JAMES MADISON.

JANUARY 17, 1817.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the Government for the year 1816.

JAMES MADISON.

JANUARY 23, 1817.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate a report[138] of the Acting Secretary of War, in compliance with their resolution of the 8th instant.

JAMES MADISON.

FEBRUARY 7, 1817.