

78,901 0.4

197,083 39

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States and^Ter-,
ritories.

Stock issued.

Tptal in each office.

1st, 2d, ancl 3d quarters of 1833. -

1832.
Stock received.

Stock issued. ^ Stock received.

Stock received.

Stock issued.

>
• S220 2-9
Marietta
- - Ohid
, 273 50
Zanesville do.
.
2,136 94
Steubenville •
^- -'
do.
• , -3,096,04
Chillicothe . do.
- . ' - ' 6 , 9 4 4 09
Cincinnati - ; .. do.' -Wooster
-'
- ' -i . -do.
.- /.' .> 415 54
do,
- ^
--••
Piqua and Wapaghkonetta Tiflin and iBucyrus
do.
- 4;074 65
Jeflfersonviile '/
' - Indiana -,
4,609'55
Vincennes - • . - '
do.
Indianapolis
-^
-. . ' do.' - ^ Crawfordsville
do.
'Fort Wayne
• do.
. -L a Porte -^ • -,
-do.
4,126 03
Shawneetov/n '
Illinois - '
312 42Kaskaskia -. , . - ~
-^
do.
1,289 43
Edwardsville
- do. ' Vandalia - , do.
- . "_
Palestine- - , do.
- - .
Springfield < do.
- '
_
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• -do; .
Danville
Cluincy' • . dp.
St. Louis - •
Missouri
^
Franklin'and-Fayette
do.
279 16
Palmyra
do.
Jackson .- - .
. do.
Lexington do.
Sti Stephen's
Alabama \,. 3,261 16
. 3,295 98
Cahaba ^ -^
do. .Huntsville - '
- -do.. 2,428 34
Tuscaloosa'. do. .


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2,021 76
364 16
552 00 ,
. 4 0 ,00
''
80 00 .

- -'
-32" 96
332 49
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' 2,862 12
'
3,856-29
; 2,461 35
• 167 35

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85,370
22 ,'820
46,822
50,040
"" 126,727
11,676
_

93
52
0492
4'6
08

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.26,977 99'
-;, 37,688:66'.

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•

1196 13
48^
82 , ' -3,120 76
^ ' 453 19
58
445 71
92
3,561 41
80
• ^ • 578 50
53
964 50
• 3,433 10
3,529'-52
69...
V 3,099 74
34
'
160 00
79,07
16 00
_
• 200 00
- . . 1,761 99
2,956 05
254 00_
419 45,
516 73

S68 20
,^239
35385 69'
706
- 2,930 73
863
1,505 81
1,260
2,560 07
5,532
294 62
.-" 1,746
4,601 88
^
. • -768 00
3,771 47
>
2,251
2,134 18 - • -.2,543
318 20

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•

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:
""58 00
__
_

. 3,339-8,0
-2,657 29
••- 11,823 24

,- -

•

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23,374 51
10,002 21
9,746 35

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- 1 5 ^ 8 5 91
41,324 34
• 29,405 08
. 26,78233
118,060 03
' 1 4 , 7 9 6 02
8,235 07
21,137 63
32,628 56
25,442 18
- 3,122 06
4,58838
48 00
200 00
16,335 58
4,169 88
10,205 10
2,244 90
. 642 05
2;949 01

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6,297 41 .
12,297-16

•

99 20

- _ "• •
-

'. " 1,343 58
3,359 50
40,320 06

-

48,234 59
- 34,335 88
• 56,722 07

'^

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5,939 72
11,167 94
2,-628 .24
-147
-32,866
47,121
,- 44,258
9,971

27
31
12
79
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. do.
do.
- .
Mississippi
do.
. do.
do.
Louisiana.
do.
do.
do.
Michigan
do.
^ doi
^
Arkansas.
do.
•do.
'do.
Florida dp. " '

Sparta
Demopolis, Washington
Augusta
Mount Salus
Columbus New Orleans
Opelousas - ^
"Ouachita . :St. Helena^ _ Detroit
—White_Pj'g_e_on. Prairie
Monroe
. Batesville - .
Little Rock -,
Wa-shingtoiiv, r Fayetteville
. Tallahassee
.St. Augustine

2,458 13

1,753 83

949 19

1,861 16
559 87

1,431 62

327 95

700-83

' 265 70
1,323 57

55,769 17

1,026 20
265-70
31,345 83

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23,90,9 05

477 50
3,210.78

187 87

2,801 90
Ul

^ .213 34

1,101 59

275,70

10,130 03
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11,200 00

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40,888 77

38,600 04

Total . -

39,167 74

589,213 34

39,925 75

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Add\amount of stock issued at the Treasury, -under the fourth section of the act of the 23d May, 1828, for moneys forTeited (onlands sold at New York in the year 1787) by Edgar and Macomb- - ^
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602,597 25

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' ELIJAH"' H A Y W A K D , Comnlissioner.

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A S C H E D U-LE. exhibiting the number ofi each descripiion ofi warrants v/hich havebeen satisfied witk scrip ; the^ qiiantity ofi land fior wkich scrip has been issued J the amount thereof in/money at one dollar and twenty five centsper acre,
with their several totals ; togetlier with the whole number of certificates ofi scrip issued, under the jirovisions of the acts
- ofi May 30, 1830, Juhj 13, 1832, and March 2, 1833.
" .. '
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,

.• ' Description.of warrant.

iNumber "of
warrants.

'^ " • ,

Acres of lanjj,

Amount in money.

'Total number of
certificates of
.^ scrip issued.

1

Virginia State'.^ne-and navy ^
'-'•'.
Yirginia continental line - - •
-.
UnitedStates
' - ., ' - .-

- . . .
\- •, i -

• •'

521,354 ' ' 1651,692-50
.558 , "•
308 - . 251-,07G-" ' ' '313,837 50
.424 - : , 78,450 • . > 98,062.50-

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10,731

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1,290
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1,063,592 50

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General.Land Office, November, 1833'. ^• ELIJAH HAYWARD, Commissioner:

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S T A T E M E N T cvhibiting tke amount ofi military bounty land scrip received in payment-fior public lands, at the several
..
land ofiices in Ohio, hidiana, and Illinois^ during tke years 1830, 1831, 1832, and first three quarters ofi 1833.
Land offices.

States.

1830.

1832.

1831.

;3quarters--of 1833.

CO
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Total in each office.

•

1 Marietta
——^Zanesville
Steubenville _
Chillicothe _
„
Cincinnati
Wooster
Piqua and Wapaghkonetta
Tiflin and Bucyrus

Ohio
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.-.
do.
do.

^

SlOO 00 .
3,816 67

^

"250 00

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Total in Ohio
«
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Total in Indiana
Shawneetown
Kaskaskia
. Edwardsville - .
Vandalia
Palestine
Springfield\ Danville
Gluincy
„

Indiana
do.
do.
do.
do.

-

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Tdtal in Illinois
Grand total

_

Illinois
do.
do.
do..
do.
do.
do.
d0.

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134,273 60

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4,166 67

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, General Land Office, Novemher 30, 1833.



1^025 00
2,224 37
14,.558 65
125 00
94,686 41
22,254,99
2,648 55

225
400
.12,309
9,751
800
' 15,799
500

00
00
58
99
00
26
00

^100
50,791
998
29,561
1,287
550
31,815
. 10,834

03
00
62
66

75
00
04
00

-!

_

S69,973
125
18,976
2,216

11,638
- 425
59,447
31,995

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94,540 68

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25
79
00
24
27
0000
10

86,506 65

4,106 67

Jeffersonville Vincennes
Indianapolis ^ ^
Crawfordsville
Fort Wayne _

S124
.59,737
125
14,270
6,601
1,050
. 550
3,748

700
225
13,511
650
225
10,753
1,450

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00
11
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00 .
31
00

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07
75 ^
18
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00
83
58

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fli;624 25 . .
184j318 56 —rt
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1,248 75
63,058 04
rt
10,104 93
- 1,60000
>
33,390 83
16,807 05

125 ,.938 41

311,152 41

11,829
600
79,475
'17,728
3,195

38,027
. 1,150
233,609
71,978
5,844

60
00
69
94
90

112,830 13

3.50,609 52

14,502 07
2,950 00
763 43

975
625
.32,920
10,801
1,025
41,054
4,900
763

50 00
7,100 00
400-00

o

00
00
14
93
46

00
00
69
99
00
64
00
43

39,785 83

27,514 42

25,765 50

93,065 75

- 229,798 27

256,328'70

.264,534 04

754,827 68

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INDEX
TO

REPORTS O F ' T H E . S E C R E T A R Y OF T H E TREASURY
ON T H E

FINANCES,

THE PUBLIC DEPOSITEE, AND THE CURRENCY
UNITED STATES, FROM 1829 TO 1836, INCLUSIVE.

