Among the persons appointed, during the last session, to offices
under the national government, there were some who declined
serving. Their names and offices are specified in the first
column of the foregoing list. I supplied these vacancies,
agreeably to the constitution, by temporary appointments, which
you will find mentioned in the second column of the list. These
appointments will expire with your present session, and indeed
OUGHT NOT TO ENDURE LONGER THAN UNTIL OTHERS CAN BE REGULARLY
MADE. For that purpose, I now nominate to you the persons
named in the third column of the list, as being in my opinion
qualified to fill the offices opposite to their names in the
first.