Message from the president of the United States [electronic resource] : accompanying an official statement of the expenditure, to the end of the year 1796, from the sums heretofore granted to defray the contingent charges of the government. 15th February 1797, ordered to lie on the table. 16th February 1797, referred to the committee of the whole House, to whom was committed, on the third instant, the bill making appropriations for the support of government, and a partial appropriation for the military establishment, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. Published by order of the House of Representatives.