ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SENATORS. ...... Alabama. Samuel Bell............New Hamp. Gabriel Moore........ ........ Alphabetical List of Representatives, with the number of the District represented by each member; and the number of the Standing Committee of which each is a member; where the name is in italic, it indicates the Chairman of a Standing Committee. District. Com'tee. Com'tee. District. 12 John Quincy Adams..Mass. 1211 James M. Bell........ Ohio 19 8 John Adams .......... N. Y. 20 2 Horace Biuney........ Penn. 2 4 Heman Allen.......Vermont 25 1 John Blair........ ......... Tenn 21 20 John J Allen...... Virginia 7 5 Abraham Bockee......N. Y. 13 10 Chillon Allan................................Ky. 18 7 Charles Bodle........N. Y. 24 7 William Allen..........Ohio 14 1 Ratliff Boon.......................Indiana 16 Joseph B Anthony....Penn. 1511 James W. Bouldin.......Va. 10 William S. Archer. 5 1 6 Va. 7 George N. Briggs...... Mass. *1 William H. Ashley...... Mo. ..... 18 11 Charles A. Barnitz.... Penn. 13 18 George Burd.......... Peun 8 Daniel L Barringer....N. C. 19*1 Tristam Burges.........R. I 8 Isaac C Bates........Mass. 9*2 Robert Burns......N. H 1, 28 10 William Baylies.. ..... Mass. 9 2 Jesse A Bynum........N. C. 16 James M. H Beale......Va. 20*1 Harry Cage...... Miss Benning M. Bean.....N. H. 13 3 C C. ambreleng.....N. Y. 2 17 Samuel Beardsley.....N. Y. 84 Robert B Campbell....S. C. 4 Martin Beaty Ky. 13 2 Richard B. Carmichael..Md. 15 Andrew Beaumont.....Penn 24 3 John Carr ... ..........Indiana 11 7 John Bell, Speaker)..Tenn. 2 Zadok Casey.........Illinois 5 * ..... District. Com'tee. District. .... Com'tee. 8 1 4 2 12 George Chambers..Pep. 11, 26 6 George Grennell, jr....Mass. 14 9 John Chaney............Ohio 20 9 John K Griffin.... ....S. C. 1 6 Thomas Chilton....Kentucky 20 6 Joseph Hall.... .Maine 27, 6 6 Joseph W Chinn.. Virginia 71 Hiland Hall........Vermont 14 Nathan H. Claiborne .Va. 1 3 Thomas H. Hall.......N. C. 17 25 Samuel Clark.. ..N. Y. 25 22 Nicoll Halsey ....N. Y. 26 10 William Clark........ Penn 10 5 Thomas L Hainer......Ohio 1 C. C Clay..........Alabama 5 7 Edward A. Hannegan..Ind. 1 Augustine S. Clayton.. Ga. 5 33 Gideon Hard........N. Y 1, 29 5 William K. Clowney S. C 12, 13 7 Benjamin Hardin, ...Ky. 8 *2 John Coffee.........Georgia 15*3 Joseph M. Harper.....N. H 11 Henry W. Connor.....N. C. 62 James Harper.... .Peun. 25 4 Thomas Corwin.. .... Ohio 225 Samuel S Harrison.... Penn 22 19 Richard Coulter.... ..Penn. 17 22 Samuel G Hatheway..N. Y. 13 11 John Cramer..........N Y 12 6 Micajah T Hawkins..N C. 1 3 Joseph H. Crane.......Ohio 9 2 Albert G Hawes...... ..Ky 28 12 David Crockett Tennessee 23 31 Abner Hazeltine.... ..N. Y 10 4 Edward Darlington.... Penn. 29 4 James P. Heath ... .... Md 4 2 Warren R. Davis.. ....S C. 14 Joseph Henderson.....Pen 29 11 Amos Davis..... ..Kentucky 11 4 William Hiester......Penn. 7 12 Thomas Davenport... ..Va. 10 27 Edward Howell........N. Y. 14 24 Rowland Day.... .....N. Y. 24*4 Henry Hubbard........N. H 7 Edmund Deberry......N C 26 1 Abel Huntington ..N. Y. 27 22 Harmar Denny. Penn. 12 10 William M. Inge......Tenn 5 26 John Dickson.... ..N Y 22 9 William Jackson......Mass 10 1 Philemon Dickerson....N. J. 12*3 Ebenezer Jackson......Conn. 12 8 David W. Dickinson..Tenn. 14 5 Henry F Janes ....Vermont 20 13 William C. Dunlap ...Tenn. 137 Leonard Jarvis.......Maine 17 4 George Evans....... .Maine 6 William Cost Johnson 4 Edward Everett.. Mass. 17 13 Richard M Johnson ...Ky 15 3 Horace Everett....Vermont 14 20 Noadiah Johnson......N. Y. 18 2 John Ewing.. ......Indiana 1811 Cave Johnson......... Teun. 11 6 John M. Felder........S C. 1 Henry Johnson..........................Lou. 3 Charles G. Ferris......N Y. 10*6 Seaborn Jones......Georgia 32 Millard Fillmore......N. Y. 718 Benjamin Jones........Obio 18 5 John B. Forester.....Tenn. 3 3 Edward Kavanagh....Maine *3 Thomas F. Foster ..Georgia 8 19 Daniel Kilgore .........Ohio *2 Samuel Fowler........N. J. 19 8 30 Philo C Fuller........N. Y. 25 23 William K Fuller ..N Y. 19 5 18 John H. Fulton.. Virginia 3, 28 10 25 John Galbraith.... .... Penn 1117 John Laporte....... ..Penn. 6 29 George W. Lay....N. Y. 19, 28 3 Luke Lea .......................... ..Tenn 19 3*3 Thomas Lee ........ ..N. J. 23 45 Robert P. Letcher Ky 17 .... 