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Serial set 1521 The counter case of Great Britain as laid before the Tribunal of Arbitration, convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871, together with Volumes V, VI, and VII of appendix to the British case. 1
Serial set 1522 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1871. 1
Serial set 1523 Annual report on the commercial relations between the United States and foreign nations, made by the Secretary of State, for the year ending September 30, 1871. 1
Serial set 1524 Improvement of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, transmitting a concurrent resolution of the general assembly asking for an appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi River. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Commissioners of Claims. First general report of the Commissioners of Claims. December 14, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Boles vs. Edwards. Petition and affidavit from Hon. John Edwards, in contested election case of Boles vs. Edwards, asking for time to take evidence, to be referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed.
Public property in charge of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmitting inventory of public property in his charge. December 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church, Selma, Alabama. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) Petition of the St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church of Selma, Alabama, praying for relief. January 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
International exposition at Vienna. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Honorable N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting a communication from the Austro-Hungarian minister relative to an international exposition of agriculture, industry, and fine arts, to be held at Vienna in 1873. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Additional rule. December 12, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed.
Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-second Congress, second session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1871.
Appropriation for the improvement of the Gasconade River. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation for the survey and improvement of the Gasconade River. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Lands for educational purposes. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, asking Congress to grant said state public lands to aid her in her educational purposes. January 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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 5, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Laws passed by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the District of Columbia, transmitting to the House, in compliance with the act of February 21, 1871, four copies of the laws passed by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and accompanying letter ordered to be printed.
Inventory of public property. Letter from the Architect of the United States Capitol, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, transmitting an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in and about the Capitol, President's house, and the Botanic Gardens. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Refunding tax paid upon cotton. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee in favor of the passage of a law refunding the tax paid upon cotton in the years 1865, 1866, and 1867. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
B.W. Norris vs. W.A. Handley. Papers in the case of Norris vs. Handley, Third Congressional District of Alabama.
Cod and whale fisheries. Report of Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, on the subject of the cod and whale fisheries, made to the House of Representatives, February 1, 1791, also report of Lorenzo Sabine, esq., on the principal fisheries of the American seas, being part of House Executive Document No. 23, of the second session, Thirty-second Congress. January 8, 1872. -- 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 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Black & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) Memorial of Black and Company, praying relief for losses sustained as contractors for improving Louisville and Portland Canal. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Elias C. Boudinot. (To accompany Bill H.R. 603.) Memorial of Elias C. Boudinot, a Cherokee Indian, for relief against certain proceedings under the internal revenue laws. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Surfmen at life-saving stations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the employment of surfmen on the New Jersey coast. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the rules. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed.
Exempting towing-boats on western rivers from certain restrictions. Petition of the underwriters, manufactures, and merchants of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to exempt steam towing-boats on the western rivers from certain restrictions and regulations imposed upon passenger boats. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Salary of Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg. Letters from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing dispatches from the American minister at St. Petersburg, in reference to the insufficiency of salary of the Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg, and of the American consuls in Russia. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Modification of pension laws. Resolution of the General Assembly of Tennessee, relative to the modification of the pension laws of February, 1871. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Pensions to widows of soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee in favor of an act granting pensions to the widows of soldiers of the War of 1812. December 18, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Meteorological observations. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, relative to the establishment of a systematic plan of meteorological observations and crop reports. December 11, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Boles vs. John Edwards. Papers in the case of Thomas Boles vs. John Edwards, Third Congressional District of Arkansas. Papers of contestant.
Improvement of the Osage River. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, as to the improvement of the Osage River. January 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Honorable W.S. Herndon. Certificate of the election of Hon. W.S. Herndon as a member of the Forty-second Congress from the First District in Texas. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, 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, second session, commencing Monday, December 4, 1871.
Honorable W.T. Clark. Certificate of the election of Hon. W.T. Clark, as a member of the Forty-second Congress from the First District in Texas. December 4, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed.
list of reports to be made to Congress during the second session of the Forty-second Congress by public officers, prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1871.
Eugenia P. Bertinetti. Additional report from the Commissioners of Claims, upon the claim of Madame Eugenia P. Bertinetti. December 20, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. 		33
Serial set 1525 Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying for a renewal of the land grant to the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
International copyright. Resolution relating to international copyright. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Joint Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
Uniform tax on manufactured tobacco. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to a uniform rate of tax upon all kinds and descriptions of manufactured tobacco and snuff. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of Cape Fear River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, relating to the harbor of the Cape Fear River. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Testimony of S.L. Spink in the case of S.L. Spink and W.A. Burleigh against M.K. Armstrong, of Dakota.