OF

THE

•A.
Page

Appraisement of goods under the act of 28th May, 1830.—Difficulties existing in-the
91
Appraisement of goods be made at value,in the place of importation,
and not by foreign invoice.—Recommendation that the
94
Appraisers of imported goods, arid suggesting an additional appointment in New York.—Remarks on the arduous duties of
12
Appropriations unexpended at the close of 1829, and applicable
to 1830
6
unexpended at the close of 183Q, and applicable
to 1831
'
'
• 86,87,89
unexpended at the close of 1831, and applicable
to 1832
^
218,219
unexpended at the close of 1832, and applicable
to 1833 '
- \
284
unexpended at the close of 1833, and applicable
to 1834
379
unexpended at the close of 1834, and applicable
to 1835
464
unexpended at the close of 1835, and applicable
to 1836
,
'
628
unexpended at the close of 1836, and .applicable
to 1837
681
for various public objects on the payment of the
public, debt.—Recommending
226
by . legalizing the seizure, by the Bank United
States of funds in its own hands.—The Secretary of the Treasury complains of-a probable
undue exercise of power by the Judiciary, instead of Congress and the Executive, to make
470
by Congress greatly exceeding the estimates, and
the necessity ftom this cause for larger surplus
on the 1st January of each year.—Remarks
o f Secretary of the Treasury on the effect of
473



766

INDEX.
Page.

Appropriations in doubtful- cases of constitutional right in the
474
General Government.—Remarks on
expenditures and collections in each State in
608
1834.—Statement of the
receipts and expenditures forl833,1834, and 1835.
654
—Statement of the estimates
Army, more desirable as regards the regulation of the tariff for
revenue.—A fixed amount for the ordinary peace establishment
.472
of the
Attorney General on me claims of the Bank of the United States,
fir damages on protested bill of exchange on
France—Opinion of the
508, 513
on [the seizure of the dividends/on stock of
united States in Bank of United States, to
pay damages, &c. on said protested bill of
exchange on France—Opinion of the
517
Attorneys and marshals, and Custom-house and land officers.—Provision of law necjessary to compel the surrender of books and
papers by
.
12
Attorneys and customhouse officers.—Relative to dividing com12
missions for compensation of
Attorneys.—Propriety of requiring bonds from: district
700
Austria,at different periods.—Currency;of
617
B.
Balances in the Treasury, on 1st January, 1828
5
1829'
5,85'
1830
85,217
1831
217,283
1832
283, 377
1833
377, 463
1834
463, 627
,1835
627, 679
1836
' 679
Balance, on estimate, in Treasury, on 1st January, 1837
680
Balance in Treasury on 1st January of each year.—Remarks on
the effect of appropriations by Congress greatly exceeding the
estimates, and. the .necessity from this cause of a larger
473
Balance expected to be in the Treasury on Jam 1,1830.—Estimated
6
1831,
do.
10,86
1832,
do.
218
1833,
do.
284
1834,
do.
378
1835,
do.
464
1836,
do.
628
1837,
do.
682
Bank United States.—Dividends on stock of the, for 1828
5;
1829
85
1830
217
1831
283



INDEX.

.767
Page.

377
Bank United States.—Dividends on stock of the, for 1832
1833
463
1834
627
1835,
679
first three quarters of 1836
679
in 1829.—General remarks on subject of the
bank and stock in the
9
in 1831.—General remarks on subject of the
bank and stock in the
223
in 1832.—General remarks on subject, of the
bank and stock in the
294
in 1833.—General remarks on subject of the
bank and stock in the
337, 384
in 1834—General remarks on subject of the
bank and stock in the
451,468, 557
in 1835.—General remarks on subject of the
bank and stock in. the
647
in 1836.—General remarks on subject of the
bank and stock in the
685
to the payment of the public debt by 3d March,
1833.---Application of thestopk in the
222
Statement .of advantages in the fiscal operations
of the. Government, by the agency, and recommending a renewal of the charter of the
223
regarded as an object of great importance, as
concerns the Treasures of the Government
and the currency of the country.—The 234
in paving part of the public debt.—Agency
of the
294
and placing them in State banks.—Reasons of
the Secretary of the Treasury, on 3d December, 1833, for removing the deposites of, the
public money from the
<337
Docurnenh transmitted with said report viz ;
A.—Report of the Government directors, Bank United States,
22d April, 1833 \
357
B.—Report of the Government directors: Bank United
States, 19th August, $33
'
364
C.—Instructions to the collector at Philadelphia, 26th September, 1833
*
368
D.—Letter selecting the (krard Bank of Philadelphia as a
depository of public mone^ 26th September, 1833
369
Note.-r-Similar letters to Commonwealth Bank, and the
Merchants' Bank, at Boston; the Manhattan Company,
Mechanics' Bank, and Bank of America, at the city of
New York ; and Union Bank of Maryland, at Baltimore
369
E.—Letter to United States Bank at Philadelphia, to deliver
to collector of the customs there, all duty bonds to United
States payable on and after 1st October, 1833
369
Note.—Similar letters were addressed to the offices of the
Bank of the United States, at Boston, New York, and
Baltimore
369




768

INDEX.

F.-^-Letter from c ollector, Philadelphia, transmitting contract
executed by the; Girard Bank
G.—Contract exe> Mited by the Girard Bank
Note.—Similar contracts were executed by the Commonwealth Bank, a nd .Merchants' Bank, of Boston'; the Manhattan Company, Mechanics' Bank, and Bank of America,
at New York Union Bank of Maryland, at Baltimore ,
Bank of the Metropolis, Washington City'; Bank of
Virginia, at Ri<^hmond, for' itself and branch at Norfolk.:
Planters' Bank of Georgia, at Savannah, and. the Union
Bank of Louisiana, also, Commercial Bank, New Orleans
H.—From the pre sident of the. Girard Bank, announcing the
execution of the contract
I . — T o the Maine Bank, at Portland, selecting that institut i o n s a depository, &c.
Note.—Similar.lei ters sent to Commercial Bank, Portsmouth,
'New Hampshire ; branch of Bank of Alabama, at Mobile ,
Planters' Bank* of Mississippi, at Natchez ; Union Bank
of Tennessee, Nashville;. Franklin Bank of Cincinnati,
Ohio , Bank ofYirginia at Richmond, branch of Bank
of Virginia,• at Norfolk, Bank of the Metropolis, City of
Washington, Bank of Burlington, in Vermont; Arcade
Bank, Provider]ce, Rhode Island, Farmers and Mechanics'
Bank-, at Hartfo: d, Connecticut, Union Bank of Louisiana,
and Commercic .1 Bank,-New Orleans
K.—Frorn .the pi •esident of Maine Bank, at Portland, with/
contract executed by that bank
L,—Contract exe 2U ted by the Maine Bank, at Portland
Note.—Similar contracts were executed-by the Commercial'
Bank, at Portsmouth, New , Hampshire, Farmers and
Mechanics' Bank-of Hartford, Connecticut; Arcane Bank;
at. Providence, Rhode Island, and Bank of purlington,
Vermont From president of Franklin Bank of Cincinnati, with
contract executed by that bank
N.—Con tract exe< :u.ted by Franklin Bank 'A Cincinnati
Note.—Similar
Dntracts were executed by Union' Pank of
Tennessee, at Nashville, Planters'- B/nk of Mississippi, at
Natchez ; bran h of Bank of Alabama, at .Mobile
O.—Regulations of Secretary of the/Treasury approved by
the President o:f the United Statesi>r deposites of the public
money in selected banks, by disbursing. officers of the
Government
•
p.—Communicatons from Secretary of the Treasury to the
Departments of State, War,-and Navy, relative to deposite of public money in the hands, of disbursing agents
Bank United- StateSj that this bank was not necessary for tile Government or the pepple ; regulation of de-,
positesin State banks, and improvement of
the currency.^Reasons of the Secretary of
the Treasury, on 15th April, 183'4, for removing the deposites from the




Page.

370
370

370
371
372

372
373
373

373
-374
375
375

376
376

.451

INDEX.

.769
Page.

