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| Serial set 1770 |
Heartt, Waite & Dodge. February 1, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John H. Wisdom. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George W. Calhoun. February 16, 1877. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sale of lands in the Territory of Alaska. February 16, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Albert H. Pfeiffer. February 15, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Horace Woodman. February 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Julia A. Nutt. February 14, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Altamirah Bronson. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John T. Castle. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Timothy Baker. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ram Albemarle. February 1, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Penny. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel H. Travers and others. February 22, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John H. Ferry. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John W. Skiles. February 21, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. United States lands in San Francisco. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Eli Baskins. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Police Department of the District of Columbia. March 3, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Lieut. C.A. Cutler. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Granting condemned cannon for soldiers' monuments. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Osage Indians. March 2, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Isabella Cassidy. March 3, 1877. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Robert C. Buchanan. March 2, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. James T. Leary. March 3, 1877. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Samuel M. Reynolds. March 3, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. The Creek orphan fund. March 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mrs. C.A. Van Cort. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Fisher. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Eldridge Weaver. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William Bowlin. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Election in northern cities. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George L. Maloury [i.e., Maloney]. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William T. Malster. February 1, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Simon M. Preston. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. E.B. Head. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Clinton. February 15, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Donating condemned ordnance to Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, New Bedford, Mass. February 15, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Port of entry at Denver, Colo. February 16, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Officers commissioned from the ranks. February 22, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Benjamin Moore. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Isaac R. Sutton. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. James H. Linn. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Military road in Arizona. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alexander M. Vinnedge. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Christopher W. Robertson. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Leverette H. Town. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jacob C. Hartman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Santa Clara reservation. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. John M. Goodhue. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry L. James. February 1, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nathan Johnson. February 13, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Officers, soldiers, and sailors of the War of 1812. February 13, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Rebel raid on Henderson, Tenn., in 1862. March 2, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Recent election in South Carolina. February 21, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Select Committee on the Recent Election in South Carolina and ordered to be printed. Expedition to the Arctic seas. February 22, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Henry G. Healy. February 21, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Monetary Commission. March 2, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Certain Indian lands in the State of Kansas. March 3, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. John Hoffman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Henry Freeman. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Military post in Colorado. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mary Thornhill. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Francis M. Strickland. March 3, 1877. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1771 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, October 15, 1877, in the one hundred and second [i.e., first] year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
| Serial set 1772 | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, October 15, 1877, in the one hundred and second [i.e., first] year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
| Serial set 1773 |
Deficiencies in postmasters' salaries. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to deficiencies in the amounts appropriated for salaries of certain postmasters for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1876 and 1877. November 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Gold coin and gold bullion now in the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, in reference to the amount of gold coin and gold bullion now in the Treasury. November 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Moline Water-Power Company. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to examine the Moline water-power. November 23, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Preservation of models in Patent Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in reply to resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the preservation of models saved from the late fire in the Patent Office. November 12, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The Virginius indemnity. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in reference to the "Virginius indemnity." November 16, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress. October 16, 1877. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Metrical system of weights and measures. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, concerning the obligatory use of the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Obstructions in Red River. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers United States Army in reference to obstructions in Red River. November 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. The negotiation of the four per cent bonds. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives concerning the negotiation of the four per centum bonds of the United States. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Mexican border troubles. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports from the Secretaries of State and of War in reference to Mexican border troubles. November 13, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Metrical system. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Navy Department deficiencies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of the Navy with reference to the existing deficiencies in the Navy Department. October 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates of salaries of additional watchmen and repairs of Interior Department building. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates of Secretary of the Interior for salaries of additional watchmen and repairs of Department building. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Hours of labor at Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to hours of labor at the Navy yards. October 31, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of a board of inquiry into the causes of Interior Department fire. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting to the House of Representatives the report of a board of inquiry to examine into the causes of the fire which destroyed a part of the Interior Department building. October 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Buildings at Lower Brule Agency, Dakota. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, to the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates of cost of buildings at Lower Brule Agency, Dakota. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Catharine E. [i.e., Catherine] and Sophia L. German. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, concerning the destitute condition of the German children captured by Indians. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Metrical system of weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in reference to the metrical system of weights and measures. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Differential duty on Spanish vessels entering American ports. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting reports of the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury, in reference to the differential duty imposed upon Spanish vessels entering American ports. November 13, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Commissions to examine certain Custom-houses of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, the report of certain commissioners appointed to examine Custom-houses, and recommending appropriations for their pay. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed |
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| Serial set 1774 |
Choctaw claims. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, asking for the settlement of its claim arising under the treaty of 1855. November 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed Navigation laws. Petition of the National Board of Trade in regard to the navigation laws. November 9, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Chinese immigration. An address to the people of the United States upon the social, moral, and political effect of Chinese immigration. Prepared by a Committee of the Senate of California. November 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Mexican awards. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. Thomas Swann, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in regard to the necessity of immediate legislation to enable the prompt payment of the awards in favor of our citizens, under the convention of July 4, 1868, between the United States and Mexico. November 9, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Patterson vs. Belford. Papers in the case of Thomas M. Patterson vs. James B. Belford. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing, I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress. II. Offices created, and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. December 1, 1877. Goloid coin. Memorial from William Wheeler Hubbell, in relation to goloid coin. November 22, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. International exhibition at Paris. Letter from the Secretary of State, to Hon. Thomas Swann, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the French exhibition to be held at Paris in 1878. November 9, 1877. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. The organization of the Indian Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1709.) Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, (44th Congress, 2d session,) on the Bill (H.R. 3922) to provide for the organization of the Indian Territory. November 27, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. P.D. Wigginton vs. R. Pacheco. Papers in the case of P.D. Wigginton vs. R. Pacheco, Fourth Congressional District of California. October 17, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-fifth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, October 15, 1877. J.H. Acklen vs. C.B. Darral. Papers in the case of Acklen vs. Darrall, Third Congressional District of Louisiana. October 31, 1877. -- 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-fifth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, October 15, 1877. Subcontracts for carrying the mails. December 1, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1775 |
Richardson vs. Rainey. First District South Carolina. Papers in the case of John S. Richardson vs. Joseph H. Rainey. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Dean vs. Field. Third District, Massachusetts. Papers in the case of Benjamin Dean vs. Walbridge A. Field. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1776 |
Tillman vs. Smalls. Papers in the case of Tillman vs. Smalls, Fifth District South Carolina. November 9, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Haralson vs. Shelley. Papers in case of Haralson vs. Shelley, Fourth Congressional District of Alabama. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1777 | Finley vs. Bisbee. Papers in the case of Finley vs. Bisbee, Second Congressional District of Florida. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1778 | James L. Nutting vs. James B. Reilly. Papers in the case of Nutting vs. Reilly. Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania. November 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 1779 | Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-fifth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1877, in the one hundred and second year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