Claims of the State of Kansas. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1063.) Papers relative to the claims of the State of Kansas for expenses of troops raised to suppress the rebellion. January 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims.
Restoration of the specie standard. Resolutions of the National Board of Trade, held in the City of Saint Louis, relative to the restoration of the specie standard by a contraction of the currency. January 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, to the Congress of the United States, relative to water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Charles A. Weidner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1094.) Petition of Charles A. Weidner for relief for work done for jail in the District of Columbia. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Captain William W. Montgomery's heirs. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Texas, asking the Congress of the United States to pass an act giving a pension to the widow and minor children of Captain William W. Montgomery. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Water communication between the James and Ohio rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. 962.) Letter from the Chief of Engineers to Hon. Messrs. Kerr and Stevenson, relative to water communication between the James and Ohio rivers. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Claimants for certain losses in Kansas. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in behalf of certain claimants for relief for losses sustained in the years of 1855 and 1856. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Humphreys and Abbot's report on hydraulics, etc. (To accompany H. Res. 100.) Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to report on hydraulics and physics of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, concerning the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, and the extension of the time for the completion of its railroad. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Estimate of deficiencies -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to deficiencies in appropriations for service of the War Department for present fiscal year. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
I.G. McKissick vs. A.S. Wallace. Papers of contestant in the case of Isaac G. M'Kissick vs. Alexander S. Wallace, Fourth Congressional District of South Carolina. January 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Refunding the tax collected on raw cotton. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to refunding the tax collected on raw cotton. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Payment of Montana militia vouchers. Joint memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Montana, praying for an appropriation to pay what are known as the Montana militia vouchers. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Arms issued to California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to arms issued by the United States to the State of California. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed.
Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a grant of public lands to aid in construction of the Mobile and Northwestern Railroad. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Decatur, Aberdeen and Columbia Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad leading from Decatur, Alabama, to Aberdeen, Mississippi, and a branch of said road from Aberdeen to Columbia, Mississippi. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
San Luis Park Transportation Company. Memorial of the promoters of San Luis Park Transportation Company for right of way for a railroad from San Luis Park to Great Colorado River. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, for the enforcement of the law of Congress fixing the eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
State government for Colorado. Memorial of the Legislature of Colorado, relative to state government. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Removal of disabilities. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to removal of political disabilities imposed by the third section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Ship-canal through Florida peninsula. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, relating to ship communication between the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean by ship-canal through the Florida peninsula. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Edgartown Harbor. Papers relative to the re-opening of Edgartown Harbor, being memorial of the board of harbor commissioners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. January 31, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Tax on tobacco. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1181.) Letter addressed to Hon. Charles H. Porter, relative to a tax of sixteen cents as a uniform rate on manufactured tobacco. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Two per cent. fund. Memorial of the governors of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, in relation to the two per cent. fund. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
William P. Calvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1129.) Papers accompanying the case of William P. Calvert relative to a pension. January 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Amounts refunded to the states in raising volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, transmitting a statement of the amounts refunded to the states in raising volunteers from 1861 to 1872. January 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
C.C. Bowen vs. R.C. De Large. Papers and testimony in the case of C.C. Bowen vs. R.C. De Large, in the Second District of South Carolina. January 17, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
American Sharpshooters' Society. Letter from the Secretary of the Sharpshooters' Society of Illinois. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
H.W. Carter and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, praying Congress to remove political disabilities from H.W. Carter and others, of said state. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Warrior and Tennessee River Railroad. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of land to the Warrior and Tennessee River Railroad. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Grant of lands to Alabama for railroads. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking for a grant of lands for railroad purposes. January 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
New territory in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, asking for the organization of a new territory out of the northern portion of Dakota. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Iron-ship building yards. Memorial of the International Steamship Company, relative to iron-ship building yards and docks for economizing naval expenditures and constructing iron steamers. January 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Duties on wool. Resolution of the Convention of Wool-Growers, at Syracuse, New York, relative to duties on wool. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Lewis D. Campbell. Petition of W.H. Blair and other electors, of the Third Congressional District of Ohio, asking leave to take testimony in the contest of the seat of Lewis D. Campbell. February 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections. February 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Goods free of duty for Chicago. Letter from the St. Louis Board of Trade, relative to the pending bill in Congress relative to admitting certain articles free of duty for the benefit of Chicago. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Collection of Customs revenue. Memorial of the National Reform Association, suggesting corrections and modifications of the laws relating to the collection of the Customs revenue, and manner of ascertaining values of imported commodities. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of Wisconsin and Fox rivers. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, in relation to the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Cundurango. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing correspondence of the Department of State with the minister of the United States in Ecuador, in relation to "cundurango." February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Massachusetts fisheries. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the fishing interests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. February 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Rev. J.W. Green. Letter from Rev. J.W. Green, of the District of Columbia, presented by Mr. Farnsworth, asking that certain charges which he makes may be inquired into. January 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Chinese Indemnity Fund. Memorial and draft of a bill from the Committee of Citizens of New York, in relation to the Chinese Indemnity Fund. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Civil service. February 12, 1872. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
