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Serial set 1602	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 first session of the Forty-third Congress. Volume II	1
Serial set 1603	Report of the Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia for the year 1873; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-third Congress. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1873.	2
Serial set 1604	Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on the operations of the internal revenue system for the year 1873. Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the first session of the Forty-third Congress of the United States. December 1, 1873.	2
Serial set 1605	Customs fines, penalties, and forfeitures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected in the districts of Boston and New York, from November 30, 1873, to March 1, 1874, and the disposition made of the proceeds thereof. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. Revised estimates of appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a revision of the estimates for the expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Suits, etc., for violation of the revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the amount of money paid since the 4th of March, 1869, by any person or persons, in the settlement of suits, judgments, or claims made by or in behalf of the United States for the violation of the revenue laws at the Boston and New York Custom-houses, etc. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.	4
Serial set 1606	Public property in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 15, 1870, an inventory of the public property of the United States in his possession. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clothing to certain enlisted men of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a joint resolution authorizing the issue of clothing to certain enlisted men of the Army. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expense of abolition of franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, transmitting a statement of expenses incurred by the abolition of the franking privilege. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Pension bureau deficiencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the clerical force of the pension bureau during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Subsistence of Indians in Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a special estimate of appropriations required to purchase subsistence for Indian tribes in the Indian Territory. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pottawatomie Indian funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill relative to investments of certain funds belonging to the Prairie band of Pottawatomie Indians. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Private Frank M. Kelly. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of Private Frank M. Kelly, Company F, First Cavalry. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the House certain developments connected with the late Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Increase of clerical force in Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an increase of the clerical force in his Department. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Examination of mail matter by Custom-house officers. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 10, 1873, relative to allowing any Custom-house officer or detective to examine correspondence passing through the New York and Boston post office. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting agreements, three in number, with the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians for the relinquishment of the reservation provided for them by the treaty of 1867. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Subsistence for Modoc Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to subsist the Modoc Indians during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Telegraph operator for the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the employment of a telegraph operator for his Department. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Grand Calumet River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 3, 1873, in relation to the survey of the Grand Calumet River, in the State of Indiana. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Penitentiary for Wyoming Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for building a penitentiary in Wyoming Territory. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indians in the Central Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the draught of a bill for the civilization of Indians of the Central Superintendency. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Report of Iowa land commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of commissioners under the act of March 3, 1873, to examine lands in Iowa above the Raccoon Fork of the Des Moines River, with estimate of appropriation for payment of the commissioners. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Special appropriation for Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, asking for an appropriation to meet extraordinary expenses in his Department. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Steamer Virginius. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents and correspondence relative to the capture of the steamer Virginius, and proceedings subsequent thereto. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military prisons. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report on the subject of military prisons. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indians of Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations to aid Indians of Northern Superintendency in arts of civilized life. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Falls of Saint Anthony. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the preservation of the Falls of Saint Anthony. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Military wagon-road from Wallula to Seattle, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the construction of a military wagon-road from Wallula to Seattle, Washington Territory. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to indemnify the Pawnee Indians for 4,800 acres of land. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amount expended on permanent forts and batteries. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing in detail the amount of appropriations which have been or will be expended on each of the permanent forts and batteries for which regular appropriations have been made, from the period of commencement of each work to the present time. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Causes of steam-boiler explosions. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the commission appointed to investigate the causes of steam-boiler explosions. January 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation for collecting and subsisting the Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Education of Sac and Fox Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for educational purposes for the Sac and Fox Indians of the Missouri. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an agreement concluded with the Ute Indians in Colorado, September 13, 1873. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sales of commissary stores. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill repealing so much of section five of the act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government as relates to the proceeds of sales of commissary stores. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to the House of the relief of certain tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendency. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian reservation in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting to the House a draught of a bill to establish a reservation for certain Indians in the Territory of Montana. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenses incurred by the abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Attorney General in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the expenses incurred by the abolition of the franking privilege, &c. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. List of persons employed in the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the act of April 20, 1818, and August 26, 1842, the names of the clerks and other persons employed in his Department, or in any of its offices, during the year 1873. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fort Reynolds military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the sale of the military reservation at Fort Reynolds, Colorado Territory, &c. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Manner of paying annuities. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill providing for the manner of paying annuities to Indian tribes under treaty stipulations. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Kansas tribe of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the removal of the Kansas tribe of Indians to the Indian Territory. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Unexpended balances, Indian appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use certain unexpended balances of appropriations for the Indian service. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. Removal of Kickapoos and other Indians from Texas and Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill and estimates of appropriation for the removal of the Kickapoo and other Indians from Texas and Mexico. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations required to fulfill treaty obligations with the Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Civilization of Pawnee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill making available certain unexpended balances of funds to be used for the civilization of the Pawnee Indians. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1799, from the relief and protection of American seamen. January 7, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Reform School in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to a deficiency in the appropriation for the erection of buildings for the Reform School in the District of Columbia. January 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fred. Rettig. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of Fred. Rettig, first lieutenant First Florida Battery. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting in compliance with the act of August 26, 1842, statements of the disbursement of the fund for the expenses of the State Department for the year ending June 30, 1873. December 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. Consular fees. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with a report of the fees collected by the consular officers of the United States during the year ended December 31, 1872; the rates or tariff of fees prescribed by law, and a list of all consular officers in office on the 25th of September, 1872. December 3, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Abolition of franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the abolition of the franking privilege. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Kansas Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a bill providing for the sale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas to actual settlers, and for the disposition of the proceeds of sale. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Geological and geographical survey of the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation of March 3, 1873, for the continuation of the geological and geographical survey of the territories. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	51
Serial set 1607	Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of indebtedness on account of collecting upon reservations and subsisting Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico prior to July 1, 1873. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Omaha Indian lands in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation for the purchase from the Omaha Indians in Nebraska, of such quantity of land as may be required for the Winnebagoes in Wisconsin, &c. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Proposed Indian reservations in Idaho and Washington Territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting to the House a draught of a bill to provide for the establishment of a reservation for the Indians of the Colville Agency, in the Territory of Washington, and for the Coeur d'Alene Indians, of the Territory of Idaho, with additional papers. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. White Earth reservation in Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to secure eighty acres of land in the White Earth reservation of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota to the Episcopal Board of Missions. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Eight-hour law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the operation of the eight-hour law. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Expense of abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the expenses incurred in his Department by the abolition of the franking privilege. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Arming the militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing amounts due to or overdrawn by the several states under the law for arming the militia on the 22d day of January, 1874; also the annual report of Chief of Ordnance for the year ending June 30, 1871. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mission Indians of Southern California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the special agent appointed to visit the mission Indians of Southern California, and recommending an appropriation for the said Indians. January 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bounties to colored soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the insufficiency of the unexpended balance of appropriation for collection and payment of bounties, &c., to colored soldiers and sailors for the current fiscal year. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Eight-hour law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to the decisions of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury based upon the act of Congress known as "the eight-hour law." January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Expense of abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the expenses incurred in his Department upon the abolition of the franking privilege, and also inclosing a copy of a report to the Senate on the same subject. January 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Milwaukee harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 8, 1874, transmitting a copy of a report upon the condition, &c., of the harbor at Milwaukee, Wis. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports in relation to the Union Pacific Railroad. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Postal savings institutions. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 11, 1873, in relation to how many employes [sic] of all grades it will require to carry on the postal savings institution in the United States and territories, and also in relation to the postal telegraph system. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Rush Valley military reservation, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the disposition of the Rush Valley military reservation, Utah Territory. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expense of abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, transmitting a statement of the expenses incurred by his Department in consequence of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. List of pension agents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 19, 1874, in relation to the number of pension agents appointed under the existing laws, their residence, and the amount of compensation received by each since the 4th day of March 1869. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Government of United States armies in the field. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to "Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field." January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Relief of United States Assistant Treasurer at New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill for the relief of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York City. January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Providence Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report on contract of the Providence Hospital, District of Columbia, for the treatment of transient paupers. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Mechanics at Pawnee Agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the employment and support of a carpenter and a shoemaker at the Pawnee Agency in Nebraska during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rock Island and Davenport bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 966), relating to the use by the public of the bridges and roads connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Treaty with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to articles of convention concluded with the chiefs and headmen of the Shoshone and Bannock Indians, for relinquishment of a portion of their reservation in Wyoming Territory. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Buildings on Fort Bridger military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of a board of arbitrators convened for the purpose of appraising the valuation of certain buildings on the military reservation of Fort Bridger, Wyo. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Private land claims in Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to certain private land claims in Louisiana. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridging the channel between lakes Huron and Erie. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Board of Engineers relative to the practicability of bridging the channels between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Armament of fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates for armament of fortifications. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a bridge now in process of construction across the Schuylkill River at South Street, Philadelphia, Pa. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Flint and Chattahoochee rivers in Florida. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 7, 1874, transmitting a report of the survey of the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers in Florida. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Shipping commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 12, 1874, in relation to a statement showing the amount or amounts of money paid into the Treasury of the United States, under the act of June 7, 1872, authorizing the appointment of shipping commissioners, and for other purposes. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Temporary loans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of temporary loans authorized by acts of February 25, March 17, and July 11, 1862, and June 30, 1864. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Number and compensation of persons employed in the internal revenue bureau. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 19, 1873, transmitting a statement showing the number of persons employed by the internal revenue bureau, and the compensation paid them December 1, 1866, and December 1, 1873. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. List of clerks, etc., employed -- reports of contracts other than mail -- inventory of public property -- expenditures of contingent fund. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of January 8, 1872, to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to the Post Office Department, certain reports. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Life-saving stations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the act of March 3, 1873, entitled "An Act To Provide for the Establishment of Life-saving Stations on the Coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina." February 3, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. R.F. Farrell. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State, with papers, in the case of R.F. Farrell, late United States Consul at Cadiz, Spain. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Intercourse with Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend the acts of June 30, 1834, and February 13, 1862, to regulate trade and intercourse with various Indian tribes. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Allegany reservation, New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to leasing or selling a portion of the Allegany reservation, in the State of New York. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Unsettled accounts of Army paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 7, 1874, in relation to what accounts of regular and additional paymasters of the Army, for disbursements during the late war, remain unsettled; what amounts, and from whom, are due, and what has been done toward their collection. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statement of duties collected. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 17, 1873, transmitting a statement of the amount of duties collected and paid on all the goods, wares, and merchandise specified and provided for in the act of June 6, 1872, &c. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Canal connecting the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, 1871, in relation to a ship canal to connect the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. February 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Powder-magazine near Fort Mifflin, Delaware. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the proposed construction of a powder-magazine on the old Lazaretto tract, near Fort Mifflin, Delaware. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1873, showing progress of work on harbor of refuge at mouth of Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal at close of navigation, 1873. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Property adjoining Winder's building. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the purchase of the property adjoining Winder's building. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Unsettled accounts of disbursing officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a number of accounts of disbursing officers of the Army as still unsettled under the act of June 23, 1870. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bronze statue of George Clinton, deceased. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the governor of New York, relative to a bronze statue of George Clinton, deceased. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Round Valley Indian reservation, California. Draught of a bill transmitted by the Secretary of the Interior, to amend an act to restore a part of the Round Valley Indian reservation, in California, to the public lands and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1873. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Claims of loyal citizens growing out of the late war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Quartermaster General and Commissary General of Subsistence, giving their views upon certain classes of claims growing out of the late war. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Saginaw River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 4, 1874, transmitting a report of the survey and estimate of cost for the improvement of the Saginaw River, in the State of Michigan. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Modoc war. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the correspondence and papers relative to the war with the Modoc Indians in southern Oregon and northern California, during the years 1872 and 1873. February 10, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Suits against certain railroad corporations. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to certain suits instituted by the United States against certain railroad corporations on account of property sold to said corporations by the government. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Examination of rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting certain reports of examination of rivers and harbors under the act of March 3, 1873. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Railroad bridge at Davenport, Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the removal of the north pier of the old railroad bridge of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad at Davenport, Iowa. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Expenses of general Indian council. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to defray the expenses of holding a general council of Cherokee, Creek, &c., as provided by treaties with said Indians. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Indians reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation required to defray the expenses incident to the survey of Indian reservations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Kickapoo and other roaming bands of Indians in Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for removing the Kickapoo and other roaming bands of Indians from Mexico to the Indian Territory. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Agreement with Crow Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an agreement concluded with the Crow tribe of Indians in accordance with the act of April 23, 1872. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Berwick Bay, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 8, 1873, in relation to the examination of the channel in Berwick Bay, at the mouth of the Atchafalaya River, within the State of Louisiana. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Military telegraph lines in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the want of a law affixing a penalty for tampering with the military telegraph lines in Arizona. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. List of clerks and employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with section 11, act of August, 1842, transmitting a list of the clerks and other employes [sic] in the Navy Department. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Channel connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 18, 1873, in relation to an estimate of expense of deepening and widening the navigable channel of the rivers connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the plan and route of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Yellow fever epidemic of 1873. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13, 1874, transmitting a report of the Surgeon General concerning the epidemic of yellow fever in the United States in 1873. January 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Makah Indians, Washington Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to pay for improvements by settlers on lands set apart for Makah Indians in Washington Territory. February 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Geological and geographical survey of the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an estimate of appropriation for the continuation of the geological and geographical survey of the territories of the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, &c. January 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	65
Serial set 1608	Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the sixth annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. Jicarilla Apache and Ute Indians of New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an agreement with the Jicarilla Apache and certain Ute Indians in the Territory of New Mexico. February 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Bannack and other Indians in southern Idaho. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an agreement concluded November 7, 1873, with the Bannack and other Indians in southern Idaho. February 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 13, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. W.H. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the petition of W.H. Ward for compensation for the use by the government of his improved bullet-machine. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the Board of Indian Commissioners. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners in relation to an unexpended balance of appropriation made by the act of May 29, 1872, to pay the expenses of said board. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Bridges over navigable waters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to regulate the construction of bridges over the navigable waters of the United States. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Galveston Harbor, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the improvement of Galveston Harbor, Texas. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sea-board and Roanoke Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 785) for the relief of the Sea-board and Roanoke Railroad Company. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Martial law in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the date of the President's proclamation declaring martial law within the District of Columbia, and the period of its continuance. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Civil service reform in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports from the various bureaus in his Department in relation to civil service reform. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, in compliance with the act of March, 1869. February 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Naval enlistments and appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 9, 1873, in relation to the appropriation made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874; also how much of said appropriation was expended prior to January 1, 1874; and also how much of the $4,000,000 appropriated by the present Congress has been expended and for what purposes. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Equestrian statue of General Winfield Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the memorial of H.K. Brown, for an additional allowance to that already allowed him for his equestrian statue of General Winfield Scott, lately erected in this city. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Cherokees east of the Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend an act entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for Fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with Various Indian Tribes, for the Year Ending June 30, 1849, and for Other Purposes," February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Ohio River. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sanborn and other contracts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 13, 1874, in relation to contracts made under the authority of the Treasury Department in compliance with the act of May 8, 1872. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Contracts, purchases, and expenditures for the Indian service. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the extent and nature of the contracts, purchases, and expenditures for the Indian service made since July 1, 1873. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.	17
Serial set 1609	Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1873.	1
Serial set 1610	Cost of Modoc War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers showing the cost to the Quartermaster's Department of the Modoc War. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Reconnaissance in the Ute Country. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute Country, made in 1873 by Lieutenant E.H. Ruffner, of the Corps of Engineers. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Leaves of absence. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting to the House a petition of officers of the 6th Infantry, asking that troops serving on the frontier be placed on better footing with regard to leaves of absence. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Butler, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Joint Resolution (H.R. 55) respecting military reservation known as Fort Butler. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rush Valley military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to House Bill 1479, to restore the Rush Valley military reservation, in Utah to the public lands. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Telegraph line from Santa Fe to Tucson. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a telegraph line from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Tucson, Ariz. April 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Private land claims in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with act of July, 1854, three reports of the surveyor general of the Territory of New Mexico on private lands in said territory. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. April 3, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Military expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement showing the appropriations for the military service for the preceding year. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Statement in relation to refunding the national debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 3, 1874, transmitting statements in relation to refunding the national debt. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Ohio River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 20, 1874, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1873, a report upon an examination of waters for the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Ohio River. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. William H. Denniston. Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the bill for the relief of William H. Denniston. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deficiency in the appropriation for the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the amount of deficiency in the appropriation for his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. April 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Punishment of crimes committed by and against Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill conferring exclusive jurisdiction over Indian reservations upon the United States courts, and for the punishment of crimes committed by and against Indians. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Oostenaula and Coosawattee rivers in Georgia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 26, 1874, in relation to the survey of the Oostenaula and Coosawattee rivers, in the State of Georgia. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Mare Island Navy-yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 10, 1874, in relation to the necessity for a better supply of fresh water, and for the construction of improved roads at the Mare Island Navy-yard. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Presidio Military Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the present condition of Presidio Military Reservation. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Restoration of certain lands in California to pre-emption settlement. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 2298) to restore certain lands in California to homestead and pre-emption settlement. April 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Chippewa Indians on the Red Cliff and Bad River reservations. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to relieve the most pressing necessities of the Chippewa Indians attached to the Red Cliff and Bad River reservations, in Wisconsin. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Naval asylum. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the propriety and advantages of a removal of the naval asylum from Philadelphia, Pa., to Annapolis, Md. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Public buildings at Springfield, Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to an appropriation for the purchase of the lot on which the United States court house and post-office building in the City of Springfield, Ill., has been erected. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Clothing lost by enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to clothing lost by the enlisted men of Company F, 3d United States Cavalry, during a flood in Blackwood Valley, May 31, 1873. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a detailed statement of the amount of moneys expended and indebtedness incurred in connection with the Indian service from June 30, 1873, to Dec. 31, 1873, &c. [Feb]ruary 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Upper Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the surveys made upon the upper Mississippi River, between Minneapolis and Saint Cloud. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ute, Pai-Ute, Go-si Ute, and Shoshone Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the condition and wants of the Ute Indians of Utah; the Pai-Utes of Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California; the Go-si Utes of Utah and Nevada; the northwestern Shoshones of Idaho and Utah, and the western Shoshones of Nevada. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Land grant to Antonio Chaves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, the transcript of the land grant to Antonio Chaves, being private land claim reported as No. 79. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. Improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Captured and abandoned cotton and other property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the amount of money paid into the Treasury of the United States arising from cotton and other captured and abandoned property, &c. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Ontonagon Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to repair the existing pile-work on the west side of Ontonagon Harbor. February 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Settlers on Fort Randall military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill for the relief of certain settlers on the Fort Randall military reservation. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Sanders military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 773) to reduce the Fort Sanders military reservation. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contracts of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the various bureaus of the War Department on behalf of the United States during the year 1873. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Kenosha harbor, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the condition of the harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Kansas Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an estimate of appropriation required for the settlement and support of the Kansas Indians on their new reservation in the Indian Territory. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the survey of Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to use funds from the sale of lands for the benefit of the Osage Indians. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the bill providing for the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Flathead Indians in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the relief of the Flathead Indians in Montana. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Arkansas Valley Railway Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 750) granting the right of way over the Fort Lyon military reservation, Colorado Territory, to the Arkansas Valley Railway Company. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military telegraph in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the cost of a military telegraph in Texas. March 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. G.L. Maloney. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in relation to the claim of G.L. Maloney. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Surveys of certain rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys of Harlem River, Raritan River, Crow Shoals, Old House Channel to main channel to Pamlico Sound, entrance to Matagorda Bay, and San Antonio Creek. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Executive communications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the course now pursued by his Department in addressing to the speaker communications intended for the consideration of any of the committees of the House. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. Expense of transportation of matter formerly carried in the mails. Message from the President of the United States, relative to expenses incurred by the various departments for transportation of any matter which, before the abolition of the franking privilege, was carried in the mails. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Fort Wilkins, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the relinquishment of Fort Wilkins, Michigan. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Barracks, etc., at Atlanta, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to proposals made by citizens of Atlanta, Ga., to sell ground for barracks, &c., at that place, as contemplated by Bill H.R. 1429. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Penalty for selling liquor to Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to existing laws fixing a minimum penalty for their violation in selling liquor to Indians. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. John Watts. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the claim of John Watts, for depredations committed by Comanche Indians. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Maj. Henry Prince. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of Maj. Henry Prince, Paymaster United States Army. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Supernumerary officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the act of July 15, 1870, making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June 30, 1871, and for other purposes. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. James W. Long. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Bill (H.R. 1701) for the relief of James W. Long, late a captain in the United States Army. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Virginia draw in Long Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the narrowing of the Virginia draw in the Long Bridge over the Potomac River by certain obstructions placed there by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Making and testing new guns of large caliber. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an inclosed letter of Norman Wiard, proposing experiments in ordnance, and for making and testing new guns of large caliber. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Red Cloud and Whetstone Indian agencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for subsisting the Red Cloud and Whetstone Indian agencies. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fire alarm telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to House Bill No. 1574, to aid in the construction of a fire alarm telegraph in the District of Columbia. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Expense of the abolition of the franking privilege. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the expenses incurred upon the abolition of the franking privilege. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Wreck of the Patrician and Noonday Rock. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an examination of the wreck of the ship Patrician and Noonday Rock, at the entrance to the harbor of San Francisco, Cal. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ojo Caliente private land claim, No. 77. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, the transcript of private land claim, reported as No. 77, in the name of the Town of Ojo Caliente, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. February 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. February 24, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted. The Rio Grande at Fort Brown, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the protection of the river banks of the Rio Grande upon the site of Fort Brown, Texas. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Estimates of deficiencies in appropriations. Letter from the Secretary to the Treasury, transmitting estimates of the deficiencies in appropriations required to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Yellowstone Park. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill amendatory of and supplementary to the act entitled "An Act To Set Apart a Certain Tract of Land, Lying Near the Head-waters of the Yellowstone River, as a Public Park." February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Mission Indians in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report showing the necessity that exists for legislation in behalf of the mission Indians in California. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief of Indians in Shasta County, California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation to aid the Indians in Shasta County, California. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Colorado River at Yuma depot. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a project for the protection of the banks of the Colorado River at Yuma depot. February 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Horn Island military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the sale of Horn Island military reservation, in the Gulf of Mexico. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Forked Deer River, Tennessee, and of Red River of the North. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys made of Forked Deer River below Dyersburgh, Tenn., and the Red River of the North, from Moorehead, Minn., to Pembina, Dak. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports on the construction of the Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge across the Mississippi River. March 31, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.	66
Serial set 1611	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, 1873.	1
Serial set 1612	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, 1873.	1
Serial set 1613	Estate of Major William B. Scott. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation to pay the claim of the estate of Maj. William B. Scott. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. James River and Kanawha Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 14, 1874, transmitting a report upon the James River and Kanawha Canal project. April 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Reduction of the clerical force in the War Department. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, relative to the reduction of the clerical force in the War Department. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. The Juan de Mestas private land claim in New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, the report of the surveyor general of New Mexico on the land grant to Juan de Mestas, private land claim reported as No. 80. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Customs duties and internal taxes refunded. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 8, 1874, transmitting a statement of the amount of money refunded from March 4, 1873, to the date of said resolution, &c., on account of customs duties and internal taxes. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in relation to a treaty made with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians April 28, 1866. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Coquille River, Oregon. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, relative to the survey of the mouth of the Coquille River, Oregon. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Payment of troops by checks. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a letter from the Paymaster General, stating in full the objections to the scheme of making payments to troops by checks, as proposed in House Bill 2546. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deputy surveyors of public lands. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a petition of deputy surveyors of public lands asking for an appropriation. April 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	9
Serial set 1614	Geographical and geological surveys west of the Mississippi. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 15, 1874, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, relative to geographical and geological surveys west of the Mississippi. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Joab Spencer and James R. Mead. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval the Bill (H.R. 1331) for the relief of Joab Spencer and James R. Mead for supplies furnished the Kansas tribe of Indians. May 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Hiram H. McColley. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the claim of Hiram H. McColley for the value of property from which he was ejected by military authorities at Camp McDermit, Nevada. May 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Private land claim of Francis Valle, Jr. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the private land claim of Francis Valle, Jr. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Hurtt court-martial. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the case of Captain Hurtt, A.Q.M., U.S.A., &c. May 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Osage Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates to pay to Osage Indians interest on net avails of land sold under second article of treaty of September 29, 1865. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian service in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to meet outstanding indebtedness of the Indian service in California. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain states and territories on account of ordnance stores. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to House Bill 2724 for the relief of certain states and territories on account of ordnance stores issued to them during the late Civil War. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Refunding duties on green fruits. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the refunding of duties on green fruits. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Private land claims of John Baptiste Valle and Francis Valle, Sr. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the private land claim of John Baptiste Valle and Francis Valle, Sr. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimate of appropriation for subdivision of White Earth reservation in Minnesota. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Superintendent of Education for the Indian Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2343) providing for the appointment of a Superintendent of Education for the Indian Territory. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Sabine Pass. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to deepening the bar of Sabine Pass, Texas. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Burning of Brenham, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the burning of the Town of Brenham, Tex., by United States soldiers, as alleged, in the year 1866. (Forty-first Congress, third session. -- H. Ex. Doc. 145.) March 3, 1871. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. April 30, 1874. -- Ordered to be reprinted. Relief of the destitute on the Lower Mississippi. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the purpose of furnishing food to destitute persons on the Lower Mississippi River. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. National bank circulation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the amount of the fifty-four millions of dollars in notes for circulation, which has been issued under the act of July 12, 1870, &c. May 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Transportation of troops by land grant railroad companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to sums of money paid to certain land grant railroad companies for the transportation of troops and property of the United States. May 14, 1874. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Yazoo River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to granting the Memphis and Vicksburgh Railroad Company the right to build a bridge over the Yazoo River. May 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Landing of foreign convicts on our shores. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, as to the landing of foreign convicts on our shores. May 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Stockbridge and Munsee Indians in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to an appropriation for the relief of the Stockbridge and Munsee tribe of Indians in Wisconsin. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Political controversy in Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the present political controversy in the State of Arkansas. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. James Byers, George W. Griggs, and John Nolen. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of the persons named in House Bill 1566, for compensation on account of services alleged to have been rendered the government. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Citizenship of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Navy pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation required for the Navy pensions during the remainder of the current fiscal year. April 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Protection of Texas frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 1590) to provide for the better protection of the frontier settlements of Texas against Indian and Mexican depredations. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Education of four or six military graduates of Argentine Republic. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to a communication from the president of the Argentine Republic, expressing a desire to have educated at the Military Academy at West Point, at its expense, four or six young men, graduates of the military school established by the Argentine Republic. April 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bids for Indian goods. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill for regulating bids for Indian goods, &c. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Purchases by Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1809, a statement of the purchases made by the Ordnance Department during the year 1873, &c. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Canal connecting the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the ship canal to connect the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico. April 17, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Civil Service Commission. April 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Barracks, Alcatraz Island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation to build permanent barracks at Alcatraz Island. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Balances and appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 11, 1874, transmitting a statement showing the balances of appropriations July 1, 1873, made for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, and previous years, limited by law to the payment of indebtedness incurred during the year for which they were made, and the amounts expended for that purpose to April, 1874. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Private land claim in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, sending a report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on the Santa Fe City land claim, being private land claim reported as No. 88. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Jurisdiction of general courts-martial. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill giving to general courts-martial jurisdiction of the crimes of murder, manslaughter, &c. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Kickapoo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation to subsist certain Kickapoo Indians during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. April 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Telegraph line from Santa Fe to Tucson. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the cost of a proposed telegraph line between Santa Fe and Tucson. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.	36
Serial set 1615	Depredations on the frontiers of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, and a copy of the report of the commissioners to inquire into depredations on the frontiers of Texas. May 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Payment of certain volunteer companies of New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Bill (H.R. 1157) to provide for the payment of certain volunteer companies in the service of the United States in the war with Mexico and in the suppression of Indian disturbances in New Mexico. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Colonel B.S. Roberts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the retirement of Lieut. Col. B.S. Roberts, Third United States Cavalry. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Francisco Montes Vigil land grant, No. 91, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of July 22, 1854, a report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on land grant to Francisco Montes Vigil, being private land claim No. 91. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. General Orders No. 32, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, referring to the resolution of the House of April 13, 1874, to examine and report as to General Orders No. 32, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, of March 15, 1873. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Military telegraph line in Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation for the extension of a military telegraph line in Arizona Territory. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. William F. King. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a draught of a bill to authorize an issue of clothing to Sergt. Maj. William F. King, Twenty-fifth Infantry. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lieutenant Wallace Mott. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the proceedings of a board of officers convened at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, to investigate and report upon the loss by fire, for which Second Lieut. Wallace Mott, Eighth Infantry, and Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, is responsible. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. New jail in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an additional appropriation to complete in a substantial manner the new jail authorized to be constructed in and for the District of Columbia by the act of June 1, 1872. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Hot Springs, Arkansas. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 4, 1874, in relation to the Hot Springs, Arkansas. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Noland, Topp, Vance, and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of Noland, Topp, Vance, and others, for cotton taken from them. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Military sites in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the purchase of military sites in Texas. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Dakota Indian War claims of 1862. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a report of Inspector-General James A. Hardie, U.S.A., upon the subject of the Dakota Indian War claims of 1862. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. International Statistical Congress, held at St. Petersburg in 1872. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the report of the delegates to the International Statistical Congress, held at St. Petersburg, in August 1872. June 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Printing report on immigration in the Swedish language. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics in relation to the printing in the Swedish language his special report on immigration. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Government buildings at Yuma Depot. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the number and dimensions of government buildings at Yuma Depot liable to damage from freshets in the Colorado River. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Private land claim No. 87 in New Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Surveyor-General of New Mexico on land grant, being private land claim No. 87. May 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. May 29, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Wisconsin and Fox rivers, in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill to aid the improvement of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, in the State of Wisconsin. May 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Pine timber on forfeited railroad lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to pine timber on lands included within forfeited or lapsed railroad grants. June 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Army Mutual Survivorship Annuity Society. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the formation of an Army Mutual Survivorship Annuity Society. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Murder of Lieut. Eben White. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, giving circumstances of the murder of Lieut. Eben White by John H. and Webster Sothoron. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Ouachita River. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, relative to the survey of the Ouachita River from Camden, Ark., to Trinity, La. June 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Fort Wilkins military reservation, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the military reservation at Fort Wilkins, Michigan. June 19, 1874. --Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Wheeler's expedition of 1873. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the cost to the government of Lieutenant G.M. Wheeler's expedition of 1873. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Government of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the payment of the debts of the District of Columbia. June 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into Affairs of the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Permanent barracks at Alcatraz island. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to an appropriation to build permanent barracks at Alcatraz island, Cal. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Charles Olivier Duclosel. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 22, 1860, a report upon the claim of Charles Olivier Duclosel to a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 9, 1874, in relation to the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Pawtucket River, Rhode Island. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a report upon the past improvement and present condition of Pawtucket River, Rhode Island. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. B. Soulie. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the register and receiver of the land-office at New Orleans, La., upon the claim of B. Soulie to a certain tract of land in said state. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Ambrose J. Clark. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 6, 1874, in relation to Ambrose J. Clark, late paymaster United States Navy, at Brooklyn, N.Y. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. George A. Miller and George L. Maloney. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the claim of George A. Miller, late lieutenant Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, for pay for services, and for horse, &c., lost; also, the claim of George L. Maloney for pay as first lieutenant Company C, Sixth Tennessee Volunteers. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Report upon the reconnaissance of Northwestern Wyoming, made in the summer of 1873 by William A. Jones, Captain of Engineers U.S.A. Irrigation of the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento Valleys, California. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Commissioners on the Irrigation of the San Joaquin, Tulare, and Sacramento Valleys, in the State of California. March 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.	35