Bank United States, for seizing upon dividends on stock.to secure
the amount of damages on protested bill of exchange for French
indemnity.—The Secretary of the Tree^sury corhplains against
the
'
468
•Bank United States, opinion of the Attorney General on said seizure
517
Bank United States, for damages on account of the removal of the
'deposites.—Remarks of Secretary of the Treasury relative to
demand by the
478
Bank United States, for said damages,—'Opinion of the Attorney
General on claim of the
508, 513
Bank United States, for' damages and other costs on the bill of
exchange, for the French indemnity, and opinion of Attorney
General on same.—Correspondence and statement of charges by
the
•
509
Bank United States, in 1832, 1833, and 1834,—Amount of domestic exchanges by the branches of the
615
Bank United States—Circular to all receivers of public'money, relative to receipt of checks or drafts,of branches of the
618
Bank United States, in relation to tHe stock owned by the United
States therein.—Correspondence between the Secretary of thes
Treasury and the
663
Bank United States, near the 1st January, 1835.—Condition of the
670
Bank United States, near the 1st December, 1835.—Condition
of the
>
674
Bank United States, concerning the- amount due to the United
•States on account .of stock held in that bank—Correspondence
with the
715
Bank United States, &c,, concerning amount and distribution of
the proceeds of its stock.—Report of committee of
717
Bank United States, with estimate of their value on 3d March,
v
1836.—Debts and effects of the
719, 733
Bank United States, in relation to delay in furnishing certain information concerning the interest of United! States in that bank and views of the Treasury Department concerning the amount
due to the United States,—Letters to the president of the
736
Bank United States.—Letter to C. C, Cambreleng,. H. D. Gilpin,
and John White, relative to the same
'
741
Bank is agreeable to the' constitution, and indispensable to the
fiscal operations of the Government.—Opinion that the establishment of a national
224
Bank stock owned by the United States.—List of canal and
536
Banks.—Suggestions concerning the payment of interest on deposites in'
478
v
Banks as depositories of the ,same, December 12, 1834.—Report
from the Secretary ,of the Treasury, stating the present
system of keeping and disbursing the public money, and
reasons for reinoying the deposites from the Bank United
States, and selecting certain State
557
Banks selected as depositories of the public money, on certain
terms, to December. 1834,—List of
601
Yol. in.—49



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INDEX,
Page.

Banks selected as depositories, and means to meet demands on
them.—Condition Jin certain respects, of
Banks with that of the Bank of the United States and Bank of
England.—Comparison of the condition, as regards circulation,
deposite, specie, &c.? of State
Banks and, others indebted to the Government, with amounts clue
the United States at, the time of failure.—List of old depositeBanks about September .1,1834.—i^mount of domestic exchanges
by three of,the selected State
Bank paper and specie of the United States and several
countries of Europe, at different periods.—Circulation or currency of*
Banks incorporated by Congress in the District of Columbia.;
when incorporated; when selected as depositories of the Government; when stopped payment, and amount then due to the
United States. List of
Banks and the cur]'ency, in 1836.—Explanatory remarks concerning the depos te
Banks in 1834 arid 1835, &c.—Statement of the condition of the
Banks which were selected as depositories near the 1st January,
1835.—Condition of those State
Banks which were elected as depositories near the 1st December,
1835.—Condition of those
Bank notes >;of a less denomination than five dollars.—Circular to .all coll ecting and receiving officers, with instructions not to receive
Banks.—Remarks ojn the keeping of the public money, and state of
the deposite
Banks and in circul ation in 1833,1834,1835, and 1836.—Specie in
Banks near Novemlber 1, 1836.—Condition of the. several deposite
Banks near 1st Jim e< and 1st November, 1836„—Recapitulation of
accounts of depo site
Bank of "^Vooster, a deposite bank,, on 7th November, 1836.—Condition of the Banks of deposite and the Mint, to 1st December, 1836: the
amount of drafts 'and warrants issued and unpaid, and amount
subject to draft; and the amount of future transfers ordered.—r
Amount to the c redit of the Treasurer of the United States in
various
Banks, relative to excessive bank credits, and encouragement
thereby to. speculate on, and monopolize purchases of, public
lands.—Circular to deposite
Bills of exchange in 1832, 1833, and 1834.—Amount of domestic
Bill of exchange, (see French indemnity.)—Protested.
Bonds.—Remarks (relative Xo custom-house in 1829




1B30
1831
1832\
1833
1835
1836

602
602
604
615
616

619
646
664
670
674
678
690
696
746
758
759

760
764
615
9

88

234
. '287
369,381
633
684

INDEX.
Bonds from district attorneys.—Propriety of requiring
Books and papers by attorneys, marshals, custom-house and land
officers.—Provision |of law necessary to compel the surrender of
Bounties on vessels employed'in the fisheries.^Remarks on
Bounties and allowances to vessels employed >in the' fisheries in
1828.—Amountof
'
Bounties and allowances to vessels employed in the fisheries in
1829.—Amountof
' Bounties and allowances to vessels employed.-in the fisheries in.
1830.—Amount of
.
Bounties and allowances to vessels employed in the fisheries in
183L—Amountof
Bounties and allowances to vessels employed in the fisheries in
1832.—Amountof
.
Bullion imported each ;year from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Value of

.771
.700
12
12
18
96
236
297
386
128

C.
Canada, and other adjacent foreign territories.—Suggestions for
regulating importations from
Canals to, a proper extent.—Remarks on the propriety of encouraging the construction of roads and
Canal and bank stocks held by. the United States in I834.~i-List of
Capital.—Considerations regarding the exercise of the money
power of the Government to regulate the unequal action of
Cash payments and short credits upon the revenue.—Effect of
Chickasaw Indians in 1836.—Receipts and expenditures oh account of the
Circular to collecting and receiving officers, with instructions not
to receive, bank notes of a less denomination than $5
Civil, diplomatic,, and miscellaneous expenditures, (see Expenditures.)
Civil, diplomatic, and miscellaneous expenditures for present and
ensuing year.-^-Estimate of. (See Estimates.)
Clearances.—Amount of passports, and.—(See Passportsc)
Coast to the Navy Department, &c.—Remarks on transfer of the
survey of the
Coasting vessels be applied to vessels coming from adjacent foreign territories.—Recommendation that regulations for
Coasting trade to prevent smuggling.—Suggestions for regulating
the
Coffee imported from 1821 to 1829, inclusive—Quantity and
value of
Coffee exported from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and
value of
"
€offee imported in 1828.—Quantity and amount of duty.on
1829.—Quantity and amount of duty on
1830.—Quantity and amount of duty on
1831.—Quantity and amount of duty on
1832.—Quantity and amount of duty on



13
233
536
16
381.
681
678

482
13
14
146
193
19
98
238
299
388

772
I-

INDEX,
Page,

Coinage of gold of \ alue of one dollar, and regulations for the
Mint.—Remarks concerning
icerning the
479
Coinage at the Mint, coins in bank, circulation, &c.—Remarks
relative to increase
694
Coins of the value of one dollar, and information relative to coinage at the Mint in 1834.—Recommendation for making gold
479
Coins have upon the duties on imports—Effect that relative and
true value of foreij n
94
Coin in 1833-'4—In iportations of gold and silver
620
Collection of duties, ( see Duties.)
Collection of duties in 1828.—Expenses of
18
1829.—Expenses of
96
1830.—Expenses of
236
I 1831.—Expenses of
297
1832.—Expenses of
386
Collectors.—(See Custom-house officers.)
Collector of the customs'at Philadelphia relative .to deposites.—Instructions to
36.8
Collectors not to recefve bank notes of a less denomination than
$>5.-^-Circular to
678
Colleges.—Quantity c f land granted to States, for
662
Commerce with the W est Indies.—Suggestions for improvement of
15
Compensation to custom-house officers.—Relative to inequality,
&c. of*
12
wnpensation.—Recommendation that the commissions allowed
to collectors on bonds be divided between them and district
12
attorneys as
Consumption of impo: ts (see Imports.)
370, 373, 374, 3,75
Contracts made with deposite banks
Cordage, (see Duties oH.
Cordage in 1829 and 1-830—Amount of\ duties secured on
270
Correspondence of Treasury Department with Bank United States
in relation to bill of exchange oh France
505
Correspondence with the Bank United States concerning the
amount due the' Un ited States on account of the stock held in
that bank
710
Cottons, (see Duties or
Cotton recommended for protecting duties
230
Cottons in 1829 and 1830.—Amount of duty secured on
270
Cotton for various periods from 1792 to 1834.—Quantity and
value of exports of
659
:Cotton trade.—Remarks upon the importance of the
685
Credit system.—Suggestions of improvement in the mbde of collecting, duties on imports, or
15
Credit.—Remarks on tpe importance of a national bank in maintaining the public
223
Credits on revenue borbds..—Statement of the effect or operation
upon the revenue of he act of 1:4th July, 1832, abolishing long
381
Currency of the United[States.—Opinion o f L . McLane,Secretary
of theTreasury, in D(jcember, 1831, as to the important agency of
a national bank in establishing and preserving the
224, 234



INDEX.

.773

PageCurrency, on 15th April, 1834.—Recommendation of R.B. Taney,
Secretary of the Treasury, for the establishment of the
Currency, on December, 3, 1833.—Recommendation of R. B.
Taney, Secretary of the Treasury, for the establishment of the_
Currency.—Remarks of the Secretary of . the Treasury stating
present mode of keeping and disbursing the public money, as
regards the regulation of our
-0
'
Currency, in the United States and several nations of Europe, at
different periods.—Circulation in specie and paper, or
Currency in 1836.—Explanatory remarks concerning the deposite banks and the
Currency of specie, by refusing to receive, on, .the part of the
United States, bank notes o.f a less denomination than $5.—
Circular to encourage the
Currency of the United States.—Remarks on the operations of
the Mint and the
Custom-house bonds.—(See Bonds.)
Custom-house officers.—Relative to inequality, &c. of compensation to
' •
Custom-house officers.—Provision of law necessary to compel the
surrender of books and papers by attorneys, marshals, land and
Custom-house officers.—Remarks concerning the compensation to
Customs.—(See Receipts from.)
Customs.—Receipts from.—(See Receipts.)
Customs.—Estimate of receipts from.—(See Estimates.)
Customs for 1836.—Explanations of estimates of receipts from
Customs.—Relative to inadequacy of compensation to officers of
the
'
Cutter service.—Relative to pay of officers in the revenue
Cutter service.—Suggestions for thev improvement of the revenue

451
337
573
,616
646
678
694
12
12
700

631
226
92
481

P.
Damages on bill of exchange.—(See-French indemnity,)
Debentures.—(See Drawback.)
Debt in 1828.—Payments on account of public
5, 32
1829.—Payments on accounit of public
- 85. I l l
1830.—Payments on account of public
87, 253
1831.—Payments on account of public
283, 317
1832.—Payments,on account of public
377
1833.—Payments on account of public
463
1834.—Payments on account of public
627
1835.—Payments on account of public •
479
1836.—Payments on account of public
681
Debt on 1st January, 1829.—Amount and description of the funded and unfunded public
7
1830.—Amount and description of the funded and unfunded public
7,43 87
(
1831.—Amount and description of the funded and unfunded public
87, 122,219



774

INDEX

Page.
Debt oil 1st January, j.832.—Amount, and description of the fund220,268
ed.and unfunded public
f833.—Amount and description of the fund286. 330
ed and unfunded public
J.834.—Amount and description of the funded and unfunded public
380,422
|835.—Amount and description_of the funded and. unfunded public
466,. 504
1836.—Amount and description of the funded an$ unfunded public
681
Debt.—Estimates in 1|329, of expenditures for present and ensuing year.on account of the public
6, 10
1830, of expenditures for present and ensuing
86, 89
year on account of the .public
1831, of expenditures for present and ensuing
219, 221
year on account of the public
1|832, of expenditures,for present and ensuing
285,288
year on account of the public
l|833, of expenditures for present, and ensuing
379
year on account of the public
1834, of expendituresrfor present and ensuing
465
year on account of the public
1|835, of expenditures for present and ensuing
629
: year on account of the public
lp3v6, of expenditures for present and ensuing
year on account of the public
681
Debt redeemable in 1829.—Amount of public
7
1530.—Amount of public
8
8
1831.—Amount of public
1832.— Amount of public
IS33.—Amount of public
1£34.—Amount of public
1£35.—Amount of public
629
1536.—Amount of public
Debt and reduction of duties.—Advantages anticipated from the
17
payment of the publ: c
Debt shall be paid.—Relative to .the fiscal operations of the Government when the public
90
Debt, (see Surplus.)—Surplus fund applied to payment of public.
Debt on the 3d March, 1833.—Calculation for the total extinguishment of the public
222
Debt.—Remarks concerning the agency of the iBank of the United
States in paying part of the public
294
Debt on 1st January, 1.834.—Calculation for the total extinguishment of the public
379
Debt be brought to the seat of Government.—Recommendation
tiiat the books and papers relating to the public
384
Debt, and not applied for. on 1st October, 1833.;—Statement of
423
moneys previously dyanced for payment of-the public
Debt.—Remarks concerning the final payment of the public
474
Debt, and amount rem lining unpaid on 1st January, 1836.- -Remarks on the final e xtinguishment of the public
62°



INDEX.

.775
Page.

Debt and army land warrants received in payment for the public
land.—Amount of certificates of public
661
Debt, funded and unfunded, and its condition in 1836.—Remarks
on expenditures on account of the public
*
.
681
Debtors to United States for duties in 1831.—Recommending relief to insolvent
235
Debtors.—Suggestion, for continuance of act for relief of insolvent
700
Denmark.—Amount of first and second instalments under treaty
with
,
283
Denmark in Treasury in 1836.—Awards under convention with
714
Deposites from the Bank of the United States, and placing them in
State banks, with names of, and instructions to, same.—Reasons of the Secretary of the Treasury, on 3d December, 18333.
for removing the'
337
Deposites of the public money in selected banks by disbursing
officers of the Government.—Regulations of the Secretary of
the Treasury approved by the President of the United States*
for
376
Deposites from the Bank of the United States.—Reasons of the
Secretary of the Treasury, on 15th April, 1834, for removing
the
"
451
Deposites in banks.—Suggestions concerning the payment of interest on
"
478
Deposite banks and the currency in 1836.—Explanatory remarks
concerning the
646
Deposite banks.—Remarks on the keeping of the public money,
and state of the
690
Deposite banks near 1st November, 1836.—Condition of the several
746
Deposite, banks near 1st June and 1st November, 1836.—Recapitulation of accounts of
758
Deposite bank, on 7th November, 1836.—Condition of the Bank
ofWooster, a
^
,759
Deposite banks on 1st December, 1836.—Amount to credit of the
Treasurer of the United States, <fcc. in the
760Deposite banks to prevent encouragement of monopolies in purchases of public lands by excessive bank credits.—Circular to
764
Deposite banks.—(See Banks.)
Depositories for the same.—Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, December, 1834, stating the present system of keeping
and disbursing the public money, and reasons for selecting
certain banks as
•
557
Depositories of the public money in 1834.—List of banks selected
as
601
Depositories >of public moneys in the District of Columbia, &c.—
List of
619
Diplomatic expenses.—(See Expenditures.)
Directors of the Bank of the United States.—Reports of Government
357, 364
Direct tax in Treasury in 1836.—Surplus proceeds of property
sold for
714



776

INDEX.

District of Columbia; when incorporated;. when selected as depositories of the Gjcovernment: when stopped payment, and
amount then due to United States.—List of banks incorporated
by Congress in the
Dividends on stock of| the Bank of the United States.—(See Receipts from.)
Dividends on stock.—(KSee JBank of the United. States.)
Drafts of branches of the United States Bank for dues.—Circular
to collectors of customs and receivers of public money, relative
to receipt of checks or
Drawback of duties in 1828.—Debentures for
1829.—Debentures for
1830.—Debentures for1831.—Debentures for
1832.—Debentures for
Drawback.—Regulations for storing goods for the benefit of
Drawback.—Duties charged on'carriages and horses from adjaM cent foreignoterritories without benefit of
Drawback of duties, in 1829.^—Debentures for
Drawback on refined sugar in 1829.—Debentures for
Duties on imports and tonnage, (see Receipts from customs.)—
Amountof.
Duties, (see Collection.)—Expenses of collection of.
Duties on imports.—Pjan proposed by Mr. Ingham, in 1829, for
reduction of
Duties on woollen goocjs.—Construction of law relative to calcu. lating the
Duties on carriages and horses, without benefit of drawbackTravellers, from adjacent foreign territories to pay
Duties,on imports, or the credit system;—Suggestions for improvement in the mode of collecting
Duties.—Advantages anticipated from the payment of the public
debt and reduction of
Duties in 1828 on imports not produced or manufactured in the
United States.—Amount of
Duties of Great Britain for 18 9 0.—Tariff of
Duties of France for 1822.—Tariff of
Duties of Russia for 1822.—'Tariff of
Duties of Naples for 1824.—Tariff of
Duties under tariff acts of 1830.—Reduction in 1831 of
Duties, as to retain sufficient for the support of Government and
payment of the public debt—Suggestions so to regulate the reduction of
Duties, owing to different valuation of goods.—Difficulty in establishing uniformity in the
Duties, owing to the difference between the relative and true value
of foreign coins.—Inequality in
Duties, specific and1 ad valorem, and expenses of collecting same
in 1828.—Value and quantity of imports, and amount of
Duties, specific and ad valorem, and expenses of collecting same
in 1823—Value and quantity of imports, and amount of



Page.

619

618
18.

96
236
297
3.86
13
13
96
96

10
11
13
15
17
44
45
61
71
78
89
90
92
94
19
97

INDEX.