Kansas Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, asking such legislation by Congress as will prevent the present action of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in discriminating against the interests of said Kansas company in the transportation of freight and passengers, whereby the government and general public are greatly damaged. February 14, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
French spoliations. Resolution of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in relation to indemnity for French spoliations on American commerce. February 13, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Refund Milwaukee for straight-cut harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to refunding Milwaukee for expenses of straight-cut harbor. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Commodore M.F. Maury's meteorological observations. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, concerning Mathew [i.e. Matthew] F. Maury's international meteorological observations, essays, &c. February 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
S.L. Niblack vs. J.T. Walls. Papers in the case of S.L. Niblack vs. J.T. Walls, of Florida. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Securities for public deposits in national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to Hon. H.L. Dawes, Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the securities for public deposits in the national banks. January 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings in Kansas City. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking an appropriation by Congress for the erection of certain public buildings at Kansas City, in said state. February 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
B.C. Pressley. Petition of B.C. Pressley, late Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Charleston, South Carolina. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Freedmen of Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Petition of freedmen of Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, with other papers on the same subject. January 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Postal contracts. Correspondence of the Postmaster General with the Attorney General, relative to postal contracts. January 25, 1872. Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed.
Protest of Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations. Protest of Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaw nations against propositions pending in Congress to frame territorial governments. January 24, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Refunding the cotton tax. Memorial of the Legislature of Georgia, in relation to refunding the cotton tax. February 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of the Monongahela River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, relating to the improvement of the Monongahela River. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Duty on quicksilver. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, urging upon Congress the necessity of abolishing the duty on quicksilver. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Mail route in California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, urging the establishment of a weekly mail. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed.
Fishing interests of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the fishing interests in that state. February 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Fort Ripley reservation. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking Congress to vacate a certain portion of Fort Ripley Military Reservation. February 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Cost of public buildings in the several states named. February 28, 1872. -- Reported by Mr. Halsey, from the Committee on Public Building and Grounds; ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Thomas Crymes. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking Congress to remove the political disabilities of Thomas Crymes, of Anderson County. February 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. Letter from S.S. Riker, President, transmitting the annual report of Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. February 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Civil-rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking Congress to adopt the supplementary civil-rights bill. March 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Duty on rice. Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to the repeal of protective duty on rice. February 7, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvements. February 12. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Martha G. Vaughn and Louisa Jackman. Petition of Mrs. Martha G. Vaughn and Mrs. Louisa Jackman, with other papers relative to their claim. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Railroad from Chicago to Mobile. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the act granting lands to the State of Illinois for the purpose of building a railroad from Chicago to Mobile. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
The American fisheries. Memorial of the Committee on Fisheries, appointed in Boston, on the American fisheries as affected by the Treaty of Washington. February 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
W.A. Burleigh vs. M.K. Armstrong. Papers and testimony in the case of W.A. Burleigh vs. M.K. Armstrong, as delegate from Dakota Territory. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Post routes on rivers in Alabama. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking postal facilities on routes of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Grant of lands to farm mortgagors. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a grant of lands for the benefit of farm mortgagors. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. 		77
Serial set 1526 Time of Attorney General's report to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1891.) Letter from the Attorney General, addressed to the Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, relative to a change of the time for making report to Congress. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Alabama claims and indirect damages. April 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Port of delivery at La Crosse. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for the establishment of a port of delivery at La Crosse, in the State of Wisconsin. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Wagon-road in Colorado. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, for the construction of a wagon-road to White River Indian Agency, in Colorado Territory. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of Superior. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the harbor of Superior, and statement of the most unwarrantable interference of certain persons with a controversy pending between the State of Wisconsin and certain citizens of Du Luth. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the annual report on the relief and protection of American seamen. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at mouth of Menomonee River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for an appropriation for the harbor at the mouth of Menomonee River, between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
William H.H. Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1900.) Papers relating to the claim of William H.H. Anderson, for pension. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Chinese immigration. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives of that state in Congress to urge upon the federal government the adoption of such treaty regulations and legislation as shall discourage further immigration of Chinese to the United States. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ship-building and mercantile interests. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to ship-building and mercantile interests. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Mail-route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the establishment of a mail-route from Red Bluff to Shasta City, California. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Quota of arms for Virginia. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, requesting Congress to furnish Virginia her quota of arms. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed.
