M. VAN BUREN.
SPECIAL MESSAGES.
WASHINGTON, _December 7, 1840_.
Hon. R.M.T. HUNTER,
_Speaker of the House of Representatives_.
SIR: I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in
relation to the navy pension fund, to which the attention of Congress is
invited, and recommend an immediate appropriation of $151,352.39 to meet
the payment of pensions becoming due on and after the 1st of January,
1841.
M. VAN BUREN.
WASHINGTON, _December 10, 1840_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit, for the action of the Senate, a communication from the
Secretary of War, on the subject of the transfer of Chickasaw stock to
the Choctaw tribe, which the accompanying papers explain.
M. VAN BUREN.
WAR DEPARTMENT, _December 10, 1840_.
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SIR: I have the honor to lay before you a communication from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the transfer of $500,000
Chickasaw stock to the Choctaws in execution of the compact of 17th
January, 1837, between those tribes, that if you think it advisable you
may assent to the proposed transfer and lay the matter before the Senate
for the sanction of that body.
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