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| Serial set 1459 | Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey showing the progress of the survey during the year 1870. | 1 |
| Serial set 1460 |
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1869 Clerks employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the number of clerks and other persons employed in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the different bureaus of the Treasury Department, during the year ended December 31, 1870. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Receipts of internal revenue officers in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 9, in relation to moneys received by the internal revenue officers in Virginia since the 1st day of April, 1869. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Names of persons employed in Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, the amount of their compensation, and time of employment. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Henry Willman. Message from the President of the United States, vetoing Bill H.R. No. 2566, for the relief of Henry Willman. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. W.P. Adair. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting the papers relative to the claim of W.P. Adair, of the Cherokee delegation. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Marcus Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution in relation to the further improvement of the harbor of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Durfee & Peck. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing an account of Messrs. Durfee & Peck, for rent of agency buildings at Fort Berthold. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Violation of internal revenue laws in Virginia. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 9, 1871, in relation to persons arrested in Virginia for violations of internal revenue laws. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Osage Indians in Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Osage Indians in Kansas. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Durfee & Peck. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the account of Messrs. Durfee & Peck for supplies furnished certain Indians during the winter of 1869. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the late fire at the Military Academy. February 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Monroe, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the further improvement of the harbor of Monroe, Michigan. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bridges across the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to bridges across the Ohio River. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Depredations by Apache Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for depredations committed by Apache Indians in May, 1870. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Service on mail route from Baltimore to New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of February 1, 1871, in relation to the amount of service performed on route no. 6462, from Baltimore, Maryland, to New Orleans, Louisiana. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the benefit of the Pottawatomie Indians. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Elections in California in 1868. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 6, transmitting correspondence with the Governor of California, relative to use of the military forces in preserving the peace at the election in 1868. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Navigation and collection of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill in relation to navigation and the collection of the Customs. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Sale of United States vessels of war, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1870, in relation to the sale of United States vessels of war, transports, and other vessels, during and since the conclusion of the war for the rebellion. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Indian service in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for expenses incurred and supplies furnished for the Indian service in Montana, from June, 1868, to July, 1869. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Tulalip Indian agency, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for a deficiency to pay outstanding indebtedness incurred by H.C. Hale, late sub-agent, during his administration of the Tulalip Indian agency, Washington Territory. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Eastern Cherokees. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, requesting an appropriation for the benefit of Eastern Cherokees. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Regulation of vessels proceeding up James River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting proposed bill for the regulation of vessels proceeding up the James River, in the State of Virginia. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fort Randall military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a bill for the relief of certain settlers upon the Fort Randall military reservation in Dakota Territory. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contracts for mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting reports, as required by the act of Congress to change the organization of the Post Office Department, &c. March 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Osage Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Osage Indian lands in Kansas. February 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ballard S. Humphrey. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to Ballard S. Humphrey, late first lieutenant First United States Artillery. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Pima and Maricopa reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the proposed extension of the survey of the Pima and Maricopa Indian reservation in Arizona. February 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to an appropriation to indemnify certain individuals in Paris for the amount expended by them in giving aid to distressed United States citizens there. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lands in Forest County, Pennsylvania. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 17, 1871, in relation to certain lands in Forest County, Pennsylvania. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Balances due from collectors of internal revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, 1870, transmitting a statement of the balances due from collectors of internal revenue who are not now in office. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Tonnage admeasurement. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, 1871, in relation to the inequality of tonnage admeasurement between American and foreign vessels. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Burning of Brenham, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the burning of the town of Brenham, Texas, by United States soldiers, as alleged, in the year 1866. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property, Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting inventory of public property in the Navy Department, &c., agreeable to the act of July 15, 1870. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. St. Paul Island, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the special agent of the Treasury Department, stationed at St. Paul Island, Alaska Territory, in charge of the seal fishery. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. United States District Attorney for Virginia. Letter from the Attorney General, in relation to the account of the United States District Attorney for Virginia, for services in the case of an attachment against the United States marshal, in the case of a habeas corpus issued by the circuit court of Richmond, Virginia, in behalf of one Patrick Woods. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Agency buildings in Creek and Seminole country. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, requesting an appropriation for erection of agency buildings in the Creek and Seminole country. February 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to meet the expenses of taking the ninth census. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contracts by P.M. General for stationery, etc. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to contracts made by him for supplying the Post Office Department with stationery, wrapping paper, cotton and hemp twine, and letter balances for one year from the 1st February, 1871. March 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Apache and Kiowa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for depredations committed by the Apache and Kiowa Indians. February 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1461 | Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1870. | 1 |
| Serial set 1462 |