Shipping interests of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the shipping interests. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings at Racine. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for a post office and Custom-house at Racine, Wisconsin. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Expenditure of judiciary fund. Letter from the Attorney General, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, with exhibit of expenditure of judiciary fund from July 1, 1871, to March 1, 1872. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Foreign-built vessels. Memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, protesting against any enactment permitting the unrestricted purchase of foreign-built vessels, as against the interest of American shipping and commerce. April 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the Saint Louis Board of Trade, concerning improvement of the Mississippi River. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to a ship-canal around the Falls of Niagara. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Tariff on wool. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, opposing the reduction of the tariff on imported wool. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
D.C. Giddings vs. W.T. Clark. Papers in the case of Giddings vs. Clark, Third Congressional District of Texas. April 1, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed
Swamp and overflowed lands, Brooklyn Navy-yard. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1436.) Memorial of New York and Brooklyn Improvement Company, relative to swamp and overflowed lands at Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
American Printing-house for the Blind. Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to granting aid to the American Printing-house and University for the Blind. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
Survey of lands in the Indian Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1192.) Protest of the Indian delegates to the survey of their lands in the Indian Territory, as proposed in the Indian appropriation bill. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Navigation of Saint Croix River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for the protection of the navigation of the Saint Croix River and the improvements thereof. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Private land claims in New Mexico. April 8, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Bands of roving Indians. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking the removal of certain bands of roving Indians to their western reservations. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
P.P. Pitchlynn. Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, delegate of the Choctaw Nation, upon the subject of the claim of the Choctaw Nation to the net proceeds under the award of the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Oliver Moses and others, owners of ship John Carver. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1221.) Memorial of Oliver Moses and others, owners of the ship John Carver. April 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims.
Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting report preliminary for continuing the survey of the Colorado of the west and its tributaries, by Professor Powell. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Cost and sales of public lands. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, giving information as to the cost and sales of public lands. April 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Life-preserving stations. (To accompany Bill H.R. 461.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, addressed to Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, Chairman of Committee on Commerce, relative to the bill for life-preserving stations. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Martha L. Hambleton. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2126.) Papers reported by Mr. Frye, relative to the claim of Martha L. Hambleton. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Reduction of postage. Memorial of W.C.H. Waddell, reported by Mr. Potter, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, relative to a reduction of postage. April 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Dr. John Emilio Houard. April 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Improvement of the Ohio River. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, relative to an appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio River. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Refunding the cotton tax. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, requesting Congress to refund to the people of the cotton-growing states the amount of tax on cotton collected from them during the years 1865-'66-'67. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. (To accompany H. Res. --, first session 42d Congress.) Supplementary memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana. March 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Lands to be reclaimed in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2002.) Papers relating to bill on this subject. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Silk manufacture, Paterson, New Jersey. Memorial of over eight hundred freeholders, merchants, storekeepers, mechanics, and other citizens of the City of Paterson, New Jersey, asking that no reduction be made in the present duties on silk goods of foreign manufacture. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Port of entry -- San Diego. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to making San Diego a port of entry. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Custom-house and post office at Saint Joseph, Missouri. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress for an appropriation for a post office and Custom-house at Saint Joseph, Missouri. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Commercial agent at Belize. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relating to the compensation of the commercial agent at Belize, British Honduras. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Capitol buildings in Colorado. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Colorado Territory, in relation to capitol buildings in said territory. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Mail-route in California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the establishment of mail-route from Red Bluffs to Yreka, California. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Repeal of the bankrupt law. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying for the repeal of the bankrupt law. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
Niagara ship-canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the Niagara ship-canal. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with Spain. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to an alleged delinquency on the part of the United States in carrying into effect the concluding paragraph of the ninth article of the treaty of 1819, between the United States and Spain. March 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor, mouth of Patuxent River. (To accompany H.R. 1879.) Joint resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, relating to survey of harbor at mouth of Patuxent River. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Green Bay and Superior Railway. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a grant of public lands to aid in the construction of the Green Bay and Superior Railway. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Direct importations. Memorial of the National Board of Trade, urging such amendments to the act of July 14, 1870, in regard to direct importations, as will include wines and distilled spirits in the advantages conferred by section twenty-nine of said act, and such regulations as will simplify the required entry at the port of arrival, allowing the goods to be forwarded without delay to the port of destination, as contemplated by said act. Also asking that the port of Mobile shall be added to those included in the privileges granted by said act. March 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Standard of silver coin. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting that the weight of silver coins be raised to the standard of 1850. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures and ordered to be printed.
