JOHN TYLER.

[Footnote 77: Transmitting names and compensation of employees and

witnesses in connection with the commission of inquiry relative to

the public buildings in Washington, D.C.]

WASHINGTON, _June 25, 1842_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

I have this day approved and signed an act, which originated in the

House of Representatives, entitled "An act for an apportionment of

Representatives among the several States according to the Sixth Census,"

and have caused the same to be deposited in the office of the Secretary

of State, accompanied by an exposition of my reasons for giving to it my

sanction.

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