COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.

There are twenty Standing Committees in the Senate, appointed at the commencement of each Session of Congress; eighteen consist of five members, and two of three members each. In the appointment of the Standing Committees, the Senate proceeds by ballot, severally, to appoint the Chairman of each Committee, and then, by ballot, the other members necessary to complete the same; and a majority of the whole number of votes given, is necessary to the choice of a Chairman of a Standing Committee. All other Committees are appointed by ballot, and a plurality of votes makes a choice. All Bills on a second reading are considered by the Senate in the same manner as if the Senate were in Committee of the whole, before they can be taken up and proceeded on by the Senate, unless otherwise ordered. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE. 1. Foreign Relations.-Mr. WIL-11. Indian Affairs.-Mr WHITE, KINS, Chairman. Messrs Rives, Chairman. Messrs FrelinghuyForsyth, Sprague, and Mangum. sen, Tipton, Smith and Swift.

2. Finance.-Mr. WEBSTER, Chair-12. Claims Mr BELL, Chairman man Messrs. Tyler, Ewing, Wilkins and Mangum.

3. Commerce.-Mr. SILSBEE, Chair-13. man. Messrs. King, of Alabama, Wright, Waggaman and Sprague.

Messrs Brown, Naudain, Wright and Tipton.

Judiciary.--Mr. CLAYTON, Chairman. Messrs Bibb, Preston, Smith and Bell.

4. Manufactures.-Mr. FRELING-14. Post Office and Post Roads.-Mr

HUYSEN, Ch'u. Messrs Knight,

Morris, Linn, and Prentiss.

GRUNDY, Chairman Messrs Ewing, Rives, Clayton and Knight.

5. Agriculture -Mr. BROWN, Ch'n 15. Roads and Canals.-Mr HEN-
Messrs. Robinson, Kent, Wright,
and Swift.

6. Military Affairs.-Mr. BENTON, 16.
Chairman. Messrs Tipton, Pres-
ton, Clayton, and King.

7. Militia-Mr. ROBINSON, Ch'n. 17
Messrs Hendricks, Waggaman,
M'Kean and Clayton.

DRICKS, Chairman. Messrs Hill,
Southard, Shepley and Kent.

Pensions-Mr. TOMLINSON,
Ch'n Messrs Prentiss, M'Kean,
Tallmadge and Kane.

Revolutionary Claims.--Mr. MOORE, Ch'n Messrs Smith,| Hill, White and Shepley.

District of Columbia --Mr. CHAMBERS, Ch'n. Messrs Ty ler, Southard Bibb and Tomlinson

8. Naval Affairs. Mr. SOUTHARD, 18 Chairman Messrs. Bibb, Rob bins, Tallmadge and Chambers 9. Public Lands.-Mr. POINDEX-19. Contingent Expenses of Senate.TER, Chairman. Messrs Moore, Prentiss, M'Kean and Clay

Mr. KNIGHT, Chairman. Messrs
Tomlinson and Tallmadge.

10. Private Land Claims.-Mr. 20. Engrossed Bills.Mr. SHEPKANE, Chairman. Messrs Linn, Naudain, Poindexter and Silsbee.

LEY, Chairman.

and Robinson.

SELECT COMMITTEES.

Messrs Morris

French Spoliations prior to 1800.—Contested Seat in Senate.--Messrs. Messrs WEBSTER, Preston, Cham- POINDEXTER, Rives, Frelinghuybers, Grundy, and Prentiss. sen Wright and Sprague.

The Joint Commillee on the Library, consists of Messrs. Robbins, Poindexter, and Bibb, on the part of the Senate, and Messrs. E. Evereti, Wayne, and Loyall, on the part of the House of Representatives.

COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

All Committees are appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House, in which case they are appointed by ballot; and if upon the first ballot, the number required shall not be elected by a majority of all the votes given, the House then proceeds to a second ballot, when a plurality of votes prevails. There are twenty-nine Standing Committees in the House of Representatives; twenty one consisting of nine members, and eight of five members each. Twenty-three of these Committees are appointed at the commencement of each Session, and continue for one session only; six are appointed at the commencement of each Congress, and continue to the first session of the succeeding Congress. All the standing Committees have leave to report by bill or otherwise, upon any matter committed to them. The Standing Committees are

1. A Committee of Elections, to examine and report upon the certificates of election, or other credentials, of the members returned to serve in the House, and to take into their consideration all petitions, and other matters touching elections and returns.

2. A Committee of Ways and Means, to take into consideration reports of the Treasury Department, and all propositions relative to the revenue; to inquire into the state of the public debt or the revenue, and of the expenditure; to examine into the state of the several public Depart ments, and particularly into the laws making appropriations of moneys; and to report whether the moneys have been disbursed conformably with such laws; and, also, to report, from time to time, such provisions and arrangements as may be necessary to add to the economy of the Departments, and the accountability of their officers. In preparing bills of appropriation for other objects, the Committee of Ways and Means must not include appropriations for carrying into effect treaties made by the United States; and, where an appropriation bill shall be referred to them, which contains appropriations for carrying a treaty into effect, and for other objects, they are to propose such amendments as shall prevent appropriations for carrying a treaty into effect being included in the same bill with appropriations for other objects.