4 R. L. Gamble......Georgia 3 Rice Garland,..........................Lou. 9 James H. Gholson.. ..Va 14 Ransom H. Gillet.... N. Y. Md 21 4 6 5 George R Gilmer.. Georgia 14 4 13 William F. Gordon Virginia 1 Benjamin Gorham....Mass. .... Dixon H Lewis........Ala. 85 Levi Lincoln..................... ....! ..Mass. 5 9 James Love......................................Ky 14 12 James Graham......................N. C. 14 2 George Loyall.............. Virginia 2 8 William J Grayson....S. C. 1615 Edward Lucas...... Virginia 21 District. Com'tee. District. Com'tee. 1 Chittenden Lyon.......... Ky 1010 Abraham Rencher.. ..N. C. 21 Lucius Lyon.......Michigan 3 John Reynolds Illinois 21 4 John Robertson...... .Virginia 8 ..... 1 Robert T. Lytle........Ohio 16 Abijah Mann, jr.. ....N. Y. 11*5 Ferdinand S. Schenck..Ñ. J. 20 William Schley.....Georgia 6 5 Joel K. Mann......... Penn. 237 7 Richard J. Manning....S. C. 12 Henry C. Martindale..N. Y. 12 1 12 Thomas A. Marshall ....Ky 99 Auguste H. Shepperd.. N. C. 24 3 Samuel W. Mardis......Ala. 11*6 William N. Shinn...... N. J. 22 3 John Y. Mason......Virginia 5 Moses Mason, jr......Maine 2 William Slade......Vermont 5 15 Jonathan Sloane.. .... Ohio 27 9 1 William L. May......Illinois 11 2 Francis O. J. Smith.. aine 16 4 Jonathan McCarty..Indiana 14 13 David Spangler...... ..Ohio 25 19 William McComas.. Virginia 12 4 Jesse Speight..........N. C. 15] 1 Rufus McIntire.......Maine 34 James Standifer ...... Tenn. 5 James J. McKay .....N. C. 15 1 John N. Steele..........Md. 7 21 T. M. T. McKennan..Penn. 720 Andrew Stewart.......Penn. 21 2 8 John T. Stoddert........Md. 21 Joel B. Sutherland....Penn. ...Md. 3 8 6 5 Isaac McKim ........... 2 John McKinley 8 Jeremiah McLene ......Ohio 10/23 William Taylor......N. Y. 22 15 Charles McVean......N. Y. 22 5 William P. Taylor.. Virginia 13 7 Charles F. Mercer ..Virginia 21 7 Francis Thomas. .......Md 13 Jesse Miller ..Penn. 20 2 Philemon Thomas.. ...Lou. ........ *1 John J Milligan........ .... Del. 16 17 John Thomson .........Ohio 15 *4 Phineas Miuer........ ....Conn. 33 Christopher Tompkins....Ky. 19 21 Henry Mitchell........N. Y. 23 *2 Joseph Trumbull......Conn. 18 12 Robert Mitchell........Ohio 20 3 James Turner...........Md. 13 17 Samuel McD. Moore....Va. 19 17 Joel Turrill.... ....N. Y. 9 3 John J. Morgan........N. Y. 4*5 Samuel Tweedy......Conn. 10 9 Henry A. Muhlenberg..Penn. 910 Joseph Vance.......................Ohio 15 5 John Murphy.... .........................Ala. 6 8 Aaron Vanderpoel.....N. Y. 17 3 Gayton P. Osgood..Mass. 12, 232 Isaac B. Van Houten..N. Y. 27 19 Sherman Page ..N. Y 10 6 Samuel F. Vinton..... Ohio 21 8 Gorham Parks........Maine 87 David D. Wagener. .. Penn. 28 4 James Parker..........N J. 16 4 Aarou Ward..........N. Y. 15 8 John M. Patton ....Virginia 17 18 Daniel Wardwell .... N. Y 19 14 William Patterson......Ohio 24 3 John G. Watmough.. .Penn. 16 *2 Dutee J. Pearce... ..R. I. 48 James M. Wayne....Georgia 17 6 Balie Peyton.................. .Tenn. 17 2 Taylor Webster........Ohio 26 2 Stephen C. Phillips.... Mass. 413 Reuben Whallon .....N. Y. 29 3 Francis W Pickens....S. C. 3 Campbell P. While....N. Y 16 *5 Franklin Pierce........N. H. 8 Joseph M., White.... Florida ...... .... 9 Job Pierson............N Y. 17 28 Frederick Whittlesey...N. Y. 26 416 Elisha Whittlesey......Ohio 3 *9 Richard H. Wilde ..Georgia 1 Henry L Pinckney....S. C. Franklin E. Plummer..Miss. 2 Edgar C. Wilson.... Virginia 18 9 James K. Polk........Tenn. 213 Lewis Williams........N. C. 5 8 Patrick H. Pope........Ky 21 21 4 David Potts, jr........Penn, 18 1 6 Robert Ramsay.. .... Penn. 27*6 Ebenezer Young......Conn. 9 11 John Reed...... ..Mass. 16 *Elected by General Ticket. § Delegates. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. JOHN FORSYTH, of Georgia, Secretary, $6000 per annum. The Department of State was created by the act of 15th September, 1789. Previous to that period, by act of 27th July, 1789, it was denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary is, exofficio a Commissioner of the Sinking Fund, and, by usage, a member of the cabinet. He conducts the negotiation of all treaties between the United States and foreign powers; and corresponds, officially, with the public ministers of the United States at foreign courts, and with the ministers of foreign powers resident in the United States. He performs also the main duties of what, in other governments, is called the Home Department. He has the charge of the seal of the United States, but cannot affix it to any