...provide for the punishment of crimes and offences committed within the Indian boundaries;" the bill entitled " An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts ;" the bill entitled " An act making appropriations for the support of government for "the year I8l7f...

...the evil is the rigorous enforcement of a well digested system of scrutiny and control; and the 14th Congress made some progress towards this important...be found in the National Intelligencer, of December 20, 1816, and shows too clearly that a reformation was wanted. Much confusion, loss, and waste, were...

...drawback, on the exportation of gunpowder. Mr. Smith, also reported a hill, supplementary to the act, entitled " An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts;'' which was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, on Thursday...

...That the Conynittec of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending au act, entitled " An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts." approved the 3d of March, 1817, so as to reduce the number of Auditors, or Accounting Officers, of...

...of the Creek nation. Approved February 20, 1819 595 CHAPTER 54.— An act supplementary to the act, entitled '•An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts." Approved February 24, 1819, . . . 596 CHAPTER 55. — An act making provision for the civilization...

...1S23. Stated by RD. BURGESS. Pursuant to the provisions of the act of congress, passed 3d March J817, entitled an act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts, a transcript of the account so stated and settled was certified, for the purpose of maintaining a claim...

...and regula» tion of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," and of the act of the 3d March, 1817, entitled " An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts," I have the honor to transmit, herewith, a statement of the accounts which have remained unsetlled,...

...chiefs, warriors, or other Indians of the Creek nation, - - - - - - -51 An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts, - - - - 51 An act making provision for the civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier...

...regulation of the treasury, war, and navy departments," and the act passed on the 3rd of March, 1817, entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts," \ have the honor to transmit herewith the following documents, received from the third auditor of the...

...and factors, approved April twenty, eighteen hundred and eighteen ; an act supplementary to the act entitled " An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts," approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and nineteen ; the eighth section of the act making...