[518] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XXII, p. 328.

[519] January 31, 1883.

[520] See Senate Executive Document No. 14, Forty-Eighth Congress, 1st session.

[521] March 16, 1835.

[522] Letter of John Mason, Jr. to Secretary of War, September 25, 1837.

[523] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. V, p. 241.

[524] See report of Second Auditor and Second Comptroller to Congress, December 3, 1849.

[525] See report of Second Auditor and Second Comptroller to Congress, December 3, 1849.

[526] November 17, 1851.

[527] November 29, 1851.