| Serial set 1780 |
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Assistant Adjutant General Thomas M. Vincent in relation to Senate Bill No. 386, "To Extend the Time for Presenting Claims for Collecting, Drilling, or Organizing Volunteers for the War of the Rebellion." January 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of October 22, 1877, a copy of the report of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad for the year ending June 30, 1877. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a report of the Chief of Ordnance on House Joint Resolution No. 37, to authorize the Secretary of War to issue certain arms of the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, S.C., and recommending the passage of the resolution. November 20, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the record of the court of inquiry in relation to the wreck of the United States steamer Huron. February 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a statement of expenditures at the Springfield armory, and of the arms, components of arms, and appendages fabricated, altered, and repaired, during the year ended June 30, 1877. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 10, 1877, transmitting information in relation to the number of miles of the Oregon Central Railroad completed. December 12, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting in obedience to law a statement of consular officers, not citizens of the United States, to whom salaries were paid during the year ended June 30, 1876. December 11, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the amendment of Section 3736 of the Revised Statutes, so as to authorize the Secretary of War to accept an absolute gift or grant of land, when the same is necessary for military purposes, and the gift unencumbered with provisions. December 10, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of November 13, 1877, information in relation to the cause and probable cost of the late Nez Perces War. January 18, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 15, 1878, a copy of the report of Indian Inspector E.C. Watkins, in relation to the consolidation of Indian agencies in the Colville country. January 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 6, 1877, information in relation to the operation of the Union Pacific Railroad and its branches. January 18, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a report from Major Suter upon the survey of the Missouri River at Omaha. January 21, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 28, 1878, information in relation to an examination of the Penobscot River, at Bangor, Me. February 7, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 20, 1878, information in relation to the disease prevailing among swine and other domestic animals. February 28, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Franco-German war and insurrection of the commune. Correspondence of E.B. Washburne, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to France. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Attorney General transmitting in answer to a Senate resolution of December 7, 1877, a tabular statement of all criminal prosecutions commenced in the courts of the United States in the District of South Carolina since January 1, 1876, for offenses against the lives, property, civil rights, or right of suffrage of any person. January 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of December 11, 1877, information in relation to the location of bands of Apache and Ute Indians at Cimarron, N. Mex. January 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 10, 1877, information in relation to certain lands ceded to the United States by the confederate bands of the Ute Nation of Indians. January 29, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 31, 1878, information in relation to the improvement of the Providence River and Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island. February 27, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of November 8, 1877, information in relation to the Northern Pacific Railroad. November 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of November 12, 1877, information in relation to the execution of the law prohibiting the promotion of officers of the Navy until they have been examined by a board of naval surgeons. November 14, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a communication from Major-General Hancock, U.S.A., suggesting an amendment of the 104th Article of War, in relation to the execution of the findings of courts martial. November 19, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in answer to a Senate resolution of November 8, 1877, in relation to an alleged unlawful rescue, by an armed band from Mexico, of prisoners lawfully confined in the jail at Rio Grande City, Tex. November 14, 1877. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to the inadequacy of the compensation allowed by law for publishing advertisements and other matter. December 14, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of fees collected and accounted for by diplomatic officers of the United States, during the year 1876, together with a list of consuls in office December 15, 1876. December 11, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, an inventory of property belonging to the United States in the Department of the Interior. January 17, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress. October 16, 1877. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, an abstract of the militia force of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 15, 1878, information in relation to the usefulness of government observatories. February 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 4, 1878, information in relation to the settlement of accounts for the transportation of the Second Regiment of Infantry from Saint Louis to San Francisco, via Denver, in July 1877. February 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 7, 1877, information in relation to the cost of the late war with Sioux Indians. February 21, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the Fort Fetterman military reservation, Wyoming Territory. February 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the publication of the history of the late war. January 21, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating his views in relation to the Bill (S. 165) to reimburse the State of Texas for expenses incurred in repelling invasions of Indians and Mexicans. January 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying the report of Maj. G. Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, on the Louisville and Portland Canal, for the year ending December 31, 1877. January 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of November 16, 1877, the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office touching the seizure of logs, lumber, &c. January 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill embodying proposed legislation for the punishment of persons making or having in possession dies and molds for manufacturing counterfeit coin. January 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of January 30, 1878, information in relation to a survey of lands in the Indian Territory. February 21, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating information in relation to the surveys of the Missouri River at Omaha, Atchison, Plattsmouth, and Brownville, by Maj. C.R. Suter, Corps of Engineers. February 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to Senate resolution of February 6, 1878, information in relation to the present condition and state of efficiency of the lifesaving service on the coast of North Carolina. February 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of February 13, 1878, information in relation to the number of persons on the pension rolls in Arkansas and other states, the payments made thereto, &c. February 26, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. |
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| Serial set 1781 |
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 28, 1878, information in relation to the securities taken by the Union Pacific Railroad Company for aid afforded to the Colorado Central and other railroads. February 11, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 4, 1878, transmitting information in relation to the amount of money necessary to enable the government to coin gold and silver at the United State mint in Denver. March 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 18, 1878, a report of Maj. C.R.Suter, Corps of Engineers, on the condition of the work for removing a bar in the Arkansas River near Fort Smith. March 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of October 18, 1877, information in relation to the removal of sunken wrecks in Pensacola Harbor, Florida. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 1, 1878, information in relation to existing vacancies in the naval establishment above the grade of captain. April 4, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating estimates from the Paymaster General and the Adjutant General for the collection and payment of bounty, prize money, and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors, from January 1, 1879, to June 30, 1879, and for the year ending June 30, 1879, to be substituted for estimates heretofore submitted for that purpose. April 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate Resolution of March 28, 1878, information in relation to the preservation of the waterfront at Vicksburg, Miss. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 14, 1878, information in relation to the claims of laborers and material men arising out of the construction of the revenue cutter Corwin, at Albina, Oreg. April 3, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of a letter from the Quartermaster General relative to the appropriation for the service of his Office, as made by House Bill 4104. April 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a letter from the Commissary General of Subsistence, urging an appropriation for the clerical force in his Office, as recommended in his annual report for 1877. April 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 22, 1878, information in relation to the improvement of the Cape Fear Harbor, North Carolina, since the last report thereon. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 27, 1878, information in relation to the time when the government took possession of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, the length of time it had possession of it, the rates of fares and freights established, amount received on account thereof, &c. April 11, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of letter and a telegram from Col. B.H. Grierson, Tenth Cavalry, objecting to the reinstatement or reappointment of officers dismissed from the Tenth Cavalry; also, a copy of the report of the Adjutant General on the subject. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 28, 1878, information in relation to the conduct of the navigating officer of the United States steamer Huron at the time of its loss. March 6, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 18, 1878, information in relation to the necessity for erecting beacon lights to mark the channel on the line of inland navigation through North Landing River, Currituck Sound, and North River, North Carolina. April 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the General of the Army, recommending the amendment of Section 1216 and the modification of Section 1285 of the Revised Statutes, so as to entitle the holders of certificates of merit to the additional pay of $2 per month while in the military service. April 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a tabular statement of campaigns, expeditions, and scouts in the Department of Dakota in the third quarter of 1877. April 15, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating an estimate of additional appropriations required for the offices of surveyors general for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. March 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 18, 1878, information in relation to lands belonging to the United States in the State of Florida reserved for naval purposes. April 9, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed (without diagrams). Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of certain officers of the Fifth Infantry, United States Army, praying to be reimbursed for losses sustained by the sinking of the government steamer Don Cameron. April 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to the condition of the appropriation allotted for the public printing for the War Department, and recommending an additional appropriation therefor for the current fiscal year. March 19, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 4, 1878, information concerning the data from which the positions of the troops were added to the engineer maps of the Gettysburg battlefield recently published. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report of the Chief of Ordnance in relation to the clerical force in his office, and recommending an additional appropriation to enable him to employ an additional force therein. March 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the repeal of Section 1233 of the Revised Statutes, relating to company cooks in the Army. March 26, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 11, 1878, information in relation to the appointment of a third commissioner under the twenty-third article of the Treaty of Washington, on the question of the fisheries. March 21, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, recommending an appropriation for continuing examinations in connection with the construction of jetties at the South Pass of the Mississippi River. March 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of February 14, 1878, information in relation to the "Ward" claims and the claim of Charles E. Hill. March 28, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 29, 1878, information in relation to the amount of money expended by the United States in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. May 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 10, 1878, information in relation to the suspension of the receipt of deposits at the several mints for coinage into trade dollars in October, 1877. May 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 29, 1878, information respecting the terms and conditions under which the surrender of the Cuban insurgents has been made, and in relation to the future policy of Spain in the government of the island of Cuba. May 14, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the petition of Lewis Leffman, ordnance sergeant, United States Army, praying for his retirement with the full pay of his grade. May 23, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, recommending an additional appropriation for the purchase of the site of Ringgold Barracks, in the State of Texas. May 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an amendment to the Bill (H.R. 2486) for extending the operations of the Lighthouse Board over the Illinois River, and for other purposes. May 24, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 11, 1877, information in relation to the construction of a dry dock on a portion of the United States property at Fort McHenry, Maryland. April 3, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of January 15, 1878, information in relation to the amount of the government bonds sold since March 4, 1861. April 25, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 15, 1878, information in relation to the appraisal of property belonging to Michael Fentenheime, at Pelican Point, Morris Island, South Carolina. May 29, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting in answer to a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, copies of the record of proceedings of the Naval Examining Board in the case of Capt. Somerville Nicholson, United States Navy, for promotion. May 28, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, information in relation to the employment of W.R. Whitaker in the Internal Revenue Service at New Orleans, La. May 6, 1878. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a statement from James B. Eads relative to work executed at the South Pass of the Mississippi River. May 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the War Department, communicating a copy of a resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, in relation to the graves of soldiers of the late war, interred in the cemetery at Harrisburg, in that state. April 2, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, the proceedings of the several boards of medical officers in the case of Capt. William N. Jeffers. May 21, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 13, 1878, information in relation to the cost of the proposed improvement of the harbor at Norfolk, Va. May 28, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 16, 1878, information in relation to alleged discrepancies in the claim of Thomas Worthington. May 31, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a substitute proposed by the Adjutant General of the United States Army for Section 5485 of the Revised Statutes, relative to attorney fees in claims for bounty. May 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copies of sundry communications addressed to the House of Representatives, in relation to appropriations to supply deficiencies for the service of the Post Office Department for the current fiscal year. April 25, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing a copy of a letter addressed by him to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in relation to the bill to reduce the expense of the public printing and binding, and for other purposes. April 29, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating in compliance with a Senate resolution of April 15, 1878, a copy of the report of the hydrographic commission, convened at New Orleans, to examine and report upon the means necessary to protect the wharves and harbor at that point from the incursions of the Mississippi River. April 22, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation, to be paid as compensation for services rendered the government by the late Professor Joseph Henry as a member of the Lighthouse Board. June 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the purchase of certain property in the City of Washington for public use. June 1, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of the cost of acquiring title to and inclosing lands in which Confederate prisoners of war are buried and erecting headstones over their graves. June 5, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Fort Snelling, and the granting of the right of way for a public highway through said reservation. May 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 17, 1878, information in relation to the consumption of manufactured articles in the United States to which the tariff duties apply. May 10, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the establishing a telegraph line along the west branch of the Nueces River. June 12, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 16, 1878, information in relation to balances alleged to be due from collectors of Internal Revenue. June 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of June 8, 1878, information in relation to the date at which the government took possession of certain railroads in the State of North Carolina. June 15, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 17, 1878, information in relation to the decisions of that Department upon the rights of Indians to impose taxes in the Indian Territory. May 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation for the completion of the development of the water power at the Rock Island Arsenal. May 10, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, the ninth report upon the improvement of the South Pass of the Mississippi River. June 3, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table. June 6, 1878. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. June 10, 1878. -- Resolution to print reported, considered, and agreed to. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for the payment of certain expenses of the commissioners appointed to attend the conference provided for in the act of February 28, 1878, to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar and to restore its legal tender character. June 13, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 25, 1878, information in relation to the improvement of the ship channel at the entrance of the Harbor of Charleston, S.C. May 8, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a Senate resolution of May 24, 1878, a copy of the memorial of B.F. Overton, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, praying for a rehearing in the matter of the Chickasaw Nation permit law. May 28, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 27, 1878, a report of the Secretary of State in relation to the selection of M. Maurice Delfosse as a commissioner under the Treaty of Washington on the fisheries question. June 17, 1878. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying a statement showing that payment of claims for arrears of pay and bounty due discharged soldiers will cease at the end of the fiscal year, if provision be not made for their payment prior to that time. May 13, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. |
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Statement of annual appropriations and expenditures for Army and Navy pensions from March 4, 1789 to June 30, 1876. November 12, 1877. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Statement of appropriations and expenditures of the Navy Department from March 4, 1789, to June 30, 1876. Statement of appropriations and expenditures from the national Treasury for public and private purposes in the District of Columbia from July 16, 1790, to June 30, 1876. |
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| Serial set 1783 | Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey showing the progress of the work for the fiscal year ending with June, 1877. | 1 |
| Serial set 1784 | Report on bridging the Mississippi River between Saint Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo., by Brevet Major General G.K. Warren, Major of Engineers. | 1 |
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List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session for the Forty-fifth Congress. April 17, 1878. In the Senate of the United States. October 19, 1877. -- Mr. Morrill submitted the following resolution, which was considered and agreed to: "Resolved, that the Committee on Pensions be instructed to report, by bill or otherwise, reducing and properly adjusting the salaries and fees of pension agents, and that they also inquire into the expediency of abolishing all pension agencies, and providing hereafter for the payment of pensions at the Treasury of the United States." February 18, 1878. -- Papers presented by Mr. Withers to accompany the resolution referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Petition and papers relating to the claim of the heirs and legal representatives of Francois Cazeau, for supplies furnished to the Army during the Revolutionary War. November 15, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 305. In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to communicate to the Senate a statement of the number of miles of railroad completed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company under and in pursuance of the acts and resolutions of Congress making grants of land to such company... In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chaffee submitted the following resolution: Whereas Congress did provide in the act of July 1, 1862, being an act entitled "An Act To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes;"... Memorial of delegates and agents of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians, remonstrating against the passage of Senate Bill No. 107, to enable Indians to become citizens. December 10, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chaffee submitted the following as an amendment to the resolution submitted by Mr. Matthews December 6, 1877: Strike out all after the resolving clause of the resolution and insert... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Military Affairs are hereby instructed to inquire whether any, and, if any, what, legislation is necessary or expedient for the following purposes... Report of the Special Commission on Railway Mail Transportation. December 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Librarian of Congress for the year 1877. January 25, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of Anna Ella Carroll, of Maryland, praying for compensation for services rendered to the United States during the late Civil War. October 25, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, against the remonetization of silver. January 31, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney-General be, and he hereby is, directed to communicate to the Senate, as soon as may be, a list of all criminal prosecutions commenced in the courts of the United States in the District of South Carolina... In the Senate of the United States. November 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Military Affairs is hereby instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of a system of defensive works on the Rio Grande frontier of the United States... In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Paddock submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that the Union Pacific Railroad Company and its branch companies have heretofore neglected and still do neglect and refuse to operate their roads in accordance with the acts of Congress under which their construction was authorized... Annual report of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States, December 3, 1877. December 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate and ordered to be printed. Report of the Clerk of the Court of Claims, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by said Court for the year ending December 3, 1877. December 3, 1877. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent submitted the following resolution: Whereas thousands of the women of the United States have petitioned Congress for an amendment to the Constitution allowing women the right of suffrage... Remonstrance of the Seminole and Creek delegates against the passage of Senate Bill No. 107, to enable Indians to become citizens of the United States. January 14, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of James D. Williams, Governor of Indiana, asking, on behalf of that state, an appropriation for the payment, to states entitled thereto, of the unpaid balances of actual expenses incurred by them, respectively, for enrolling, arming, equipping, and supplying troops to aid in the suppression of the late rebellion. January 31, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to a removal of Kickapoo Indians. January 28, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that on Monday next, at one o'clock, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the Calendar, and bills that are not objected to shall be taken up in their order... In the Senate of the United States. November 9, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior cause to be prepared and reported to the Senate a statement, arranged in alphabetical order, showing... In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be, and he is hereby, requested to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with public interest, any facts in his possession touching on alleged unlawful and forcible rescue, by an armed band organized in the Republic of Mexico... Annual report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1876, to June 30, 1877; and also a statement of property in his possession belonging to the United States December 3, 1877. December 3, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1877. In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the following be one of the standing rules of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas section 1625 of the Revised Statutes provides that "every able-bodied male citizen of the respective states, resident therein, who is the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years, shall be enrolled in the militia,"... In the Senate of the United States. December 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that it is of the highest importance that the financial credit of the government be maintained; and, in order to do so, the government itself, in all its departments, should in good faith keep all its contracts and obligations entered into with its own citizens. Annual report of the Public Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, etc., for nine months ending June 30, 1877. 