Public lands for support of public schools. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the donation of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands of the United States to the states and territories in which such lands are situated for the support of public schools. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Wagon-road from Lake Superior to Net Lake Reservation. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for an appropriation to improve and complete a wagon-road from Lake Superior to the Net Lake Indian Reservation, in the State of Minnesota. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Chicago relief bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the Chicago relief bill now pending before Congress. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Japanese Indemnity Fund. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the installments of the Japanese Indemnity Fund which remain unpaid. March 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Chippewa reservation. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, to secure the cession of the Chippewa Indian reservation at the mouth of Pigeon River, in the State of Minnesota. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Breakwater at Trinidad Harbor, California. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking an appropriation for a sea-wall or breakwater at Trinidad Harbor, in said state. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Uniform tax on tobacco. Petition of workmen of Petersburgh, Virginia, for a uniform tax on tobacco. March 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Placerville Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, praying that if the Placerville Railroad is not constructed by 1873, the lands granted in favor thereof be declared forfeited. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Night accumulating reservoirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2110.) Letter from Mr. A. Watson, on night accumulating reservoirs. March 25, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Failures of national banks. Mr. Samuel Hooper reported the following testimony taken by the Committee on Banking and Currency relative to national banks. March 26, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Removal of troops from South Carolina. Joint resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking that the federal troops be not removed from that state. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of refuge, North Cheboygan River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, urging appropriation to complete harbor of refuge at mouth of Cheboygan River. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
University in Montana. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for a grant of land for the establishment of a university therein. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Asylum for orphans of deceased soldiers. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for authority to the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers to transfer a parcel of ground to the State of Wisconsin for the uses of an asylum for the orphans of deceased soldiers. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Dr. John E. Houard. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs with leave to report, at any time, and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of Wiard gun. Letters from the Secretary of the Navy and Admiral Porter, addressed to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, relative to the purchase of the Wiard fifteen-inch gun. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Dr. J.E. Houard. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing a telegram from the charge d'affaires at Madrid, relating to the claim of Dr. Houard for protection as an American citizen. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Port Washington. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for appropriation for improvement of the harbor at Port Washington, in said state. March 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Signal service. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, recommending an additional appropriation to the signal service. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Unsold government lands in Missouri. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress to grant to the State of Missouri the government lands remaining unsold in said state, the proceeds to be applied to the public-school fund of the state. April 22, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed
Indian affairs in Arizona. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of California, relating to Indian affairs in the Territory of Arizona. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Salaries of territorial officers. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for an increase in the salaries of federal officials therein. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
School lands in Montana. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, praying for authority to grant temporary leases of the school lands therein as an aid to public schools. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of organic act of Utah. Memorial of the Legislature of Utah, praying for an amendment of the organic act of that territory. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Soldiers' homesteads. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, relative to soldiers' homesteads. April 1, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Records of Ohio soldiers in War Department. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the records of Ohio soldiers in the War Department. March 28, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Disabilities in West Virginia. Resolutions of the constitutional convention of West Virginia, recommending that all political disabilities growing out of the late Civil War shall cease in West Virginia. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
The Workingmen's Co-operative Colonization National Bank. Petition of citizens of New York, praying for the establishment of the Workingmen's Co-operative Colonization National Bank of America. April 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Admission of Utah into the Union. Memorial of the convention to frame a constitution for the admission of Utah into the Union as a state, convened at Salt Lake City, February 19, 1872; with the constitution of the State of Deseret, adopted in convention March 2, 1872, ratified by vote of the people March 18, 1872. April 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Church and school-building in Santa Fe. (To accompany H. Res. 130.) Memorial on the subject of a church and school-building in Santa Fe. April 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed
Steamers Nutrias and San Fernando. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, relative to the seizure of the steamers Nutrias and San Fernando. April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
G.W. Whitmore vs. W.S. Herndon. Papers in the contested election case of G.W. Whitmore vs. W.S. Herndon, in the First Congressional District of Texas. April 10, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Improvement of channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, respecting the improvement of the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Testimonials to diplomatic and consular officers. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to the acceptance of testimonials from the Emperor of Germany by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, for services rendered German subjects during the late war between France and Germany. April 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Manufacture and issue of arms. Statement from the Ordnance Department relating to the manufacture and issue of arms for the militia. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Militia and ordered to be printed.