Captain Samuel Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2565.) Communication from Captain Samuel Adams relative to the exploration of the Colorado River and its tributaries. December 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Ship-canal at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of St. Louis, asking for the construction of a ship-canal at the mouth of the Mississippi River. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Land ceded to Great Britain on northeastern boundary. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of the owners of certain land on the northeastern boundary ceded to Great Britain. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Income tax. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, addressed to Hon. Samuel Hooper, Chairman Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the income tax. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying memorial. Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. (To accompany H. Res. No. 443.) Memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. January 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Land titles in California. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2448.) Memorial of settlers in Sierra Valley, California. December 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Preemption claimants. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, praying for repeal of law relative to proof to be made by preemption claimants. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property. Letter from the Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives, transmitting a list of the public property of the United States in his possession. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of the public property of the United States in his possession. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati, relative to the bridge over the Ohio River at Cincinnati. December 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Removal of obstructions in Red River of the north. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking Congress for an appropriation to remove obstructions in the Red River of the North. January 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Public buildings in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking Congress for an appropriation to erect a suitable building for a custom-house, post office, and United States court-house at Pembina, in said territory. January 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ninth census. Letter from the Superintendent of the ninth census, addressed to Hon. W.B. Stokes, relative to field-work performed by assistant marshals. January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on the Ninth Census. Claim of Choctaw Nation. Memorial in behalf of the Choctaw Nation in relation to their claim to the net proceeds of their lands ceded to the United States by treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, September 27, 1830. January 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Annexation of Dominica. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the annexation of Dominica. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Thomas P. Beard. Memorial of Thomas P. Beard, claiming his seat as member of the House from Fifth Congressional District of Georgia. January 24, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. War between France and Prussia. Memorial of citizens of Washington, protesting against the cruelties practiced in the war between France and Prussia, and in favor of maintaining the Republic of France. January 19, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Accounts and ordered to be printed. Capitol Hill Savings Bank. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2518.) December 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Geological survey of Michigan. Joint resolution of the State of Michigan, asking for an appropriation for a geological survey of Michigan. December 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Stamped envelopes. Letter from the Postmaster General, addressed to the Hon. Henry L. Dawes, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the contract with Dempsey & O'Toole for stamped envelopes. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-first Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 5, 1870. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-first Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 5, 1870. list of reports to be made to Congress during the third session of the Forty-first Congress by public officers; prepared in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 5, 1870. Post routes in Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon praying for the establishment of certain post routes in the State of Oregon. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Indemnity to the United States in certain cases. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2437.) January 4, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. Siletz Indian reservation. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying that the Siletz Indian reservation in said state may be vacated and the Indians removed therefrom. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Eastern [i.e., northern] boundary of Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for a rectification of the eastern boundary of said state. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Railroad to Oregon [i.e., Arizona]. Petition of citizens of California, praying for railroad communication with Arizona. January 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Clerks employed in the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in his department. January 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses incurred by the legation at Paris. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Hon. H.L. Dawes, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, relative to extraordinary expenses incurred by the legation at Paris. January 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. Wagon road in Utah and Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a wagon road from Winnemucca, in the State of Nevada, to Pendleton, in the State of Oregon. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Wagon road in Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a wagon road from Snag Harbor to the Siuslaw Valley, in said state. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Falls of the Ohio and Louisville Canal. Letter from General Weitzel, (addressed to the Hon. James B. Beck) urging appropriations for the improvement of the Falls of the Ohio and Louisville Canal. December 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Printing done for private persons. Letter from the Congressional Printer, transmitting a statement of printing done under the act of June 25, 1864, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 7, 1870. December 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Importers of ribbons. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2590.) Memorial of certain importers of ribbons, praying Congress to give them relief. December 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Legislature of Dakota. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, asking for an extension of the time for the session of the legislature. January 7, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Umpqua River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for an appropriation for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Umpqua River. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Location of lands and salt springs in Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, praying for an extension of time for the location of certain lands and salt springs in said state. January 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House. December 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Revolutionary claims. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, addressed to Hon. S.H. Boyd, on Revolutionary claims and laws applicable thereto. January 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. Bridges over the Ohio River. Testimony taken by the Committee on Roads and Canals, in the Fortieth Congress, relative to bridges over the Ohio River. January 12, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Postal telegraph system in Europe. Communications from the officers of the postal telegraph system in Great Britain, Norway, etc., introduced by Mr. C.C. Washburn, relative to said system. January 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Postal Telegraph Lines, ordered to be printed, and recommitted. Indian confederacy. Papers relative to the confederacy of Indian tribes introduced by Mr. Shanks. January 24, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Navigation of Wabash River. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, instructing their senators in Congress and requesting their representatives to use all proper means to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the Wabash River. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Postal telegraph. Memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard, on the subject of postal telegraph system. January 19, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Postal Telegraph Lines and ordered to be printed. Wagon roads and bridges in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, asking for the construction of government wagon roads, and appropriations for bridging streams on said roads. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Navigation of Wabash River. Resolution of the Indiana Legislature asking for an appropriation for the improvement of the Wabash River. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sale of arms to France. Memorial of German citizens of the District of Columbia, praying for the revocation of the sale of government arms and munitions of war to the agents of the French government, who are waging war against a people friendly to this government. January 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Homestead to soldiers and sailors. Joint resolution of the Indiana Legislature in favor of homesteads for soldiers, without requiring occupancy of the same. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. German immigrants. Memorial of the German Society of New York, relative to the proceedings in Congress regarding immigration. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Men for practice ships at Annapolis. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, recommending that he be authorized to enlist three hundred men to constitute the crews of the practice ships at Annapolis. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Receipts and disbursements of Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. Report of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, showing the receipts and disbursements for the year ending June 30, 1870; with a statement of the salaries paid to the officers and teachers of the Institution. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed Amended rules of the House. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Report of the Surveyor General of Wyoming. Letter from the Commissioner of the Land Office, addressed to Hon. George W. Julian, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of the Land Office for Wyoming. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Judicial districts in Ohio. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Ohio, in favor of the division of the state into three judicial districts. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Homesteads to soldiers. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of homesteads to soldiers. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor and ship canal at Monroe. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the improvement of harbor and ship canal at Monroe, Michigan. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report of Washington and Georgetown R.R. Co. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting report of the transactions of said company during the year ending January 1, 1871. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounties. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana on the subject of equalization of bounties to soldiers. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public lands. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the donation of public lands. January 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to Hon. William Lawrence, transmitting list of the bonds issued to the several Pacific Railroad companies. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Congressional representation. Concurrent resolution to the Legislature of Illinois, relative to congressional representation. January 26, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. British ship Duke of Edinburgh. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, inclosing correspondence upon the subject of a claim of a British citizen for the destruction of the British ship Duke of Edinburgh by the steamer General McPherson, belonging to and in the service of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1463 |
Bridges over the Ohio River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting Congress to prohibit the construction of any bridges which may obstruct the navigation of the Ohio River, or impede the transit of boats and barges and their cargoes on said river. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Income tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to Hon. Samuel Hooper, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the income tax. February 6, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Forty-first Congress; II. Offices created and the salaries thereof; III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 4, 1871. Amendment of the bankrupt law. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, asking an amendment of the fourteenth section of the bankrupt law. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Montana Central Railroad. Memorial of the Executive Board of Trustees of the Montana Central Railroad Company, praying for a grant of public lands to aid in the construction of said road. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. McGregor and Mississippi [i.e., Missouri] Railroad. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Territory of Dakota, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the McGregor and Missouri River Railroad. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Irish Emigrant Society. Memorial of the Irish Emigrant Society of New York. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Navigation of Wabash River. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the Wabash River. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Stamped envelope contract. Evidence taken by the Committee on Appropriations, on the investigation of contract for stamped envelopes with Dempsey & O'Toole. February 28, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mail service in Texas. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Texas, calling attention to the great negligence and mismanagement which characterize the mail service of that state. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Major General E.R.S. Canby. Petition of citizens of Virginia, praying for an investigation into the conduct of Major General E.R.S. Canby in regard to the appointment of a sheriff of Pittsylvania County. February 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Public lands to railroads. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, requesting their senators and representatives in Congress to oppose all further grants of the public lands to railroad and other corporations, and approving the President's policy on that subject. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Production of iron steamships. Explanatory memoranda of the International Steamship Company, relative to the production of iron steamships, cost of iron and of ships, our ability to compete in these with Great Britain; advantages to the government and the people. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Building-yards and transatlantic steamers. Memorial of the International Steamship Company; synopsis of proposals to create building-yards and establish transatlantic steamers without other subsidy than postages as now established by law. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Repeal of income tax and franking privilege. Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Newark, N.J., for the repeal of the income tax and abolition of the franking privilege. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Removal of the capital. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, instructing members of Congress to vote against appropriations for permanent improvements in the City of Washington, and in favor of a removal of the national capital to a central portion of the Mississippi Valley. February 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Hon. A.M. Waddell. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina in relation to the disabilities of the Hon. A.M. Waddell and Sion H. Rogers. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. Settlers upon Cherokee Neutral Lands. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, requesting Congress to pass such laws as may be necessary to fully protect the rights of bona fide settlers upon the Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas, under the homestead and preemption laws, and the right of the state to the 16th and 36th sections for the support of common schools. February 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. New territory from Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota, asking for the organization of a new territory out of the northern portion of Dakota. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Beard vs. Corker. Testimony in the case of Beard vs. Corker, of the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Bridge over Big Sioux at Blue Earth City. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Territory of Dakota, asking an appropriation to build a bridge across the Big Sioux River at the crossing of the Sioux Falls and Blue Earth City Road. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Pensions to soldiers of the War of 1812. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to pensioning the soldiers of the War of 1812. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed. Bridge over the Big Sioux River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Territory of Dakota asking an appropriation to build a bridge across the Big Sioux River below the mouth of Rock River. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Oregon Indian reservations. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, in relation to Indian reservations in said state. February 6, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Tift vs. Whitely. Memorial of Nelson Tift, relative to the election in the Second Congressional District of Georgia. February 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Accounts between United States, Mississippi and other states. (To accompany H. Res. No. 379.) Papers relative to the settlement of accounts between the United States and Mississippi, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, submitted by Mr. Cook, from the Committee on the Judiciary. February 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary Bounties on articles used in constructing steam and sailing ships. Resolutions of the Council of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, asking Congress to allow bounties on all articles of domestic manufacture used in construction of steam and sailing ships engaged in foreign commerce equivalent to duties paid on imported articles used in building American vessels, &c. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Railroad from Cincinnati to Chattanooga. Memorial signed by four hundred and thirty citizens of Chattanooga, asking Congress to charter a railroad from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. February 16, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Ship-owners of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of ship-owners of the United States. February 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Literary fund. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, requesting aid of Congress in erecting a literary fund. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Tift vs. Whiteley. (Supplementary to Mis. Doc. No. 68, pt. 2.) Additional documents relative to the contested election case of Tift vs. Whiteley, in the Second Congressional District of Georgia. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Modification of grades near the Capitol. Letter from the Architect of the United States Capitol Expansion in relation to the modification of the grades in the vicinity of the Capitol. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. American Printing House for the Blind. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, requesting the senators and representatives of that state to favor the granting of aid by an appropriation of money to the board and regents of the American Printing House for the Blind. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Redick McKee. Memorial of Redick M'Kee, late disbursing agent of the Indian department in California, praying certain allowances. February 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Direct tax. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 3066.) Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, addressed to Hon. Mr. Maynard, relative to the direct tax. February 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Grant of land for railroad in Wisconsin. Memorial of citizens of Wisconsin, asking for regrant of land for railroad purposes, from St. Croix River to Bayfield, Wisconsin. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Tobacco and spirituous liquors. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, concerning internal revenue on tobacco and spirituous liquors. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Removal of the capitol [i.e., capital]. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, asking for the removal of the national capital to some more convenient and central location. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Breakwater at Marquette. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to make an appropriation for the completion of the breakwater at Marquette, on Lake Superior. February 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Removal of the national capital. Memorial of the Cincinnati convention, in relation to the removal of the national capital. December 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures. March 3, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Tift vs. Whiteley. Documents in connection with the contested election case of Tift vs. Whiteley, in the Second Congressional District of Georgia. February 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Public property in charge of Architect. Letter from the Architect of the U.S. Capitol Extension transmitting an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in and about the Capitol, President's house, and the Botanical Garden. January 25, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. George Chorpenning. Report of the Postmaster General in the matter of George Chorpenning. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Public lands to private corporations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, on the subject of granting public lands to private corporations. February 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. |
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Northwestern Boundary Commission. (To accompany H. Res. No. 464.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Bills for raising revenue. February 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Ventilation of Senate chamber and hall of House of Representatives. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. John Seys, Consul General to Liberia. February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. John E. Hagerty. (To accompany H. Res. No. 503.) February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. John Black. February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. George F. Robinson. (To accompany Joint Resolution H. Res. No. 501.) February 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Public highways in the District of Columbia. (To accompany H.R. No. 3018.) February 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. William H. Powell. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Library. Removal of the national capital. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Norman Wiard. February 28, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Brady's collection of historical portraits. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Joint Committee on the Library. Expulsion of cadets from Military Academy. February 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Settlers on certain lands in California. February 8, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Thomas H. Dowling -- claim to Yerba Buena. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Change and modification of bankrupt act. February 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Revision of the Laws. Senate chamber and hall of the House of Representatives. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. National asylum. March 2, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Logan H. Roots. February 28, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Two per cent. claim of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. February 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. William and Mary College, Virginia. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Reservation at Point San Jose, San Francisco. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2688.) January 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Telegraph between United States and foreign countries. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2591.) December 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Robert P. Chowden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2719.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Cherokee neutral lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indians Affairs. Cherokee Neutral Lands in Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. William M. Henry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2711.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Arlington property and national cemeteries. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2715.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Charles Pomeroy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2706.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry A. Messenger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2493.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. A.V. Richards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2720.