1878, January 17. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-fifth Congress, October 15, 1877. List of committees for the special session of the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1877. In the Senate of the United States. October 18, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas there appear to be material differences, alterations, and discrepancies in the official finance reports of the Treasury Department as to the annual expenditures... Memorial of the Board of Trade of Kansas City, Missouri, praying for the repeal of the resumption act. October 22, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. October 22, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. November 1, 1877. -- Reported without amendment. November 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed with amendment proposed by Mr. Hoar. Mr. Morrill submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate be, and he hereby is, instructed and directed to cause the proper officers under him,... Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to Hon. A.S. Paddock, United States Senate, inclosing communications from Rear Admiral John Rodgers and others, on the subject of a branch naval observatory at some point in the interior of the country west of the Mississippi River. January 30, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed, to accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 16. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. S.J. Kirkwood, United States Senate, inclosing letters from the Commissioners of Pensions relating to the examination of claimants for pensions, appointment of a corps of examining surgeons, and the regulation of fees to attorneys for prosecuting pension claims. February 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, in relation to the number of survivors of the Seminole, Black Hawk, and Florida wars, and of the Mexican War. November 26, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to the printed. Annual report of A.N. Damrell, Captain of Engineers, U.S.A., upon the work of improving Mobile Bay for the years 1876 and 1877, and recommending an appropriation for the continuance of said work. December 7, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Petition of George T. Angell, president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and others, praying for the passage of the law for the better regulation in the transportation of live stock upon railroads. December 1, 1877. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller submitted the following resolution: Whereas an agreement was made on the 13th day of September, 1873, between the United States and the confederate band of the Ute Nation for the cession of certain lands in Colorado... In the Senate of the United States. December 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Matthews submitted the following resolution: Whereas, by the act entitled "An Act To Strengthen the Public Credit," approved March 18, 1869, it was provided and declared that the faith of the United States was thereby solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the interest-bearing obligations of the United States... Petition of citizens of New Haven, Conn., praying the coinage of silver dollars of 420 grains standard silver, to be made a legal tender for sums not exceeding $20, except in payment of private contracts for gold and the bonded debt of the United States; and the establishment of an international commission to fix the relative value of silver and gold in foreign and domestic exchanges. January 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Views of the late Oliver P. Morton on the character, extent, and effect of Chinese immigration to the United States. January 17, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Report No. 689, second session 44th Congress. In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Beck submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is of the highest importance in the present depressed condition of the industries of the people that taxation should be reduced to the lowest point consistent with a faithful discharge of the obligations of the government and an economical administration of its affairs... Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of December 14, 1877, information in relation to the repair and improvement of streets in said district. January 21, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Whereas there are at the present time in the United States not to exceed three hundred thousand Indians, and for whose occupation, use, and benefit there have been set apart, and are for such purpose now held, over three hundred million acres of the public lands of the United States, including the Indian Territory... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Resolution of the Senate of the United States, directing the Committee on the Judiciary to procure certain information in regard to certain bonds alleged to have been issued by certain railroad companies on certain contingent land grants of the lands of the Indians of the Indian Territory... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that on Monday next, at one o'clock, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the Calendar... Arguments before the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, January 24, 1878, relative to increased postal facilities in the Southern states, and the establishment of steamship mail service with South America, Central America, and the West Indies. February 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Appropriations be, and it is hereby, instructed to report, as soon as may be, a bill making adequate provision for the employment of such additional clerical force in the Pension Office and in the Office of the Surgeon General... |
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Letter from the President of the Capitol, North O Street, and South Washington Railway Company, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 31, 1878, a statement of the amount of the capital stock, the amount of indebtedness, the gross and net earnings, operating expenses, &c., of said company. June 12, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of the Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate, having under consideration for the memorial of Wm. McGarrahan, praying the passage of a law to authorize the perfecting of a patent issued to him by the United States for certain lands in California. Certified copy of an act of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico, entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Society of the Jesuit Fathers of New Mexico." March 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Portland, Salt Lake and South Pass Railroad Company, remonstrating against the passage, without amendment, of the Bill S. 238. April 23, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed, to accompany Bill S. 238. In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Whereas it appears from the report of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the year 1877, communicated to the Senate on the 25th day of October, 1877, by the Secretary of the Interior, that... Petition of citizens of the State of Missouri, praying that no contraction of the currency may take place and for the passage of the bill appended to the petition. March 7, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a convention held at Jacksonville, Florida, asking the establishment of an effective system of quarantine on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. March 11, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Pensions be instructed to report a bill to this body making provision for placing the names of the surviving soldiers of the Mexican War... Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, praying for a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Tennessee and Warrior Rivers Railroad. April 23, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1123. In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that on Wednesday next, at one o'clock, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the Calendar, and continue such consideration from day to day until the same shall have been gone through with... Petition of William Patton and other citizens of New Haven, Conn., praying for an investigation into the manner of the passage of the act of 1873 demonetizing silver. February 25, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorials of the Chamber of Commerce of Wilmington, N.C., and New River Canal Company, asking the government to purchase the free use of an inland canal and water route between Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, and Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. February 27, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed, to accompany Bill S. 820. In the Senate of the United States. Argument of Joseph C.G. Kennedy adverse to the Bills (409 and 477) "To Restrict the Immigration of the Chinese to the United States," and "To Regulate Chinese Immigration," introduced December 10, 1877, and January 10, 1878. -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 25, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from surfmen of lifesaving stations Nos. 1 and 2, coast of Delaware, to Hon. Eli Saulsbury, remonstrating against the transfer of the Life-Saving Service from the Treasury Department to that of the Navy. March 4, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to inform the Senate whether W.R. Whittaker, who recently presided in the superior criminal court of the Parish of Orleans... Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in relation to the Bill (S. No. 600) relative to an assessment for special improvements in said district, and suggesting certain amendments thereto. March 25, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas on the 18th day of February, 1871, the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives adopted December 13, 1870, made a statement (Ex. Doc. 140, 3d sess. 41st Cong.) showing balances due from collectors of internal revenue who were out of office on the 30th day of June, 1870... In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hereford submitted the following resolution: Whereas House Bill No. 805, "A Bill To Repeal All That Part of the Act Approved January 14, 1875, Known as the Resumption Act, Which Authorized the Secretary of the Treasury To Dispose of United States Bonds, and Redeem and Cancel the Greenback Currency," was referred to the Finance Committee of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Eaton submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that Benjamin Noyes, a citizen of the United States and of the State of Connecticut, was, on the 11th day of March, 1878, in the City of Washington, arrested and imprisoned without due process of law, in violation of the rights of the citizen... In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee to Investigate the Finance Reports, Books, and Accounts of the Treasury Department, appointed under resolution of the Senate of November 19, 1877, in addition to the powers conferred by said resolution, have leave to continue its investigation and sit during the vacation or recess of the Senate. Resolutions of the Merchants' Exchange of Saint Louis, Mo., in favor of the adoption of such legislation as will prevent unjust combinations between the Union Pacific and other railroad companies. May 16, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a copy of a report of a commission appointed in pursuance of law to appraise certain lands in the Indian Territory lying west of the 96th degree of west longitude. May 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph M. Wilson, of Washington City, D.C., asking that a portion of the amount received from the sales of public lands be appropriated for the encouragement and support of industrial education in the public schools of our country. May 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Letter from H.D. Jarves, suggesting certain amendments to the pension laws. May 20, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, communicating, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 8, 1878, exhibits of church property in default for taxes. May 14, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Missouri and Niobrara Valley Railroad Company, praying for such legislation as will authorize the President to designate the company to construct the north branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, as provided for by the act of July 2, 1864. April 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Railroads. April 25, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the views and recommendations embraced in the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations touching the award made by the Fisheries Commission at Halifax are hereby approved. Memorial of Alex. Brown & Sons. Thos. Whitridge and Co., Robert A. Fisher & Co., W.W. Spence, Hugh Jenkins & Co., Spence, Montague & Co., and other merchants, and other citizens of Baltimore, Md., protesting against the proposed subsidy to a line of steamships from the United States to Brazil. May 24, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table. May 29, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 8, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolutions: Concurrent resolutions touching the relations of the United States of America with the Republic of Mexico... Memorial of the American Society of Civil Engineers, praying an appropriation for continuing the triangulations of the Coast Survey in states where the legislature thereof shall make provision for them. April 29, 1878. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Choctaw Nation, asking for a settlement of their claims arising under the treaty of 1855. May 1, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. May 2, 1878. -- Oerdred [i.e., Ordered] to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules of the Senate are instructed to prepare and report to the Senate a rule which shall relieve the Committee on Patents from considering any bill, resolution, or petition for the extension of any patent. In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blaine submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that any radical change in our present tariff laws would, in the judgment of the Senate, be inopportune, would needlessly derange the business interests of the country, and would seriously retard that return to prosperity for which all should earnestly cooperate... Statement of the clerk of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in answer to questions relating to special assessments made by the late Board of Public Works on property adjoining streets and avenues in the City of Washington. May 6, 1878. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (S. 20) relative to Chinese immigration, reported the following... In the Senate of the United States. June 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that for the purpose of completing the inquiry ordered by the following resolution of the Senate... Letter from the President Anacostia and Potomac River Railway Company, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 31, 1878, a statement of the amount of the capital stock, the amount of the indebtedness, gross and net earnings, operating expenses, &c., of said company. June 7, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1878. -- Submitted, referred to the Committee on Rules, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Blaine submitted the following resolution proposing an additional rule: Resolved, that the following be added to the rules of the Senate: All motions relating to the priority of business shall be decided without debate. Letter from the President of the Columbia Railway Company, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 31, a statement of the amount of the capital stock, the amount of the indebtedness, gross and net earnings, operating expenses, &c., of said company. June 7, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 20, 1878, information in relation to the assessment of taxes against, and the collection of taxes from, the several street-railroads in said district. June 4, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer submitted the following resolution: Resolved, in order that all the facts connected with the presidential election of 1876, and the result thereof which was finally reached, may be made fully known to the American people, that a select committee of eight senators be appointed and instructed to inquire into and investigate all charges of fraud, illegality, intimidation, violence, and other obstacles to free and honest suffrage occurring at said election in the States of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, and also into all similar charges which said committee may deem of sufficient gravity concerning the said election in Alabama, Mississippi, Oregon, or any other state... In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dorsey submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on the District of Columbia be directed to ascertain the financial standing of the insurance companies chartered by acts of Congress or incorporated under the provisions of the general law or the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, or transacting business therein, and report whether such companies have complied with such incorporation acts... Letter from the Secretary of War, to Hon. George F. Hoar, of the Committee on Claims, in relation to the claim of Michael Fentenheime for property alleged to have been appropriated by the United States authorities on Morris Island, South Carolina, during the late rebellion. June 17, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 9, 1878. -- Reported with amendments and ordered to be printed. Strike out the part within brackets and insert the parts printed in italics... Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that there be printed three hundred thousand copies of the Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture... In the Senate of the United States. June 10, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that a subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia be, and the same are hereby, authorized to sit during the recess of Congress to consider and examine into various plans for the improvement of the system of sewerage and the sanitary condition of the District of Columbia... Memorial of delegates from the Indian Territory, protesting against the passage of the bill to organize the Territory of Oklahoma. June 12, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Mary F. Eastman, Henrietta L.T. Woolcott, and others, officers of the Association for the Advancement of Women, praying that the tenth census may contain a just enumeration of women as laborers and producers. June 15, 1878. -- Referred to the Select Committee to make Provision for Taking the Tenth Census, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Cowdon, of Memphis, Tennessee, on the subject of the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River and the reclamation of the low lands of the Mississippi Valley. June 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, to accompany Bill S. No. 1412. June 19, 1878. -- Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on the Levees of the Mississippi River and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls offered the following amendment to rule 43 of the senate, relating to adjournment... Communication from the Chamber of Commerce, Charleston, S.C., addressed to the Committee on Commerce, in relation to an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at that place. May 10, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of May 31, 1878, a statement of the amount of the capital stock, the amount of the indebtedness, the gross and net earnings, operating expenses, &c., of said company. June 18, 1878. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Address delivered by Mrs. Matilda Fletcher before the Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate, on presenting bills for the introduction of industrial, moral, and social science into the public schools of the District of Columbia. 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In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 801.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 801) to amend Section 2403 of the Revised Statutes, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 328.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 328) granting a pension to Mrs. Esther A. George, widow of George W. George, late a second lieutenant in Company I, Fifth Regiment New Hampshire Infantry, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submited [sic] the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of James B. Eustis, for a seat in the Senate of the United States from the State of Louisiana, for the term of six years commencing March 4, 1873, ask leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1000.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of George M. Hazen, of Tennessee, have had the same under consideration, and make this report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Capt. William Chandler, late of the United States Navy, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 686.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Emma Baptist, having had the same under consideration report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, having considered the petition of Maria I. Streeter, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 998.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition of George R. Dennis and a bill for his relief, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 196.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 196) to further define the rights of persons with respect to homestead entries on the public domain, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Booth, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 148.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 148) to confirm the term, for the period of seventeen years from the date of its original grant, of the patent of Thomas A. Weston, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Angeline Raish, mother of Oliver Raish, late private Company G, Seventeenth Wisconsin Volunteers, asking to be allowed arrears of pension, having examined the petition and accompanying papers, find that the petitioner is now in receipt of a pension of eight dollars per month, commencing from the date of filing the last essential evidence by which the claim was established... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 874.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Alfred Richardson, asking that his name be placed on the pension rolls, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 158.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 158) granting a pension to Joseph Roleau... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel B. Smith and Rebecca Smith... In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 225.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred Bill S. 225, report... In the Senate of the United States. November 13, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 149.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 149) for the relief of Charles B. Varney, with accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and find that for more than two years, in 1867, 1868, and 1869, the superintendent in charge of the construction of the Custom-house and post-office buildings in Portland, Me... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 212.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 212) granting a pension to Charles H. Frederick, late lieutenant-colonel of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, United States Infantry, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Lawrence H. Broyle, praying that his name be placed on the pension roll, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Archibald McDonald, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 376.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 376) entitled "An Act for Payment to the Officers and Soldiers of the Mexican War," &c., have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 217.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 217) for the relief of John A. Shaw, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 662.) Mr. Maxey, on behalf of the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was submitted the communication of the War Department of December 8, 1877, in respect to commutation of quarters, submits the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hereford, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 235.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 235) for the relief of Joseph Kinney, administrator of the estate of David Ballentine, deceased, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 262.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 262) to authorize the President of the United States to promote and retire First Lieut. David I. Ezekiel, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 62.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Joint Resolution (H.R. 62) appropriating $200 to defray expenses of transferring the remains of Pancoast Loose, a deceased soldier, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 633.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 633) for the relief of R.W. Corbin and others, have duly considered the same, so far as the rights of Robert Stevenson are affected, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Elisha Basse, praying compensation for injury done to his property near Brownsville, Tex., by the military authorities of the United States between November, 1863, and April 12, 1867, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 323, granting a pension to Elizabeth Totten, widow of the late Commodore Benjamin J. Totten, United States Navy, find, on examination, that no application for a pension has ever been made to the Pension Bureau, and, in accordance with the custom of the Committee in similar cases, ask that the application be referred to the Commissioner of Pension. In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1104.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1104) for the relief of John Pulford, have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 501.