of September last from the sums heretofore granted to defray the
contingent expenses of Government by acts passed the 26th day of March,
1790, and the 9th of June, 1794.

Go. WASHINGTON.



UNITED STATES, _December 11, 1794_.

_Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives_:

I transmit to you, for consideration, a representation made to me by
the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of constituting an officer
to be specially charged with the business of procuring certain public
supplies.[15]

Go. WASHINGTON.

[Footnote 15: For the Army and Navy.]



UNITED STATES, _December 16, 1794_.

_Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives_:

I transmit to Congress the copy of a letter from the Secretary of State,
with his account, as adjusted with the Treasury Department, of the
expenditure of moneys appropriated for our intercourse with foreign