.777

Duties, specific and ad valorem, and expenses of collecting same
-in 1830.—Value and quantity of imports, and amount of
237
Duties, specific and ad valorem, and expenses of collecting same
in 1831.—Value and quantity bf imports, and amount of
298
Duties, specific and ad valorem, and expenses of collecting same
in 1832.—Value and quantity of imports, and amount of
388
Duties on enumerated articles in 1828.—Quantity and amount of
20
1829. —Gluantity and amount of
98
1830.— Quantity and amount of
238
1831.—Quantity'and amount of
299
1832.-^Quantity and amount of
388
Duties to subserve the wants of the Government after the, payment
of the public debt.—Propriety of a revision and alteration of the
tariff of
226,229
Duties in 1831.—Amount and prospect of payment of bonds for
234
Duties secured on woollen goods, wool, cottons, iron, hemp, cordage, and su<rar, in 1829 and 1830.—Amount of
269
s
Duties to be refunded under act of 14th'July, 1832.—Estimate of
287
Duties to. the wants of the Government.—Suggestions in 1832 for
the reduction of
28.8
Duties. -Considerations regarding the execution of the act of
14th July, 1832, for refunding certain
292
Duties under act of 14th July, 1832.—Effect upon the revenue of
short credits and cash
381
Duties in 1834.—Opinion that the,revenue would not admit of
any reduction of
383
Duties for , protection only should be abandoned.—Suggestions
that
384
Duties, and free of duty, in 1S32,1833,1834, and 1835.—Value
655
of exports, and consumption and value of imports paying
Duties on imports, so as to reduce them to the wants of the Government.—Suggestions for change of
687
Duty, in each year, from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Value and
quantity of merchandise free of
124
Duty ad valorem, from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Value and quantity of merchandise subject to
129
Duly, specific, from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Value and quantity
of merchandise subject to
/
139
E.
Edgar & Macomb, at New York, in 1787.—Amount of stock
issued at the Treasury for lands sold to
Effective, (see Funds.)—Funds not.
Estimated balances, (see Balances.)
Estimates of receipts for present year, in, 1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834



271
6
86
218
284
378
-464

778'

INDEX,
Page.

Estimates of receipts | for present year, in 1S35.
1836

1
Estimates of receipts for ensuing-- year, in 1829
1830
'I
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
I1836
Estimates for 1837.—Explanation of the
Estimate of expenditiues for present year, in 1829
1830;
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
Estimates for 1836, wnth suggestions on probable changes, to
1842.—Explanation; of the
Estimate of expendituii|es for ensuing year, in 1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
,
1835
''
1836
Estimates of revenue.4—Considerations connected with receipts
from sales of lands ajnd from customs, to be taken into view in
future
Estimates of revenue, -Remarks relative to the operations of land
sales, and reduction of duties under the tariff,'on the
Estimates, appropriations, and expenditures, for 1832,-'3,-'4
Estimates of receipts from public lands for 1836.—Explanation of
Estimates of receipts as: to customs and lands for 1836.—Difficulties in,
Estimates of receipts from miscellaneous sources for 1836.—Explanation of
Estimate of expenditures for 1836.—Explanation of the
Estimates, appropriations, receipts, and expenditures, for 1833; '4,
and '5.—Statement of
Europe, at different peiiods.—Circulation in specie arid paper, or
currency in the United States and several nations of
Europe in 1824.—Curr :ncy of
Europe and America ir 1829. -Currency of
Exchanges by the branc hes of the Bank of United States in 1832,
'3, and '4.—Amount of domestic
Expenditures, (see Esti mates of.)
Expenditures, including public debt, for 1827



628
679
9,10
88

220

286

380
466
629
682
683
6

86

218
284
378
464
628
679

631
9, 10
88

221

286380
466
629

682
90

470
535
637
639
640
641
654
6f6
617
617
615
5

INI)EX,

779
Page.

Expenditures, including- public debt for 1828
5, 27
1829,
85, 105
lflSO
,217,246
1831
283, 310, 377
1832
377= 400,' 535
1833
463,484/535
1834
627
1835
679
three quarters of 1836
703
Expenditures, civil, diplomatic and miscellaneous, for 1828
5, 27
1829
85,'105
1830
217, .246
1831
283,310
1832
377,400
1833
463,484
1834
627
1835
679
Expenditures, civil, miscellaneous, and diplomatic, for three
quarters of 1836
703
Expenditures, military service, ihcludingfortifications, ordnance,
Indian affairs, pensions, and arming militia, for
1828
5, 28
1829
85,106
1830
217,247
1831
283, 311
1832
377,402
1833
463, 486
1834
627
1835
679
Expenditures, military service, including fortifications, ordnance,
Indian affairs, and arming militia, for three quarters of 1836
704
Expenditures, navai service, gradual increase, &c., for 1828
5, 31
1829
85, 110
1830
217,2.52
1831
283,315
1832:
377. 406
1833
463, 493
1834
627
1835
679
Expenditures, naval service, gradual increase, &c., for three
quarters of 1836
711
Expenditure on account of the public debt in 1828
5r32
1829,
85, 111
1830
217,253
1831
283, 317
1832
- 377,408
1833
463,494
1834
627
1835
679
Expenditure on account of the public' debt for .three, quarters of
1836
680
Expenditures.—Remarks relative to the powers exercised by the
Treasury regarding incidental
11




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INDEX,
Page,

Expenditu.res for 1832 -'3,-4.-—Estimates, appropriations, and
Expenditures in each State in LS34.—Statement of the appropriations, collections, a Lid
Expenditures for 1836 -Explanation of the estimate of
Expenditures, for 1833 '4,-5.—Statement of estimates, appropriations, receipts, and
Expenses of collecting} the revenue, (see Duties.)
Exported from 1821 ,o 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and value of
foreign merchandise
Exported from 1821 tc 1829, inclusive—Total value of foreign
merchandise
Exported in 1834.—Ajnount of bullion and specie imported and
Exports in 1829.—Estimated amount or value of
1830.—Estimated amount or value of
1831.—Essiimated amount or value of
1832.—Esstimated amount pr value of
1833.—Esstimated amount or value of
1834.—Estimated am'ount or value of
1835.—Estimated amount or value of
1836.—Estimated amount or value df
Exports and consumpllion for 1^832,-'3,-'4, and '5.-^Value of imports free and pay in ^ duty, and value pf
Exports, and consumption of foreign merchandise, from 1789 to
^tatement of imports
1835, inclusive.—St
Exports, and value of exports of domestic produce, from 1789 to
-1835.—Statement of• the whole value of
Exports of co.tton for a
\\arious periods from 1792 to 1834.—Quantity and value of

Fees of office, (see Compensation.)
Finances for 1829, b} S. D. Ingham, Secretary.—Report on the
1830, b} S. D. Ingham, Secretary.—Report on the
1831, by Louis McLane, Secretary.—Report c>n the
1832, by Louis.McLane, Secretary—Report on the
1833,by Roger B. Taney, Secretary.—Report on the
1834, by Levi Woodbury, Secretary.—Report on the
1835, by.Levi Woodbury, Secretary.—Report on the
1836, by Levi Woodbury, Secretary.—Report on the
Finances.—Remarks elative to the acts requiring from the Secretary of the ^Freasn ry an annual report on the
Fire-proof building.,—Relative to loss of valuable papers by the
destruction of the Treasury building, and the necessity for providing a
^
Fiscal.operations of the Government when the public debt shall
be paid.—Remarks relative-to
Fiscal year.—The Secretary of the Treasury, recommends a
change in the
Fiscal year.—Suggestion for a change in the
Fish.—Relative to" duty on salt, and drawback on pickled



535
608
641
654
174
216
625
9
88
220
287
381
467
631
684
655
656
658
659

5
85
217
283
377
463
627
679
223
385
90
479
701
93

INDEX.
Pish imported from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and value
of
=
Fish exported from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and value
of
Fisheries.—Remarks relative to bounties on vessels employed in
the
Fisheries in 1828.—Bounties and allowances to vessels employed
in the
1829.—Bounties and allowances to vessels employed
in the
1830.—Bcjunties and allowances to vessels employed
in the
1831.—Bounties and allowances to vessels employed
in the
1832.—Bounties and allowances to vessels employed
in the
Fishing vessels.—Regulation of licenses for coasting and
Foreign coin has upon the duties on imports.—Effect that relative and true value of
Foreign merchants.—Suggestions for establishing, a fair competition in trade between American and
Fortifications, &c., military service, (see Expenditures.)
Fortifications.—Remarks as to cause for reduction of appropriations for
France for 1832.—Tariff of duties of
France.—The Secretary of the Treasury complains that the Bank
of the United States had seized upon dividends upon stock, to
secure the amount of damages on protested bills of exchange
for the indemnity from
France.—Loss to the United States by the discriminating duties
in favor of silks and wines of
Franbe.—Correspondence and statement of the charges5 by the
Bank of the United States, for damages and other costs on the
bill of exchange for the' indemnity lrom
France at different periods.—Currency of
France in 1836.-^Re'ceipts and payments on account of indemnity from
^
France.—Remarks concerning the reception of instalments due
under the treaty with
Frauds on the revenue by smuggling.—Suggestions for preventing
Frauds on the revenue -by smuggling spices.—Suggestions for
preventingFrauds in purchase of the public-lands.—Circular to prevent
Free of duty in each year from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Yalue
and quantity of merchandise Fund, (see Surplus fund.)
Funded and unfunded debt, (see Debt.)
Funds not effective in 1829
1830
.
Funds not effective or available in 1831
«
1832



.781
Page,

170
214
12
18
96
236
297
386
12
94
94
472
61

468
476
509
617
681
700
13
91
764
124
6
86
218
284

782

INDEX.

