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Serial set 1674 Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1675 Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume II, Part I. 1
Serial set 1676 Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume II, Part II. 1
Serial set 1677 Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume III. 1
Serial set 1678 Report of the Secretary of War; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume IV. 1
Serial set 1679 Report of the Secretary of the Navy; being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the Forty-fourth Congress. 1
Serial set 1680 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-fourth Congress. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1681 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-fourth Congress. Volume II 1
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. 		8
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. 		2
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. 		3
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. 		8
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. 		61
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. 		73
Serial set 1690 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, 1875. 1
Serial set 1691 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. 		35
Serial set 1692 Report upon the commercial relations of the United States with foreign countries for the year 1875. 1
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