3 A Committee of Claims, to take into consideration all petitions and matters or things touching claims and demands ou the United States. 4. A Committee on Commerce, to take into consideration all petitions and matters or things touching the commerce of the United States.

5. A Committee on the Public Lands, to take into consideration all petitions and matters or things respecting the lands of the United States.

6. A Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to take into consideration all petitions and matters or things touching the post office and post roads.

7. A Committee for the District of Columbia, to take into consideration all petitions, matters, or things, touching the said District.

8. A Committee on the Judiciary, to take into consideration all petiions and matters or things touching judicial proceedings.

9. A Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to take into consideration !! petitions and matters or things touching claims and demands originatg in the revolutionary war, or arising the refiom.

10 A Committee on Public Expenditures, to examine into the state of

the several public Departments, and particularly into laws making appropriations of moneys, and to report whether the moneys have been disbursed conformably with such laws; and, also, to report, from time to time, such provisions and arrangements as may be necessary to add to the economy of the Departments, and the accountability of their fficers. 11 A Committee on Private Land Claims, to take into consideration all claims to land.

12. A Committee on Manufactures. 13. A Committee on Agriculture.

14 A Committee on Indian Affairs.

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The rules of the House assign no special duties to these Committees.

15 A Committee on Military Affairs, to take into consideration all subjects relating to the military establishment and public defence; and, also, to report, from time to time, such measures as may contribute to economy and accountability in the said establishment.

16 A Committee on Naval Affairs, to take into consideration all matters which concern the naval establishment; and, also to report, from time to time, such measures as may contribute to economy and accounta bility in the said establishment.

17. A Committee on Foreign Affairs, to take into consideration all matters which concern the relations of the United States with foreign nations, 18. A Committee on the Territories. to examine into their legislative, civil, and criminal proceedings, and to devise and report to the House such means as, in their opinion, may be necessary to secure the rights and privileges of residents and non-residents.

19. A Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to take into consideration all matters respecting pensions for services in the revolutionary war, other than Invalid Pensions.

20 A Committee on Invalid Pensions, to take into consideration all matters respecting Invalid Pensions.

21. A Committee on Roads and Canals, to take into consideration all petitions and matters or things relating to roads and canals, and the improvement of the navigation of rivers.

22. A Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business, to examine and report what laws have expired, or are near expiring and require to be reviv ed or further continued; also, to examine and report from the Journal of last session, all such matters as were then depending and undeter

mined.

23. A Committee of Accounts, to superintend and control the expenditures of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, and to audit and settle all accounts which may be charged thereon; and also to audit the accounts of the members for their travel to and from the Seat of Government, and their attendance in the House. Committees on so much of the Public Accounts and Expenditures—

24. As relate to the Department of State;
25. As relate to the Treasury Department;
26. As relate to the Department of War;
27 As relate to the Department of the Navy;
28. As relate to the Post Office; and.
29. As relate to the Public Buildings.

These six Committees are appointed at the commencement of a Congress, and continue to the 1st Sess. of succeeding Congress.

It is the duty of the six foregoing Committees to examine into the state of the accounts and expenditures respectively subinitted to them, and to

inquire and report particularly-Whether the expenditures of the re-
spective Departments are justified by law: Wheth the claims from
time to time satisfied and discharged by the respective Departments are
supported by sufficient vouchers, establishing their justness both as to their
character and amount: Whether such claims have been discharged out
of funds appropriated therefor; and whether all moneys have been dis-
bursed in conformity with appropriation laws: and whether any, and
what provisions are necessary to be adopted, to provide more perfectly
for the proper application of the public moneys, and to secure the Gov-
ernment from demands unjust in their character, or extravagant in their
amount. And it is, moreover, the duty of the said Committees to report,
from time to time, whether auy and what, retrenchment can be made in
the expenditures of the several Departments, without detriment to the
public service; whether any, and what, abuses at any time exist in the
failure to enforce the payment of moneys which may be due to the United
States from public defaulters or others; and to report, from time to time,
such provisions and arrangements as may be necessary to add to the econ-
omy of the several Departments, and the accountability of their officers.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(The Chairman is the first named on each Committee.)

1. On Elections.-Messrs. Clai 18.
borne, Griffin, Hawkins, of N. C.
Banks, Vanderpoel, Jones, of Ga.
Peyton, Hamer and Hannegan.
On Ways and Means-Messrs.9.
Polk, Wilde, Cambreleng, Gor-
ham, MeKim, Binney, Loyall,
McKinley and Hubbard.

On the Judiciary.-Messrs. Bell of Ten. Ellsworth, Foster, Gor don, Beardsley, Thomas, of Md Hardin, Parks and Pierce of N.H. On Revolutionary Claims. Messrs. Muhlenberg, Crane, Bates Standefer, Boulding Marshall, Young, Baylies and Turrill.

3. On Claims-Messrs Whittle-10. On Public Expenditures.sey, of Ohio, Barber, McIntire, Grennell, H. King, Gholsou, Cramer, Forester and Bynum. 4. On Commerce.-Messrs. Suther land, Davis, of Mass.; Harper, of N. H.; Foot, McKay, Lawrence, Pinekney, Heath and Selden.

