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| Serial set 1682 |
Stamp duty on manufactures of gold and silver. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to fixing a stamp duty upon manufactures of gold and silver in this country. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Contingent fund, Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of expenditures of the contingent funds of the several bureaus and offices of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Government building, Sante Fe, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the repair of the "Adobe Palace," now occupied by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Rancho Panoche Grande. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of Richard P. Hammond on the Rancho Panoche Grande, California. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Report of the Board of Audit of the District of Columbia, 1875. Private land claim of Anna M. Clark, Florida. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the private land claim of Anna M. Clark, of Florida. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Accounts of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting a copy of his account rendered to and adjusted by the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent fund, Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the manner in which the contingent fund for the Department of State for the year ending June 30, 1875, has been expended, &c. December 10, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1683 | Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1875. | 1 |
| Serial set 1684 |
Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress of the United States. December 6, 1875. Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. |
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| Serial set 1685 |
Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1875. Tabular statements of disbursements made from the appropriations for the Indian Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and of the salaries and incidental expenses paid at each agency in the Indian service during said period, showing the appropriations from which paid and the number of Indians at each agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. |
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| Serial set 1686 |
Suspended entries of public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting lists of suspended entries of public lands adjudicated by the Board of Confirmation during the year ending June 30, 1875. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a special report of Mr. Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, on the rates of wages, the cost of subsistence, and the condition of the working classes in Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, and other countries of Europe, also in the United States and British America. December 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Transfer of Indian trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending the transfer of certain funds now held by him, for the benefit of Indian tribes, to the custody of the Treasurer of the United States. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Harker military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the Fort Harker military reservation. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States. Transfer of Indian trust funds. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending the transfer of certain Indian trust funds from his custody to that of the Treasurer of the United States. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Seamen registered as citizens. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1687 |
Money deposits with Army paymasters. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a petition of the officers of the Army for such legislation as will enable them to make deposits of money with Army paymasters. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Officers on active list of Navy or Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to a resolution of inquiry adopted by the House on the 15th instant, as to whether there are in the Navy or Marine Corps any officers over the age of sixty-two. January 13, 1876. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Issue of clothing to five soldiers of Company C, Sixth United States Cavalry. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting proceedings of a board of survey, held in camp on Washita River, Texas, April 15, 1875, to investigate the causes of a fire at the same place and date, and recommending that a gratuitous issue of clothing be made to five soldiers of Company C, Sixth Cavalry, in place of that destroyed by the fire. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Navigation from Chesapeake Bay to Pamlico Sound. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the extension of navigation from Chesapeake Bay to Pamlico Sound. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Patrick Noonan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of the proceedings of a board of survey at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in case of Patrick Noonan, and recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to the same. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief of grasshopper sufferers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Quartermaster General and Commissary General of Subsistence, made in compliance with the act of February 10, 1875, for the relief of grasshopper sufferers. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Report of Chief Signal Officer of expenses, etc. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with section 228, title VI, revised statutes, a report of the Chief Signal Officer, showing the amount of funds appropriated for, and expended by, the Signal Office during fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Reports of Postmaster General in compliance with act of June 8, 1872. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with the act of June 8, 1872: (1) a report of clerks and others employed in the Department, their time and compensation, for the year ending December 31, 1875; (2) an inventory of United States property in the offices of Department for same year; (3) statement of mail equipment contracts for year ending June 30, 1875; and (4) copies of stationery contracts made for same year. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. Camp Cady military reservation. Letter from Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of April 22, 1874, relative to the Camp Cady military reservation in California, and asking authority to relinquish the same to the custody of the Secretary of the Interior. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report and map of Board of Engineers of plan for the improvement of the channel between Staten Island and New Jersey. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the draught of a bill providing for a modification of the requirements of the fifth article of the treaty of February 19, 1837 [i.e., 1867], with the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of the Sioux Indians, and recommending the same to the consideration of Congress. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Fort Cummings, New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the transfer of the Fort Cummings, New Mexico, buildings and reservation to the custody of the Secretary of the Interior. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harlem River, New York, harbor of refuge, Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of Harlem River, New York; and the condition of the harbor of refuge, mouth of Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Public buildings at Baltimore, Maryland. Report of the special commission, composed of the Secretary of Treasury, the Postmaster General, and the Supervising Architect, on the government buildings at Baltimore. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mouth of Cape Fear River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for the prosecution of work at the mouth of Cape Fear River. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Terms of service of Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of one hundred officers of the Army, asking that the laws may be so amended as to permit officers who have served as regulars or volunteers to count that service. December 20, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. James B. Sinclair. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request of James B. Sinclair, First Lieutenant United States Army, (retired,) that a special act be passed placing his name on the retired list as captain. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Harbor at Chicago. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Major Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, on the modification of plan for improvement of the harbor at Chicago, Ill., and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bois Blanc Island military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of December 7, 1874, relative to the military reservation on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, and renewing the recommendations therein made. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Camp Crook military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to his letter of January 4, 1875, (House Ex. Doc. No. 80, Forty-third Congress, second session,) relative to the Camp Crook military reservation in Shasta County, California, and renewing the recommendations contained therein. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military road from Astoria to Salem, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the military road from Astoria to Salem, Oregon. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Charles Howe. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the private land claim of Charles Howe's legal representatives, Gainesville, Fla. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Right of way through Camp Douglas reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report by the commanding officer at Camp Douglas, Utah, on H.R. 4301, Forty-third Congress, second session, on the right of way through the government reservation at that post. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Sale of building at Stonington, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a small brick structure erected in 1813 at Stonington, Conn., and asking for its sale. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jetties at Fort Brown, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to an appropriation for jetties to protect the river banks at Fort Brown, Texas. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Distribution of United States troops. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a statement showing the distribution of United States troops in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana on December 1, 1875. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lieut. J.G. Leefe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers in the case of Lieut. J.G. Leefe, Nineteenth Infantry, who asks relief from responsibility for the loss of subsistence funds stolen from him November, 1873. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Catharine [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia Germain [i.e., German]. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, presenting a further communication from the War Department upon the subject of the destitute condition of Catharine [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia Germain [i.e., German], two Cheyenne captives. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deposits with paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of officers for legislation to enable officers of the Army to make deposits with paymasters. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Names of clerks and employes in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with section 194 of the revised statutes, the names of clerks and others employed in the Department or any of its offices during the year 1875, with the time each was actually employed and the sum paid to each. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Leak in high-service reservoir, Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Chief of Engineers, reporting leak in the high-service reservoir, and recommending an appropriation of $4,000 for immediate repair of same. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Survey of Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting in compliance with provisions of act of March 3, 1875, a report of Maj. G.K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Elk River, West Virginia. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1875, a copy of the report of Maj. W.P. Craighill on the survey of the Elk River, West Virginia, between its mouth and Charleston and Braxton Courthouse. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Emoluments and fees of Customs officials. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the requirements of section 2639 of the revised statutes, a statement of the official emoluments and fees received by Customs officers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Murphy & Good. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting papers in the claim of Messrs. Murphy & Good for $791.38 for laying sidewalk in front of United States arsenal grounds at Indianapolis, Ind. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Survey of Matinicus Island harbor, and Belfast Bay and harbor, Maine; and Ipswich Bay and harbor, Massachusetts. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1875, copies of the reports of Lieutenant-Colonel Thom, Corps of Engineers, of surveys of Matinicus Island harbor, and Belfast Bay and harbor, Maine, and Ipswich Bay and harbor, Massachusetts. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Pawnee Indians in Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting correspondence upon the subject of the present necessities of the Pawnee Indians in Nebraska. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Louisville and Portland Canal Company. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the act of May 11, 1874, a report of Maj. G. Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, showing the receipts and expenditures for the year ending December 31, 1875, of the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Survey of Chippewa River, Wisconsin. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of act of March 3, 1875, the report of Maj. Francis U. [i.e., V.] Farquhar, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of Chippewa River, Wisconsin. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. George Wright. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting the claim of George Wright for use of his patent by the government. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Seal fisheries in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the House of Representatives, information relating to the seal fisheries in Alaska. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Hospital for Fort Leavenworth military prison. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for a hospital for Fort Leavenworth military prison and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Norse-American line of steamships. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of correspondence between the Departments of State and Treasury relative to a claim of the Norse-American line of steamships for the refunding of a sum of money therein specified, payment of which is urged by the minister of Sweden and Norway under certain treaty provisions also named. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sergeant Herman Theune. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the affidavit of Sergeant Herman Theune, and recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to the same in lieu of that destroyed by a fire at Fort Whipple, Ariz., November 13, 1874. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. United States convicts. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House passed December 17, 1875, copy of a letter of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, giving a statement of number of convicts held in state prisons by authority of the United States, and the annual expense of keeping the same. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Systems of paying enlisted men. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with disapproval, a plan for a change in the present system of pay of enlisted men, by Capt. O.W. Pollock, Twenty-third Infantry, United States Army. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Issue of clothing to Privates Hegner and Collins. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a board of survey for investigation of the fire at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dak., November 10, 1874, recommending a gratuitous issue of clothing to sufferers therein named. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate of an appropriation to subsist the Sioux Indians at Red Cloud and Whetstone agencies, &c. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent fund of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures of the contingent fund for the Navy Department and the bureaus and offices therein. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. List of employes [sic] in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with section 11 of act of Congress approved August 26, 1842, statement of civil employes [sic] of the Department, together with the time each was employed and the sum he received, for the year ending December 31, 1875. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Losses of clothing by fire. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a board of survey held at Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, in case of fifty men of Company A, Second Cavalry, relative to issue of clothing in lieu of that destroyed by fire, and a recommendation that the same be gratuitously issued. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statement of claims passed upon by the Quartermaster General's office. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of the 15th ultimo, a report of the Acting Quartermaster General and statements of claims passed upon by the Quartermaster General's office. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schedule of claims allowed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with second section of act of Congress of June 16, 1874, a schedule of 355 claims arising under act of July 4, 1864, examined and allowed. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Army officers who have signified their intention of entering foreign military service. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a House Resolution of the 6th instant, a statement of the names of officers of the Army who have signified their intention of entering foreign military service. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. New barracks at Fort Monroe, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting plans for the erection of new barracks at Fort Monroe, Va., and asking an appropriation. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Alaska seal fisheries. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieut. Washburn Maynard, United States Navy, on the subject of the Alaska seal fisheries. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Clerks employed in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of clerks employed in the War Department from December 1, 1874, to November 30, 1875, inclusive. January 5, 1876. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Inaccuracies and omissions in the revised statutes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of heads of bureaus of the War Department showing inaccuracies and omissions in the revised statutes. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed. Losses by fire at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of six officers of the Third Artillery for indemnity for loss by fire at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., March 3, 1875. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Detroit River. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the improvement of the Detroit River, and inviting attention to the suggestion of the Chief of Engineers that an appropriation be made for the improvement of the same at the "Limekilns." January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Deposits with paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, reporting a proposed system of deposits by officers with Army paymasters. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1688 | Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1875. | 1 |
| Serial set 1689 |
Quartermaster General M.C. Meigs. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a House resolution of the 25th ultimo, copies of the orders and instructions under which Quartermaster General M.C. Meigs is traveling abroad. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to House resolution of the 16th instant, a copy of the report of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for 1875. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Water communication between the Mississippi River and Atlantic Ocean. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers on the practicability and cost of inland water communication between the Mississippi River and the Atlantic Ocean, &c. April 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Pittsburgh Customhouse. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House of the 13th instant, copies of letters made the basis of an investigation recently made into alleged irregularities in the management of the Customhouse at Pittsburgh. March 16, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. March 17, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Inventories of public property in bureaus of War Department, November 30, 1875. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting inventories of public property in the possession of bureaus of the War Department on November 30, 1875. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of War Department. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a report of the expenditures of the Department and its bureaus under the appropriation for contingent expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Racine harbor, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Maj. D.C. Houston, Corps of Engineers, on the improvement of Racine harbor, Wisconsin. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Freedmen's branch of the Adjutant General's Office for year ending June 30, 1875. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual report relative to the work of the late Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. March 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. March 22, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Sioux Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House of February 3, a report of Lieutenant Colonel Merritt, of the Ninth Cavalry, charged by the Secretary of War with the duty of making inquiries into the causes of the exhaustion of the appropriation for the support and subsistence of Sioux Indians for the present fiscal year. March 23, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Interpreter at Klamath agency, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking for an interpreter for Snake Indians at Klamath agency, Oregon. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Pottawatomie and Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in accordance with a resolution of the House of 6th instant, a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs upon the disposition of the Pottawatomie and Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, inviting the attention of Congress to a letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 18th instant, recommending legislation for the relief of the Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Correspondence between the United States government and Spain in relation to the island of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents. January 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contracts of the War Department for 1875. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with section 229, revised statutes, a statement of all contracts for supplies or services made by the Quartermaster General for the year ending December 31, 1875, and filed in the Quartermaster General's office. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Trust funds of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Indian Commissioner, inclosing draught of a bill providing for the covering into the Treasury of certain funds therein named. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. United States property at Harper's Ferry. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the sale of the United States property at Harper's Ferry, Va., in November and December, 1869. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Amount of gold available for the resumption of specie payments. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a House resolution of the 15th instant, asking for a statement of actual amount of gold owned by the government available for the resumption of specie payments, &c. February 28, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Fort Butler military reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to inquiry of the Committee on Military Affairs, dated January 21, relative to the Fort Butler military reservation. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Winnebago and Pottawatomie Indians in Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of January 6, 1876, transmitting a statement of the disbursements from the appropriation for the care of stray bands of Winnebagoes and Pottawatomies in Wisconsin prior to 1871. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relinquishment of certain lands to the City and County of San Francisco, California. Letter from the Secretary of War, reporting, for the information of the Committee on Military Affairs, that no objection exists to the passage of House Bill No. 322. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Tonkawa Indians at Fort Griffin, Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to House resolution of the 20th instant, a brief and copies of papers touching the number and condition of the Tonkawa Indians at Fort Griffin, Tex. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deposits of money with Army paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the petition of Colonel Andrews and other officers relative to legislation for making deposits of money with paymasters. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Consolidation of Miami Indians with other tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, upon the subject of the consolidation of the Miami Indians of Kansas with the confederated bands of Peoria, Piankeshaw, Kaskaskia, and Wea Indians, in Indian Territory. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Construction of eight steam vessels of war. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to a resolution of inquiry of the 5th January, a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair relative to the cost of construction of eight steam vessels of war. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Correspondence in case of Robert Santhoff and William Flynn. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with resolution of the House of Representatives of 14th instant, copies of correspondence, &c., in the case of Robert Santhoff and William Flynn. February 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Buildings, etc., rented by the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a House resolution of inquiry, a statement of buildings and grounds in the City of Washington now rented for the use of the Treasury Department. February 23, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Coin in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the House of Representatives of January 24, 1876, a statement of the amount of coin in the Treasury at the close of business on the 31st of December, 1875. February 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Survey of Black Hills. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Indian agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to a House resolution of the 6th ultimo, a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs respecting certain Indian agents. February 4, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Jurisdiction of the War Department over the Territory of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a brief on the subject of the jurisdiction of the War Department over the Territory of Alaska. February 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies in the various departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required by the various departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and prior years. March 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional appropriation for the executive departments of the United States at the Centennial Exhibition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Chairman of the Board on behalf of the United States executive departments, setting forth the operations of the board and the embarrassments under which it is now laboring, showing the necessity of an additional appropriation. March 27, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. Balances in the surplus fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with section 5 of an act approved June 20, 1874, making appropriations for services of the government, &c., a statement of certain balances carried to the surplus fund required to be re-appropriated for the fiscal year 1873 and prior years. March 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in reply to resolution of the 15th instant in relation to claims on account of Indian depredations. March 27, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Saginaw River, Thunder Bay, Clinton and Au Sable Rivers, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the requirements of the river and harbor act, March 3, 1875, a report of Major G. Weitzel, on Saginaw River, Thunder Bay, Clinton River, and Au Sable River, Michigan. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. William P. Ross. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to a House resolution of the 15th instant, papers and records relating to the complicity of William P. Ross in the alleged Indian bounty frauds of John W. Wright. February 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Mississippi River between Saint Louis and Cairo. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of Col. J.H. Simpson, Corps of Engineers, on his survey in connection with the improvements of the Mississippi River between Saint Louis and Cairo. February 15, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Harbor of Saint Joseph, Mich. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the House resolution of the 14th ultimo, the report of engineer officers upon the location of a bridge across the Harbor of Saint Joseph, Mich. March 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. C.C. Hutchinson. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to House resolution of the 21st ultimo, report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the defalcation of C.C. Hutchinson, late United States agent for the Ottawa Indians. March 2, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. James A. Hile. Message from the President of the United States, returning without his approval H.R. No. 83, being a bill for the relief of James A. Hile, and stating his reasons therefor. March 27, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Defalcation of William T. Collins. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in reply to House resolution of March 14, 1876, in relation to defalcation of William T. Collins, late pension agent at Washington, D.C. March 27, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Life saving service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to an inquiry into the life saving service. April 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for year ending June 30, 1875. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. March 15, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. April 5, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Supplies for Indians at Red Cloud agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, upon the subject of supplies required at the Red Cloud agency. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. William P. Ross. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th instant, certified copies of papers and records relating to the complicity of William P. Ross in the alleged Indian bounty frauds of John W. Wright. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 25, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Effect of repeal of Section 2503 of the Revised Statutes. Letter from Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 27th ultimo, information relative to the effect of the repeal of Section 2503 of the Revised Statutes. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. February 24, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee. Transfer of certain Indian trust funds. Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the Bill (H.R. 1561) for transferring the custody of certain Indian trust funds from the Secretary of the Interior to the Treasurer of the United States. February 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Geneva award. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the Bank of England and the Treasury Department relative to transfer of proceeds of certain United States bonds, and correspondence between the British government and the State Department relative to the mode of transfer to this country of $15,500,000 awarded at Geneva. March 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1875, the report of Maj. W.E. Merrill, on continuation and completion of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. March 2, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Claims before the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments under act of July 4, 1864. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the House of the 14th February, a report of the Acting Quartermaster General on the amount of claims allowed and rejected by the Quartermaster's Department and Commissary Department under the act of July 4, 1864. March 2, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Pawnee Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior in reference to the necessities of the Pawnee Indians. April 4, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Statement of men, horses, etc., hired in Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of men, horses, &c., hired in Washington. April 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of Board of Indian Commissioners. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to House resolution of the 6th of January, a supplemental report from the Secretary of the Interior, explaining a clerical error in that portion of the statement of the Indian office relating to expenditures of the Board of Indian Commissioners. March 27, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Infringement on patents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter, &c., from Chief of Ordnance on House Bill 2865, relating to infringement on patents. April 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for river and harbor improvements from 1824 to March 3, 1875. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Commerce, a statement of the amounts appropriated for each river and harbor improvement from 1824 to and including March 3, 1875. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Collections, expenses, etc., in collection districts in ports of United States, etc., for fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to House resolutions of December 13, 1875, and January 6, 1876, statement showing collections, expenses of collections, and the amounts of goods examined in the ports of the United States for fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. General O.E. Babcock. Letter from the Attorney General, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 3d instant, relative to the military court of inquiry in the case of General Orville E. Babcock. March 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of Little Tennessee River. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the river and harbor act of March 3, 1875, a report of Major McFarland, of the Corps of Engineers. March 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ship channel between mouth of San Jacinto River and Bolivar Channel, in Galveston Bay, Tex. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers on the improvement of the ship channel between mouth of San Jacinto River and Bolivar Channel, Galveston Harbor. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Deposits of money with Army paymasters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of Blair D. Taylor et al. for legislation to enable Army officers to make deposits of money with paymasters. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jurisdiction over Indians in certain states. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, presenting draught of a bill in relation to the jurisdiction over Indians in certain states named, &c. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Canal to connect the Wabash River and Lake Michigan. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, transmitting a copy of the report of Maj. G.L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, on routes for a canal to connect Wabash River and Lake Michigan. January 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. United States arsenal grounds near Benicia, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Chief of Ordnance on Senate Bill No. 153, to grant the right of way for railroad purposes through the arsenal grounds near Benicia, Cal. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Enlisted men employed in Washington, D.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with House resolution of January 19, a statement of enlisted men employed in Washington, D.C. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sale of Pikesville arsenal, Maryland. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draught of a bill for the sale of Pikesville arsenal, Maryland. February 1, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Bounty to colored soldiers, recruiting expenses, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures on account of payment of bounties to colored soldiers, recruiting and transporting recruits, and contingent expenses of Adjutant General's department at headquarters of military divisions and departments. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Retired officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting draught of joint resolution by Lieut. Col. John Pulford, (retired,) relative to rank and pay of retired officers of the Army. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Monongahela River, and examination of the Louisa Fork of Sandy River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the river and harbor act of March 3, 1875, a report of Maj. W.E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of the Monongahela River, &c. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Correspondence with European governments in regard to Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State, in reply to the House resolution of the 22d instant. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of the mouth of Big Sandy Creek, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Maj. J.M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers, on the survey of the mouth of Big Sandy Creek, New York. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Vermillion harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to House resolution of the 12th instant, the report of Lieut. Col. C.E. Blunt, United States Engineers, on harbor of Vermillion, Ohio. January 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Military reservation at Camp Douglas, Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relating to the military reservation at Camp Douglas, Utah. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Survey of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, and of other rivers and harbors. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of S.T. Abert on the surveys of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, and of other rivers and harbors. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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Survey of Powell's, Clinch, and Emery's Rivers, in Virginia and Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the provisions of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1875, reports of Major McFarland on the survey of certain rivers in Virginia and Tennessee. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. August 5, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Cotton claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of March 14, 1876, transmitting statement of cotton claims presented and paid by Secretary of Treasury from January 1, 1865, to June 30, 1876. August 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Military expedition against the Sioux Indians. July 15, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. July 18, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. William Webster. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, adopted on July 1, 1876, in relation to the sequestration by the government of Great Britain of the property of an American citizen in New Zealand. July 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. The river and harbor bill. Message from the President of the United States, giving his views upon the Bill of the House (H.R. 3022) making appropriations for rivers and harbors. August 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Eliza Jane Blumer. Message from the President of the United States, assigning reasons for not approving H.R. 11. July 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Commercial intercourse with Mexico and Central America. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and Mexico and Central America. July 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Sections 3946, 3951, and 3954 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Representatives, assigning reasons for withholding his approval of House Bill No. 2684. July 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Message from the President of the United States, in regard to certain portions of the Bill (H.R. 1594) making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service. August 15, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Repaving Pennsylvania Avenue. Message from the President of the United States, assigning reasons for withdrawing his approval from the bill of the House (H.R. 4085) for repaving Pennsylvania Avenue. August 15, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Nelson Tiffany. Message from the President of the United States, assigning reasons for withholding his approval of Bill H.R. 1337. July 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Capt. Edward S. Meyer. Message from the President of the United States, assigning reasons for not approving the Bill (H.R. 36) to restore Capt. Edward S. Meyer to the active list of the Army. August 15, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Coin balances in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of July 29, 1876, a statement of coin balances in the Treasury of the United States. July 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. August 15, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Engineer Corps of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives concerning the Engineer Corps, where stationed, the character of the public works upon which they are engaged, &c. June 2, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter of Colonel Mackenzie relative to matters at Fort Sill. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from Colonel Mackenzie relative to matters at Fort Sill. May 15, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. June 12, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the Bill (H.R. 3481) "Extending the Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and for Other Purposes," with accompanying papers. June 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Pay and allowances of officers on duty at Washington since March 4, 1869. June 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Extradition treaty with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives adopted March 30, 1876, in relation to the case of Ezra D. Winslow, and the accompanying papers. June 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lines of communication between southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Lieutenant Ruffner relative to lines of communication between southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. March 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. June 8, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Bureau of Refugees, Freemen, and Abandoned Lands. (To accompany H. Res. 128.) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Assistant Adjutant General of the Army in charge of the late Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, and recommending such legislation as will enable the officers of the Treasury Department to make new settlements in favor of certain colored claimants. June 9, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Freedman's Bank. June 20, 1876. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Freedman's Bank and ordered to be printed. A.B. Steinberger. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State and accompanying papers. May 2, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Condition of the Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of Isaac N. Morris, one of the commissioners appointed to examine the unaccepted portions of the Union Pacific Railroad. June 3, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. June 20, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Necessary appropriations. Message from the President of the United States, urging upon Congress some remedial action to continue the functions of the government in case the annual appropriation bills are not perfected by the close of the present fiscal year, and transmitting a joint resolution relative thereto. June 17, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Extradition treaty between the United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the extradition treaty with Great Britain. June 20, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Exercise of executive functions at Washington City and elsewhere. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, passed on the 3d day of April, requesting the President of the United States to inform the House of Representatives whether any executive offices, acts, or duties, and, if any, what, have within a specified period been performed at a distance from the seat of government established by law, &c. May 4, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Final report of the board of audit for the government of the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the final report of the board of audit for the government of the District of Columbia. April 19, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Reduction in estimates for fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of April 7, 1876, a report of reductions in the estimates contained in the book of estimates for fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. May 16, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Extending jurisdiction of Court of Claims. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting documents relative to the extension of the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, and for other purposes. May 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents. May 29, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains; being the eighth annual report of Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. Protection of American citizens in the Ottoman Empire. Message from the President of the United States, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, concerning steps taken to protect American citizens in the Ottoman Empire. May 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Extending jurisdiction of Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Chief of Ordnance on the bill of the House (H.R. 3481) extending the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. May 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. Extending jurisdiction of Court of Claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in reference to the Bill of the House (H.R. 3481) extending the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims, together with accompanying papers. May 29, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed. The recording of deeds, etc., in the District of Columbia. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Representatives, returning, without his approval, the bill of the House (H.R. 1922) entitled "An Act Providing for the Recording of Deeds, Mortgages, and Other Conveyances Affecting Real Estate in the District of Columbia." May 26, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Representatives, concerning the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government. July 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Absence from the United States of Col. Emory Upton and other officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of instructions under which Lieut. Col. Emory Upton, Maj. George A. Forsyth, and Capt. Joseph P. Sanger are now absent from the United States. May 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1693 | Offers for carrying the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting offers for carrying the mails. April 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. August 13, 1876. -- Resolved, that the annual reports of the Postmaster General, as required by Section 413 of the Revised Statutes, together with the accompanying documents in relation to contracts for carrying the mails, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1694 | Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Edited by Robert H. Thurston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume I. Introduction; Executive Commission; Agriculture. | 1 |
| Serial set 1695 | Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress, edited by Robert H. Thurston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume II. Science; Education | 1 |
| Serial set 1696 | Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Edited by Robert H. Thurston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume III. Engineering. | 1 |
| Serial set 1697 | Reports of the commissioners of the United States to the international exhibition held at Vienna, 1873. Published under direction of the Secretary of State by authority of Congress. Edited by Robert H. Thuston, A.M., C.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology; member of the scientific commission of the United States. Volume IV. Architecture; Metallurgy; General Index. | 1 |
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Depredations on the Texas frontier. Resolution and memorial of the constitutional convention of the State of Texas, asking the attention of Congress to the condition of Texas frontiers, and praying compensation for losses sustained by the people of Texas by reason of the incursion of Indians and Mexicans, and re-imbursement for sums of money expended by that state in defending the frontier, &c. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Texas Frontier Troubles and ordered to be printed. Navigation of the Columbia River. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Washington for the improvement of the navigation of the Columbia River. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States and their places of residence during the Forty-fourth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 6, 1875. Bromberg vs. Haralson. Papers in the case of Bromberg vs. Haralson. First District of Alabama. January 14, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Perneta [i.e., Pernetta] Hendley. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, asking that the name of Perneta [i.e., Pernetta] Hendley be placed on the pension roll. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of his Office from June 30, 1875, to December 6, 1875. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Josiah G. Abbott vs. Rufus S. Frost. Papers in the case of Abbott vs. Frost, Fourth District of Massachusetts. January 14, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Margaret E. West. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1044.) Petition of Margaret E. West, for a pension. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Lifesaving stations. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Seneca Indian reservation. Resolution of a council of the Seneca Nation of New York Indians, asking for amendment of the act of February 19, 1875, relating to the survey and leasing of certain lands on their reservation. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Swamp lands in Missouri. Resolution of the General Assembly of Missouri, in regard to swamp and overflowed lands. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Repeal of the National Bank Act. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Missouri, in regard to ceding a portion of Nemaha County, in the State of Nebraska, to the State of Missouri. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Surplus revenue. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the surplus revenue. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Japanese Indemnity Fund. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sale of leaf tobacco. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Missouri, in regard to the sale of leaf tobacco, as affected by the provisions of the revenue law of the United States enacted June 6, 1872. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Turnpike from Fairmont to Gauley Bridge. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking an appropriation from the federal government for the repair of the turnpike from Fairmont to Gauley Bridge. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property. Letter from the Architect of the Capitol, transmitting, in compliance with section 1833 of the revised statutes, an inventory of public property in and about the Capitol, Botanic Garden, and the President's house, exclusive of books and fuel. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Specie payments. Resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of specie payments. January 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Claims of the Choctaw Nation. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, asking for the settlement of their claims. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Lands for school purposes. Memorial from the Constitutional Convention of Alabama, asking for an additional section of land in each township in the state for school purposes. January 10, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-fourth Congress, first session. Commencing Monday, December 6, 1875. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of his payments and issues for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Inventory of public property in possession of the Clerk of the House. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting an inventory of public property belonging to the United States in his possession at this date. December 7, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Pay of representatives-elect. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives relative to the monthly certificates of pay of representatives-elect of the Forty-fourth Congress. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Bowen. Letter from the First and Second Comptrollers of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Board of Audit for the District of Columbia upon the claim of William Bowen. December 7, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Erection of monuments, etc. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a list of representatives who have died during their term of service since the last provision for the erection of monuments, together with schedule of proposals for monuments to same, &c. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Monument at Yorktown, Virginia. Memorial of the City of Boston, Massachusetts, that Congress will fulfill its pledge to erect at Yorktown, Va., a marble column commemorative of the last crowning battle of the Revolution. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Centennial. Memorial from the New York Woman Suffrage Society, in reference to the Centennial. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Centennial and ordered to be printed. Petition of women of Utah. A petition of 22,626 women of Utah asking for the repeal of certain laws, the enactment of others, and the admission of the Territory of Utah as a state. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed with the names. Extra fee of district attorneys. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mattapony and Pamunkey Rivers. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Heirs of L.R. Wortham [i.e., Worthom], deceased. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, for the relief of the heirs of L.R. Wortham [i.e., Worthom], deceased. December 17, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Land office at Colfax, Washington Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, relative to the establishment of a land office at Colfax, Washington Territory. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. C.W. Buttz vs. E.W.M. Mackey. Papers in the case of C.W. Buttz vs. E.W.M. Mackey. Second Congressional District of South Carolina. January 14, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Payment of interest on the 3.65 bonds of the District of Columbia. Communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, asking the consideration of Congress to the necessity for legislative provision for the payment of the interest on the 3.65 bonds authorized by the act of Congress of June 20, 1874. January 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Commerce by railroad. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Railways and Canals and ordered to be printed. Quartermaster General M.C. Meigs. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolution against subsidies and granting aid to railroads. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Finance and currency. December 15, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Sale of spirituous liquors in South Carolina. Resolution relative to the peddling of spirituous liquors within the limits of the State of South Carolina. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Cotton tax. Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking Congress to pass an act refunding the cotton tax. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Fifth general report of the Commissioners of Claims. January 12, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Exclusion from record of matters not a part of proceedings in the House. January 13, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Rules and ordered to be printed. Monongahela River. Resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting the senators and representatives in Congress from that state to use their best efforts to obtain an appropriation sufficient to continue the improvement of the Monongahela River to the head thereof. January 6, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Summary reports Southern Claims Commission. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, relative to printing the summary reports of the Commissioners of Southern Claims in cases reported disallowed by them. December 6, 1875. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Uniform decimal system of weights, measures, and coinage. December 14, 1875. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Specie payments. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New Hampshire, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives of that state to use all honorable means to procure the enactment of such laws at this session of Congress as shall bring about specie payments at the earliest day practicable. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Fitz-John Porter. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to Fitz-John Porter. January 5, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
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Red River of the North. Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking Congress for an appropriation for the improvement of the Red River of the North. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Soldiers and sailors in War with Mexico. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, instructing senators and requesting representatives in Congress to urge favorable consideration of claims of soldiers and sailors in late War with Mexico. January 24, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Breaux vs. Darrall. Papers in the case of Breaux vs. Darrall. Third Congressional District of Louisiana. Fenn vs. Bennett. Papers in the case of S.S. Fenn vs. T.W. Bennett, delegate from the Territory of Idaho. Appropriation for Centennial. Resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to an appropriation of $1,500,000 for the Centennial Exhibition. January 17, 1876. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Centennial Celebration and ordered to be printed. Improvement of certain rivers and harbors of New York. Joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, asking appropriation for certain rivers and harbors in the State of New York. January 17, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Destruction of grasshoppers. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking Congress to provide a bounty for the destruction of grasshoppers. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Erection of a monument at Point Pleasant, W. Va. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, to provide for the erection of a monument to commemorate the battle of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, fought October 10, 1774. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Improvement of the Ohio River and its tributaries. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, requesting the senators and representatives of that state to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the River Ohio and its tributaries. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Repeal of stamp tax on bank checks. Resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa, recommending the repeal of stamp tax on bank checks. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad. Resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, recommending that the government of the United States grant aid for the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with proper guaranties, &c. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Debt due Virginia by United States on account of advances in War of 1812. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, asking for a re-adjustment of the debt due Virginia by the United States for advances made during the War of 1812. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Modification of revenue laws. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia, requesting the senators and representatives of that state to use their best exertions to procure a modification of the present revenue law of the United States, so as to enable the producer of tobacco to sell his product to any person, and in any quantity whatever. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Elk River. Joint resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia, asking aid for improvement of Elk River. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Admission of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, asking the passage of an enabling act for admission into the Union. January 28, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Relief of settlers on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for the protection by Congress of the rights of certain settlers on the Northern Pacific Railroad. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Japanese Indemnity Fund. Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, and report of the committee on the Japanese Indemnity Fund. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mail route in Minnesota. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, asking that a mail route be established from Hastings, in the County of Dakota, to Cannon Falls, in the County of Goodhue. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Modification of laws relating to the appraisement of goods, merchandise, &c. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, requesting the same modifications of the laws of the United States for Saint Paul and Duluth as are now extended to other ports in various states. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. New territory in Dakota. Memorial of the Legislature of Dakota, relative to the organization of a new territory out of the northern portion of Dakota. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Navigation of the Upper Mississippi. Resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa, in reference to the improvement of the navigation of the Upper Mississippi River. February 7, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. War claims of 1812. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Virginia, requesting her senators and representatives in Congress to urge the passage of a law by Congress for the adjustment and payment of claims of Virginia for advancements made and sums lent to the United States during the War of 1812. January 28, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Antietam National Cemetery. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1213.) Memorial of the trustees of the Antietam National Cemetery. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mail service in California. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to mail service from Caliente to Lone Pine, California. January 18, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. E. St. Julien Cox vs. Horace B. Strait. Papers in the case of Cox vs. Strait, Second Congressional District of Minnesota. January 19, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Breakwater at San Luis Obispo. Joint resolution of the Legislature of California, asking for a breakwater at the port of San Luis Obispo in that state, and that said harbor be declared a port of entry. January 24, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Extension of time for completing the Northern Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for an extension of time for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad. January 31, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. W.B. Spencer vs. Frank Morey. Papers in the case of W.B. Spencer vs. Frank Morey. Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana. January 19, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Lee vs. Rainey. Papers in the case of Lee vs. Rainey, First Congressional District of South Carolina. January 21, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Finley vs. Walls. Papers in the case of Jesse J. Finley vs. Josiah T. Walls, Second Congressional District of Florida. January 25, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting, in compliance with section 16 of the act of incorporation, a report of the operations of said company for the year ending December 31, 1875. January 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. |
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James H. Platt, Jr., vs. John Goode, Jr. Papers in the matter of James H. Platt, Jr., vs. John Goode, Jr. Second Congressional District of Virginia. January 27, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Le Moyne vs. Farwell. Papers in the case of J.V. Le Moyne vs. C.B. Farwell, Third Congressional District of Illinois. January 25, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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Meeting of Legislative Assembly of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, asking that the legislature be authorized to meet January next. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Francis W. Pettygrove. Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, for the payment of Francis W. Pettygrove, clerk of the district court of said territory for the Third Judicial District. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Establishment of a military post and military wagon road in Colorado. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Colorado, praying for the establishment of a military post in Southwestern Colorado, and for the construction of a military wagon road from some point upon the Rio Grande River across the main range of the Rocky Mountains to Fort Defiance. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Walnut Grove Gold Mining Company. (To accompany H.R. 410.) Memorial of J.G. Fell, Edward Hoopes, and George Burnham. January 25, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Treaty with Indians occupying Black Hills. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking that a treaty be made with the Indians occupying the country known as the Black Hills, so that the same may be opened to settlement and occupation at an early day. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Territorial courts. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, for an additional term of court in the Third Judicial District therein. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Claims for Indian depredations. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, relative to claims for Indian depredations. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Compensation of postmasters. Letter from J.W. Marshall, First Assistant Postmaster General, to the Hon. Marshall Jewell, Postmaster General, on the subject of compensation of postmasters. February 11, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Grievances of the Ute Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Colorado, calling the attention of Congress to the grievances of the Ute Indians. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Transfer of Indian affairs to War Department. Resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the transfer of Indian affairs to War Department. February 16, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Investigation of Board of Audit, etc. February 23, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed. Claims of militia for lost property. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. United States mail route No. 46109. Concurrent resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to United States mail route No. 46109. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Northern Pacific Railroad lands. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, with reference to lands within the withdrawal in favor of the Northern Pacific Railroad. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Settlers on Penn's Cove military reservation. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, in reference to the land claims of Lansdale and Howe. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Transfer of Pension Bureau to the War Department. February 21, 1876. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Breakwater at Crescent City, California. Memorial of the Legislature of California, asking for the appropriation of money to construct a breakwater at Crescent City, California. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Improvement of Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. Memorial of the Legislature of Montana, in relation to the improvement of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Des Moines River lands. Joint resolution of the General Assembly of Iowa, asking such legislation as will secure to settlers on the Des Moines River lands in said state titles to their homes. February 14, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Post route. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, asking for the establishment of a post route from Moorhead, Minn., to Saint Vincent, in said state. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Columbia River. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, for the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Columbia River. February 21, 1876. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. |
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