UNITED STATES, January 13, 1796.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
I lay before you an official statement of the expenditure to the end of the year 1795 from the sums heretofore granted to defray the contingent expenses of the Government.
Go. WASHINGTON.
UNITED STATES, February 29, 1796.
Gentlemen of the Senate:
I send herewith the papers relating to the negotiation of the treaty with Spain, to which I referred in my message of the 26th instant.[17]
Go. WASHINGTON.
Gentlemen of the Senate:
I send herewith a copy of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation between the United States and His Catholic Majesty, which has been ratified by me with your advice and consent. A copy of the treaty will be immediately communicated to the House of Representatives, it being necessary to make provision in the present session for carrying into execution the third and twenty-first articles, particularly the former, seeing that execution must commence before the next meeting of Congress.