commission until signed by the President, nor to any other instrument or act, without the special authority of the 'resident. He is, by law, entrusted with the publication and distribution of all the acts and resolutions of Congress; and all treaties with foreign! nations and Indian tribes. He preserves, also the original of all laws and treaties and of public correspondence growing out of the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations; and is required to procure and preserve copies of the statutes of the several States. He grants passports to American citizens visiting foreign countries; preserves the evidence of copy rights, and has control of the office which issues patents for useful inventions. He holds his office at the will of the President. CLERKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. ASBURY DICKINS, Chief Clerk... $2000 00 1600 00 1500.00 Francis Markoe, Jr.... Benjamin C Vail,... Lewis Randolph,.. Diplomatic Bureau..... 1400 00 1400 00 ........ .... 1400 00 1400 00 Home Bureau..... 900 00 800 00 Andrew T. McCormick, George Hill,.. Thomas W. Dickins, Robert Smith Chew..... Thomas P. Jones, Keeper of Archives...... Robert Greenhow, Translator and Librarian.......... Edward Stubbs, Disbursing agent*............ * Mr. Stubbs is also Superintendent of the building occupied by the Department, for which he receives an annual compensation of 250. Thomas Johns, Clerk...... ............... ..........................................1000 00 Robert Mayo, Clerk. COPY RIGHTS. An Act supplementary to the act to amend the several acts respecting copy rights.* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted States of America, in Congress assembled, That all deeds of instruments in writing, for the transfer or assignment of copy rights, being proved or acknowledged in such manner as deeds for the conveyance of land are required by law to be proved or acknowledged in the same State or district, shall and may be recorded in the office where the origi|nal copy-right is deposited and recorded; and every such deed or instrument that shall in any time hereafter, be made and executed. and which shall not be proved or acknowledged and recorded as aforesaid, within sixty days after its execution, shall be judged fraudulent and void against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for valuable consideration without notice. SEC. 2. And be it further, That the Clerk of the District Court shall be entitled to such fees for performing the services herein authorized and required, as he is entitled to for performing like services under existing laws of the United States. [Approved June 30, 1834.] *For this act, passed February 3, 1831, see Vol. X. p. 100. Information to Persons having business to transact at the Patent Office. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Sept. 30, 1834 The Acts of Congress, of a general nature, which relate to patents for inventious and improvements in the useful arts, are those of February 21, 1793; April 17, 1800; February 15, 1819; July 3, and July 13, 1832. Patents are grante" for "any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, not known or used before the application " [Act of 1793 sec. 1.] The term for which a Patent is granted is fourteen years. A patent cannot be prolonged or renewed beyond that term, except by a special act of Congress Patents may be granted to citizens of the United States [Act of 1793, sec 1,1 to aliens who shall have resided thereiu for two years, [Act of 1800, sec. 1,] and to aliens who, at the time of petitioning for a patent, shall be resident in the United States, and shall have declared their intention, according to law, to become citizens thereof." Act of July 13, 1832, sec. 1.] A patent granted to an alien of the description last mentioned, will be void, if the invention is not introduced into public use in the United States within one year; or if, for any period of six months, after such introduction, it shall not continue to be publicly used and applied in the United States; or if the inventor shall fail to become a citizen of the United States at the earliest period at which he may be entitled. [Act of 13th July, 1832.] Joint inventors are entitled to a joint patent: but neither can claim one separately. A patent obtained surreptitiously, or upon false suggestion, will be set aside upon application to the proper court. [Act of 1793, sec. 10.] |