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. John C. McQuiston and Jeremiah D. Skeen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2707.) January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mail steamship service in the Gulf of Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1955.) January 17, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Causes of the Reduction of American Tonnage. Apportionment of representatives to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2687.) January 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Contracts in the Treasury Department. March 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Elias C. Boudinot. February 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Affairs in the Indian department. February 25, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. Choctaw Nation. February 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Boyden vs. Shober. January 16, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Polly W. Cotton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2718.) January 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry Clay Williams. January 13, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Entries under homestead law. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2702.) January 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Navigation of the Mississippi River. January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. John L. Thomas, Jr. (To accompany H. Res. No. 471.) January 27, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Thomas Tyner. February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Ethan Ray Clarke [i.e., Clark] and Samuel Ward Clarke [i.e., Clark]. February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Claim of the State of New Hampshire. (To accompany H. Res. No. 226.) January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Claims. Victoria C. Woodhull. January 30, 1871. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. William McGarrahan. February 1, 1871. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 662.) February 3, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. To protect loyal and peaceable citizens of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 3011.) February 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Reconstruction. Government for the District of Columbia. February 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Sheafe vs. Tillman. January 10, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, the reports of Samuel B. Ruggles, delegate from the United States to the International Statistical Congress at the Hague, in the year 1869. March 31, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information as to the amount necessary to carry into effect the decision of the Supreme Court relative to bounties to soldiers. March 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating information relative to the unadjusted claims of the State of Florida arising out of the several Indian wars in that state. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating the report of the commission of inquiry to the island of Santo Domingo. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, information relative to the states ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution since March 30, 1870. March 17, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating the report of the Adjutant General on the claim of George W. Kirk. April 3, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, recommending that the act of July 15, 1870, be so amended as to allow the code of regulations prepared under that act to be in force and obeyed when approved by the President. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, information in relation to the mail-letting on route No. 17401, from Santa Fe to El Paso. March 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, a report from the Chief of Engineers upon the survey of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. March 31, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of March 13, 1871, proposals made by the International Steamship Company for establishing iron-ship building yards and docks. April 14, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of a reconnaissance of the Yukon River, Alaska Territory. July to September, 1869. By Captain Charles W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with resolution of the Senate dated April 13, 1871, statement of the representative and total population of the United States, as shown by the ninth census. April 17, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a copy of the reports made by Hon. William Whiting, on claims made by the subjects of foreign nations for damages in consequence of the war against the rebellious states. May 17, 1871. -- Read and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. May 19, 1871. -- Reported, considered, and agreed to. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, the report of a board of engineers appointed to examine and report upon bridges across the Ohio River. May 17, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
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Letter of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, in relation to the levee system of the Mississippi River. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River. May 26, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee appointed at a meeting of colored citizens of Frankfort, Ky., and vicinity, praying the enactment of laws for the better protection of life. April 11, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of granting additional bounties to soldiers enlisted in 1861 and 1862 and discharged before serving two years. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the payment of certain officers of colored troops in that state in 1862. March 30, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a national bureau of immigration. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of Joseph C. Abbott, claiming a seat in the Senate, from the State of North Carolina, for the term of six years, commencing March 4, 1871. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of the repeal of the duties on coal. March 18, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation to construct a light-house and fog bells at the mouth of Little Traverse Bay in the State of Michigan. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, calling attention to the condition of the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas. March 9, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking the establishment of certain mail routes in that state. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, addressed to Hon. J.F. Chaves, communicating a copy of the instructions issued to the Surveyor General of New Mexico August 21, 1854. March 13, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking a grant of the United States arsenal and grounds at Dearborn, Michigan, for state arsenal and military purposes. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the removal of the political disabilities of all persons engaged in the late Civil War. March 10, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, asking that the provisions of the act granting swamp and overflowed lands to the State of Arkansas and other states of the Union be extended to that state. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking an amendment to the Homestead Act. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Brief of protestants in the case of Foster Blodgett, claiming to be a senator-elect from the State of Georgia. March 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the extension of the jurisdiction of the Light-house Board over the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Petition of citizens of Eastern Nevada, praying that a land grant be made to aid is constructing a railroad running south from the Central Pacific Railroad, and through the eastern portion of said state. March 22, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John E. Bryant, protesting against the admission of Foster Blodgett to a seat in the Senate. March 21, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, asking the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into and report upon the outrages committed in that state during the past five years by bands of Indians living within the United States, and harbored within the Republic of Mexico. March 28, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, asking the establishment of weekly mail service from Wadsworth in that state to Fort Independence, California. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Tables prepared by George S. Wagner, showing the commencement, duration, and termination of each session of Congress, and of each special session of the Senate, from 1789 to 1871. May 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of listing over the lands belonging to the Central Pacific Railroad in that state. March 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, requested to prepare and furnish to the Senate at his earliest convenience, his opinion of the expediency of providing for the appointment of a competent practical person, who, from personal observation, &c., shall prepare a report relative to each of the land states and territories... Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking an extension of time for payment by preemptors for their lands. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Governor of Rhode Island, presenting to Congress a statue of Roger Williams. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, asking an appropriation for the establishment of the American Printing House for the Blind and the American University for the Blind in the District of Columbia. April 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into the condition of the late insurrectionary states... Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking the confirmation of title to lands purchased under the act of Congress known as the graduation act. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, asking the payment of the balance due that state for advances to the United States during the War of 1812. March 28, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, asking the establishment of a tri-weekly mail service from Pine Grove to Rockland, in that state. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the City Council of Fernandina, Fla., asking a grant of certain unsurveyed beach and swamp lands within the jurisdiction of that city. April 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the removal of the political disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Article of Amendments to the Constitution. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Lewis Wieser, praying the erection of a bureau in the Department of the Interior, in connection with the Patent Office, to be known as the Bureau of Industry. March 9, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents. March 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the payment of bounty to the First Regiment of Minnesota Mounted Rangers. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-second Congress. March 10, 1871. Petition of the Ottawa Indians of the united bands of Blanchard's Fork and Roche de Boeuf, praying an investigation of the disposition made of lands granted them by treaty of June 24, 1862, for the education of their children. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of the extension of the operation of the extradition treaty between the United States and Great Britain. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William McGarrahan, praying a patent for the tract of land known as the Panoche Grande Rancho. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of making the port of Duluth a port of entry. March 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of members of the Forty-first Congress from the State of California praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of a canal from the mountain lakes of El Dorado and Amador Counties to Sacramento, in that state. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking legislation to authorize settlers upon homesteads to make proof of settlement before county clerks of the counties where the lands are situated. March 31, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretaries of the Treasury, of War, and the Navy do report to the Senate, at its next session, by appropriate schedules, all property by classes, with its estimated value, which has been seized or taken possession of since January 1, 1861... In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed as agreed to. Resolution prescribing the legislative business of the Senate during the present session of Congress... In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that as organized bands of desperate and lawless men, mainly composed of soldiers of the late rebel armies, armed, disciplined, and disguised, and bound by oaths and secret obligations, have, by force, terror, and violence, subverted all civil authority in large parts of the late insurrectionary states... Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for life-saving stations on the coast of that state. March 23, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of D. Little and others, of Castine, Maine, praying indemnity for French spoliations prior to 1800. March 31, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, for the establishment of a tri-weekly mail between the towns of Elko and Tuscarora, in that state. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance is hereby instructed, during the recess of Congress, to carefully examine the existing system of taxation by the United States... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions regarding the employment of the Navy of the United States on the coast of St. Domingo during the pendency of negotiations for the acquisition of part of that island... Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to Indian reservations in that state. April 12, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking a grant of land for the endowment of normal schools in that state. April 15, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, asking relief for Captain James Murrie. April 15, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Treasurer of Washington City Savings Bank, transmitting annual statement for the year ending April 1, 1871. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the following rule be adopted by the Senate, viz: All treaties with foreign powers shall be considered in public and open session of the Senate, unless when communicated in special confidence by the President, or when ordered otherwise by special vote for the Senate... Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of additional legislation for the protection of emigrants in this country. March 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of George Goldthwaite, claiming a seat in this body as a senator from the State of Alabama, and the credentials of Foster Blodgett, claiming a seat in this body as a senator from the State of Georgia, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred the credentials of the Hon. Morgan C. Hamilton, Senator-elect from the State of Texas, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott from the Select Committee of the Senate to Investigate Alleged Outrages in the Southern States, submitted the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter, from the Select Committee To Investigate How and by Whom the Treaty Known as the Treaty of Washington Was Made Public, submitted the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate requesting the Committee to "examine and report whether the members of the Senate are entitled to mileage at the present special session," submit the following report... |
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Army engineer contracts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contracts of the Engineer Department of the Army for the year 1870. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Special report on immigration, accompanying information for immigrants relative to the prices and rentals of land, the staple products, facilities of access to market, cost of farm stock, kind of labor in demand in the western and southern states, etc., etc., to which are appended tables showing the average weekly wages paid in the several states and sections for factory, mechanical, and farm labor; the cost of provisions, groceries, dry goods, and house rent in the various manufacturing districts of the country, in the year 1869-'70. By Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics. Postal service between Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the discontinuance of postal service on the route between Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Encroachment of river at Vicksburg. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relative to the encroachment of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Claim of Lieutenant R.H. Pratt. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the claim of Lieutenant R.H. Pratt, United States Army. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the Black Bob band of Shawnee Indians in Kansas. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Territory of Alaska. March 15, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mining statistics west of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the special commissioner for the collection of mining statistics in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for horses lost. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for payment for horses, &c., lost while in the military service. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed Appropriations for claims of colored sailors and soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the omission of the last Congress to appropriate money for the payment of claims of colored soldiers and sailors during the fiscal year of 1871-'72. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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Balances due from collectors of internal revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to balances due from collectors of internal revenue. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, 1871, in relation to charges made by the late agent for the Blackfeet Indians, in the Territory of Montana, against the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for said territory. March 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Supplies for Arapahoe and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the purpose of purchasing supplies for the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Final report of the United States Geological Survey of Nebraska and portions of the adjacent territories made under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, by F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. March 23, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Occupation of Rome by the King of Italy. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 31st ultimo, relative to the occupation of Rome by the King of Italy. April 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Robert C. Schenck. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the compensation of Robert C. Schenck, United States minister to Great Britain. April 5, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Northwestern Boundary Commission. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the expenses of a joint commission to mark the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains. March 21, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Japanese pupils to West Point. Letter from the Secretary of State, submitting the draught of a bill for admitting six Japanese pupils to West Point Military Academy, and recommending the passage of the same. April 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Condition of affairs in the South. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the condition of affairs in the South. March 23, 1871. -- Referred to a select committee of nine members to be appointed by the Speaker, and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1870 |
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Virgil Hillyer vs. A.T. McIntyre. Memorial of Virgil Hillyer, in contested election in First District in Georgia. March 9, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Income tax. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to the repeal of the income tax. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Superior City. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for an appropriation to complete the harbor at Superior City, Wisconsin. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Railroad -- Keweenaw Bay. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, to procure a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from the head of Keweenaw Bay to Montreal River, in said state. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Public buildings, Jefferson, Missouri. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, memorializing Congress to make an appropriation for the building of a post office and United States court-room at the City of Jefferson, the capital of the State of Missouri. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Election contest, Third District of Arkansas. Response of Hon. John Edwards to the memorial of Hon. Thomas Boles, contestant, for a seat in the Forty-second Congress from the Third Congressional District of Arkansas. March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Modification of excise laws. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, asking for a modification of the excise laws. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Mail route from Carver to Henderson. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, for a mail route from Carver to Henderson. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Louis Goldstone. Memorial of Louis Goldstone, relative to the Alaska seal fishery. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Cape Fear River. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking for appropriations to remove obstructions from Cape Fear Bar and Pamlico River. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Protection to emigrants. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to protecting emigrants in this country. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Claims for bounty. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, praying for an extension of time and payment of bounty claims. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Taxation and tariff. March 14, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Kansas City and Memphis Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) Papers relative to Kansas City and Memphis Railroad. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Homestead laws. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to amendment of the homestead laws. April 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to public lands granted by Congress to the State of Nevada. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounties. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the equalization of bounties to soldiers and sailors of the United States. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-second Congress, first session, commencing Saturday, March 4, 1871. Protection from hostile Indians. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, asking protection from hostile Indians. March 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Benjamin W. Ladd. Petition, papers, and statement of facts, in the case of the heirs of Benjamin W. Ladd. March 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Land subsidies. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to land subsidies by the general government. March 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Freedmen of the Chickasaw Nation. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) Copy of an act passed by the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, relative to the freedmen of the Chickasaw Nation. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lands to railroad companies. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to donations of land for railroad purposes. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Homesteads to soldiers. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to homesteads to soldiers. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Immigrant wagon roads. Memorial of the Legislature Assembly of Dakota, asking for the construction of immigrant wagon roads through the public domain of Dakota Territory. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. McKenzie vs. Branton. Papers in the case of Lewis McKenzie vs. Elliott M. Braxton, in the Seventh Congressional District of Virginia. April 10, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Annexation of a portion of Idaho Territory to Nevada. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the annexation of a portion of Idaho Territory to the State of Nevada. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Land grants to railroads. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, to receive land grants to railroads. April 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Ship-builders of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the ship-builders of the United States. March 27, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Reduction works. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the establishment of reduction works by the United States. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. David S. Gooding vs. Jeremiah M. Wilson. Papers in the case of David S. Gooding vs. Jeremiah M. Wilson, in the Fourth Congressional District of Indiana. April 11, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Archie C. Fisk. Memorial of Archie C. Fisk, claiming that he was duly elected a member of the Forty-second Congress from the Fourth District of Mississippi, and protesting against the right of all the sitting members from said state. March 28, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. School lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Nebraska, relative to confirmation of title to school lands. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Captain Samuel Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 260.) Communication from Captain Samuel Adams, relative to the exploration of the Colorado River and its tributaries. April 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of aid by grant of lands to the Mobile and Northwestern Railroad Company. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Rooms for the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, in relation to setting apart additional rooms in the Capitol for the use of said court. April 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-second Congress; II. Offices created and the salaries thereof; III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 20, 1871. Woman suffrage. Memorial of the St. Louis County Woman Suffrage Association. April 17, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Toledo a port of entry. Resolution of the Board of Trade of Toledo, asking that Toledo be made a port of entry. April 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Swamp and overflowed lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to swamp and overflowed lands. April 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. John Cessna vs. Benjamin F. Meyers. Papers in the case of Cessna vs. Meyers, introduced by Mr. Schofield. March 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. Breakwater at Mackinaw. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan relative to a breakwater at Mackinaw City. March 13, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1473 | Ninth census -- Volume I. The statistics of the population of the United States, embracing the tables of race, nationality, sex, selected ages, and occupations, to which are added the statistics of school attendance and illiteracy, of schools, libraries, newspapers and periodicals, churches, pauperism and crime, and of areas, families, and dwellings, compiled from the original returns of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | 1 |
