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XXIX.

STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER AND DESIGNATION OF PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1848.

[From a letter of the Secretary of State to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, dated December 12, 1848.]

States in which the Passengers arrived.

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Great Britain and Ireland, | 148,212 | France,

7,743

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2,968 Prussia,

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These tables include only those who were entered at the custom-house. If those who came to the United States by way of the British Provinces, and those not regularly entered at any custom-house, were reckoned, the number would be much increased.

Some trifling errors, probably typographical, exist in the tables of the Secretary's letter. These have been corrected when the means were at hand; but some may still be noted above.

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5,263

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170,749,453

40,502,979 211,252,432

7,884,035

Total, near Jan. 1, 1848, 169,776,030 35,932,008 205,708,038 8,521,671

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1847, 165,129,900 51,781,654 216,911,554
44,388,805 224,023,827

9,072,939

9,930,052

These tables are believed to be very accurate, being compiled almost exclusively from official reports made by the Treasurers and Auditors to the Legislatures of the several States, near the 1st of January, 1849. The account of the State debts, in particular, is full, and may be depended upon; that of the several kinds of property owned by the States of course is more defective, for the State archives seldom afford complete materials for accurate accounts of this sort, and the property is sometimes estimated at a nominal valuation, which is much above its market value. The editor of the American Almanac respectfully invites his correspondents in the

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5,062,310

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1847, 17,631,553 108,643,384 30,660,945 " 1846, 16,608,719 110,396,552 23,232,715

several States to communicate such errors as they may detect in these tables, and they will be republished in the volume for 1851 in a revised and perfect condition. The object here is to give only a summary of the facts, so as to afford the means of comparing the States with each other. Their financial condition is shown at much greater length under the head of "Individual States." Official returns published in this work for 1843 (page 135) showed that the total of the debts of the States in 1842 was $198,818,736. It is apparent, then, that there has been no great reduction of these debts.

XXXI. CONGRESS.

THE Congress of the United States consists of a Senate and House of Representatives, and must assemble at least once every year, on the first Monday of December, unless it is otherwise provided by law.

The Senate is composed of two members from each State; and, of course, the regular number is now 60. They are chosen by the Legislatures of the several States, for the term of six years, one third of them being elected biennially.

The Vice-President of the United States is the President of the Senate, in which body he has only a casting vote, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. In his absence, a President pro tempore is chosen by the Senate.

The House of Representatives is composed of members from the several States, elected by the people, for the term of two years. The Representatives are apportioned among the different States according to population. The 31st Congress is chosen according to the act of Congress of 1842, the ratio being 66 one Representative for every 70,680 persons in each State, and one additional Representative for each State having a fraction greater than one moiety of the said ratio, computed according to the rule prescribed by the Constitution of the United States." The law of 1842 also requires, that the Representatives of each State "shall be elected by districts composed of a contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative." The present number of Representatives is 231, and there are two Delegates, one each from Oregon and Minesota, who have a right to speak, but not to vote.

Since the 4th of March, 1817, the compensation of each member of the Senate and House of Representatives has been $8 a day, during the period of his attendance in Congress, without deduction in case of sickness; and $8 for every twenty miles' travel, in the usual road, in going to and returning from the seat of government. The compensation of the President of the Senate pro tempore, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is $16 a day.

THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. THE SENATE.

MILLARD FILLMORE, New York, President.

[The figures denote the expiration of the terms of the Senators.]

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Hannibal Hamlin, Hampden, 1851 Samuel S. Phelps, Middlebury, 1851 J. W. Bradbury, Augusta,

1853 William Upham, Montpelier, 1855

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