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 501) for the relief of John C. Birdsell, have considered the same, and heard evidence in support thereof, and report that the same ought to pass... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 340.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 340) for the relief of William F. Grove, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Randolph, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 97.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 97) authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permission to the proprietors of salmon fisheries now located on Three Tree Point military reservation, on the Columbia River in Washington Territory, to remain on said reservation, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 458.) The Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 458) to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic Seas, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Ema J. Crain, daughter of George Smith, late a private Company C, Ninety-fourth Illinois Regiment, find, on examination, that the petitioner claims as the daughter of said Smith, who died in service in 1862... In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 910.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the book agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a corporation at Nashville, Tenn., have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 426.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 426) for the relief of the Masonic Hall Company of Atlanta, Ga., have duly considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 20.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 20) authorizing the citizens of Colorado, California, and Nevada, and the Territories, to fell and remove timber on the public domain for mining and domestic purposes, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report, accompanied with a substitute for said bill, and recommend its passage... In the Senate of the United States. November 15, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legatees of Asbury Dickins, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by him as Acting Secretary of the Treasury and Acting Secretary of State, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 365) for the relief of Francis Guilbeau.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Guilbeau, with the accompanying papers, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry E. Sizer, of Mississippi, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 10) for the relief of James Glover, of Pennsylvania.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of James Glover, praying compensation for the destruction of certain property owned by him and situated in Catahoula Parish, in the State of Louisiana, present the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 493.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom the Bill (S. 493) to provide for the removal of the Naval Observatory was referred, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the petition of William W. Handlin, of New Orleans, La., praying for the passage of a law allowing him compensation for services as judge of the Third District Court of New Orleans, from the year 1864 to the year 1868, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 252.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 252) for the relief of W.D. Rollyson, of West Virginia, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 388.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Burt, Austin Burt, Solon Burt, Wells Burt, and William A. Burt, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 697.) The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the petition of Anna L. Robbins for pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bills S. 17 and S. 198.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the Bills (S. 17 and S. 198) amending the laws granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the War of 1812 and their widows, together with sundry petitions and memorials on the same subject, have given the same careful consideration, and submit the accompanying bill and recommend its passage... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 634.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 33) for the relief of R.W. Corbin and others, have duly considered the same, so far as the rights of L.T. Green are affected, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 647.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Lieut. William B. Whitting, United States Navy, with the papers accompanying, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 413.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 413, providing for an increase of the pension of Laurena [i.e., Laura (Laurina)] C.P. Haskins... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane Dulany ... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 104.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the Bill (S. 104) amending section 1661, Title XVI (the Militia), of the Revised Statutes, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 199.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 199) for the relief of L.H. and G.C. Schneider, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 694.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 694) for the relief of William H. Needham, late second lieutenant Company D, Twenty-second Regiment Iowa Infantry Volunteers, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Angeline Logan, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman, from the Committee on Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 15.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 15, entitled "A Bill To Alter and Amend the Act Entitled 'An Act To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph-line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and To Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes,'" approved July first... In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Warren Mitchell... In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 766.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 766) to legalize certain patents issued to members of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3104.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 3104, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 871.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Emerson, late a private in Company A, First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 535.) Theodore Gardner, late sergeant of the First Kansas Battery, asks that his present pension of $4 per month be increased to $8 per month... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 873.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Street, widow of John William Street, asking that her name and the names of her children be placed on the pension rolls, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Burnside, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 800.) The passage of the accompany bill for the relief of the heirs of Maj. D.C. Smith was recommended by this Committee and the Military Committee of the House of the Forty-fourth Congress, in consonance with the favorable reports of General Cockrell, and Mr. MacDougall, of the House Committee... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Randolph, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 394.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 394) to place the name of Daniel H. Kelly upon the muster roll of Company F, Second Tennessee Infantry, together with the petition of Delilah Kelly, widow of Daniel H. Kelly, praying for the relief provided by the bill, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 909.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of War (Ex. Doc. No. 2, Forty-fifth Congress, second session), recommending an amendment to Section 3736 of the Revised Statutes, so as to authorize the Secretary of War to accept an absolute gift or grant of land, when the same is necessary for military purposes and the gift unencumbered with provisions, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3296.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred S. 356 for the relief of Capt. William L. Foulk, and H.R. 3296 for the relief of same, have duly considered the same and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 300.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred Bill S. 300, ask leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill (S. 346) referring the claim of Benjamin Holladay... In the Senate of the United States. November 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 91.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 91) for the relief of Gallus Kerchner, respectfully report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Christian C. Bowers, administratrix of the estate of Giles Bowers, deceased, of Euchee Anna, Walton County, Florida, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 21, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 32.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 32) for the relief of J.M. Micow and others, have duly considered the same so far as it relates to J.M. Micow, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 9, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a claim of Augustin Gachot, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 99.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 99) for the relief of the estate of Amos Ireland, deceased, have duly examined the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 8, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 83.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Edwin Rogers, postmaster at North Adams, Mass., for relief, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. November 6, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Paddock, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 53.) That on the night of the 25th of October, A.D. 1869, the post office building at Beatrice, Nebr., was entered by burglars, and United States postage-stamps to the amount of $175 and other property were stolen therefrom... In the Senate of the United States. November 14, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 290.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James D. Holman, of Portland, Oreg., praying compensation for improvements made by him as a settler upon the public lands, and included within the military reservation of Fort Canby, at Cape Disappointment, (now known as Cape Hancock,) then Oregon, now Washington, Territory... In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the New Orleans Gas-Light Company, praying that certain moneys now in the Treasury of the United States may be paid over to them, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. November 16, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the memorial of Mary Jane Pyle, widow of Jesse F. Pyle, late private in Company D, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteers, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 167.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 167, granting a pension to William S. Grow, having examined all the papers in the case, find that the applicant was an assistant provost marshal, who claims a pension on account of disease contracted in the service resulting in permanent injury to vision... In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 364) for the relief of Peasley & McClary, of Nashua, New Hampshire.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Peasley & McClary, for transporting the mails and mail agent from the depot of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad to that of the Wilton Railroad in the City of Nashua, N.H., having considered the same, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 127, granting a pension to Silas [i.e., Selar] B. Decker.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 127) granting a pension to Silas [i.e., Selar] B. Decker, late contract-nurse, United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 135) for the relief of Edwin Fairfax Gray.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 135) for the relief of Edwin Fairfax Gray, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sue Partee, of Lauderdale County, Tennessee, praying compensation for the burning and destruction of her building in said County of Lauderdale by United States troops during the late Civil War, have considered said petition, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report: The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of William Moss, of Arkansas, beg leave to report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill No. S. 171.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch Totten, administrator of William A. Lloyd, deceased, with accompanying papers, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. October 31, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of T. Worthington, having carefully examined the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Invalid Pensions have had under consideration the petition of John B. Dunbar, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 685.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the Bill (S. 33) for the relief of R.W. Corbin and others, have duly considered the same, so far as the rights of Mr. Boyden are affected, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas Vedder, together with the accompanying papers, for the relief of said Vedder, having considered the same, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 132.) The petition of Joseph Grigsby for the restoration of his name to the pension rolls does not present a case for the favorable consideration of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 241.) The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the Bill (S. 244) granting a pension to Frederick Banker, late private in Company E, Seventeenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 119.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 119) to remove the charges against Lieut. Charles Wilkinson, late of Company K, One Hundred and Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, on file in the War Department, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 632.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 632) for the relief of William H. Cornell, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, having considered the petition of Catherine T. Campbell, and the accompanying papers in the case referred to them, present the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 286.) David Torpey enlisted... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 205.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 205, granting an increase of pension to William Winans... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 429 and S. 495.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 429) for the relief of Isabella R. McGunnigle, widow of Lieut. Com. Wilson McGunnigle, United States Navy, and the Bill (S. 495) for the relief of Thornton A. Jenkins, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 26.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 26) to donate a portion of the military reservation of Fort Harker, Kansas, to the State of Kansas, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The case of William Kearney is not one requiring special legislation, but is provided for by the pension laws... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 82.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 82) for the relief of Gustav A. Hesselberger, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 560.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 560) for the relief of William A. Hammond, late surgeon general of the Army, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1142.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1142) for the relief of Charles W. Wood late of Company E, First Battalion, Thirteenth Regiment United States Infantry, present the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 527.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 527) granting a pension to Morris B. Slosson, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 420.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred S. 420, "A Bill for the Relief of Maj. P.P.G. Hall," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 755.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Martha C. Kendall for a pension, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 287.) The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the Bill (S. 287) granting an increase of pension to John C. Hughes, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hereford, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 771.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Walker, late postmaster at Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan, asking for relief, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Matthews, from the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 512.) The Committee on Railroads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 512, a bill in relation to the Pacific railroads, report the same back, with a substitute therefor, recommending the passage of the latter... In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grover, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 520.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 520) to authorize claimants to certain lands in Santa Barbara County, California, to submit their claims to the United States district court for that state for adjudication, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Territories, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 144.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 144) to establish the Territory of Lincoln and provide a temporary government therefor, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to submit the following report, with the accompanying bill as a substitute... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 3072.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 3072) entitled "An Act To Authorize a Special Term of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi, To Be Held at Scranton, in Jackson County," respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 724.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy E. McClelland, widow of James D. McClelland, late second lieutenant of Company B, First Tennessee Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 401.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 401) for the relief of Charles H. Mosely, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William McCartney, late a private in Company F, Fifteenth Maine Volunteer Regiment, United States Army, praying that his name be restored to the pension rolls, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 725.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was submitted the letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a letter from Maj. Gen. W.S. Hancock, suggesting a change in the one hundred and fourth Article of War, and also the report of Judge Advocate General Dunn, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William C. Shimoneck, Third Regiment United States Infantry, asking an increase of pension because of disability resulting from hypertrophy of the heart, find on examination that the applicant is now enjoying a pension of $6 per month... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 372.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 372) granting a pension to Adelia K. Clark, widow of Capt. R.B. Clark, late assistant surgeon of the Forty-first Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 740.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 740) to authorize the Secretary of War to relinquish and turn over to the Interior Department certain parts of the Camp Douglas military reservation, in the Territory of Utah, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of O.P. Shiras and sundry citizens of Dubuque, Iowa, was referred, who pray for an increase of pensions to the officers and soldiers of the War of 1812, having duly considered the same, would respectfully ask that the further consideration of the same be indefinitely postponed. In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom the petition of Richard T. Horner, formerly a soldier of the War of 1812, was referred, find that no record or parol evidence can be found establishing the fact of service, and, though the petition is very numerously signed by citizens of Delaware County, Indiana, who bear testimony to the general good character and necessitous condition of the petitioner, the Committee cannot, in the absence of all proof of service, report favorably... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 386.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 386) to extend the time for presenting claims for collecting, drilling, or organizing volunteers for the war of the rebellion, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2108.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred H.R. 2108, "An Act for the Relief of William A. Hammond, Late Surgeon General of the Army," passed the House of Representatives February 27, 1878, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Augustus Sprauge, praying for the repayment of money expended by him for a substitute in the military service, have considered the same and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 659.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to which was referred the Bill (S. 659) for the relief of Josiah H. Pillsbury, have considered the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. November 19, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Paddock, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 145.) The Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 145) for the relief of Edwin A. Clifford, having considered the same, unanimously report thereon... In the Senate of the United States. November 26, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of William Pitt Kellogg and the credentials of Henry M. Spofford, for the same seat in the Senate of the United States, ask leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. November 30, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 363) granting a pension to James Newcomb.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Newcomb, a citizen of the United States residing at Carmel, County of Penobscot, in the State of Maine, asking that his name be placed on the pension roll, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Smith, of Rush County, Kansas, late of Company L, Twelfth New York Cavalry, praying that he may be allowed a pension, have examined the papers and evidence in the case, and find that the affidavits filed to sustain the application originally made to the Pension Office were suspected to be forgeries... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 33.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the (S. Bill 33) for the relief of J.A. Henry and others, have duly considered the same so far as the rights of Mrs. Henry are affected, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Herrford, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 101.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 101) for the relief of Susan J. Berry, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 256.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 256) for the relief of Israel Yount, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Whyte, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 18.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial and bill presented by the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 162.) The Committee on Military Affairs, having considered the Bill (S. 162) for the relief of James Cliff [i.e., Clift], present the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary A. Blackwelder, of Bradford County, Florida, praying for compensation for cotton taken by the military authorities of the United States, under the captured and abandoned property acts, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 23.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 23) for the relief of Major and Brevet Colonel Joseph B. Collins, &c., having had the same under consideration, ask leave to present the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 927.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 927) for the relief of James W. Glover, postmaster at Oxford, in the State of New York, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 819.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Rosa Vertner Jeffrey, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred resolution of the Senate instructing the Committee to inquire and report whether, since July 28, 1866, any person has been appointed to any position in the Army contrary to provisions of section 28, act of that date... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Booth, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 195.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 195) to declare certain lands subject to taxation, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 850 and S. 352.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 352) to authorize the restoration of George A. Armes to the Army, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Randolph, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 455.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 455) for the relief of Patrick Sullivan, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 561.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 561) granting a pension to William H. Nims, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 704.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Grace Aikins, widow of William R. Aikins, late a private in Company A, Eleventh Regiment Iowa Volunteers, for a pension, have considered the same and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 703.) The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the petition of Melvina A. Maltby, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ellen Truesdell for a pension, have considered the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Catharine Middleton, widow of a soldier of the War of 1812, and the petition of Arcadius Pettingill, of Wayne, Maine, a soldier of the War of 1812, each asking to be allowed a pension, find that these applicants are provided for by Senate Bill No. 17, which has recently been enacted into a law... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Burnside, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 902.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Carl Jussen, late adjutant Twenty-third Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Faulkner... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 754.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred Senate Bill No. 754 and accompanying petition, asking that a pension be granted to Richard O'Neale, late an officer of the United States Navy during the War of 1812, having examined all the papers in the case, find no evidence whatever to sustain the claim... In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1888.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1888, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Macon, Ga.," have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1254.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred (H.R. 1254) for the relief of John A. Darling, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 333.