| Serial set 1474 | Ninth census -- Volume II. The vital statistics of the United States, embracing the tables of deaths, births, sex, and age, to which are added the statistics of the blind, the deaf and dumb, the insane, and the idiotic, compiled from the original returns of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | 1 |
| Serial set 1475 | Ninth census -- Volume III. The statistics of the wealth and industry of the United States, embracing the tables of wealth, taxation, and public indebtedness; of agriculture; manufactures; mining; and the fisheries, with which are reproduced, from the volume of population, the major tables of occupations, compiled from the original returns of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | 1 |
| Serial set 1476 | compendium of the ninth census (June 1, 1870) compiled pursuant to a concurrent resolution of Congress, and under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census. | 1 |
| Serial set 1477 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-second Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1871, in the ninety-sixth year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
| Serial set 1478 |
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Governor of Utah in relation to the establishment of a military post in the southern part of that territory, and recommending an appropriation for that purpose. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy relative to the cases of the ship Hudson and the schooner Washington. January 17, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1871, information in relation to the improvement of the Columbia River near and below the mouth of the Willamette River, and the removal of obstructions in the Columbia River above Celilo, Oregon. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, papers relative to and recommending the construction of a government line of telegraph from San Diego, California, via Yuma and Maricopa Wells, to Prescott and Tucson, Arizona. January 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office concerning the line of railway from the mouth of the Ohio River to the City of Mobile. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in relation to the detention of the California mails on the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. February 15, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 19th of January, 1869, information in relation to the resources and extent of the fishing-grounds of the North Pacific Ocean, opened to the United States by the treaty of Alaska. February 18, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. February 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 14, 1871, information in relation to the present condition of the life saving stations on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of an engineer survey to determine the practicability of re-opening to navigation the Cabaret Slough, in the Mississippi River. February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commission to examine and report upon the Sutro Tunnel, in Nevada. January 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th of December last, correspondence relating to the subject of international coinage. January 11, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretaries of War, Treasury, and State, communicating in obedience to law the award made by them to the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, for the use of the building and adjoining grounds by the United States. January 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, inventories of public property in the possession of the War Department and its bureaus. January 8, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, copies of the examination and survey of different harbors. January 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, information concerning the seizure and retention of the American steamers Hero, Dudley Buck, Nutrias, and San Fernando, the property of the Venezuelan Steam Transportation Company, an American corporation. February 7, 1872. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, an additional statement of contracts made by the subsistence department during the calendar year 1871. February 1, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the drainage of Beaver Lake, Indiana. February 1, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation of $100,000 for ordnance and ordnance stores, in addition to what has been asked for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. February 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying the transmission of information respecting the nature and extent of the raft in the Red River, above Shreveport, Louisiana, and also with regard to surveys, estimates, and appropriations made with a view to the removal of the raft. February 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1871, information in relation to the Touro Hospital, New Orleans. February 13, 1872. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, the case of the United States presented to the board of arbitration at Geneva. February 13, 1872. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1871, the reports of the Deputy Comptroller of the Currency and the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, in relation to the branch Mint at New Orleans, its operations, &c. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Attorney General, communicating, in obedience to law, a list of all the attorneys employed as assistants to the United States district attorneys since the commencement of the session in 1870, with the compensation paid to each. December 18, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, calling the attention of Congress to a discrepancy in the act of February 24, 1871, which locates the Fort Walla-Walla military reservation in Oregon instead of Washington Territory, and recommending the passage by Congress of an amendatory act correcting said error. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, correspondence in relation to the retirement of Constantin Catacazy, minister from Russia to the United States. December 6, 1871. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. December 7, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States transmitting the report of the commissioner appointed to devise rules and regulations for the purpose of reforming the civil service. December 19, 1871. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating information, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 21, in relation to the persons liable as sureties on the official bond of Norton, the late defaulting money-order clerk in the New York City Post-office. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the board of officers organized to examine into the cases of such officers as may deem themselves unjustly passed over by promotions made in conformity with the act of Congress approved July 25, 1872. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, engineer reports of the survey of Aquia Creek, Virginia; Accotink, Neabsco, Quantico, and Choppawamasic bays; East Chester Creek, New York; Rondout Harbor, New York; and Passaic River, New Jersey. February 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 20, 1871, a letter of the Superintendent of the Census, accompanied with a report of the number of persons employed in obtaining the ninth census, time employed, amount paid to each, &c. December 7, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate February 15, 1871, information relative to claims incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories, and which were not acted or reported upon by the commission authorized by act of August 18, 1856. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 27, 1871, information relative to claims incurred in suppressing Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington Territories, and which were acted and reported upon by the commission authorized by act of August 18, 1856. December 4, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, an inventory of all the property of the United States now in his department. December 5, 1871. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1871, relative to questions with Spain growing out of affairs in Cuba. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. |
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