Tuesday, May 1.
Barred Claims.
Mr. Hillhouse, from the same committee, further reported as follows:
Resolved, That the Secretary for the Department of the Treasury report to the Senate, at their next meeting, the necessary provisions for guarding the Treasury of the United States from fraud and imposition on the removal of the statute of limitations, in relation to the following claims mentioned in his report of the 28th of April, 1810, viz:
1. Loan office certificates.
2. Indents for interest on the public debt.
3. Final settlement certificates.
4. Commissioners' certificates.
5. Army certificates.
6. Credits given in lieu of Army certificates cancelled.
7. Credits for the pay of the Army, for which no certificates were issued.
8. Invalid pension.
Also, how far the statute of limitations may with safety be removed, as to claims for personal services rendered in the Army of the United States, during the Revolutionary war, and the guard and checks necessary and proper to be adopted.
And the report was considered and agreed to.
Adjournment.
Mr. Crawford, from the joint committee, reported that they had waited on the President of the United States, who informed them that he had no further communication to make to the two Houses of Congress.
Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives that the Senate, having finished the business before them, are about to adjourn.
The Secretary having performed that duty, the President adjourned the Senate without delay.