January 7, 1831.
To the House of Representatives:
I beg leave to call the attention of Congress to the accompanying report from the Navy Department, upon the state of the accounts of the Navy in the office of the Fourth Auditor, and to suggest the necessity of correcting the evils complained of by early legislation.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Washington, January 11, 1831.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives:
I transmit to Congress a report of the Secretary of State, with the report to him from the Patent Office which accompanied it, in relation to the concerns of that office, and recommend the whole subject to early and favorable consideration.
ANDREW JACKSON.
(The same message was sent to the Senate.)
January 15, 1831.
To the Senate of the United States: