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Serial set 1561	Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-second Congress. Volume II	1
Serial set 1562	Report of the Secretary of the Navy, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the third session of the Forty-second Congress. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1872.	2
Serial set 1563	Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, under the act of May 28, 1796, a report of relief and protection to American seamen during the year ended September 30, 1872. December 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lance-Sergeant John R. Williams. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting draught of a bill for the relief of Lance-Sergeant John R. Williams, United States Army. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Aged destitute persons in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the disbursement of the $12,000 appropriated by an act of Congress approved April 20, 1871, for the relief of aged destitute persons of the District of Columbia. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Agreement with Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of an agreement dated September 20, 1872, between the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians and United States Indian agents, in conformity with law. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief of Company H, Second Cavalry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a bill for the relief of certain members of Company H, Second Cavalry, for loss of clothing. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Net proceeds claim, Choctaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the claim of the Choctaw Indians known as the "net proceeds claim." December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Clothing to certain enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the passage of an act authorizing issue of clothing to enlisted men of Battery F, First Artillery, and Company B, First Infantry. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Depredations on the Texas frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to depredations on the Texas frontier. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Surgical appliances. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for providing surgical appliances for certain classes of disabled persons. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claims now pending. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to pay certain Indian depredation claims now pending before Congress. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Maps to illustrate volumes of ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the importance of illustrating the three quarto volumes of the ninth census. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Drawback and reduction of duties on damaged goods. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 12, 1872, transmitting a statement of the amount of drawback or reduction of duties allowed on goods and merchandise imported into New York in a damaged condition from the Pacific. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Public property in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting inventory of the public property in charge of that Department. December 2, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the third session of the Forty-second Congress of the United States, December 2, 1872. Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year 1872. Claim of the New-Yorker Demokrat. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of the New-Yorker Demokrat for publishing certain advertisements of the War Department. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	16
Serial set 1564	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1872. February 8, 1973. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Combined statement of the receipts and expenditures, (apparent and actual,) of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872.	3
Serial set 1565	Deficiencies in appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an estimate of an appropriation required to complete the service of fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, and prior years. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Agreement with Wichitas and other Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, inclosing articles of agreement with the Wichitas and other affiliated tribes, granting them a home in the Indian Territory, concluded in this city October 19, 1872. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Purchase of property near San Antonio arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for purchasing certain property adjoining the San Antonio arsenal, San Antonio, Texas. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of sale of Chippewa lands in Wisconsin. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to defray the expenses connected with the appraisal and sale of the tract of land in the State of Wisconsin set apart for the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to payment of forged checks by Assistant Treasurer at San Francisco, and draught of a bill for his relief. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Increase in clerical force, Interior Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an increase of clerical force in his Department. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bridge over the Mississippi River at La Crosse. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report locating a bridge across the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisconsin. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Deficiency -- surveying service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate required for the surveying service to supply deficiencies for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1873. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the Southern Cheyennes and Arapahoes, for the release of land ceded to them by second article of treaty of 28th October, 1867. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Removal of stray bands of Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the removal of stray bands of Winnebago Indians from the State of Wisconsin. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Convention with Shoshone and Bannock Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of articles of convention concluded with the chiefs and head-men of the Shoshone and Bannock tribes of Indians for the relinquishment of a portion of their reservation. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public property in Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting a list of the articles purchased and disposed of by his Department since the inventory made December 1, 1871. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Repairs of post hospitals. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the permanent repair of the post hospitals of the Army. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in accordance with law, statements of disbursements of the contingent fund of the Department and balances of appropriations remaining on hand, &c. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of general Indian council. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expense of holding a general Indian council in the Indian Territory within the next fiscal year. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Increased issue of legal tender notes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information relative to the increased issue of legal tender notes in October last, and also relative to the cancellation of the retired notes to the amount of $44,000,000, or thereabout. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Limits of collection district of Puget's Sound. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to define the limits of the collection district of Puget's Sound, and for other purposes. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Relief of Assistant Treasurer at New York City. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report on the condition of the independent Treasury, New York City, and draught of a bill for the relief of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York City. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Public grounds surrounding the Capitol. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the extension of the public grounds surrounding the Capitol. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief of Indians in Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of an act to amend an act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Certain Tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendency," approved June 10, 1872. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Choctaw claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the claim against the government known as the Choctaw claim. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Private land claim -- Jose Sanchez et al. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the private land claim No. 62, known as "the Town of Cieneguilla," in the name of Jose Sanchez et al. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Edmund Jussen. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his objections to signing House Bill Number 2291. January 6, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Christian Indians to become citizens. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to enable the united bands of Swan Creek and Black River Chippewas and Munsee or Christian Indians to become citizens of the United States. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Subsistence of Kansas Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to provide for necessary subsistence, &c., for Kansas Indians. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. J.B. Ely's heirs. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claims against the government on account of the alleged use of certain patented devices in the mechanism of the Springfield breech-loading rifle-muskets. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Kickapoo money as a trust fund. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the retention of Kickapoo money as a trust fund. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Names of employes [sic] of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the names of the clerks and all other persons employed in the Department of State, or in any of its offices, during the year 1872. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Wrecks upon the Atlantic coast. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain wrecks upon the Atlantic coast and the waters adjacent thereto. January 7, 1873. -- Reported to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Providence Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Surgeon General of the Army of the manner in which the appropriation of $30,000, granted for the completion of Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., has been expended. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of boundaries of Indian reservations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the survey of exterior boundaries of Indian reservations and subdividing portions of the same. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Depredations by Kiowa and Arapaho Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to claims for compensation for depredations committed by Kiowa and Arapaho Indians on the 18th of July, 1864. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims. Sale of certain lands in Nebraska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expenses connected with the appraisal and sale of certain lands in the State of Nebraska. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Depot for supplies at San Antonio, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, withdrawing the recommendation for the construction of a permanent depot for military supplies at San Antonio, Texas. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ship canal from Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the cost of a ship canal from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Canal around falls of the Saint Mary's River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the construction of a canal around the falls of the Saint Mary's River, Michigan. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Negotiation with Ute Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to certain negotiations with the Ute Indians in Colorado for the extinguishment of a portion of their reservation, made in pursuance of a treaty concluded March 2, 1868. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Hugo Wedeles. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Hugo Wedeles for depredation committed upon his property in February, 1867, by Arapaho Indians. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Charles Autobees. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Charles Autobees on account of depredations alleged to have been committed upon his property by Comanche, Arapaho, and Cheyenne Indians. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Tonnage employed in the home trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the tonnage of the United States employed in the home trade on the 30th day of June, 1872. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Military reservation near Mare Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 8 last, relative to the status of military reservation No. 7, opposite Mare Island, California. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ottawa University, Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the affairs of the Ottawa University, Kansas. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Maps to illustrate ninth census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the expenses of twenty maps to illustrate the quarto volumes of the ninth census. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Consular and diplomatic. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the consular and diplomatic systems of the United States. December 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Charles B. Wilder. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Charles B. Wilder. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Compensation for extraordinary services by consular agents. Message from the President of the United States, relative to compensation to consular officers for extraordinary services growing out of the war between Germany and France. December 5, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Treasurer's report of the receipts and expenditures of the United States. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with the act of September 2, 1789, his quarterly accounts of general receipts and expenditures of the United States for the third and fourth quarters 1870, and the first and second quarters 1871, being for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Claims of settlers on Fort Randall reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claims of certain settlers on the Fort Randall military reservation in Dakota. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Safekeeping of public money. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draught of a bill to regulate and secure the safekeeping of public money intrusted to disbursing officers of the United States. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Post office building, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 3, 1872, relative to a public building for a post office at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Sac and Fox and Seminole Indian reservations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to a recent survey of the line dividing the Creek ceded lands, upon which the Sac and Fox and Seminole Indians have reservations. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. To illustrate the geological survey of the territories. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the expense of preparing, engraving, and publishing maps, charts, geological sections, and other illustrations. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Depredations on the frontiers of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the commissioners for inquiring into the depredations committed on the Texas frontiers. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Retiring officers of Revenue-Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill for retiring certain officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Stoves for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an increased appropriation for stoves for the Army. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Purchase of squares in Washington City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an additional appropriation to complete the purchase of squares Nos. 687 and 688 in this city. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Instruction to Indians of central superintendency. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to aid and instruct the Indians of the central superintendency in the arts of civilization. January 2, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pi-Ute Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of the Pi-Ute Indians. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Toll bridge in Chickasaw country. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a petition of a citizen of the Chickasaw country, Indian Territory, praying for a charter to construct and operate a toll bridge across Red River, on the line between said Chickasaw country and Grayson County, Texas. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Cheyenne River agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required to remove the Cheyenne River agency from its present location at the mouth of Cheyenne River, on the Missouri River. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Broadkiln River, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of an examination of the Broadkiln River, Delaware. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Condition of affairs in Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 16 last, relative to the condition of affairs in Louisiana. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Artesian well on Fort D.A. Russell military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the artesian well on the Fort D.A. Russell military reservation in Wyoming Territory. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bark Jewess. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to Senate Bill 1144, granting an American register to the bark Jewess. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Expenses of sale of Kansas Indian lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to defray the expenses connected with the appraisal and sale of the lands belonging to the Kansas Indians in the State of Kansas. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salary for matron at Pawnee Indian agency. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the salary of the matron of the school at the Pawnee Indian agency. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ottawa Indian trust fund bonds. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the disposition of the Ottawa Indian trust fund bonds. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the office of Quartermaster General. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the contingent expenses of the Quartermaster General's office. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Snag-boat J.M. Thayer. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to replacing the snag-boat J.M. Thayer, sunk in the Arkansas River. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Monroe and Ashtabula harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report upon the improvement of Monroe harbor, Michigan, and Ashtabula harbor, Ohio. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Upper Monongahela River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Upper Monongahela River, near Morgantown, West Virginia. January 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Wagon road to Red Lake agency, Minnesota. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the construction of a wagon road for the transportation of supplies from Red Lake Crossing, on the Northern Pacific Railroad, to the Red Lake agency, in Minnesota. January 9, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.	72
Serial set 1566	Protest of Chickasaw Nation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a protest of the Governor of the Chickasaw Nation against certain measures providing for the opening of the Indian Territory to white settlement. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for collecting and subsisting Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Officers of Customs acting as disbursing agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to a bill authorizing deputy collectors and other officers of the Customs to act as disbursing agents in certain cases. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Site for marine hospital, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a marine hospital at or near the port of New York. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Swamp lands on the Potomac River. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to swamp lands on the Potomac River. January 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. First annual report of the Supervising Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service of the United States for the year 1872. Containing a brief historical sketch of the Service from the date of its organization in 1798. Military reservation near Mare Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military reservation No. 7, near Mare Island, in the harbor of San Francisco. January 7, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Post office building in New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the suspension of work on the new post office building in the City of New York. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. New trials in the Court of Claims. (To accompany Bill H.R. 630.) Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (H.R. 630) in relation to new trials in the Court of Claims. January 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Condition of affairs of the Freedmen's Bureau. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 3, 1872, transmitting a copy of the report of Assistant Adjutant General Vincent on the condition of affairs of the Freedmen's Bureau. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military post, Key West, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an extract from a report of the Inspector General of an inspection of the post of Key West, Florida, in which he recommends the purchase of five acres of land for the enlargement of the post. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for Army contingencies. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures for Army contingencies for year ended December 31, 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amendment of appropriation bill. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend section five of the act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1873. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Protection of buoyage and lighthouse property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to protect United States buoyage and lighthouse property. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appraisement of squares in Washington City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to pay certain persons for assisting in making the appraisement of squares numbered 687 and 688, and of portions of squares numbered 575 and 576. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Map of the United States for the American Department of the Vienna Exposition. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for preparing a map of the United States for the American Department of the Vienna Exposition upon a large scale, with a map of Western Europe. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Daniel R. Steen. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the report of the charge of desertion borne upon the records of the War Department against Daniel R. Steen, Fifty-third Illinois Volunteers. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. H.G. Cole. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of H.G. Cole for material furnished for the Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Clerks and employes [sic] appointed in the Post Office Department during the year 1872. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerk and employes [sic] in his Department appointed during the year 1872, with the states from whence appointed. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Names of clerks and employes [sic] appointed in the War Department during the year 1872. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the names of the clerks and employes [sic] of the War Department who were appointed for employment in the City of Washington during the year 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Indians northwestern Dakota. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to meet indebtedness contracted by the agent for the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians, in the northwestern part of Dakota. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Entrance to Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the entrance to Cape Fear River, North Carolina. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Surveys in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain examinations and surveys in Rhode Island and Connecticut. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Otter Tail band of Pillager Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to the expenses of removing the Otter Tail band of Pillager Indians to the White Earth reservation, Minnesota. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting six reports of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land claims in said territory. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Survey of Sandusky harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of Sandusky harbor. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Portland. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbor of Portland, Maine. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Indebtedness of the State of Missouri for ordnance, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the indebtedness of the State of Missouri on account of ordnance and ordnance stores issued to said state during the rebellion. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Goodsell, Budillon & Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the merchants' appraisement of lambskin or kid gloves imported during the year 1872, by Goodsell, Budillon & Co., of Boston. January 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles J. McKinney. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2284.) Letter from the Secretary of War, returning to the House a bill for the relief of Charles J. McKinney, of Tennessee. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Seizure of books and papers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to seizure of the books and papers of any citizen of the United States except by duly authorized process of law. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Employes [sic] in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of clerks and others employed in the War Department in 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Saybrook Bar, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of Saybrook Bar, at the mouth of the Connecticut River. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Elk River, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of Elk River, Maryland. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Freight on materials, stores, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the amount paid for freight on materials, stores, &c., during the fiscal years ended June 30, 1870 and 1871. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. East Tennessee University. (To accompany Bill S. 490.) Letter from the Secretary of War, returning to the House the Bill (S. 490) for the relief of the East Tennessee University. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Clothing for troops. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the quantity of clothing that should be manufactured during this fiscal year for issue to troops in the next fiscal year. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Clerks and employes [sic] appointed in Navy Department during the year 1872. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to clerks and employes [sic] appointed during the year 1872 under the civil service rules. January 23, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Reorganization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Claim of Walnut Grove Mining Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Walnut Grove Mining Company of Arizona, on account of depredations committed by Apache Indians. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for rebuilding Fort Griffin, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for rebuilding Fort Griffin, Texas. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870. State, War, and Navy Departments building. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to an appropriation for carrying on the work on the new State, War, and Navy Departments building. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Collector of Customs at Annapolis. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a bill for the relief of the collector of Customs for the District of Annapolis. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Teton Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition, location, &c., of the Teton Sioux. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Consular agent of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of De B. Randolph Keim, agent, &c. December 12, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. January 6, 1873. -- Reported back and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. January 30, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Harbor at Toledo. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the harbor at Toledo, Ohio. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Kerry Sullivan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Kerry Sullivan, Company G, Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fox and Wisconsin Rivers improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 3rd December, relative to the improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. January 21, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Reservation for Pembina Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for appropriation of $35,000 for the purchase of one township of land in White Earth reservation for the use of the Pembina band of Chippewa Indians. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Military convicts in state penitentiaries. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to meet outstanding claims for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance, and like necessaries of military convicts in state penitentiaries. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Postal cards and stamps. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting to the House of Representatives the documents and correspondence relating to postal cards, and the contract for, and charges in, postage stamps, as called for by the resolution of December 13, 1872. January 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Osage Indians' annual interest. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to pay the Osage Indians the annual interest at 5 per cent. on the net proceeds of sales of the Osage trust and diminished reserve lands. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Superior Bay and harbor, and Duluth harbor and dike. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Superior Bay and harbor, and Duluth harbor and dike. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Examination of candidates for clerkships in the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in his Department. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed. Removal of Snake or Pi-Ute Indians to their reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the removal of the Snake or Pi-Ute Indians to the reservation provided for them on the headwaters of the Malheur River, in the State of Oregon. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. The per cent. ad valorem tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting the ten per cent. ad valorem tax, levied by act of March 3, 1865. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. William H. Newman and L.A. Van Hoofman [i.e., Hoffman]. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claims of William H. Newman and L.A. Van Hoofman [i.e., Hoffman]. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Public property in the bureaus of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting inventories of the public property in the possession of the several bureaus of the War Department on the 31st day of December, 1872. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Transfer of appropriation for Medical and Hospital Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the transfer, on the books of the Treasury Department, of $200,000 from the balance on hand of the appropriation for the Medical and Hospital Department for the fiscal year prior to July 1, 1870, to the appropriation for the same Department for the fiscal year 1870-'71. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	59
Serial set 1567	Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the fifth annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. Military telegraph line in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of a military telegraph line in Texas. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Geological survey of the territories. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation required for the continuation of the geological survey of the territories of the United States, under the directions of his Department. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Banking facilities between the United States and China. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing a communication from the consul at Hong-Kong, China, in relation to the manner of transacting business between citizens of the United States and the East, with a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the same subject. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. John J. Cladeck. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Joint Resolution (H. Res. 114) for the relief of John J. Cladeck, late colonel Thirty-fifth New Jersey Volunteers. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Modoc Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the present difficulties with the Modoc Indians. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report on the International Penitentiary Congress of London, held July 3-13, 1872. By E.C. Wines, D.D., LL. D., United States Commissioner. To which is appended the second annual report of the National Prison Association of the United States, containing the transactions of the National Prison Reform Congress, held at Baltimore, Maryland, January 21-24, 1873. Report of immigrants. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an act to transfer the duty of making an annual report of immigrants in the United States from the Department of State to the Treasury Department. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Unexpended balances of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement showing the balances of appropriations unexpended on June 30, 1872, the amount appropriated for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, &c. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contracts and purchases of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contracts and purchases made by the Ordnance, Subsistence, Quartermaster General's, Chief of Engineers', and the Signal Bureaus of his Department, during the year ended December 31, 1872. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lieutenant R.H. Pratt. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of First Lieutenant R.H. Pratt, Tenth Cavalry. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures from contingent fund -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the contingent, fuel and lights, and furniture and carpet funds of his Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Purchase of Gatling guns. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the purchase of a limited number of Gatling guns for the use of the Army. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public building at Saint Joseph, Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the erection of a public building at Saint Joseph, Missouri. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Mississippi Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the relief of the Mississippi Chippewa Indians on the White Earth reservation. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Miami Indians, and the rights of settlers of their lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the condition of the Miami Indians, and the rights of certain settlers upon the lands of said Indians. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Payments to the Union Pacific Railroad Company by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the amounts paid to the Union Pacific Railroad Company since June 30, 1866. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Credit Mobilier (No. 2) and ordered to be printed. Negroes of the Chickasaw Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an act passed by the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation entitled "An Act To Adopt the Negroes of the Chickasaw Nation," &c. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed. Ephraim P. Showalter. Letter from the Secretary of War, returning the Bill (H.R. 1611) for the relief of Ephraim P. Showalter. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men and civilians employed in the Quartermaster's Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the enlisted men and civilians employed in the Quartermaster's Department. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Indian service in various states. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations required for the incidental expenses of the Indian service, in various states and territories, for the year ending June 30, 1873. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for the subsistence for the Sioux Indians. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Restoration to market of certain lands in Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the restoration to market of certain lands in Michigan. February 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Nathan B. Abbott. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a Bill (H.R. 3041) for the relief of Nathan B. Abbott, Company H, Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany H.R. 3041. Clerks and employes [sic] in the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, respecting numbers, &c., of persons appointed in his Department for duty in Washington during the year 1872. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Columbia Hospital for Women. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the completion of the Columbia Hospital for Women in the District of Columbia. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Examination of candidates for clerkships in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in his Department. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed. Cost of transportation of mails on the Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the amount paid the Union Pacific Railroad Company for transportation of mails in each fiscal year since June 30, 1866. January 30, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee of Investigation on the Credit Mobilier, appointed under the resolution of the House of January 6, 1873, and ordered to be printed. Consular agents. Message from the President of the United States, relative to consular agents, their reports and expenses. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Freedmen's Hospital in District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the condition of the Freedmen's Hospital in the District of Columbia. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appointment of clerks in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the appointment of clerks in his Department during the year 1872. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Freights via Isthmus of Panama. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the amounts paid on materials, stores, &c., shipped via the Isthmus of Panama and Cape Horn for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1870 and 1871. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Survey of Bear Creek harbor, Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of the harbor of Bear Creek, Lake Ontario. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Montana Indian war claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Montana Indian war claims of 1867. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Materials of old penitentiary in Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the taking down and removing the material of the old penitentiary situated on the Washington arsenal ground. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. James A. McCullah. Message from the President of the United States, returning with his objections the Bill of the House (H.R. 2852) for the relief of James A. McCullah, late collector of the Fifth District of Missouri. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Mississippi levees. Letter from the Secretary of War, returning a Bill (H.R. 3419) to aid in the rebuilding of the levees of the Mississippi River. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 3419. Cotton tax. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the propriety of refunding the cotton tax. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Removal of Great and Little Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation of $1,240,000 for the removal of the Great and Little Osage Indians from Kansas, in conformity to law and treaty stipulations. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clerks employed in Attorney General's department. Letter from the Attorney General, relative to the number of clerks and employes [sic] in his department during the year 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the Government and ordered to be printed. Bernhard Bernstein. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the claim of Bernhard Bernstein. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Purchase of land at Omaha, Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to confirm the purchase by the executive department on the 8th September, 1868, of a certain tract of land at Omaha, Nebraska. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Preservation of Army clothing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate to carry out the plans adopted for the preservation of Army clothing and equipage. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Questions in civil service examinations -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in his Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Works on rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, &c. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Proceeds of property pertaining to the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the repeal of section 5 of the act of May 8, 1872, as applies to moneys or proceeds of property pertaining to the Army or under the control of the War Department. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Road from Santa Fe to Taos. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the proposed road from Santa Fe to Taos, in the Territory of New Mexico. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2747. Deficiency in appropriation, Medical Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a deficiency for the Medical Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clerks in Treasury Department appointed in 1872. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks and employes [sic] now in his Department who were appointed for duty in the City of Washington during the year 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Fort Sanders military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the reduction of the Fort Sanders military reservation. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Utah Indian War claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of the Territory of Utah for Indian War expenses for the years 1865, 1866, and 1867. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Questions in civil service examinations in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to candidates for appointments and promotions in his Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the Government and ordered to be printed. Removal of certain Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, praying that the Pembina band of Chippewa Indians be removed from the lands on the Dakota side of the Red River of the North to the White Earth reservation in Minnesota. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Site of Fort Houston, Nashville, Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to confirm the purchase of a portion of the site of Fort Houston, at Nashville, Tennessee, and to provide for the sale of the same; also to confirm the purchase of certain land at Fort Hamilton, New York. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Examination of candidates for clerkships in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the questions propounded by the examiners to the candidates for appointments and promotions to clerkships in the Navy Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service of the Government and ordered to be printed. Charles B. Madden. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Charles B. Madden, late first lieutenant Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. February 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Failure of Merchants' National Bank, D.C. Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting copies of all papers on file in his Office relating to the failure of the Merchants' National Bank of the District of Columbia; also correspondence relating to certain bonds deposited in said bank by Joseph B. Stewart prior to its failure. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Credit Mobilier (No. 2) and ordered to be printed. Building for Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of the cost of a suitable building for the use of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the storage of the books and papers of his Department. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.	58
Serial set 1568	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, 1872.	1
Serial set 1569	Number of letters annually transmitted since 1820. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the number of letters annually transmitted since 1820, with the ratio of postage each year, together with the annual receipts and expenditures of his Department, &c. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Treaty of Washington relative to fisheries. Message from the President of the United States, calling attention of Congress to his message of December, 1871, relative to the fisheries by the treaty of Washington. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the commerce and navigation of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872. John McLaughlin and William South. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the amount due John McLaughlin and William South, privates in Company H, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, at the time of their discharge. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Right of way to Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a Bill (H.R. 2012) granting the Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company the right of way through the national cemetery at Vicksburgh, Mississippi. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fines imposed and deductions made from mail contractors. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of all fines imposed upon and deductions made from the pay of contractors for transporting mails of the United States for the year ended June 30, 1872, for failure to deliver the mails. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Dempsey & O'Toole. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill of the late firm of Dempsey & O'Toole for stationery furnished the War Department in 1868. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Military history of N.R. Gruelle. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military history of N.R. Gruelle, late of the Thirteenth Illinois Volunteers and Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. John Heberer. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of John Heberer, enrolling officer Forty-second Subdivision, Twelfth Congressional District, State of Illinois. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Payment of Florida militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a detailed statement containing the amount of money, and by whom expended, in payment of the Florida militia. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Honorably discharged soldiers of the regular Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of honorably discharged soldiers of the regular Army to be placed upon the same footing as soldiers who enlisted under the President's call in 1861. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military posts on Northern Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the erection of two posts along the Northern Pacific Railroad. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jose A. Baca and Romaldo Baca. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Jose A. Baca for depredations committed in August, 1868, by Kiowa and Comanche Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Seth E. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Seth E. Ward for compensation on account of depredations committed by Brule and Ogallala Sioux Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Night-signals in the mercantile marine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to night-signals in the mercantile marine of the United States. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. M. Desmarais & Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of M. Desmarais & Co. for depredations committed by Cheyenne Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain Indians in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to House Bill 3090, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of the Alabama, Cooshatta, and Muscogee Tribes of Indians in Texas." February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Observation and report of storms. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the expenses of observation and report of storms, &c. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Probst and Kirchner. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Probst and Kirchner for depredations, in 1869, by Navajo Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Cost of lines of telegraph connecting military posts. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the probable cost of the construction and operation of telegraph lines connecting the military posts, and from post to post, on the frontiers of Texas. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Christopher Weidner. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Christopher Weidner for depredations in October, 1868, by Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Civil employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the civil employes [sic] of his Department during the year ended December 31, 1872. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Re-organization of the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Yellowstone National Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for wagon roads to Yellowstone Park. February 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Aggregate payments on public debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the aggregate amount paid on the public debt since the 4th day of March, 1861. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Grade of officers in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to House Bill 3400, to regulate and establish the grade of certain officers in the United States Navy. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Cyrus M. Cutler. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of Cyrus M. Cutler, for depredations committed in March, 1867, by Kaw Indians. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Army retired list. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Army retired list. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a bill to authorize the Attorney General to adjust the claim of the government upon the purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 3594. Laws governing the Marine Hospital Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the present laws governing the Marine Hospital Service of the United States. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lincoln W. Tibbits. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Lincoln W. Tibbits, master and managing owner of the brig Tornado. February 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Unexpended appropriations for Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill granting authority to use the unexpended balance from appropriations heretofore made for the subsistence of Navajo Indians to meet deficiencies in the appropriations for the present fiscal year for the benefit of said tribe. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	31
Serial set 1570	Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1872.	1
Serial set 1571	Memorial of Centennial Commission. Memorial of the Centennial Commission, asking aid to carry into effect the proposed National Centennial Exposition. December 11, 1872. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Centennial Exposition. Carl Epping, C.B. Phillips. December 11, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. Petition of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company, praying for relief. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. To amend postal code. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, concerning House Bill No. 3006. December 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Atlantic and Great Western Canal. Memorial of the National Commercial Convention at Saint Louis, in relation to the Atlantic and Great Western Canal. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Judicial districts in Indiana. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to judicial districts in said state. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Niagara ship canal. Memorial and report of the executive committee of the Detroit Commercial Convention, held at the City of Detroit, Michigan, on the 13th day of December, 1871, in relation to the Niagara Falls ship canal. December 18, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Improvement of the Ohio River. Memorial of the Board of Commissioners appointed by certain governors, suggesting a method for the improvement of the Ohio River. December 16, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies for expenses of United States courts. Letter from the Attorney General of the United States, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, respecting an application for deficiencies of appropriation for expenses of United States courts, and statement of expenditures under former appropriations for the same. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bridge over the Mississippi River at La Crosse. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3099.) Petition of the Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company, for permission to bridge the Mississippi River at La Crosse. December 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Annual report of the Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy. Report of the Visitors at West Point on the part of the House of Representatives. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed Amendment of the rules. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules 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 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public property in custody of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting his annual report of public property in his possession. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Relief of the State of Tennessee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 3000.) Papers relative to claim for relief from the State of Tennessee. December 3, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Exposition at Vienna. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing a dispatch from the minister of the United States at Vienna concerning the Exposition of the World's Industry at Vienna. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Exposition at Vienna. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, transmitting a paper relative to negotiation for freight rates. December 6, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statutes in force in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Governor of the District of Columbia, transmitting report of a commission to revise the statutes in force in the District of Columbia. December 19, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. United States northern boundary. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3254.) Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, requesting appropriation for the completion of the survey of the boundaries between Great Britain and the United States. December 17, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Julia A. Nutt. (To accompany H.R. 3251.) Petition of Julia A. Nutt, widow and executrix of Haller Nutt, deceased. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Second general report of the Commissioners of Claims. Letter from the President of the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting the second general report of the Commissioners of Claims. December 10, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Dakota Indian War of 1862. Memorial and accompanying papers of the Legislature of Dakota Territory, relative to the Dakota Indian War of 1862. December 9, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-second Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1872. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-second Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 2, 1872. list of reports to be made to Congress during the third 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 2, 1872.	25
Serial set 1572	Antonio Pelletier. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3195.) Memorial of Antonio Pelletier. January 21, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Education in the territories. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking congressional aid in the cause of education in the territories. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Tualatin River. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying for a appropriation for the improvement of the Tualatin River, in said state. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. American Printing House for the Blind. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of New York, relative to granting aid to the American Printing House for the Blind in the District of Columbia. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. President's salary. Resolution of the Eight-Hour League of Boston, against an increase of the President's salary; also against the one term principle. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Vienna Exposition. Resolution of the Board of Trade of the City of Burlington, Vt., asking appropriation in aid of the Vienna Exposition. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying for aid in the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. The national celebration of the centennial anniversary of the independence of the United States by an international universal exhibition, to be held in Philadelphia in the year 1876. Report to Congress by the United States Centennial Commission, February, 1873; accompanied by a classified compilation of the journal of the proceedings of the Commission and other papers. French claims. Petition of merchants of Boston, in relation to French claims. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Niblack vs. Walls. Additional testimony in the case of Niblack vs. Walls, of Florida. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Indigent Americans in foreign states. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the relief of indigent Americans in foreign states. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statue to Major-General Thomas. Memorial of the Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, in reference to the donation of bronze for the erection of an equestrian statue to Major-General Thomas. January 11, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statue to Major-General George H. Thomas. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3302.) Memorial of the members of the Army of the Cumberland, praying for an appropriation to aid in the erection of a statue to the memory of the late Major-General George H. Thomas. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Executive Mansion. Letter from the engineer in charge of the public buildings and grounds, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 6, instant, relative to the Executive Mansion. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Removal of disabilities. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking removal of disabilities. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Survey of Penobscot River. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Transfer of certain rights and franchises of West Virginia to the United States. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, providing for the transfer of certain rights and franchises of the State of West Virginia to the United States. January 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Mississippi levees. Memorial of citizens of the State of Louisiana, in favor of nationalizing the levees of the Mississippi River. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 3419. Military road from Portland to Astoria and Fort Stevens. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying Congress for an appropriation of $60,000 to construct a military road from Portland to Astoria and Fort Stevens. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Re-organization of the Indian Territory. Resolution of the National Commercial Convention, memorializing Congress on the subject of re-organizing the Indian Territory. January 14, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Yamhill River. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of the Yamhill River, in said state. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Northern Boundary Commission. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Mr. Banks, in relation to the Northern Boundary Commission. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Re-organization of the diplomatic and consular systems. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to Mr. Banks, Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to the re-organization of the diplomatic and consular departments. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Washington and Georgetown Railroad. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting a report of the transactions of said company during the year ending December 31, 1872. January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Japanese Indemnity Fund. Petition of the president and faculty of colleges in the United States, school superintendents, and others, for the restoration to Japan of the unexpended balance of the Japanese Indemnity Fund -- 452 signatures. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property about the Capitol. Letter from the Architect of the Capitol Extension, transmitting an inventory of the property belonging to the United States in and about the Capitol, President's house, and botanical garden. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Improvement of navigation of Delaware River. Resolution of the city councils of Philadelphia, requesting of Congress an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the River Delaware, by the removal of the obstructions at the Horseshoe Shoals and Fort Mifflin Bar, and for the erection of additional lighthouses. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Kent Island Narrows. Letter from the office of the Chief of Engineers, relative to the examination and survey of Kent Island Narrows. January 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Choctaw net proceeds claim. Answer of P.P. Pitchlynn, Choctaw delegate, to the communication of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the Choctaw net proceeds claim. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Protection and improvement of Boston Harbor. Memorial of the harbor commissioners of the State of Massachusetts, concerning the protection and improvement of Boston Harbor. January 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Harbor of Plymouth, Massachusetts. January 16, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Mail service by railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3498.) Table of service of the mail by railroads. January 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Civil rights. Memorial of colored citizens, praying for appropriate legislation in accordance with the Constitution, and in the interests of freedom; respect for their civil and political rights as citizens of the United States. January 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. James River and Kanawha Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that, as a national enterprise, the James River and Kanawha Canal be enlarged and completed in such a way as to connect the navigable waters of the Ohio and James Rivers. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report of the survey of the Colorado of the West. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a report of the survey of the Colorado of the West, and its tributaries. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Re-organization of the clerical force of the Land Office. January 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1790. Water privileges at Harper's Ferry. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the passage of a bill to resell the water privileges at Harper's Ferry. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Condition of affairs of the Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen. Communication of General O.O. Howard, late commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, relative to the report of the Assistant Adjutant General as to the condition of the affairs of the Bureau, made October, 1872. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Suffrage in Utah. Memorial of the New York Woman Suffrage Society, protesting against the sixth section of the bill regarding Utah. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mining statistics. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri asking appropriation to improve the navigation of the Mississippi River. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Choctaw claims. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, in answer to the letter of the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Solicitor of the Treasury in relation to the Choctaw claims. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Michigan City. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to an appropriation by Congress for the completion of the harbor at Michigan City, Indiana. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Additional aid to industrial colleges. Memorial of the East Tennessee University, showing reasons why Congress should render additional aid to colleges established and to be established under the original and amended law of 1862. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Idaho, asking for aid in the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. January 6, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. To amend the pension laws. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, asking Congress to amend the pension laws. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Military road from Roseburgh to Coos Bay. Memorial of the Legislature of Oregon, praying aid to construct a military wagon road from Roseburgh to Coos Bay, in said state. January 13, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Atlantic and Great Western Canal. Memorial and argument of B.W. Frovel, in behalf of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal. January 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Jurors in the United States courts. Joint resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in regard to the manner of drawing jurors for the federal court in said state. January 20, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Pembina band of Chippewa Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, relative to the Pembina band of the Chippewa Indians. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Criminal and penitentiary statistics. Memorial of the National Prison Reform Congress of Baltimore asking aid from Congress in the work of collecting criminal and penitentiary statistics in the states and territories of the Union. January 31, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Division of Dakota Territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, asking for the division of the present Territory of Dakota, and the erection of an additional territorial organization out of the northern part of the same. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Reduction of postage. January 28, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Postal telegraph. Proceedings of the Committee on Appropriations in the matter of the postal telegraph. January 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Hostile Indians in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Dakota Territory, in reference to the Black Hills country serving as a retreat for hostile Indians. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Against repeal of Bankrupt Act. Memorial of the Legislature of Virginia, protesting against the repeal of the Bankrupt Act. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Soldiers of War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to pensions of soldiers of the War of 1812. January 27, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 and ordered to be printed. Endowment of agricultural colleges. (To accompany Bill S. 693.) Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, praying that Senate Bill No. 693 for the more complete endowment and support of agricultural colleges, &c., become a law. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Removal of bank taxes. Petition from banks, justifying the movement for the removal of bank taxes. February 1, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. (To accompany Bill S. 693.) Memorial from the board of trustees of the Arkansas Industrial University, for the passage of Senate Bill No. 693 to provide for the further endowment and support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Ouachita River. Petition from citizens of South Arkansas, relative to the improvement of the Ouachita River. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. National civil rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, urging the passage of a national civil rights bill. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Chinese laborers. Petition of citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, relative to Chinese laborers. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Improvement of lower Mississippi River. Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of Saint Paul, Minnesota, relative to improving the lower Mississippi River. February 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. Branch mint, Charlotte, North Carolina. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in regard to the branch mint of the United States at Charlotte, North Carolina. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be printed. Creditors of the late Republic of Texas. An act of the Legislature of Texas, asking that the balance of the appropriations under the acts of September 9, 1850, and 28th of February, 1855, for the payment of the creditors of the late Republic of Texas, be refunded, and assuming all liability of existing indebtedness in that behalf, and releasing the United States of the same. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Fish propagation for food. Letter of Professor Baird, relative to an appropriation for the propagation of food fishes in the rivers of the United States. February 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Swamp and overflowed lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3845.) Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, to extend the time for selecting swamp and overflowed lands. February 21, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. New York Stock Exchange investigation. February 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Alabama claims. Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, relative to Geneva awards for damages growing out of the depredations by the Confederate cruisers. February 22, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Growth, culture, and preparation of tea in Japan and China. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs, inclosing dispatches from the legation at Yokohama and consulate at Shanghai in relation to the growth, culture, and preparation of tea in Japan and China. February 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Railroad lands in Nebraska. Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska, in relation to certain lands in said state. February 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Ohio River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to aid by the general government for the permanent improvement of the navigation of the Ohio River. February 10, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.	73
Serial set 1573	National domain for benefit of common schools. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of setting apart the national domain for the benefit of common schools. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Sixth annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah; being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872. By F.V. Hayden, United States Geologist. Conducted under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the third 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. March 3, 1873. Territory of Oklahoma. Protest of the Creek and Cherokee delegations against the passage of House Bill No. 2635, creating the Territory of Oklahoma. March 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2635. Merchants' National Bank of Washington. January 29, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Lands to supply deficiencies in sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, memorializing Congress for a sufficient grant of lands to supply deficiency of sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections for school purposes, lost to the state by Indian reservations. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Entry of lands on Osage reservation. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, praying for extension of time for settlers to enter lands of the Osage reservation. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Additional federal court for Illinois. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, requesting the passage of the bill to create an additional federal judicial district for the State of Illinois. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. George B. Mortimer. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting their report upon the claim of George B. Mortimer, of Copiah County, Mississippi. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Newspaper postage. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, relating to newspaper postage. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post roads and ordered to be printed. Tax on spirits distilled from fruit. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, memorializing Congress to abolish the internal tax on all liquors made from fruit. February 24, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means 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 1872	12
Serial set 1574	Digested summary and alphabetical list of private claims which have been presented to the House of Representatives from the Thirty-second to the Forty-first Congress, inclusive; exhibiting the action of Congress on each claim, with references to the journals, reports, bills, etc., elucidating its progress.	1
Serial set 1575	Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by the way of the Isthmus of Darien by Thos. Oliver Selfridge, Commander, U.S. Navy.	1
Serial set 1576	Jehu F. Wotring. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Captain Alonzo J. Marsh. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Silas L. Niblack vs. Josiah T. Walls. January 21, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Burton and Charles C. Stockley. January 21, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William H. Pilkinton. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Lock-up of currency by any national bank. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency. To connect the telegraph with the postal service. December 19, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Affairs in the District of Columbia. December 20, 1872. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. State government for Colorado. January 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Territories. Black Beaver. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. George S. Fisher. January 9, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rebecca A. Marcher. January 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Sutro Tunnel. January 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Mines and Mining. John B. Emerson. January 25, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Patents. Purchasers of property at Harper's Ferry. January 11, 1873. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Murphy. January 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles J. Davis, administrator of John Davis, late of Chester County, Pennsylvania. December 3, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Daniel Woodbury. December 13, 1872. - Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Hugh McCormick. December 13, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. Venezuela claims. December 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed. George E. Gustin. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. District and circuit courts Northern District of Pennsylvania. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. David Shelton, Sr. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Stephen Phillips's heirs. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. George A. Armes. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Dr. Theodore A. Tellkampf. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Eli H. Jarrett. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. James F. Early. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Kreel & Miller. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Ethan A. Sawyers. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles Trichler. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Emma E. Gardner. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Jackson Roberts. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Jonathan L. Mann. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. William E. Franklin. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. First Battalion of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Military posts in Texas. January 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry B. Mears. January 10, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. William Mount. January 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alabama claims. January 27, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Claims of loyal citizens for private property taken for public use. January 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Widow of Alexander F. Crosman. (To accompany Resolution H.R. 173.) January 25, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Nathaniel McKay. January 16, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. Dakota claims for stores and supplies to volunteers. January 15, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Bowen vs. DeLarge. January 18, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Josiah Morris. January 18, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee of Claims. A.S. Macomber. February 11, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. William H. Reid and others. February 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Major William T. Brinton. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Debates in Congress. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Printing. Ship canal. February 13, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Statue of Admiral Farragut. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. J. Hale Sypher. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mark W. Delahay. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. E.H. Durell. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Central Pacific Railroad Company. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. National university. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Expenditures in the State Department. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Rollin White. February 28, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Expenditures in the War Department. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Loss of papers in case of General Don Carlos Buell. March 3, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Jonathan D. Hale. February 19, 1873. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dr. John F. Hanks. January 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mrs. Mary A.P. Brown. January 21, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. San Francisco Land Association of Philadelphia. January 31, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. John B. Thibault. February 1, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Joseph Coffman. February 1, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Army Medical Museum. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs Provisions of treaty between the United States and Great Britain. February 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Purnell Howard's heirs. February 1, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James Carey. February 5, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Lynch. February 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Marmaduke M.C. Hobbs. February 5, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Army staff organization. February 2, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Loss of stamps in sub-treasury, New York. February 11, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Edwin Butler and George D. Pitkin. February 11, 1873. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Tice Meters. February 11, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means, together with the views of the minority, and ordered to be printed. Luigi Botto. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Cyrus P. Mandenhall. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William B. Wilson. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Charles W. Denison. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Emanuel Mason. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel Hunt. February 8, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Rutherford. February 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry P. Sanger and Henry K. Sanger, estate. February 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Salaries of executive, judicial, and legislative officers. February 7, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Washington Monument. February 22, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Revised Army regulations. March 1, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Steamer Clara Dolson. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Military reservation at Point San Jose, California. January 11, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Treaty stipulations with Choctaw Nation. February 22, 1873. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Oliver Moses and others. March 3, 1873. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.	92
Serial set 1577	Union Pacific Railroad and Credit Mobilier. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Affairs of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. February 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Credit Mobilier investigation. February 18, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed with the evidence, and the further consideration postponed until Tuesday next, after the reading of the journal. Inquiry as to impeachment in Credit Mobilier testimony. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Credit Mobilier and Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad. February 24, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted with testimony already ordered to be printed.	5
Serial set 1578	Investigation of Indian frauds. March 3, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1579	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-third Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1873, in the ninety-eighth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1580	Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, information in relation to officers or employes [sic] furnished with official postage-stamps. January 13, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to Senate resolution of March 26, 1873, information relative to the pneumatic tube. December 2, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the payment of the expenses of two commissioners appointed from civil life on the military prison board. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, in relation to the application of Henry S. Welles for compensation for removing obstructions from the harbor of Savannah, Georgia. December 11, 1873. -- 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 March 11, 1873, information in relation to the expediency of dedicating to the public use part of the island of Mackinac, in the State of Michigan. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of February 27, 1874, information in relation to the receiving and disposing of United States revenue stamps and public moneys. April 9, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, an abstract of the militia force of the United States. April 10, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and one from Enoch Hogg, superintendent of the Central Superintendency, protesting against the passage of House Bill 1725, providing for the sale of the Black Bob lands in Kansas. April 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 19, 1874, information relative to the Indian agencies in Nevada. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of December 4, 1873, information in relation to the sale of government property at Harper's Ferry. December 15, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate, the number of officers and employes [sic] in or connected with the Post Office Department, and who have been furnished with official postage-stamps. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a contract entered into for the treatment of patients in the Providence Hospital. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, communicating, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate, the number of officers and employes [sic] in or connected with the Department of State who have been furnished with official postage-stamps. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information in response to Senate resolution of the 5th of January, 1874, in relation to the number of officers furnished with official postage-stamps. January 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, information in relation to officers or employes [sic] furnished with official postage-stamps. January 13, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of expenditures at the Springfield armory during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1873. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending legislation authorizing the sale of the military reservation at Camp Crittenden and old Camp Grant, Arizona Territory. January 7, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Attorney General, submitted in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, communicating information in relation to officers and employees furnished with postage-stamps for official correspondence. January 12, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating information called for by resolution of the Senate of December 2, 1873, as to amount expended in aid of the construction of public works in the states and territories. January 8, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of February 24, 1873, information in relation to the expenses of proceedings in bankruptcy in United States courts. January 15, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of March 11, 1873, information in relation to the space allotted to each steerage-immigrant on board ship. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. January 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 10, 1874, information as to the length of time which will be required for the mints to manufacture the amount of subsidiary silver coin requisite to replace the fractional currency. February 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in relation to the cultivation of timber and the preservation of forests. February 20, 1874. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Centennial Commissioners. February 25, 1874. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 27, 1874, information in relation to a treaty with the Chippewa Indians. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 27, 1874. -- Motion to print reported and agreed to Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in response to a resolution of the Senate, information as to the number of illicit distilleries suppressed within the last six months. March 3, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating additional testimony in relation to the New Mexico private land claim No. 72, known as "Ojo del Apache." March 3, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanying reports of the surveyor general of New Mexico on the private land claims of Bartoleme Marquez and Francisco Padilla, and of Juan Luis Ortiz. December 4, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, an inventory of all the property belonging to the United States in the buildings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied by that Department and under its charge. December 2, 1873. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the sale of Indian lands in the State of Kansas. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in compliance with Senate resolution of December 15, 1873, communicating information relative to the expense saved to the government by the abolition of the franking privilege. January 20, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report from the Secretary of the Interior relative to information called for by a Senate resolution of January 8, 1874, regarding encroachment upon Indian Territory. January 20, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 5, 1874, information in relation to officers and employes [sic] furnished with official postage stamps. January 14, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 26, 1874, transmitting a copy of the annual reports of a portion of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the years 1872 and 1873. February 5, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in reply to Senate resolution of January 20, 1874, information as to compensation and additional compensation of clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 5, 1874, a report of the Chief of Engineers as to the condition of the breakwater at Du Luth, and the amount necessary to put the same in repair. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to an act approved July 15, 1870, relating to certain supernumerary officers mustered out of service with one year's pay and allowance. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Acting Chief of Ordnance, relative to the adoption of the Gatling gun. March 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Postal service. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1874, calling for information relative to the postal service between New York and Washington, New York and Boston, and New York, Albany, Buffalo, and Suspension Bridge. March 6, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed, and motion to print two hundred additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. March 23, 1874. -- Motion to print two hundred additional copies reported and agreed to. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating reports of the surveyor general of New Mexico on the private land claims under grants to Felipe Gutierres and Juan Jose Gallegos, No. 83 and No. 84. March 25, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating copy of a letter from the Adjutant General of the Army, relative to unexpended balance of appropriation for collection and payment of bounties to colored soldiers and sailors, and recommending certain legislation relative thereto. January 19, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the report of John M. Thacher, a delegate to the Vienna Exposition, held in August, 1873, on the subject of the protection of patents. February 18, 1874. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	42

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