Funds not effective ir available in 1833
1834
,
1835
1836'

Page.

-

379
475
628
680

Go
Gales & Seaton.—Pecuniary transactions of Messrs.
363
Ghent, in Treasury in 1836.—Balance of awards under treaty of
714
Gold coins of value of one dollar.—Recommendation for authorizing the,making of
479
Gold and silver cur rency in the United States, and various other
countries, at different periods.—Amount of
616
Gold .and. silver bullion and specie imported into the- United
States in1833-'4.-j-Amount of
*
620
Gold and silver bullion and specie in 1833-4—Amount of imports and exports of
625
Great Britain in 1830.—Tariff of duties of
45
Great Britain—Relative and true value of the pound sterling of
94
Great Britain at different periods.—Condition of the Bank of
England, and currency of
602, 616
H.

Hemp.—(See Duties on.)
Hemp recommended for protecting duties
Hemp in 1829 and* l:830.—Amount of duties on ~
Holland in 1830—C jrrehcy of
Hospital fund in tru .st in Treasury in 1836.—Amount of navy
• Hospitals,—Relative ;o sites for marine
I.
Illicit trade with adjacent foreign territories.—Suggestions to prevent
Imported and on tonnage in 1828.—^Quantity and amount of duty on enumerated e.rticles
r
Imported arid on tonnage in 1829.—Quantity apd amount of duty on enumerated articles
Imported and on tonr age in 1830.—Quantity and amount of duty on enumerated,exticles
Imported and on tonn age-in 1831.—Quantity and amount of duty on enumerated articles
Imported and on tonnage in 1832—Quantity and amount of duty on enumerated EJticles
Imported into the United States in 1833-4*—Amount of gold and
silver bullion and s pecie
Imports for year ending Sep. 30,1830.—Estimated am't or value of
r
183L—Estimated am't or value of
1832.—Estimated am't or value of

1833.^Estimated am't or value of


230
270
617
714
701

13
20
98
238
298
.388
^
'620
88
220
287
381

INDEX.

.783
Page.

Imports for year ending Sep, 30,. 1834.—Estimated am't or value of
1835.—Estimated am't or value of
1836.—Estimated am't or value of
Imports from adjacent foreign territories, to prevent illicit trade.—
Suggestions for .the regulation of
Imports, the like of which'arejnot produced or manufactured in the
United States.—Amount of duties in 1828,s on .enumerated
articles of
Imports in each year, from 1821 to 1829, inclusive1—Value and
quantity of
Imports in each year:, from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Total value
of all
'
Imports, &c—Comparison of increase of population with the consumption of
Imports free and paying duty, for 1832-3-4, and '5.—Value of exports and consumption, and value of
Imports, exports, and consumption of foreign merchandise from
1790 to 1835, inclusive.—Statement of
Improvements to a proper extent.—Remarks on propriety of encouraging internal
Incidental receipts, (see Receipts.)
Indian affairs, military service, &c., (see Expenditures.)
Indians—Remarks on cause for reduction of-appropriations for
Indian schools in Treasury, in 1836.—Funds for support of
Insolvent debtors to United States, for duties in 183,5, &c.—Recommending relief to
Insolvent debtors.-—Suggestion for continuance of act for relief of
Interest on deposites, in banks.—Remarks on subject of demanding
Internal improvements and other objects.of a general n a t u r e Remarks on necessity for retaining means to provide, for works
classed as
'
Ireland in 1832.,—Currency of
Iron.—(See Duties on.)
Iron recommended for protecting duties
Iron in 1829 and 1830.—Amount of duties secured on

467
631
684
13
44
124
173
633
655
656
233
472
714
235
700
478
472
617
230
270

J,
Judiciary, instead of Congress and the Executive, to make appropriations, by legalizing the seizure by the Bank of the United
States of funds in its own hands.—The Secretary of the Treasury complains of a probable undue exercise of power by the

470

L.
Land granted as bounties during the late war,, arid to certain
States and Territories, for colleges, roads and canals, seats of
Government, saline reservations, and common schools, to
October, 1835.—Total quantity of
Land Office, of the operations of that office in 1831.—Annual
report of the Commissioner of the General
of the operationsaof that office in 1832.—Annual
report of the Commissioner of the General



662
271
f_331

m

INDEX,

Page,
Land* Office, of the operations of that office in 1833.—Annual
report of the Commissioner of the General
428
of the, operations of that office in 1834.—Annual
report of the Commissioner of the General
537
Land Office in 1831—Considerations showing the necessity
of additional aid in :he General
^
273, 281
Land Office in 4833,—Considerations showing the necessity
of additional'aid in the General
430
Land Office^—Precautions against the destruction by fire of the
archives, title-papers, &c., in the General
430
Land Office, and means necessary to bring them up.—Statement
of arrears of business in the General
433
Land Office.—Remarks of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative
to the increased business and operations of the General
482
Land Office.—Remarks concerning the business and supervision
of the Treasury Department over the General
699
Land patents for the President.—Additional labor, in the General
Land Office, caused by the law authorizing a secretary to sign
430
Land cases.—Difficulties, from the want in the General Land
Office of the statutes and the reports of adjudicated decisions
of courts in the several States in
431
Land office in Indiana, in 1831.—Recommending an additional
273
Land offices in 1830 ar d 1831.—Amount of registers and receivers'returns, and operations of the several
276, 278
in 1831 and 1832.—Amount of registers and receivers' returns, and operations of the several
333, 335
in 1832 arid 1833.—Amount of registers and receivers' returns, and operations of the several
435, 437
in 1833 and 1834.—Amount of registers and receivers' returns, and operations of the several
540, 542
Lands in 1S31.—Operations and difficulties of the offices of Surveyors General of public
271
in 1832.—Operations and difficulties of the offices of Surveyors General of public
331
in 1833.—Recommendation of additional provision for
surveying the public
432
Land officers.—Provision of law necessary to-compel the surrender of books and papers by attorneys, marshals, custom-house
1
and
12
Lands.—Receipts from kale of, (see Receipts.)
Land, and quantity sold.—Receipts in cash and scrip, and incidental expenses, from sale of public:
in 1828^
5,24
in 1S29
85, 102
in 1830
217,242
in 1831
283, 305
in 1832
377,395
in 1833
463,548
in 1834
t627
in 1835
679
in three quarters of 1836
679




INDEX.
Lands, for present and ensuing year, in 1829.—Estimate of receipts from public, (see Estimates.)
Lands, to the States in which they lie, and distribution of the proceeds among the several States.—Recommendation for the sale
of the public
Lands United States1.—Payments on lands sold .prior to. July 1,
1820, under act of March 31, 1830, and supplemental act of
February 25, 1831, for relief of purchasers of public lands,
and suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of
Land sold at each land officeimder the cash system, from July 1,
, 1820, to December 31,-1832.--Quantity o f
'''
Land sold, amount jpaid therefor, <fcc., from 1787 to 183$.—Nett
quantity of public
Land prior to opening the land offices in, I787rl792, and 1796.—
Statement of special sales of public
...
Lands to October. 1835.-:—Amount of public debt, army land
warrants, United States and -Mississippi stock,, forfeited land
stock, and military scr-ip received in payment for the public
Lands.—Circular to receivers of public moneys, and to^ deposite
banks, relative to excessive credits, and encouragement given
thereby to frauds,'speculations, and monopolies in the purchase
of the public
,t
Lands for 1836.— Explanation of estimates of receipts from
Land scrip in paynient for lands, at the,land offices in Ohio and
Indiana.—Suspicion of fraud in-the reception of an undue portion of
Land scrip received in payment for lands in Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, in 1830, ,1831. 1832. and first three -quarters-of 18,33.Amount of military bounty
Land stock issued to Septemher- 30. 183.1.—Total amount of forfeited
,
'
'
Land stock issued under acts May 23,1828, March 31, 1830, and
July 9, 1832: and. also, the amount received in payment to
September 31, 1833. -Amount of
'
"Land stock and military land scrip issued and surrendered to
.
September 30, -1834.—Statement of amount of forfeited
Land warrants issued to November 14, 1831.—Quantity and
amount of scrip issued for Virginia and United-States military
Land warrants issued to November 30,1833.—Provision for satisfying Virginia and-United States military"
Land, warrants satisfied with scrip . quantity of land for which
scrip has been issued r amount in money. number of certificates
of scrip issued under acts May 30, 1830, July 13, 1832, and
March 2, 1833, to November. 1833.—Number of each descrip„ tion of
Land warrants satisfied. with scrip quantity of land for which
scrip has been;issued .. amount in mgney.. number of certificates
of scrip issued under said acts to November 15, 1834.—Number of each description of
Laws, and their due execution.—Considerations regarding the
necessity for enacting conciliatory
Digitized for VOL,
FRASER
iii —50


