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report by expressing "their satisfaction with the general management of the concerns of the Institution." -
Under the Resolve of the twenty first February 1824, the Attorney General was appointed an Agent to collect the several demands assigned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Maine, and also to institute any enquiries relative to certain bonds given for the performance of settling duties. Having completed the adjustment of demands entrusted to him for collection and settlement, the agent has given assurance that his report on the subject, will be made at an early day of the present session. He has ascertained that no bonds given for the performance of settling duties as described in the Resolve aforesaid, have been enforced or commanded and none have been paid, since the separation of this State from Massachusetts; and that by a Resolve of that Commonwealth, the time limited for the performance of the conditions expressed in said bonds, has been extended to the present year.    
I have received from Washington sundry documents showing the present situation of the joint claim of Massachusetts & Maine upon the General Government. This claim amounting to upwards of eight hundred thousand dollars, is for expenses incurred during the late war; and although for a number of years pending before Congress, its merits have never yet been the subject of discussion or particular examination by that body. Having been investigated with great