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Serial set 1617	Niagara Falls ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to provide for the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Irredeemable currency. Memorial of J.W. Parker and others, bankers and merchants of the City of Columbia, S.C., praying Congress to prohibit by law the issuance of an irredeemable currency by certain corporations, &c. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. Claim of the Southern Methodist Publishing House. Resolution of the Senate of Tennessee, asking Congress to adjust the claim of the Southern Methodist Publishing House against the United States. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Two per cent. claims of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the two per cent. claims of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, now pending before Congress. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Homesteads for soldiers. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking Congress to provide by law for homesteads for soldiers, &c. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Civil rights bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, passed December 5, 1873, requesting the representatives and instructing the senators from that state to vote for the civil rights bill. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. District court at Fort Wayne. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking the establishment of a district court of the United States at Fort Wayne, Ind. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Estimates, vouchers, and explanations of deficiency estimates. Letter from the Postmaster General, to Hon. James A. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, with estimates, vouchers, and explanations of deficiency estimates. December 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Vermont Centennial Commissioners. Memorial of Dr. Middleton Goldsmith and Henry Chase, Centennial Commissioners for Vermont. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. Collisions at sea. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York on the subject of collisions at sea, dated December 17, 1873. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ship canals in Mississippi Valley. Resolution requesting the Committee on Railways and Canals to inquire into the expediency of maturing a bill for a better system of national defense and cheap transportation. December 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Commissioners of Claims. Third general report of the Commissioners of Claims, submitted December 8, 1873. December 12, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Pensions to soldiers of the Mexican War. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of granting pensions to the surviving soldiers, &c., of the war with Mexico, and of the Indian war of 1836. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Public building at Raleigh, North Carolina. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to the United States court house and post office to be built in Raleigh, North Carolina. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Revolution in Cuba. Memorial of the people of New York City in relation to the revolution in Cuba. December 17, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Homestead law. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to the homestead law. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Michigan City. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the completion of the harbor at Michigan City. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, for improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries, particularly the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. E.C. Boudinot. (To accompany Bill H.R. 163.) Memorial of E.C. Boudinot. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Telegraph operator at the Capitol. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to the appointment of a person to operate the telegraph connecting the Capitol with the various departments of the government and the government printing-office. December 4, 1873. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. National bank currency. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking for the passage of an act by Congress to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency to issue to national banks circulating-notes or currency equal to 90 per cent. of current market value of the United States bonds transferred and delivered by such national banks. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Citadel at Charleston, S.C. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking appropriation for repairs of Citadel, occupied by United States troops. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Mode of collecting internal revenue. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in regard to the mode of collecting internal revenue by United States officials. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Centennial Exposition. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of an appropriation by Congress to aid the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. Judicial districts. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, against any division of the state into two or more judicial districts. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Additional amount of currency. Resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking Congress to grant relief for the present financial embarrassment by authorizing the issue of an additional amount of currency. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Ocean National Bank. Resolution relative to the Ocean National Bank of New York City. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. George R. Maxwell vs. George Q. Cannon. Papers in the case of Maxwell vs. Cannon, for a seat as delegate from Utah Territory in the Forty-third Congress. John M. Burns vs. John D. Young. Papers in the case of Burns vs. Young, Tenth Congressional District of Kentucky. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-third Congress, first session. Commencing Monday, December 1, 1873. Subsidies to railroads. December 19, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. C.Y. Thomas vs. A.M. Davis. Papers in the case of Thomas vs. Davis, Fifth District of Virginia. Civil rights. Memorial of National Convention of Colored Persons, praying to be protected in their civil rights. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Andrew Sloan vs. Morgan Rawls. Papers in the case of Andrew Sloan vs. Morgan Rawls, First Congressional District of Georgia. Indians in Michigan and Indiana. Memorial of certain Indians residing in Michigan and Indiana, for relief. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Inventory of property. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting inventory of property belonging to the United States in possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives on the 1st day of December, 1873. December 18, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. list of reports to be made to Congress during the first session of the Forty-third Congress by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1873. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence during the Forty-third Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 1, 1873. Salaries of members of Congress. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Salaries. December 5, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Proposed amendment to the rules of the House of Representatives. December 4, 1873. -- Read, considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Michigan ship canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for survey of the Michigan ship canal. December 4, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Returning soldiers' names to original rolls. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, asking that the names of certain soldiers therein named be restored to their original rolls. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Weather reports. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of establishing a system of crop and weather reports, with branches in each state. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company. (To accompany H.R. 63.) Memorial of the Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company. December 8, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Proceeds of sales of public lands -- Fort Saint Philip Canal. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to proceeds of sales of public lands and the Fort Saint Philip Canal. December 8, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed and referred as follows: the first to the Committee on Public Lands and the second to the Committee on Commerce.	52
Serial set 1618	Cheap transportation. Resolutions adopted by the American Cheap Transportation Association in convention at Washington City, January 14, 1874. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed Civil rights. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, re-affirming the third resolution of the conservative platform of 1873, and protesting against the passage of the civil rights bill now pending in the Congress of the United States. January 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mail route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California for the establishment of a daily mail between Shasta, via Fort Jones, and Yreka. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Indians west of the Rocky Mountains. Statement of Major J.W. Powell, made before the Committee on Indian Affairs, as to the condition of the Indian tribes west of the Rocky Mountains. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Repeal of general bankrupt law. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, instructing her senators and requesting her representatives in Congress to vote for the unconditional repeal of an act of Congress known as the "General Bankrupt Law." February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Construction of emigrant vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, in relation to sending experts to England to aid in framing the necessary regulations, &c., as to emigrant ships. February 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed M.L. Bell vs. O.P. Snyder. Papers in the case of M.L. Bell vs. O.P. Snyder. Second Congressional District of Arkansas. W.H. Moore & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1120.) Claim of W.H. Moore & Co. January 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Jonathan L. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. 786.) Petition for relief of Jonathan L. Jones, with accompanying papers. December 15, 1873. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. John Gibson's Son & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. 57.) Memorial of John Gibson's Son & Co., and others, in relation to spirit-meters. December 4, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Harbor of Galveston. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives in Congress from that state to endeavor to secure the improvement of the harbor of Galveston, and requesting for the memorial of the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Galveston upon that subject the early and favorable consideration of the Congress of the United States. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Gause vs. Hodges. Papers in the case of L.C. Gause vs. Asa Hodges. First Congressional District of Arkansas. Matagorda Bay. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, memorializing Congress for the improvement of the entrance into Matagorda Bay. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Tax on tobacco. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, against an increase of taxation on manufactured tobacco. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Artesian wells. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, asking for the donation of land to encourage the sinking of artesian wells. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Codifying territorial laws. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, relative to codifying the territorial laws. January 5, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Preamble and resolution submitted by Mr. Luttrell. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed, together with accompanying papers Niagara ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to provide for the early construction of the Niagara ship canal. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Revolutionary pensions and War of 1812. Communication from the Commissioner of Pensions, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812, relative to Revolutionary pensions and War of 1812. January 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 and ordered to be printed. Wheat trade in Europe and America. Letters from the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Agriculture, (with inclosures), relative to the wheat trade in Europe and America. January 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Michigan ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress for an appropriation for the survey of the Michigan ship canal. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Indians of the Northern Superintendency. Letter from Samuel M. Janney, on behalf of Executive Committee of Friends, relating to the Indians. January 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Protest against Indian territorial government. Protest of the General Indian Council of the Indian Territory, organized under the treaties of 1866, to the President and Congress of the United States, protesting against a territorial government being established over the Indians without their consent. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. P.P. Pitchlynn. Memorial of P.P. Pitchlynn, delegate of Choctaw Nation of Indians, upon the right of that nation to be paid the money awarded to it by the United States Senate on the 9th day of March, A.D. 1859. January 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Protest against railroad land grants in Indian Territory. Memorial of the General Indian Council of the Indian Territory, established under the treaty of 1866, to the President and Congress of the United States, praying for the repeal of certain land grants to the Indian lands granted by Congress to certain railroad companies in 1866. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Inflation of the currency. Memorial of banks, bankers, merchants, and others, of the City of New York, against any further inflation of the currency. January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Invitation to Centennial Celebration. Resolution of the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia, inviting the members of the Senate and House of Representatives to assemble in the hall of the company on the 5th day of September next, (1874) that being the one hundredth anniversary of the meeting in said hall of the First American Congress. January 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Centennial Celebration and the Proposed National Census of 1875, and ordered to be printed. Reports on immigration. Letters from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that the reports on immigration may be transferred from the Department of State to the Treasury Department. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Approaches to the House of Representatives. January 15, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. China mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, inclosing a copy of all papers and correspondence relating to the additional monthly mail service on the China line of steamers. January 16, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. School lands. Concurrent resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, in relation to school lands in all fractional townships numbered sixty-seven in ranges eight to forty-three west of the fifth principal meridian. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Cheap transportation. Memorial of the commercial convention, held at Atlanta, Ga., May 20, 1873. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Duty on grain sacks, burlaps, etc. Resolutions of the Legislature of California to admit free of duty all jute, grain sacks, and burlaps, &c. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Impeachment of Judge Richard Busteed. Articles of impeachment against the Honorable Richard Busteed, judge of district courts of the United States in the State of Alabama. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Reduction of rates of postage. Additional memorial of William Coventry H. Waddell, on reduction of international and domestic postage. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Jesse J. Simkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1200.) Letter from the Attorney General, relative to the case of Jesse J. Simkins, late collector of Norfolk. February 13, 1874. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Canal from Rock Island to Hennepin, Illinois. Memorial of ninety-three thousand citizens of Illinois and Iowa praying Congress to make an appropriation for the construction of a canal from Rock Island, on the Mississippi River, to Hennepin, on the Illinois River. March 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Protest against Indian territorial government. Protest of the Indian delegates of the Indian Territory against the establishment by Congress of a territorial government over the Indians, without their consent. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fire escape and fire ladder. Memorial of National Convention of Chief Engineers, held at Baltimore in October, 1873, praying for a premium to be offered for a fire escape and fire ladder. January 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Public buildings at Kansas City, Mo. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress to make an appropriation of money for the erection of a court house and post office building at Kansas City, Mo. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Post route in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Happy Camp, Del Norte County, to Orleans Bar, Klamath County. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Public lands for school purposes. Memorial of the Legislature of Arizona, regarding public lands for school purposes. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Reorganization of clerical force in the General Land Office. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1060.) Letter from Hon. Willis Drummond, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to Hon. W. Townsend, Chairman of Committee on the Public Lands, concerning the reorganization of the clerical force of the General Land Office. January 28, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. District court, etc., at Kansas City, Mo. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking Congress to make an appropriation for the erection of a Custom-house and post-office building at Kansas City, Mo., and for the establishment of a United States district court at said city. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Merchant marine. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, relative to the merchant marine. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. List of clerks and employes [sic]. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement containing the names of the clerks and other persons employed in his office. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Revenue reform. Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, relative to revenue reform. January 15, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms. January 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Bankruptcy laws. Resolutions passed at a meeting of working men and women (held in Philadelphia, 11th instant,) against the repeal of the bankruptcy laws, and urging more stringent provisions. January 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Double-track freight railway between Chicago and New York. Petition of one thousand two hundred and forty citizens of the several states, in favor of a double-track railroad between Chicago and New York, to be worked exclusively in the tonnage business, at slow speed and at cheap rates. January 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Osage ceded lands in Kansas. Joint memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, relative to the title of the Osage ceded lands in Kansas. February 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1724. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. 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, 1873. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Pensions to totally disabled persons. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, transmitting the petition of certain citizens of Massachusetts praying for an increase of pension to those persons so disabled as to require the constant personal aid and attendance of another person. January 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Harbor of refuge at Cleveland, Ohio. Resolutions and memorial of the city council and Board of Trade of Cleveland, Ohio, relative to the construction of a harbor of refuge at Cleveland, Ohio. January 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. A.P. Jackson and others. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, for the relief of A.P. Jackson and others. February 9, 1974. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Improvement of French Broad River. Petition of John E. Davis and three hundred others, citizens of Jefferson County, Tennessee, asking certain improvement in the French Broad River. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Internal waterline. 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. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Colville Reservation, Washington Territory. Extract from Superintendent R.H. Milroy's report touching the Colville Reservation in Washington Territory. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Submarine cable telegraphs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1900.) Statement of facts relating to submarine cable telegraph companies. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Civil rights bill. Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, asking the passage of the civil rights bill. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Pre-emptions. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for extension of payment of pre-emption claims. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Non-Mormon citizens of Utah. Memorial of a committee of forty-five gentlemen, selected at a public meeting of non-Mormon residents and voters of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah, held on the 19th of January, 1874, to prepare a memorial to Congress, setting forth the grievances of the non-Mormon people of said territory, and for such legislation by Congress as is needed for the full protection of all classes of people residing in said territory. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Ship canal across the peninsula of Florida. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing and requesting the congressional delegation of said state to urge upon Congress the survey and construction of a ship canal across the peninsula of Florida. February 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Laws relating to public lands. Letter of Hon. Willis Drummond, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to Hon. Washington Townsend, Chairman of Committee on the Public Lands. February 10, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 1928. Five per cent. land-warrant claim. Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, instructing her senators and representatives in Congress to use their influence to secure to the state the amount due from the United States on account of the claim of five per cent. on the lands within the state taken up by land-warrants issued by the United States. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Pensions to survivors of Mexican War. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1419.) Memorial of the survivors of the Mexican War of 1846, 1847, and 1848, concerning their services rendered, and accompanying a bill granting pensions. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Ann Jennette Hathaway, executrix. Memorial of Ann Jennette Hathaway, executrix, praying an extension of patent. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1317.) January 19, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Railroad lands. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for the restoration to the public domain of certain lands reserved for railroad purposes in said state. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Memorial of the Fulton County, Illinois, Farmer's Association asking for immediate appropriations to improve the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Water routes. Memorial on the subject of the water routes, from the American Cheap Transportation Convention. January 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Toussaint Mesplie. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1548.) Petition and papers of Toussaint Mesplie, praying relief for acting as Indian agent and negotiator, peace-maker, and chaplain to the United States Army. January 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Weather reports, pensions, Centennial Exhibition, and improvement of the Ohio River and tributaries. Resolution of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to an appropriation securing a system of weather reports; asking the passage of a law granting pensions to the survivors of the Mexican War; asking liberal appropriations for the Centennial Exhibition, and the passage of a law affording cheap transportation by improving the Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers and their tributaries. January 26, 1874. Public buildings at Key West. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, requesting the delegation in Congress to use their efforts to secure an appropriation for the erection of public buildings at Key West, Fla. 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Serial set 1619	Public building at Green Bay. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the erection of a Custom-house and post office at Green Bay. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Battle-flags captured by Wisconsin soldiers. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the return of the battle-flags and other trophies captured by Wisconsin soldiers during the war, the same to be placed in the historical rooms of the capitol at Madison, in said state. April 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Grand Marais Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Hon. J.B. Rice, transmitting report of survey of Grand Marais Harbor, of Lake Superior, in Minnesota. March 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Homesteads. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas respecting the rights of homestead settlers upon the public lands within railroad limits. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Sewing machine patents. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, protesting against the extension of sewing machine patents. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Rivers and harbors in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the improvement of harbors and rivers in Wisconsin. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of public lands in California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California relative to a survey of the public lands in that state. April 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States arsenal at Augusta, Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relating to the United States arsenal at Augusta. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Local self-government in Texas. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, returning thanks to the President for upholding the right of local self-government in Texas. March 9, 1874. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Channel at the mouth of the Mississippi. Memorials of marine insurance companies, shippers, ship owners, pilots, underwriters, and the Tow-boat Association of New Orleans, against military interference with the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Postmasters' salaries. Testimony taken before the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads on the salaries of postmasters in large cities. February 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Tariff on quicksilver. Resolution of the Legislature of California, urging the abolition of the tariff on quicksilver. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Medical staff of the United States Army. Resolution of the Rhode Island Medical Society in aid of the memorial of the American Medical Association relative to the rank and pay of the Medical Corps of the United States Army. April 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, recommending the passage of House Bill No. 2342 for the improvement of the Mississippi at its mouth. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. China mail service. Testimony taken by the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, upon the additional monthly mail service to China and Japan. April 21, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Postal railway car service. Communication from the Postmaster General, in relation to the question of compensation to the railroads for the transportation of the mails. April 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Post route in Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the establishment of a weekly mail route from Kiel to Meeme post office, in the County of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Public building at Oshkosh. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the erection of a Custom-house [i.e., courthouse] and post office at Oshkosh. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Modoc war. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, urging the appointment of a commission to ascertain the amount of property destroyed during the late Modoc war, and to whom it belonged. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Wagon road in Wyoming Territory. Resolution and memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming, praying for an appropriation to establish a military wagon road from Green River City, Wyoming Territory, to the Yellowstone National Park, and to Fort Ellis, Montana Territory. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Rates of freight and passage on the Union Pacific Railroad and branches. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to rates of freight and passage on the Union Pacific Railroad and branches. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Oakland harbor. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in reference to the improvement of the Oakland harbor, California. April 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. William and Mary College. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, in relation to William and Mary College. April 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Moieties and customs revenue laws. Evidence before the Committee on Ways and Means relative to moieties and customs revenue laws. May 2, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3171.) Indebtedness of the State of Ohio for arms. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Ohio, relating to sums of money charged against the state for arms, &c, during the war. April 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Relief of settlers on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad grant. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, requesting the senators and representatives of the State of Michigan in Congress to use their best endeavors to secure relief from the general government to certain homestead settlers on railroad lands whose homestead certificates have been canceled by the United States of America because of conflict with the land grant of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company. April 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Cost of transmission of telegraphs. Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting Congress to regulate and reduce charges for the transmission of messages by telegraph. April 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Currency. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York in regard to the currency. April 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Mrs. James K. Polk. Letter from the Commissioners of Claims, transmitting, in compliance with the request of the House, the papers and proofs in the case of Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of the late President of the United States. April 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Working-men of the District of Columbia. Petition of the working-men of the District of Columbia, praying Congress for relief. April 22, 1874. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the affairs of the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Public building at Green Bay, Wis. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin relative to the erection of a Custom-house and post office at Green Bay, Wis. April 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Central Pacific Railroad land grants. Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, relative to the Central Pacific Railroad obtaining patents to lands. April 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Light-house on Yerba Buena Island. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the establishment of a light-house and fog-bell on Yerba Buena Island. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Salaries to postmasters, etc. Statistics in reference to postmasters' salaries, clerks, etc., at various post offices in the United States. April 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Postal railway-car service. Papers relating to postal railway-car service. April 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Clerks employed in the Treasury Department. April 20, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2064.) Equalization of national bank circulation. April 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Finances. Resolution of the Board of Trade of the City of Portland, Maine. April 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Resolutions relating to free banking. April 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Fish-ways in the Lower Fox River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the construction of fish-ways on the Lower Fox River, in the State of Wisconsin. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Currency. Petition of citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying that Congress may not authorize an increase of the irredeemable paper currency of the country. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. San Joaquin River. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the improvement of the navigation of the San Joaquin River. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Indian treaties of 1866. Memorial of Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Indians, in relation to the treaties of 1866. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Wisconsin Central Railroad. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for extension of time to complete the Wisconsin Central Railroad. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Tax on leaf tobacco. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, praying for a repeal of the revenue law in reference to the sale of leaf tobacco. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Settlers on the Osage lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in reference to the rights of settlers on the Osage lands. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Boundary line between California and Oregon. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to establishing boundary line between California and Oregon. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, urging a sufficient appropriation for the early completion of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, in reference to the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad Companies. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Public lands in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the survey of the public lands in said state. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Commerce by railroad. Memorial of Gardiner G. Hubbard, concerning commerce by railroad among the several states. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Investigation into Utah affairs. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah. asking for a commission of investigation to be sent to Utah to inquire into all alleged abuses in affairs there. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Santillian [i.e., Santillan] land grant. Resolution the Legislature of California, asking Congress to oppose the passage of the Santillian [i.e., Santillan] land grant. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Compensation of members of Congress. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in regard to the compensation of members of Congress. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Kansas Indian reservation. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in reference to the sale of Kansas lands. February 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Cheap transportation. Memorial of American Cheap Transportation Association. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Branch mint in San Francisco. (To accompany H. Res. 58.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, in regard to the unexpended balance of appropriation for construction of the branch mint building, San Francisco. February 20, 1874. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Petition of T.N.C. Liverpool, Peter H. Clark, and other citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, asking that the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday be declared to be a legal holiday. February 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Illinois and Michigan Canal. Memorial of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to the extension of the Illinois and Michigan Canal from the Illinois to the Mississippi River. February 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Timber lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relating to the sale of school, timber, and swamp lands. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Sheer booms at bridges on the Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the construction of sheer booms at the bridges on the Mississippi River. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Removing Wisconsin Indians. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, indorsing the action of the Secretary of the Interior in removing Indians from the State of Wisconsin, and asking that all tribes be removed from the borders thereof. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Niagara Falls ship canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking for a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Western District of Arkansas. February 26, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Penitentiary in Washington Territory. Letter from the Attorney General to O.B. McFadden, relative to the penitentiary in Washington Territory. February 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Southern Methodist Publishing House at Nashville. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, relative to the claim of the Southern Methodist Publishing House at Nashville. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Mail route from Monticello to Perry court-house, Fla. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, asking for a mail route from Monticello, Fla., to Perry court-house, in the County of Taylor, Fla. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Mississippi River. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, relative to the improvement of the Mississippi River. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Exploration of Palestine. Memorial of citizens of New York and New Haven, in favor of the adoption of the Bill (H.R. 63) to authorize the Secretary of War to detail an Army officer to continue the survey and exploration of Palestine on the east side of the Jordan. February 28, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Homesteads. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking the senators and representatives of that state to use their influence to secure the passage of the Bill (H.R. 964) confirming the title in lands to persons claiming under the homestead law, in all cases where such claimants have settled on said lands in good faith and made valuable improvements thereon. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for a survey of the water routes between the navigable waters of the Minnesota River and the Red River of the North. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. United States prisoners. Memorial in relation to United States prisoners. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill H.R. 2326. Central Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to appoint a committee to investigate the affairs of the Contract Finance Company of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and instructing the California delegation to urge said investigation. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Pottawatomie reservation. Memorial of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that a certain Pottawatomie reservation be opened to settlement. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians [sic] Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Twelve-Mile Creek, New York. Memorial and petition of citizens along the shore of Lake Ontario, to establish a harbor at the mouth of Twelve-Mile Creek, in the County of Niagara, State of New York. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Unjust discrimination by railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking Congress to pass a law to prevent unjust charges or discrimination by railroad and transportation companies. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroad and Canals and ordered to be printed. Mail route from Cedar Keys to the mouth of the Withlacoochee River. Resolution of the Legislature of Florida, asking for a mail route from Cedar Keys to mouth of the Withlacoochee River. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Medical Department of the United States Army. Resolutions of the New York Academy of Medicine, relative to the present condition of the Medical Corps of the United States Army. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Charges against James H. Baker, Commissioner of Pensions. Petition of Helen M. Barnard, in relation to charges against James H. Baker, Commissioner of Pensions. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Army Register and regimental colors. Resolution of the General Court of Massachusetts. March 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. United States district court at Martinsburgh, W. VA. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting her senators and representatives in Congress to favor the passage of an act providing for a session of the district court of the United States at Martinsburgh. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. George Schwartz. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the removal of the charge of desertion from George Schwartz, of Company F, Fifth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Discrimination by railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, on extortion and discrimination by railroads. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Repeal of the bankrupt law. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for repeal of the bankrupt law. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mission to Sweden and Norway. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, relating to the mission to Sweden and Norway. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Indian reservation in Siskiyou County. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to the establishment of an Indian reservation in Siskiyou County. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Kewaunee harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Kewaunee. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Water route between Lake Superior and the Saint Croix River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the survey of the route between Lake Superior and the falls of Saint Croix. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Water communication between Lake Michigan and the Atlantic Ocean. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the improvement in channels of water communication between Lake Michigan and the Atlantic Ocean. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Enabling act for New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, asking the passage of an enabling act for New Mexico. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Mail contractors. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. William Hodson. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the relief of William Hodson. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Saint Croix River. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the protection of the navigation of the Saint Croix River and the improvement thereof. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Revolutionary claims of Georgia. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2469.) Memorial of the State of Georgia, asking that the United States government refund the money expended by said state for the common defense in 1777. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Bounties to soldiers of the Mexican War. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, asking Congress to give bounties to the surviving soldiers of the Mexican War. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Milwaukee harbor. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for the refunding to the City of Milwaukee moneys advanced for the building of the Straight Cut Harbor of Milwaukee. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. North branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the north branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Railroad from Saint Croix River to Lake Superior. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for an extension to the state of the time for the construction of a railroad from Saint Croix River to the west end of Lake Superior. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Election of representatives from California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, asking for the repeal of the act of Congress fixing the time for the election of representatives from the State of California to the Forty-fourth Congress. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Equalization of bounty. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, for equalization of bounties to soldiers. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Louisville and Portland Canal. Memorial of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, as to the Louisville and Portland Canal. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Chicago elevators. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in relation to compelling railways to receive and transmit grain without passing the same through Chicago elevators. March 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Minnesota River. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, for the improvement of the Minnesota River. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Presidio Reservation, San Francisco. Resolution of the Legislature of California, asking Congress to relinquish a portion of the Presidio Reservation for a public park to the City and County of San Francisco, Cal. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Red River of the North. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for the improvement of the Red River of the North. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Tri-weekly mail from Shasta to Lake City, Cal. Resolution of the Legislature of California, for a tri-weekly mail from Shasta to Lake City, Cal. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting Congress to oppose any further subsidy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. March 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Lieut. B.S. Humphrey, U.S.A. Letter from the Attorney General to Hon. W.S. Holman, relating to the case of Lieut. B.S. Humphrey, United States Army. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Colonel George W. Morse, on the subject of the construction of the Mississippi levees. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. Alleged frauds and misrule in South Carolina. Petition of the Tax-Payers' Convention of South Carolina, for such relief as Congress can grant from burdens arising from alleged frauds and misrule in that state. March 31, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Improvement of rivers in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting Congress to make an appropriation for the improvement of the navigable rivers in the State of California. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for preservation of food-fishes. Letter of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, asking a deficiency appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Protection of citizens of Montana. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana Territory, in relation to the protection of citizens of Deer Lodge and Missoula counties. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. New York Indian lands. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking for the re-appraisement of the New York Indian lands in Bourbon County, Kansas. February 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Railroad lands in Minnesota. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for a law providing for a cancellation of certain conveyances of land granted to the State of Minnesota, in aid of the construction of certain railroads, and for the relief of settlers thereon. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Mountain grazing lands, California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, requesting the survey of the mountain grazing lands in California. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Cypress Bayou and Soda Lake. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Chinese immigration. Resolution of the Legislature of California, on Chinese immigration. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Winnebago Indian reservation, Minnesota. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking that government lands in this state to the amount of twenty sections on the Winnebago Indian reservation in Waseca and Blue Earth counties, heretofore sold and conveyed by the general government to private parties, be granted to the State of Minnesota. March 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Reply of the Commissioner of Pensions to the charges of Mrs. Helen M. Barnard. Reply of the Commissioner of Pensions to the charges of Mrs. Helen M. Barnard. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed Land grants and subsidies to railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of California, opposing any further grant of lands or subsidies to corporations or railroad companies, and to restore certain lands to the public domain. March 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Mississippi River. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Title of swamp lands in Missouri. Memorial of the County Court of Laclede County, Missouri, asking that the title of swamp lands situated in said state be confirmed. March 30, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Mercy Ann Hall. Memorial of Mercy Ann Hall, widow of Capt. Charles F. Hall, late commander of the Polaris Expedition, praying for relief. March 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Protest against extension of the Wells patent. Memorial of the hat-dealers of Cincinnati, protesting against further extension of the Wells patent. March 27, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Counter-statement to tax-payers' memorial. Counter-statement and reply of the Republican Central Committee of South Carolina, to the memorial of the "tax-payers," so-called. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Increase of currency. Memorial of the citizens and businessmen of Detroit, in favor of an increase of the currency. April 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. Special service division of the Pension Office. Letter from Hon. J.H. Baker, Commissioner of Pensions, giving statistics and the workings of the special service division of the Pension Office. March 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Eight-hour law. Memorial of citizens of New York City, in approval of the eight-hour law, and in reply to the report of Supervising Architect Mullett to Congress December 1, 1873. March 24, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Saginaw River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking Congress to aid in the improvement of the navigation of the Saginaw River. March 26, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Wisconsin Central Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, relating to the action of the governor of the state relative to the Wisconsin Central Railroad. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Specie payments and inflation of the currency. Memorial of the citizens of Detroit, Michigan, relative to specie payments and inflation of the currency. March 21, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Relief of settlers of railroad lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, asking for the passage of a law for the relief of settlers on railroad lands. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Yellowstone Valley. Memorial from the Legislature of Montana, in relation to the protection of the Yellowstone Valley and the road from Bismarck, in Dakota, to Bozeman, in Montana. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Post road from Healdsburgh to Pine Flat, Cal. Resolution of the Legislature of California, for the establishment of a post road from Healdsburgh to Pine Flat, Cal. March 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Compensation of internal revenue gaugers. Memorial of the internal revenue gaugers of the First District of Ohio. March 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Branches of the Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, asking that transportation on the branches of the Pacific Railway may be carried on equal terms. March 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. National banks of Rhode Island. Memorial of the National Bank of North America and thirty-one other national banks in Rhode Island, remonstrating against the withdrawal of any part of their circulation. February 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.	138
Serial set 1620	Gunter vs. Wilshire. Papers in the case of Thomas M. Gunter vs. W.W. Wilshire, Third Congressional District of Arkansas.	1
Serial set 1621	Louisville and Portland Canal. Resolution requesting the Secretary of War to cause a report to be made as to the manner of utilizing the water power of the Louisville and Portland Canal, and the propriety of establishing an armory, with founderies, &c., for that purpose. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. China mail service. Remonstrance of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, California, and business interests of California, against the cancellation of the contract of the Post Office Department for China mail service. May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Relief of reconstructed states. Memorial of Samuel Watson, a citizen of Tennessee, suggesting a remedy whereby the tax-payers of South Carolina and other reconstructed states may be relieved. May 13, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Proposed amendment to the rules relative to investigations by standing committees of the House. May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. Northern Pacific Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3333.) May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Telegraph offices in the corridors of the Capitol. Letter from the Architect of the Capitol, in answer to the resolution of the House of March 23, 1874, in relation to the telegraph offices in the corridors of the Capitol, and making certain recommendations in relation thereto. May 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Statue of the "Dying Indian." Resolution relative to the removal of the statue of the "Dying Indian" to the Statuary Hall of the House of Representatives. May 11, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Special agents, informers, etc., employed by the Internal Revenue bureau. Resolution directing the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to inform the House of the number of special agents, informers, &c., employed by him, their salaries and perquisites, and why their services may not be dispensed with. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Agricultural laborers of the south and west. Memorial in behalf of the agricultural laborers of the south and west. June 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-third Congress. II. Offices created, and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. June 23, 1874. Indian Home Guard regiments. Petition for the relief of certain soldiers of the Indian Home Guard regiments. May 14, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. American-built ships. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the fostering, in every manner, of building American ships by American mechanics, of American materials. May 20, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Swamp lands in Missouri. Memorial of the County Court of Franklin County, Missouri, asking the confirmation of time [i.e., title] to swamp lands in Missouri. May 29, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Free schools in West Virginia. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to use their best efforts to secure an appropriation of the public lands of the United States for the support of free schools in their state. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Resolution of the State of California, relative to the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. May 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Cheap transportation. Memorial of the Rock Island Convention, March 24, 1874, on cheap transportation. May 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Estimates of appropriations for public buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting revised estimates of appropriations for public buildings for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. May 6, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Uniform rate of postage on newspapers, etc. Petition of Harper Brothers, Boston Daily Advertiser, New York Times, Boston Post, New York Sun, and others, asking for uniform rate of postage by weight, at one cent per pound on newspapers and two cents per pound on all other periodicals. June 4, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Depredations on the Mexican frontier. Resolution directing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire into alleged depredations on the Mexican frontier. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Remonstrance of the Choctaw delegates. June 16, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief of sufferers by Mississippi floods. Resolution of city councils of Philadelphia, urging an appropriation by Congress for the relief of the sufferers by the Mississippi flood. June 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Report of the Committee of Conference on H.R. 1572 -- currency. June 12, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Annual report of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the year 1873. June 23, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Education of the blind. Memorial of the Board of Regents of the American University, etc., for the Blind, setting forth the needs of the blind as to means of improvement, and the obligation of Congress to aid in providing facilities for liberal education, as has been done for deaf-mutes. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Claims for war-insurance premiums. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, inclosing a list of claims for war-premiums filed subsequent to May 15, 1872. May 9, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Iron-shipbuilding yards. Preamble and resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the working people of the State of Indiana. May 12, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Tax on ecclesiastical property. May 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Columbian Institution for the Blind. Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia. May 18, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Water privileges at Harper's Ferry. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the passage of a bill to re-sell the water privileges at Harper's Ferry. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Pensions to soldiers of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia concerning pensions to soldiers of 1812. May 25, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812, and ordered to be printed. Exportation of distilled spirits. May 23, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2081.) Henry Warren. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing and requesting our Congressional delegation to urge upon Congress the speedy re-imbursement of Henry Warren for losses incurred by reason of the destruction of his wagon-train and other property by the Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne Indians. June 1, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Eight-hour law. Resolutions of the Trades Assembly of Louisville, Kentucky, in reference to the violation of the eight-hour law by officers of the United States, &c. June 8, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Professor Powell's report on the survey of the Colorado of the west. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a report of Professor Powell on the survey of the Colorado River of the west and its tributaries, &c., &c. May 2, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Statement of claims of insurance companies under the Geneva award. June 9, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Compulsory pilotage at Hell Gate. Resolutions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relating to compulsory pilotage at Hell Gate. June 19, 1874. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.	36