Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the favorable circumstances in the condition of our country under which you reassemble for the performance of your official duties.
Second Annual Message
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I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, indicating the importance of an extension of the authority given by the sixteenth clause of the first section of the act entitled 'An act providing for the salaries of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes,' approved 9th May, 1836.
I transmit herewith, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 11th March last, a report from the Secretary of War
It is understood that their respective examinations will throw new light upon the subject in controversy...
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