.785
Pag e

227

280
438
660
661
661

764
636
429
449
271
444
544
281
429

448

546
232

786'

INDEX,
Page-

fishing vessels - -Remarks concerning
Licenses for coasting
£the regulation of
ouses.- •Remarks concerning the number
Light-boats and
and utility of
Light-houses.—Rernarp-relating to the improvement and regulation of
-

12
482
652

M..
Machinery has upon h uman economy and labor.—Considerations
regarding the effect that
16
Macomb at New York in 1787.—Amount of' stock issued at-.the
Treasury, for lands sold to Edgar and
271
Manufactures to a certiin extent.—Propriety of protecting American
,
229,290
Manufactures merely Are to be abandoned.—Suggestions -that, du384
ties for the protection of
Marine hospitals.—Relative, to sites for
7Q1
Marshals, custom-house and land officers.—Provision of law: necessary to. compel the' surrender of books and papers by attorneys
12
Measures.—Relative t(j> the preparation of the new weights and
481
Merchandise.—(See Imports.)
Merchandise in the, Treasury in 1836.—Amount of unclaimed
714
Military service.—(See Estimates "and. expenditures for.)
Militia, &c.,/military service.—(See Estimates and expenditures
for.)
Millrea of Portugal.—Relative and true value of the
94
Ministers in foreign countries.—Relative to the inadequacy of
compensation of public
227
Mint.—Information concerning the operations and suggestions
for the proper regulation of the
480
Mint, and specie in ba:iks, circulation, &c.—Remarks concerning
the currency, operations of the,
694
Mint on December 1, 1836.—Amount to credit of Treasurer in
the
762
Miscellaneous expensed.—(See Estimates and expenditures.)
Mississippi stock received in payment- for the public lands to October, 1835;—Amount of
661
Molasses in 1828.—Quantity and amount of duty on
19
Money power of" the Government, to regulate the unequal action.
of capital.—Considerations regarding the
16
N.
Naples in 1824.—Tariff of duties- of
78
Naples received and awarded in 1835.—Indemnity from
679, 681
Naples.—Relative to payment of third instalment under- treaty
1
with
»
701
Naval service, including the gradual increase of the navy.-—(See
Estimates and expenditures for.)



INDEX.

.787
Page.

Navigating interest,, and its depression in 1830.—Remarks concerning the
Navigating interest.—Suggestions for the improvement of the
Navy pension fundj in trust in the Treasury in 1836.—Amount of
Navy hospital fund, in trust in the Treasury in 1836.—Amount of

90
231
714
714

O.
Officers of the customs.—Relative to compensation to
Officers of the customs.—Remarks concerning the compensation
to
,
Ordnance, &c., military servicc.-^(See Expenditures.)

1'2, 226
700

P.

Passports and clearances iii 1828—Duties on
1829.—Duties on
1830.—Duties on 1831.—Duties on
Patent Office in 1836.—Receipts and expenditures on account of
'the
'
Pensioners.—Cause of reduction of appropriation for
Pension funds in 1836.—Amount of navy and privateer
Pensions, military service, &c.—{See Expenditures.)
Population with" the consumption of imports; &c.-^-Comparison
of increase of
Portugal.—Relative and-true value of the millrea of
Post Office in 1836.—Receipts and expenditures on account of the
General
Pound sterling of Great Britain.—Relative and true value of the
Power of the Government to regulate the unequal action of capital.—Considerations regarding the money
,
Powers not defined bylaw, as regards the custom-houses and land
offices.—Remarks relative to the exercise of
Privateer pension fund in 1836.—Amount of
Protested bill of exchange.—(See "French indemnity.)
Prussia at different periods.—Currency of
Public debt.^-(See Debt.)
Public money.—(See Deposites.)

18
96
236
297
681
472
714
633
94
681
94
16
11
714
617

a
Quantities of merchandise:-^(See Value.)
R.
Receipts.—(See Estimates of.)
into the Treasury from all sources'in -1827
1828
1829
1830



-

5
5,85
- 85,217
- 217,283

788

INDEX.
Page.

Receipts into the Treashry from all sources in 1831
283, 377
377, 463
1832
463, 627
1833
627
1834
679
1835
into the Treasury from all sources for 3 quarters of 1836.
679
and estimate for fourth quarter
5, 18
Receipts from customs in 1828
85, 96
"I
1829
217, 236
1830
283, 297
1831
377, 386
1832
463, 627
1833
627
1834
679
1835
from customs for 3 quarters of 1836, and estimate for
679
fourth! quarter
Receipts from lands in 1828
5, 24
1829
33,85,102
/I' 1830
217,242
1831
283,305
•'
1832
377,395
1833
463,627
. 1834 t
627
1835
679
from lands for 3 quarters, of 1836, and estimate for
fgurth quarter
679
Receipts from barik stock in 1828
5, 26
1829
•
85
J 830
217
1831
283
1832
377
1833
463
1834
627
1835
679




!

k for 3 quarters of 1836, and estimate for
;er
679
828
5
829
85
830
217
831
283
832
833
834
835
rter
is,
3 other
quarters
than ofcustoms
1836, and
and lands,
estiinated
in 1831
1829
18281830
for- 35, 463
377
627
309
246
679
104
26

INDEX.

.789
Page.

Receipts from all sources, other than customs and lands, in 1832
1833
1834
1835
from all sources, other than customs, and lands from 1st
January, to 30th September, 1836
Receipts, appropriations, and expendituresin each State in 1834.—
Statement of
.
,Receipts from customsin 1836.—Explanations of the estimates of
Receipts and expenditures in 1833/ 4, and '5.—General statement,
of estimates, appropriations
Receipts and expenditures on account of the Post Office Depart.
ment in 1836
Receipts in Treasury held in trust for certain objects in 1836
Receivers of public ! money relative to receipt of checks or drafts
of branches of the Bank of the United States.—Circular to all
Receivers of public money, to prevent frauds, speculations, and
monopolies, in thle purchase of the public lands.—Circular to
deposite banks and
R evenue.—{See Receipts.)
Revenue laws recommended.-r-Modification of.
Revenue.—Considerations taken into view in 1830, as regards future estimates of the
Revenue to the wants of the Government, after the payment of the
public debt.—Observations regarding the reduction of the
Revenue cutter service.—Relative to pay of officers in the
Revenue cutter service.—Suggestions for the improvement of the
Revolution.—Further provision recommended for the soldiers of the
Roads and canals to a proper extent.'—Expediency.of encouraging
the construction of
Roads and canals.—Quantity of lands granted to States and Territories for
Russia at different periods.—Currency of
Russia for 1822.—Tariff of duties of
-

399
483
627
679
713
608
631
654
681
714
618
764
12
90
224
92
481
227
233
662
617
71

S.
Saline reservations.—Quantity of land granted to States for
Salt in 1828.—Quantity, and amount of duty on
1829.—Quantity and amount of duty on
1830.—Quantity and amount of.duty on
1831.—Quantity and amount of duty on
1832.—Quantity and amount of duty on
Salt and drawback on pickled fish.—Relative to duty on
Salt imported into: United Stated from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.-Quantity and value of
Salt exported from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and value
of
.
'
Schools.-^Quantity of land granted to States for common
Scotland -in 1832.—Currency of
Scrip.—(See Lands.)



