Report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred on the 2d of January last, a resolution of the House of Representatives

instructing them to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for extending the provisions of an act, entitled "An act providing for the payment of claims for property lost, captured or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes;" passed 9th of April, 1816. : March 11, 1818. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table