Messrs. Davenport, Lyon, Page, Clark of Penn Tweedy, Gillet, Hall, of Vt. McLene and Kinnard. 11. On Private Land Claims Messrs. Johnson of Tenn. Mardis, Carr, Galbraith, Mann of N. Y Cage, Felder, Casey and Bull.

5. On the Public Lands.-Messrs. 12. On Manufactures-Messrs. Ad

6.

Clay, Duncan, Boon,

Mason,

Clayton, Slade, of Vt. Leavitt,
Ashley and Inge.

On Post Office and Post Roads.
-Messys. Connor, Kavanagh,
Pearce, of R. I.; Thomas, of Lou.
Briggs, Murphy, Lane, Lytle,
and Laporte.

ams, of Mass Huntington of Con. Denny, Davis of S. C. Corwin, Dickerson, Martindale, McCo mas and Osgood.

13. On Agriculture.-Messrs. Bockee, Taylor of Va. Hathaway, Barnitz, Bean, Dunlap, Clowney, Turner and Davis of Ky.

7. On the District of Columbia.-14. On Indian Affairs.-Messrs.

Messrs. Chinn, W. B Shepard,
McKennan, Stoddert, Allen, of Va
Dennis, Heister, Fillmore, Taylor,
of N. York.

Lewis, Gilmer, McCarty, Everett of Vt. Graham, Allen of Ohio, Dickinson of Ten. Howell, Love, 15. On Military Affairs.-Messi's,

Johnson of Ky. Vance, Speight,
Ward, Blair of S. C. Thompson

ness-Messrs. Dickson, Harrison, McVean, Shinn, Beatty.

of Ohio, Burd, Coffee and Bunch. 23. On Accounts.-Messrs. Mann

16. On Naval Affairs.-Messrs. White of NY. Milligan, Wat

of Pa. Lee of N, J. Mitchell of N. Y. Crockett and Miller.

mough, Patton, Lansing, Reed, 24. On Expenditures in Depart

Grayson, Parker and Smith 17. On Foreign Affairs.-Messrs. Archer, Everet of Mass. Wayne, McDuffie, Hall of N. C. Coulter, 25. Jarvis, Pierson and armichael. 18. On Territories.-Messrs. Williams, Allan of Ky. Putts, John

ment of Stale.-Messrs. A. H. Shepperd, Day, Beaumont, Bodle and Patterson.

On Expenditures in Department of the Treasury-Messrs. Allen of Vt. P C. Fuller. Harper of Pa. Spangler and Clark of N.Y.

ment of War.-Messrs. Whittlesey of N. Y. Deberry, Chambers, Webster, and Halsey.

son of N. Y. Anthony, Wilson, 26. On Expenditures in DepartJones of Ohio, Ewing, Gamble. 19. On Revolutionary Pensions.— Wardwell, Barringer, Tompkins. Moore of Va. Lea, Deming, W K. Fuller, Fowler and Bell of O. 20 On Invalid Pensions.-Messrs. Burges, Evans, Beale, Schley,

27. On Expenditures in Department of Nary.-Messrs. Hall of Me. Huntingdon of N. Y Ramsay, Sloane and Van Houten.

Adams of N. Y. Schenck, Chilton, 28. On Expenditures in Department Chaney and Mitchell of Ohio.

21. On Roads and Canals.-Messrs.

of Post Office.-Messrs. Hawes, Fulton, Burns, Wagener, Lay.

Mercer, Blair of Tenn. Vinton, 29. On Expenditures on Public

Stewart, Rencher, Johnson of Md.)
Lucas, Pope and Slade of III.

22. On Revisal and Unfinished Busi

Buildings-Messrs. Whallon, Darlington, Brown, Henderson and Hard.

SELECT COMMITTEES.

1. On Mililia.-Messrs. Hubbard, 4. Assay Offices, &c.-Messrs. Con

Griffin, M'Carty, Lyon, Plummer, Hazletine, Beall, Graham, and Anthony.

2. On the Public Buildings--Messrs 5 Jarvis, Ward, Watmough, Thomas, Lou. and Lytle.

3 Gold and Silver Coins.-Messrs.

nor, Blair, S. C. Gordon, Mann,]
Pa. Kavanagh, Schley, and Lee,
N. J.

On Patents and Patent Laws.-
Messrs Vinton. Bullard, Slade,
Vt. Stoddert, Moore, Va. Fill-
more, Galbraith, and Schenck.

C. P. White, Gorham, White, La 6. On Engrossed Bills.-Messrs
Wise, Pinckney, Barnitz, and
Turner.

M'Keunan, Dickson, Briggs, Mason, Me. and Deming.

COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE.

It is a standing order of the day, throughout the session, for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, in which every proposition for a charge upon the people, and for appropriations of moneys, must be first discussed.

No sum or quantum of tax or duty, voted by a Committee of the Whole House, can be increased in the House until the motion or proposition for such increase shall be first discussed and voted in a Committee of the Whole House; and so in respect to the time of its continuauce.