662
19
97, 98
238
299
389
92
166
210
662
617

790

•INDEX.
Pag-.e

Seats of Go.veriim'ent.— Quantity of land granted to States for
Selected State banks.—Report of Secretary of the Treasury, December,, 1834, on the present system of keeping and disbursing
the public money in •
Selected as depositories of the public money.—List of banks
Sefected banks.—|(S.ee Banks.)
Sicilies, in Treasury in'L836.—Amount of awards, under the convention with thje King of the Two
Silks and jvines.-4-Loss to United States by discriminating duties
in favor of French
Sinking fund act in 1820.—Reserved under the.
Sinking fund in 1830.- Estimate of sum anticipated to be at the
disposal of the qommi ssioners of the
Sinking fund in 1830.- Funds placed at the disposal of the commissioners of thje
Smuggling or illicjit trad e with adjacent foreign territories.—Suggestions for preventing
South Carolina inlresisti ng the execution of the revenue laws in
1832.—Relativej to steps taken to counteract the measures o f
Spain in 1782.—Cjurrency of
Spain in 1836.—Receipts and playments on account of indemnity
by

Specie imported into United States in each year, from 1821 to
1829, inclusive
.Specie exported frbm 18^1 to 1829, inclusive.—Amount of
Specie imported irito United States .in 1833-4.—Amount of gold
and silver bullion and*
Specie imported and exported in 1833 4.—Amount of gold and
silver bullion and
Specie, by refusing to resceive, on the part of the United States,
. bank notes of ai less denomination than $5.—Circular to encourage the circulation'of
Specie in banks, circulation, &c., in 1836.—Remarks .concerning,
the currency, operations of the'mint, and
Specie in circulation anc. banks in 1833-'4-'5-'6
Spices.—Suggestions for preventing frauds on revenue by smuggling, and for reducing duties on
Spirits in 1828.—Quant: ty and amount of duty on
1829.—Gluantity and amount of duty on
1830.—(Quantity and amount of duty on
1831.—Gluantity and amount of duty on
1832.—Quant: ty and amount of duty on
Spirits imported into Un ted States from 1821 to 1829, inclusive,
—Quantity and value of
Spirits exported fromJ 321 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and
value of
Spirits and refinedj sugar in 1828.—Drawback on distilled
_ 1829.—Drawback on distilled
1830.—Drawback on distilled
1831.—Drawback on distilled
1832.—Drawback on distilled.



662
557
601
714
476
10
88
13
295
617

681
128
176

620
625
678
694
696
91
19
98
238
299
388
143
190
1-8

96
236
297
38.6

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.791
Page.

State banks.—(See Banks.)
State~ in 1S34.—Statement of appropriations, expenditures, • and
collections irl each
608
States and Territories, for colleges, roads and canals, seats of
Government, saline reservations, and common schools.—Quantity of land granted to certain
662
Steamboats for the preservation of life and property.—Remarks
relative to regulation of
^
_
700
Stocks constituting the public funded debt in 1829
7
1830
7, 43,87
1831
87, 122, 219
1832
220,268
1833
286,330
1834
380,422.
1835
466,504
1836
681
Stock of Bank United States, for payment of public debt in 1833.
—Disposal of shares of the
222
Stocks to meet appropriations in case of deficiency in the Treasury.—Suggestion to empower the Secretary to sell bank and*
477
canal
"
"
'
Stocks owned by the United States.—List of canal and bank
536
Stock received in payment for public land.—Amount of Mississippi and United States stock and forfeited land
661
Stock in that bank.—Correspondence with the Bank of United
States relative to
663;
Stock—(See Land)—Forfeited land.
Stock of—(See Banjk United States.)'
Storing goods for benefit of drawback..—Regulations for
13
Sugar in 1828.—Quantity and amount of duty on
19
1829,.—Quantity and amount of duty on
97, 98
1830.—Quantity and amount of-duty on
238
1831—Quantity and amount of duty on
299
1832.-^Qiaantity and amount of duty on
388
Sugar imported into the United States from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and value of
147
Sugar exported from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and value of
194
Sugar recommended for protecting duty
230;
Sugar in 1829 and 1830.—Amount, of duty secured on
270
18Sugar in 1828.—Drawback on distilled spirits and refined
1829.—"Drawback on distilled spirits and refined
9&
1830.—Drawback on distilled spirits and refined
236
1831.—Drawback on distilled spirits and refined
297
1832.—Drawback on distilled spirits and refined
386
Surplus fund on 1st January,. 1830-.—Amount carried to the
7
1831.—Amount carried to the
87
1832;—Amount carried to the
219
1833.—Amount-carried to the
285
r
1834.—Amount carried to the
379

1835.—Amount carried to the
465.

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INDEX,

Surplus fund on 1st Jajiuary, 1836.—Amount carried to the
1837.—Amount carried to the
Surplus revenues-Considerations regarding the disposition of
Surplus in the Treasury in banks, on interest, or invest it in safe
stocks, for the purpose of income or revenue.--Suggestion for
deposite of
Surplus in the Treasury in 1836.—Explanation relating to the
Surplus in the Trjeasury in 1836, and suggestions for the disposition of it.—Remarks concerning the
Survey of the coast to the care of the Navy Department.—Relative to the transfer of
Surveyors "General of public lands, and operations of those offices
in 1831— Additional clerks'required in the offices of
Surveyors General of public lands, and operations of those offices
in 1832.—Additional clerks required in the offices of

Page.
628'
'681

228
477
643
'686

482
271
331

T
Tariff.—(See Duties on imports.)
Tariff of duties o|f Great Britain in 1835
45
France in 1822
61
Russia in 1822
71
, Naples in 1824
78
Tariff acts of 1830.—Reduction of duties under
89
Tariff of duties eqpal to the necessities of the Government:—Considerations shoying tie "propriety of rendering the
229, 289
Tariff of duties for.protection of .manufactures.merely, sjbould. be
. abandoned—Suggestions that a
384
Tariff act of 183$.- Inconveniences arising from not repealing
the
700
Tax in the Treasury in 1836.—Surplus proceeds of property sold
for direct
-I
714
Teas imported in 1828.- -Quantity and amount of duty on
19
'1829.- -Quantity and amount of duty on
97, 98
jl S30.-J— Quantity and amount of duty on
238
1831, Quantity and amount of duty 011
299
1832. -Quantity and amount of duty on
388
Teas imported in each 3 ear from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and value of
145
Teas exported from 182|L to 1829, inclusive.- -Qu an tity and value
of
192
Tonnage, (see Duties.)-j-Duties on imports and.
Tonnage and ligljt money in 1828.—Amount of duties on
18
1829.—Amount of duties on
96
1830'.—Amount of duties on
236
1831.---Amount of duties on
297
1832.—Amount of ditties 011
386
Tonnage employed in foreign trade in 1828.—Quantity of
18
1
- '
'
1829.—Quantity of
96
1
1830.—Quantity of
236
297
1831.—Quantity of



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Page.

Tonnage employed in foreign trade in 1832.—Quantity of
Trade with adjacent 'foreign territories.—Suggestions for the regulation of3 and to prevent illicit
Trade to prevent, smuggling.—Suggestions- for regulating the
coasting
Trade with the West Indies.—Suggestions for improvement of
Travellers from adjacent foreign territories are obliged to pay
duties on carriages and horses without benefit of drawback
Treasury building, and the necessity for providing a fire-proof
building.—Relative to the loss of valuable papers by the destruction of the '
Treasury office on an enlarged scale, and fire-proof.—Recommendation for rebuilding
Treasury warrant.:—Form of
Treasury Department.—Concerning the reorganization of the
Trust for certain objects.—Receipts into the Treasury held in

380
13
15
13
3S5
482
603
701
714

U.
Unavailable funds.—^(See Funds.)

Valuation or appraisement'of goods under act 28th May, 1830.—
Difficulties existing in the
Valuation of goods—Difficulty in establishing uniformity in the
duties owing to different
Value of goods be taken at the place of importation, and hot according to foreign'invoice.—Recommendation that the
Value and quantity of merchandise on which duties accrued in
1828
Value and quantity of merchandise on which duties accrued in
1829
'
'
Value and quantity of merchandise on which duties accrued in
1830
Value, and quantity ;of merchandise on which duties accrued in
1831
Value and quantity of merchandise.,on which duties accrued in
1832
'
Value of all imports from 1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Total
Value of foreign merchandise exported from United States, from
1821 to 1829, inclusive.—Quantity and
Value of imports paying duty and free of duty, and value of exports and consumption for 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835.—Statement of the
o
Value from year to year, (see Imports—Exports.)—Estimated.
Vessels.—-Regulation of licenses for coasting and
fishing
Virginia and United States military land warrants.—(See Lands.)




91
92
94
19
97
237
298
387
173
174
655
12

INDEX.
Page.

W.

13
W arehouses for stbring' ^oodSj &c. recommended.—The erection of
603
Warrant.—Formlof Treasury
Warrants, <fcc. received in payment for public lands.—Amount of
661
military land -|
Warrants.—(See Lands
481
Weights and measures.—Relative to the preparation of the new
West Indies.—Su'ggesti Dns for improvement of trade with the
15
Wines in 1828, {Quantity
'~
19
and amount of duty on
97, 98
1829.-4-Q.uar tity and amount of duty on
237, 238
1830.-4Quar tity and amount of duty on
298, 299
1831.-|Quar tity and amount of duty on
1°832.-^-Quantity and amount of duty on
387, 388
Wines imported; from 1821 to 1829, inclusiye.—Quantity and
142
value of
j
Wines exported jfrom 1821 to 1829, inclusive—Quantity and
value of
j
189
Wines—Loss to |the United States by discriminating duties in
476
favor of French silks and
230
Wool and woollen goods recommended for protecting duties
Wool and woollens in 829 and 1830.—Amount of duty secured
269
Woollen goods.—[(See "^uties on.)