M. VAN BUREN.
WASHINGTON CITY, _June 29, 1840_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit the inclosed report of the Secretary of War, with
accompanying documents, furnishing all the information the Department
has been able to obtain in relation to any violation of or desire on the
part of Great Britain to annul the agreement entered into between that
Government and the United States in the month of April, 1817, relative
to the naval force to be maintained upon the American lakes, called for
by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th March last.
M. VAN BUREN.
Hon. R.M. JOHNSON,
_President of the Senate_.
SIR: I transmit herewith to the Senate a statement from the Secretary of
the Navy of the transfers which have been made since the commencement of
the present year from different appropriations for the naval service to
other appropriations for the same service, which had become necessary
for the public interests.
The law under which these transfers were made conveys no authority for
refunding the different amounts which may be transferred.
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