American seamen. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to American seamen. April 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Famine in Persia. Petition of fifty-three citizens of Belpre, Ohio, asking that Congress provide some method of sending contributions of the benevolent to those suffering by famine in Persia. April 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Homestead law for officers, soldiers, and sailors. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to homesteads for officers, soldiers, and sailors of the Navy. March 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Commerce of the Schuylkill River. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1769.) Resolution of the Select and Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, relative to the commerce of the Schuylkill River. March 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. 		90
Serial set 1527 Maria M. Dickens, Eloise C. Dickens, Amelia J. Dickens. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, relative to the claim (No. 9842) of Maria M. Dickens, Eloise C. Dickens, and Amelia J. Dickens, of Washington, D.C. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Montana war-claim. Testimony in relation to Indian war-claims of the Territory of Montana. May 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Charges against the Navy Department. April 25, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Signal-station at Hatteras. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, relative to signal-stations at Hatteras. April 30, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Albany a port of entry. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, asking that Albany be made a port of entry. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Lay's torpedo. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to Lay's torpedo plan. May 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Waddy Thompson. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting their report in the case (No. 27) of Waddy Thompson. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Claims against Venezuela. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing letters in relation to the claims of American citizens against the government of Venezuela. May 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Investments of the National Savings Bank. Letter from the treasurer of the National Savings Bank of the District of Columbia, transmitting report of the funds and investments from its organization to December 31, 1871. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Government property in and around Washington. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 8, 1872, submitting statement of the condition of the government property in and around Washington, and estimates of cost for the improvement of the same, &c. May 27, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Hudson's Bay Company lands. May 24, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Building on government dock, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a building on the government dock at New York. April 26, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, on motion of Mr. Garfield, from the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Amendment of the rules. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of Ohio River at Zane's Island. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, praying the passage of an act authorizing the construction of a fill, or causeway, across the west branch of the Ohio River, from a point at or near the head of Zane's Island, to the west bank of said river, in Belmont County, Ohio, for the purpose of improving the navigation of said river. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Georgia claim -- use of Western and Atlantic Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2670.) Memorial of his excellency James M. Smith, governor of the State of Georgia, praying for the payment of money due by the government of the United States to the State of Georgia for the use of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, the property of the State of Georgia, by the authorities of the United States since the war. May 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. Communication from the Governor of Alabama, transmitting a report concerning the establishment of the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College. May 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Against the admission of Utah as a state. Memorial of citizens of Utah, against the admission of that territory as a state. May 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
New German "mark." Letter from the Secretary of State, to Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing translation of a note from Mr. Schlozer, the German Minister, in relation to the rate of exchange in the United States of the new German "mark." May 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed.
Reneau Female University. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2815.) Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the Reneau Female University of Mississippi. May 20, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
International ship-canal. Resolution of the House of Representatives and letter from the Secretary of State in relation to an international ship-canal. May 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Interpreters in China. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing correspondence upon the insufficient appropriations made for employment of interpreters in China. May 23, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Pay of railway post office clerks. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations in relation to an additional appropriation for the payment of the clerks of railway post-offices. May 18, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Report of the board of managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1871. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Prisoners on account of Fenian raid in Canada. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Hon. N.P. Banks, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to a joint resolution referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, stating that no persons are now in prison in Canada on account of complicity in the Fenian invasion of Canada in June, 1866. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the second 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. June 10, 1872.
American Printing-House for the Blind. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of granting aid by an appropriation of money to the Board of Regents of the American Printing-House for the Blind and the American University for the Blind. June 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Northern Pacific Railroad. June 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad.