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 333) "For the Relief of Thomas J. Choate, Erastus Foster, Milton Ladd, Clarence E. Haney, William A. Hill, Kneeland F. Huckaby, and William Blackburn, Late Privates in Company F, Third Regiment Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 306.) The Committee on Railroads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 306, entitled "A Bill Amendatory of the Act Entitled 'An Act Granting Lands To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, in the State of Oregon,'" having had the same under consideration, submit an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and recommend its passage... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 847.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 847) for the relief of Susan Robb, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas Struit, Company I, Tenth Iowa Volunteers, and the accompanying papers, find that the claimant asks a pension on account of loss of right leg, which he alleges occurred in consequence of hernia contracted in the service... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grover, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 753.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 753) to confirm a certain private land claim in the Territory of New Mexico, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 312.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 312) for the relief of Robert Coles, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 989.) The Committee on Pensions, having had under consideration the Bill (H.R. 989) granting a pension to Mrs. Eliza A. Semple, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 931.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Shields, late brigadier general United States Army, praying an increase of pension, have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sarah B.F. Mayo for arrears of pension, have examined the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 712.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 712) granting a pension to William Loudon, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 954.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the two petitions and accompanying papers of T.A. Walker, late register of the United States land office, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, have carefully considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 436.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 436) granting a pension to Adam Stinson, late a private in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment United States Infantry, find that the said soldier was regularly enlisted and served during the Mexican War, was in hospital suffering with an attack of low fever, during the progress of which an ulcer of the leg was developed, the testimony of the regimental surgeon, Dr. Wm. Truett, establishing this fact, and also that the ulcer remained unhealed at the time of his discharge from service... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Edward Perry... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report: The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the petition of Isaac Bloom... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 957.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Michael Callahan, of Huntsville, Ala., submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 687.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 687) granting a pension to William H. Bagley, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions have considered the petition of Mrs. Mary C.J. Budlong, praying to be allowed a pension, with arrears from the month of April, 1855, the date of the death of her husband, a soldier in the War of 1812, on account of whose services she asks a pension... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 61.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 61) for the relief of the Richmond Female Institute, of Richmond, Va., have considered the same, and report that it ought to pass... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 956.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the papers of W.B. Gosa, of Pine Bluff, Ark., submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2096.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2096) for the relief of James Fishback, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Matthews, from the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bills S. 404, S. 440, S. 942.) The Committee on Railroads, to whom were referred the Senate Bills Nos. 404 and 440, after consideration thereof, beg leave to report back the same with a substitute therefore, and recommend the passage of the latter... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 955.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 271) for the relief of the estate of John Waters, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Teller, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 913.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Granery, Nicholas Ware, and Moline Lange, praying to have refunded to them $500 each, being for the amount collected from them, respectively, on a bond given to the provost marshal of the District of Baton Rouge, La., in 1863, for the appearance of one B.F. Rhodes, to answer a criminal charge preferred against him, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 547.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 547) granting a pension to Caroline M. Egbert, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kirkwood, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 221.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the Bill (S. 221) granting a pension of fifty dollars a month to Mary Kirby Smith Eaton during her widowhood, have considered the same and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Boley S. Pate, late private Company D, Second Kansas Volunteers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Withers, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1256.) The Committee on Pensions have examined House Bill 1256, and the petition of Rebecca B. Remick, and the accompanying papers referred to them, and find that the petitioner is the daughter of Samuel Remick, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served faithfully and gallantly and was wounded in battle... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 644.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the accompanying Bill (S. 644) for the relief of Dwight W. Hakes, respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 378.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 378) for the relief of William L. Hickam, of Missouri, have had the same under consideration, and report the bill with amendments, and recommend its passage... In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: The Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred Senate resolution to pay John Ray and William L. McMillan compensation and mileage, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 536.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred House Bill 536, having had the same under consideration, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 161.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 161) for the relief of Charles W. Biese, late second lieutenant Eighty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteers, respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 454.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 454) granting a pension to Stephen C. Herndon, of Ozark, Mo., have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 859.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the accompanying Bill (S. 859) for the relief of Charles L. Davenport, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 342.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 342) for the relief of Phoebe Henrietta Grossbeck, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 142.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. George McCoy, acting assistant surgeon of the United States Army, praying that a pension be allowed him, submits the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wallace, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 923.) The Committee on Foreign Affairs report back with amendments House Bill No. 923, supplementary to an act entitled "An Act To Carry into Effect the Convention between the United States and China, Concluded on the 8th Day of November, 1858, at Shanghai," approved March 3, 1859, and to give the Court of Claims jurisdiction in certain cases, and adopt the report of the House Committee, which is as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conover, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 292.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, in the matter of Howard D. Potts, assistant engineer of the United States Navy, having considered the facts submitted by the claimant for relief, is of the opinion that the naval retiring board which placed Mr. Potts upon furlough pay in 1874 had every opportunity to impartially and fairly examine into the merits of the claim... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 471.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 471) for the relief of Miles S. Draughon, of Tennessee, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Burnside, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 260.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 260) for the relief of H.A. Myers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1224.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 1224) for the relief of Will R. Hervey, have fully considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wallace, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 55.) John W. Douglas was collector of the Nineteenth Internal Revenue District of Pennsylvania from 1862 to April, 1869, having his main office in the City of Erie... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hereford, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 997.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the case of William L. Adams, late collector of Customs at the Port of Astoria, Oreg., submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 246.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 246) to correct commencement of renewal of pension of Anna Brasel, widow of David Brasel, &c., have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 999.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Eliza E. Hebert, of Louisiana, ask leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 604.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 604) for the relief of John Bowles, respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Burnside, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 741.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the case of Capt. C.H. McNally, a retired officer of the United States Army, who asks Congress to have his rank on the retired list increased, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Burnside, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 334.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 334) for the relief of William Bowlin, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 713.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the accompanying Bill (S. 713) for the relief of Martin Clark, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 281.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 281) for the relief of Capt. Gaines Lawson of the United States Army, has duly considered the same and submits the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2293 [i.e., 2291].) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2291) for the relief of Thomas W. Collier, have considered the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Eaton, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: On the 24th day of January, 1878, the following resolution was adopted by the Senate: Resolved, that the Committee on Appropriations be directed to examine into the affairs of the Freedmen's Hospital of the District of Columbia, and ascertain its condition and general management... In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Burnside, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2884.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2884) for the relief of Samuel Canfield, postmaster at Seymour, Conn., having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 594.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 594) for the relief of William W. Spiers, late assistant surgeon United States Army, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 187.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 187) for the relief of S.V. Benet, having considered the same, ask leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 1, 1877. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that James B. Eustis is lawfully entitled to a seat in the Senate of the United States from the State of Louisiana, from the 12th day of January, 1876, for the term ending March 3, 1879... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 930.) Wills [i.e., Wells] R. Marsh entered the military service June 22, 1861, as surgeon Second Iowa Infantry Volunteers, and was mustered out of service July 12, 1865... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McMillan, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 250.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the Bill (S. 250) for the relief of the National Bank of Western Arkansas, has had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1878. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bruce, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 76.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 76) granting a pension to Mary Ann McFarland, widow of Peter McFarland, late captain Company C, First Kansas Infantry, have had the same under consideration, and report... |
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