Bureau of Sanitary Science. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2986.) Memorial of Dr. Christopher C. Cox, relative to the establishment of a Bureau of Sanitary Science. June 8, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
Testimony taken by the Select Committee to Investigate the Condition of Affairs in the State of Louisiana. February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Lights and buoys on western rivers. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, memorializing Congress in reference to the establishment of lights and buoys in western rivers. April 29, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. 		30
Serial set 1528 Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. April 10, 1872. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Navigation on the Mississippi River. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1027.) February 15, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Robert Soper and others. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
T.R. Curtis and J.H. Richmond. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1939.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
S.H. Bogardus. March 1, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Ralph King. April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
McKenzie vs. Braxton. January 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed, and laid on the table.
Election frauds in Arkansas. January 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed.
Bounties. (To accompany Bill H.R. 785.) February 21, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs.
William and Mary College, Virginia. January 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to be Committee on Education and Labor.
Charles F. Tracy. (To accompany Bill H.R. 546.) February 23, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
The Yellowstone Park. February 27, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Apportionment of representatives to Congress. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1343.) March 5, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
Claims against Venezuela. (To accompany H.R. 1869.) March 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Gun-boats Kineo and Chocura. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
James O.P. Burnside. (To accompany Bill H.R. 309.) March 14, 1872.-- Ordered to be printed.
Secretary of the Treasury -- negotiation of loan. January 22, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means, with leave to report at any time.
Jay Kling. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Payments for reporting and publishing the debates in Congress. February 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Two per cent. fund. February 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.
D.M. Page. February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
J.E. Martin's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 620.) January 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Boles vs. Edwards. January 30, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Cessna vs. Benjamin F. Meyers. February 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William Quinn. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Norris vs. Handley. March 14, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mary A. Adams. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph M. Caton and others. February 9, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Two per cent. fund, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. April 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jane A. Birckhead and Virginia Campbell. (To accompany Bill H.R. 400.) April 15, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims.
Samuel Bromberg. April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
James De Long. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2622.) April 29, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. April 26, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Reform School of the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1083.) April 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Ely Moore. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Elbridge Gerry. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2637.) May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
King's geological report. May 6, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Printing.
Erastus S. Joslyn. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Territory of Oklahoma. May 2, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Gooding vs. Wilson. April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Sale of stamped envelopes. March 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
E.C. Boudinot. January 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 30, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary.
William Vail [i.e., Vails]. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1275.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Beaver Lake in Indiana. (To accompany Bill S. 616.) March 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Sales of ordnance stores. April 15, 1872.-- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department.
Washington National Monument. April 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Andrew Ten Brook. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1150.) April 19, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2568.) April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Mrs. M.S. Morse, administratrix. (To accompany Bill H.R. 333.) April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
J. Ross Browne. April 27, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
T.H. Holderness. April 27, 1872 -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Duell, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of State of January 28, 1871, transmitting the claim of T.H. Holderness, owner of the British ship Duke of Edinburgh, would respectfully report...
Relief of William F. Barker. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1564.) April 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Military prison. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2692.) May 7, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Benjamin W. Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1634.) May 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands.
D.C. Giddings vs. W.T. Clark. Third District of Texas. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Isaac G. McKissick vs. Alexander S. Wallace. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Bounty to Missouri state militia. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Paymasters' clerks. May 7, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Albert Grant. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2035.) March 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Richard B. Crawford. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2503.) April 24, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Contracts for transportation of the mails. April 4, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed, with leave of the minority to submit their views.
Levees of the Mississippi River. April 12, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees.
Boundary between the United States and British possessions. (To accompany H. Res. No. 57.) December 15, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed.
W.T. Clarke. December 18, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Boles vs. Edwards. December 20, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Tennessee election. March 22, 1871. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Oswego Distillery Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. 636.) February 16, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Horace B. Shepard. (To accompany Bill H.R. 357.) March 14, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Signal-service and telegraph companies. May 9, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
W.A. Burleigh and S.L. Spink vs. M.K. Armstrong. April 12, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		71
Serial set 1529 Affairs in the late insurrectionary states. February 19, 1872.-- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1530 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. North Carolina. 1
Serial set 1531 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1532 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume II. 1
Serial set 1533 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. South Carolina. Volume III. 1
Serial set 1534 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Georgia. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1535 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Georgia. Volume II. 1
Serial set 1536 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1537 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume II. 1
Serial set 1538 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Alabama. Volume III. 1
Serial set 1539 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1540 Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee To Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States. Mississippi. Volume II. 1